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Read MoreUpcoming Research Assistance Workshops
Published: April 18, 2019 
README Lab Hours, Spring 2019
Published: April 4, 2019
Are you interested in learning more about digital rights or looking for a space to talk about the latest data breach? Maybe you know a new online security tool and want to share it… Join README during our weekly Lab Hours! For the 2019 spring quarter through June 6th, members of README will be posted…
Read MoreMLIS Student Megan Sallabedra Wins ARLIS/NA 2018 Gerd Muehsam Award
Published: April 2, 2019
Megan Sallabedra is the recipient of the Society’s 2018 Gerd Muehsam Award for her paper, “Finding the Material: Collecting and Protecting Intellectual Property in Ephemeral Works of Art,” written for Professor Maureen Whalen’sIntellectual Property for Librarians and Archivists course at UCLA’s Graduate School of Information Studies.
Read MoreAccession & Digitization Workshop, May 2, 12:30pm, IS Lab Zone A
Published: April 1, 2019
How 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 MoreEthical EdTech Inaugural Edit-a-thon: April 3, 11am-2 pm
Published: March 31, 2019Calling educators, students, technologists, designers, polemicists, and curious others! Join us in Zone A in the IS Lab from 11am to 2pm on Wednesday, April 3, to participate in Ethical EdTech’s first edit-a-thon event. Ethical EdTech is a wiki collection of “tools that value user freedom, privacy, and control, so that these norms might become more easily…
Read MoreCalligraphy Workshop, Horn Press
Published: March 22, 2019
The Horn Press will be holding a calligraphy workshop on April 20th, 2019 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in GSE&IS Room 121. We have invited Jane Shibata, a local artist and professor from Santa Monica College, to teach the workshop. She is also the Outreach contact for the Society for Calligraphy, Southern California, a non-profit…
Read MoreUCLA Department of Information Studies MLIS program granted continued ALA accreditation status
Published: March 11, 2019MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2019 The Committee on Accreditation (COA) of the American Library Association (ALA) has granted continued accreditation status through 2025 to the Department of Information Studies’ Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) program. “The ALA decision underscores our forward momentum and strategic direction as a department, and the outstanding value our programs deliver to…
Read MoreBioScience Images + Popular Culture
Published: March 7, 2019
BioScience Images + Popular Culture, a new exhibit on the 1st and 4th floors of the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, was generated as part of a Masters-level course in the Department of Information Studies. Historical Methodology of Information Studies: Historiography of Graphics and Visual Culture (IS 281, Seminar 2) was taught this quarter by Rose Roberto,…
Read More2019 UCLA IS Internship Fair
Published: March 6, 2019WhenFriday, April 12 & Friday, April 1912-2pm WhereRooms 111, 121, and the IS LabGSE&IS Building WhatA networking event on two consecutive Friday afternoons, during which first- and second-year MLIS students meet with representatives from potential internship sites. This long-standing tradition, hosted by the IS Department, is a great way to network with leaders in your…
Read MoreRewind & Hit Play, April 6
Published: March 6, 2019REWIND & HIT PLAYa day long mini-conference of past presentations, projects and researchSaturday, April 6th, 2019UCLA’s Charles E. Young Research Library RSVP TO ATTEND! For many students conferences can be unfeasible to attend due to expense, geographic location, or scheduling conflicts. However, attending conferences is part of professional growth for both new and seasoned professionals….
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