MLIS students, librarians, archivists, collectors, and other scholars are invited to take part in an interactive tour of Rare Books LAX guided by Russell Johnson (Curator of History of Medicine and the Sciences at UCLA Library Special Collections) and Derek Quezada (Special Collections Outreach and Public Services Librarian at UC Irvine). Featuring more than 75…
Read MoreKickoff Event for Archival Project To Help VA House Homeless Veterans
Published: August 23, 2019Put your archival skills to work in the community. Volunteer for the IS Department’s contribution to UCLA Volunteer Day on Saturday, September 28, at the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The hospital serves veterans in an unincorporated area surrounded by the city of Los Angeles. Bruin volunteers will work with Professor Anne Gilliland…
Read MoreDigital Collections: Strategies, Methods, & Outcomes Webinar, 6/27
Published: June 19, 2019When: June 27 at 12:00 PM (Central Time) Register: https://forms.gle/jiaLxqBXBDmdt8EM9 This webinar will focus on library programs and initiatives that aim to facilitate access to unique resources from around the world and ensure their physical preservation without taking physical custody of the materials themselves. Each panelist will discuss the ways in which they form partnerships with…
Read MoreEscuchando la Frontera: Listening to Collections and Communities, UCLA Digital Library Special Event
Published: May 16, 2019The Music Library, Chicano Studies Research Center, and Ethnomusicology Archive invite interested community members to a shared exhibit on the Frontera Collection, which is hosted by the UCLA Digital Library. Escuchando la Frontera: Listening to Collections and Communities will include two panels with roundtable discussions, presentation of related student work, a DJ playing of some…
Read MoreWorkshop: Getting Started with ArcGIS Pro
Published: May 10, 2019Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 Time: 9:00am – 4:00pm (with one hour lunch break) Location: Research Library 11630L – Scholarly Innovation Lab (SIL) In this hands-on workshop, you will learn ArcGIS Pro, the next generation ArcGIS Desktop application, which is tightly integrated to modern Web GIS. The workshop will specifically discuss how to get started,…
Read MoreCall for Volunteers, ASIST 2019 Annual Meeting in Australia
Published: May 9, 2019Overview The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is seeking ASIS&T student members to volunteer at our 2019 Annual Meeting, 19-23 October in Melbourne, Australia. We invite you to complete this application if you wish to volunteer at the meeting.Help ASIS&T welcome more than 400 information scientists, students and like-minded professionals to the…
Read MoreSpecial Colloquium: Rémi Boivin on Montreal Police-Worn Bodycam Project
Published: May 6, 2019In addition to our regular colloquium at 3pm, the Department will be hosting a special colloquium this Thursday May 9 at 12h30 in room 111, featuring Professor Rémi Boivin from the Université de Montréal (abstract and bio below). Pizza and strawberry-rhubarb crisp will be served. How video documents caused the ending of the Montreal police…
Read MoreAccession & Digitization Workshop, May 2, 12:30pm, IS Lab Zone A
Published: May 2, 2019How do institutions add new materials to their collections? The IS Lab welcomes participants to assist with the accession and digitization of recently acquired materials. In this workshop, participants will be introduced to accession and digitization practices for archival collections, including setting the appropriate level of description, articulating the link between description and arrangement, documenting…
Read MoreOxygen XML & OpenRefine Working Session, May 8, 12:30pm
Published: May 1, 2019If you’re enrolled in IS 464 Metadata this term—or if you wanted to take the course, but were unable to—please join us at 12:30pm on Wednesday, May 8, for a working session. We’ll start the session with an overview of Oxygen XML and work through the class assignment. Then we’ll shift into an overview of…
Read MoreHorn Press General Meeting, 4:45pm Wednesday
Published: April 22, 2019The Horn Press will be holding a general meeting this Wednesday, April 24th, from 4:45 to 5:15 p.m. in room 111! We will be discussing workshops & other activities for the spring as well as the future of Horn Press. Please join us if you might be interested in taking on a board position or…
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