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2020 LAUC-LA Librarian of the Year Award Nominations Due March 13

Published: February 12, 2020

Has a UCLA librarian had a major impact on a course you teach? Has a librarian gone above and beyond to further your research? Has a librarian been a creative partner in one of your initiatives or other projects? This is your chance to recognize this librarian’s work! The Librarians Association of the University of…

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IS Lab Forum Friday: Special Collections

Published: January 21, 2020

On the fourth Friday of every month, community members meet in the IS Lab for input on work in progress in an informal session with peers and invited experts. Join us as MLIS student Kathryn Brunet workshops her presentation on the Clark Library’s collection of illustrated fencing manuals. Distinguished Librarian Emerita, Curator of the UCLA…

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Maker Monday 01-06-20

Published: January 2, 2020

Join your peers to explore & expand your skills set  On the first Monday of every month, community members meet in the IS Lab to experiment with new technlogy and techniques that not only look great on the resume, but also enable LIS graduates to hit the ground running in their new professional positions. Join…

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Using Creative Commons Licensing in Libraries & Archives

Published: December 18, 2019

Presenters Heather I. Briston, University Archivist and Head of Curators and Collections, UCLA Maureen Callahan, Sophia Smith Collection Archivist, Smith College Description Many archivists and users of archives experience intellectual property restrictions as a serious impediment for promoting, disseminating, using, and re-using archival materials. This webinar discusses the important opportunity that creators of archival materials…

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OpenUCLA #citeNLM Wikipedia Edit-a-thon – Wednesday, 11/20 from 10am-2pm

Published: November 15, 2019

Wednesday, Nov 20, 2019 – 10:00am to 2:00pm YRL – Main Conference Room OpenUCLA, a Centennial Initiative, will host the Fall 2019 #citeNLM Wikipedia edit-a-thon focused on Mental Health, held in conjunction with the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Pacific Southwest Region. Learn how to adjust and develop Wikipedia articles with scholarship from the UCLA…

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UCLA IS Colloquium, Thursday, Oct 31, 3-5pm, GSEIS 111

Published: October 29, 2019

UCLA Department of Information Studies Colloquium The Re-creation of a Masterpiece: La Prose du Transsibérien.  Documentary by Rosylyn Rhee. Los Angeles, 2019.  Thursday, October 31, 2019, 3:00–5:00 pm, Room 111 GSEIS  Documentarian Rosylyn Rhee and Drop Dead Gorgeous Curator Kitty Maryatt  In this documentary, we follow Kitty Maryatt as she produces her re-creation of the…

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Open Access Week 2019

Published: October 22, 2019

  Tips, Tools, Treats, and GAMES! Celebrate Open Access Week 2019 with us! Tuesday, Oct. 22 Does Open = Access? 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. | Research Library Main Conference Room Looking Beyond the Journal Article 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. | Boyer Hall 159 Wednesday, Oct. 23 IIIF for Open Access 11 a.m. to…

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Historic Recordings from the Ottoman Diaspora: Music & Migration, Tuesday, October 29 1:00 PM

Published: October 18, 2019

When: Tuesday, October 29 @ 1:00 p.m. Where: UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive; 1630 Schoenberg Music Building Record Collector Ian Nagoski will address immigrant musical performers from present-day Turkey and Syria who recorded in the U.S. during the 1910s-1940s and present original research on the artists while considering them in the context of both their native and adopted…

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