tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-344879832009-02-21T03:37:23.582-06:00SOIS NewsSOIShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04101399944026729828noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34487983.post-26967858048408710812007-02-27T14:32:00.000-06:002007-02-27T14:43:02.599-06:00The Center for Information Policy Research announces its 2007-08 Information Ethics FellowsThe Center for Information Policy Research (CIPR) at the School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is pleased to announce its 2007-08 Information Ethics Fellows. The IE Fellows Program was initiated in 2006 to highlight prominent scholars in the information ethics field, and to promote innovative research in IE. For its second year, the Fellows Program includes two Senior SOIShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04101399944026729828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34487983.post-3557595961097127452007-02-21T11:22:00.000-06:002007-02-21T11:31:41.927-06:00School of Information Studies appoints Terrance NewellThe UW-Milwaukee School of Information Studies is pleased to announce the appointment of Terrance Newell as assistant professor, starting in the Summer of 2007. Passionate about research and teaching and thoroughly integrating innovative technologies into both, he will provide additional depth and breadth to the SOIS research and teaching programs. Not counting adjunct instructors, this will SOIShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04101399944026729828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34487983.post-1172002279087607502007-02-20T13:45:00.000-06:002007-02-20T14:11:19.176-06:00Center for Information Policy Research Announces Spring ColloquiaThe UW-Milwaukee, School of Information Studies, Center for Information Policy Research (CIPR), announces its Spring 2007 Colloquium Series. Established in 1998 and directed by Elizabeth Buchanan since August 2006, CIPR facilitates information policy research through its lecture series, research paper series, and outreach activities, and its information ethics fellows program. The Center's SOIShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04101399944026729828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34487983.post-1172000683950257722007-02-20T13:44:00.000-06:002007-02-20T13:44:44.313-06:00Toni Samek to speak in CIPR seriesToni Samek, associate professor at the University of Alberta, will speak at 11:30 a.m. Feb. 22 at the UWM Libraries, 2311 E. Hartford Ave., Room E281.Her talk, "Working the Earth: LIS Labour, Ethical Grounds, and the Hot Fields of Human Rights," is sponsored by the UW-Milwaukee School of Information Studies Center for Information Policy Research. For more details, please see today's story by SOIShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04101399944026729828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34487983.post-1170971879813854492007-02-08T15:41:00.000-06:002007-02-08T15:58:00.073-06:00Winner of first Timothy L. Ericson Scholarship in Archival Studies AnnouncedThe School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee has selected the first recipient of the Timothy L. Ericson Scholarship in Archival Studies. Katie Blank, a graduate student in the Coordinated Degree Program for MLIS and MA in History, was named the winner of the scholarship in a blind review process by a committee including faculty and staff from the School of SOIShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04101399944026729828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34487983.post-1168612305325154682007-01-12T08:21:00.000-06:002007-01-18T16:11:25.206-06:00Dean Johannes Britz to Lead First Pan-African Conference in Information EthicsDean Johannes Britz of the School of Information Studies of the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee has a leadership role in the first ever Pan-African conference of its kind, the African Information Ethics Conference: Ethical Challenges in the Information Age. Co-initiated by Dean Britz and Rafael Capurro from the International Center for Information Ethics and sponsored by the South African SOIShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04101399944026729828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34487983.post-1166109118747509082006-12-14T08:58:00.000-06:002006-12-14T09:15:42.370-06:00SOIS Faculty to Receive Excellence in Online Teaching AwardsUW-Milwaukee School of Information Studies (SOIS) Professor Hope Olson and Senior Lecturer Steven Miller have each been recognized with WISE 2006 Excellence in Online Teaching Awards. Determined by students voting for faculty at an institution other than their own, from among library and information studies schools in the WISE Consortium, these honors validate the dedication of Olson and Miller SOIShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04101399944026729828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34487983.post-1165252845837416242006-12-04T11:11:00.000-06:002006-12-04T11:20:46.266-06:00Timothy L. Ericson Scholarship in Archival Studies: Call for ApplicationsThe University of Wisconsin -- Milwaukee School of Information Studies is inviting applicants for the first recipient of the Timothy L. Ericson Scholarship in Archival Studies, to be awarded for the Fall of 2007. The Timothy L. Ericson Scholarship in Archival Studies honors the founder and long-time Director of the SOIS Archival Studies Program, Timothy L. Ericson, whose contributions to SOIS SOIShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04101399944026729828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34487983.post-1165230561183216142006-12-04T04:44:00.000-06:002006-12-04T05:09:22.616-06:00Prof. Elizabeth Buchanan to publish ethics case bookElizabeth Buchanan, Associate Professor and Director of the SOIS Center for Information Policy Research, and SOIS alum Kathrine (Kat) Henderson, librarian at Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management, have a contract and are currently working on an ethics case book for McFarland Publishers, the publisher of Journal of Information Ethics.The book presents scenarios and cases that SOIShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04101399944026729828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34487983.post-1164391659582554822006-11-24T12:07:00.000-06:002006-11-24T12:07:40.576-06:00Mary Wepking joins SOIS school library media programThe School of Information Studies announces the appointment of Mary Wepking as senior lecturer, effective with the Spring 2007 term. With teaching and administrative responsibilities related primarily to school library media, she will teach additional courses in literature for children and young adults and elsewhere in the MLIS program.A UW-Milwaukee SOIS alumna (MLIS 1992), Ms Wepking has a SOIShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04101399944026729828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34487983.post-1164226176656177852006-11-22T13:59:00.000-06:002006-11-22T14:09:37.836-06:00Judith Krug speaks on intellectual freedomThe Center for Information Policy Research (CIPR), the SWITCH Library Consortium, and the UWM Libraries will sponsor Judith Krug for a morning of professional development and intellectual enlightenment. Krug, the Director of the Office of Intellectual Freedom at the American Library Association, will outline the types of academic and intellectual freedom challenges facing institutions of higher SOIShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04101399944026729828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34487983.post-1164142037368315732006-11-21T14:40:00.000-06:002006-11-21T14:47:17.493-06:00Talking Taiwan: Educational and Research Opportunities in TaiwanRanked 14th among the largest trading countries in the world and a major player in the production and trade of information technology products, Taiwan is also the sixth leading country of origin for international students in the U.S. Taiwan's contributions to technology and research and its investmentin education impact our lives daily.Please join the School of Information Studies (SOIS) and theSOIShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04101399944026729828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34487983.post-1164059874239499712006-11-20T15:57:00.000-06:002006-11-21T14:40:50.416-06:00Shana Ponelis to speak in CIPR seriesThe Center for Information Policy Research (CIPR) will present the final fall lecture in the International Information Policy Colloquium series Monday, November 27th, 2006 in Bolton Hall (521) at 11:30 a.m. Shana Ponelis, from the University of Pretoria, will speak aboutHer "Consumer issues in telecommunications in South Africa: quality of service and affordability."Shana Ponelis joined the SOIShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04101399944026729828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34487983.post-1163426434904363842006-11-13T08:00:00.000-06:002006-11-13T08:00:35.073-06:00Prof. Henderson to publish a book with Scarecrow PressLaretta Henderson, Assistant Professor and one of the newest SOIS faculty members, recently signed a book contract with Scarecrow Press for her work on Ebony Jr.!, an African American children’s periodical published from 1973-1985. The book, tentatively titled, Ebony Jr.!: A Sociocultural and Historical Analysis, will be the first scholarly treatment of this periodical. We look forward to seeing SOIShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04101399944026729828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34487983.post-1163424457259922672006-11-13T07:23:00.001-06:002006-11-13T07:27:37.350-06:00Charles Ess to speak in CIPR colloquium series The Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, is pleased to announce Dr. Charles Ess, Distinguished Research Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Drury University will lecture on “An Impending Global ICE Age?: East-West Perspectives on Information and Computer Ethics,” as part of his 2006-07 CIPR Information Ethics Fellowship.A SOIShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04101399944026729828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34487983.post-1163424206447628152006-11-13T07:23:00.000-06:002006-11-13T07:23:26.586-06:00Prof. Lipinski to lecture at the Katholieke Universiteit LeuvenTomas Lipinski, SOIS Associate Professer will be presenting a lecture in Maria-Theresia-College of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven November 14, 2006. Currently doing research while on sabbatical, he is a visiting professor at K.U. Leuven in the Global Law School. His lecture, “The Video Made Me Do It! Finding the Devil (and the First Amendment) in Entertainment Media Products," is part of the SOIShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04101399944026729828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34487983.post-1161808144725406912006-10-25T15:24:00.000-05:002006-10-25T15:29:05.046-05:00Dr. Reza Asghari to speak on E-Governance this FridayReminder: Please join SOIS in welcoming Dr. Reza Asghari from the Fachhochschule Braunschweig/Wolfenbüttel for the next in the International Information Policy Colloquia series. He will be speaking on Friday, October 27, 2006 at 11:30 a.m. in Bolton Hall 521 on the UW-Milwaukee campus. His lecture, "E-Governance and Global Development," reflects his research interests and some potential futureSOIShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04101399944026729828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34487983.post-1161344940696838062006-10-20T06:46:00.000-05:002006-10-20T06:49:00.926-05:00Thomas Haigh: Recent Travel and ResearchThomas Haigh, assistant professor in SOIS, used this summer to present his work in diverse professional forums. He delivered lectures at three conferences and workshops. At the Workshop on the History of the Internet and its Impacts at the Deutsches Museum in Munich, he presented a draft of his chapter on “Web Browsers and Email: The Software infrastructure of the Commercializing Internet.” MITSOIShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04101399944026729828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34487983.post-1161344687892580022006-10-20T06:33:00.000-05:002006-10-20T06:44:48.066-05:00SOIS Welcomes Laretta Henderson to the FacultyThe University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, School of Information Studies is pleased to announce that Assistant Professor Laretta Henderson has joined the faculty as a specialist in children's literature in August, 2006. With a Ph.D. (Language, Literacy and Culture) from the University of Iowa, two master's degrees (M.A., African American World Studies; M.A. Sociology), and a bachelor's, Dr. SOIShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04101399944026729828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34487983.post-1161343883140168682006-10-20T06:26:00.000-05:002006-10-20T06:31:23.390-05:00Recent Travel and Research Activities: Maria HaighIn recent months, Maria Haigh, Assistant Professor at SOIS, researched and presented on issues pertaining to library and information science in Eastern Europe. At the VI World Computer Law Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, Professor Haigh talked about intellectual property issues in the Soviet Union and the now former Soviet Block. She focused on the issues’ cultural contexts. She argued thatSOIShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04101399944026729828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34487983.post-1161343320543856532006-10-20T06:08:00.000-05:002006-10-20T06:22:04.826-05:00Dean Britz: Summer of Travel and ResearchJohannes Britz, Dean of SOIS, participated in a number of Information Studies related conferences this summer. At the annual ALA conference in New Orleans, Dr. Britz was involved in a session dealing with international education in the field of Library and Information Science. At the SCECSAL (Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa Library and Information Associations) SOIShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04101399944026729828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34487983.post-1161342473471535932006-10-20T06:03:00.000-05:002006-10-20T06:07:53.643-05:00Tomas Lipinski to chair ASIST SIG for Information PolicyTomas Lipinski, Associate Professor at SOIS, has become the new chair of the SIG-IFP, the Special Interest Group for Information Policy of the American Society of Information Science and Technology (ASIST). In conjunction with Professor Lipinski’s appointment, the SIG-IFP website (http://ci.fsu.edu/asist-ifp/index.html) will move from the College of Information at Florida State University to UWMSOIShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04101399944026729828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34487983.post-1161342033547581812006-10-20T05:52:00.000-05:002006-10-20T06:01:33.200-05:00CIPR Lecture Series continues October 27: Reza AsghariThe next in the Fall Colloquium series from the Center for Information Policy Research (CIPR) will be that of Dr. Reza Asghari from the University of Applied Sciences (Fachhochschule) Braunschweig/Wolfenbüttel, who will discuss aspects of E-Governance and Global Development.It will be held at 11:30 a.m., in 521 Bolton Hall, UW-Milwaukee School of Information Studies (3210 N. Maryland Avenue, SOIShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04101399944026729828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34487983.post-1161132312545069882006-10-17T19:40:00.000-05:002006-10-17T19:45:16.320-05:00LA Public Library Recruiters here Tuesday, 10/24A UWM alumna, Penny Winchester and Terri Maguire will be visiting SOIS to recruit professionals for the Los Angeles Public Library system. Please visit to hear about this opportunity at one of the largest library systems in the country.Date: Oct. 24, 2006 - 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.Where: Bolton 521 – Online by AppointmentWhat: Employment Interviews with County of Los Angeles Public SOIShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04101399944026729828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34487983.post-1161007992583963012006-10-16T09:11:00.000-05:002006-10-18T12:59:53.286-05:00Prof. Aman to travel to Saudi ArabiaSOIS Professor Mohammed Aman is among a group of prominent international scholars and academic administrators who have been invited by the Saudi Ministry of Higher Education to review the academic programs of King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah as part of the Kingdom's efforts to establish international review process and accreditation of its programs of higher education. The review process is SOIShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04101399944026729828noreply@blogger.com