April 22, 2008
Upcoming Coffee Breaks
For those of you who like to plan ahead, here are the dates for the upcoming Forum Coffee Breaks:
Monday, May 12 @ 9am
Wednesday, May 14 @ 2pm
Friday, June 13 @ 9am
Monday, June 16 @ 3pm
All the coffees will be at Beanster's in the Michigan League.
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March 28, 2008
Forum Coffee Breaks
It's time for a coffee break! This Friday, March 28, at 10am, join your colleagues at Beanster's in the Michigan League for coffee and conversation. There's no agenda, we'll just talk about whatever suits our fancy. Last time around, topics included ebooks, ebook readers, the tech services reorganization, and RDA (Resource Description & Access) aka the new AACR2. So, what's on your mind?
By the way, if you can't make this week's coffee, there will be another one next Friday, April 4, at 9am at Beanster's.
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February 06, 2008
Talking about Race and Other Social Identities: How Social Categories can Influence Communication on Campus
How do stereotypes affect communication between individuals of 'different' groups?
What can be done to dispel or minimize the effects of stereotypes in academic institutions?
How can we create community while honoring differences?
Come and learn about some fascinating current research and initiatives related to cultural differences in higher education.
This session will be led by Denise Sekaquaptewa, Associate Professor of Psychology, http://sitemaker.umich.edu/sekaquaptewa.lab/home
and Charles Behling, Co-Director UM Program on Intergroup Relations http://www.igr.umich.edu/
Wednesday, February 13th
10am-12 noon
Ehrlicher Room
To register for this session, please go to: http://www.lib.umich.edu/staff/workshops
Refreshments will be served.
Thanks to Library Human Resources for funding the refreshments at the co-sponsored Instructor College/Librarians' Forum presentations.
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January 16, 2008
PEEKING OVER THE HORIZON: TECHNOLOGY'S MARK ON HIGHER EDUCATION'S FUTURE
ALL are invited to the following session, sponsored by the Librarians'
Forum and Instructors College.
PEEKING OVER THE HORIZON: TECHNOLOGY'S MARK ON HIGHER EDUCATION'S FUTURE
Come and learn about the effects of technology on the landscape of higher education. Based on current research underway at the University of Michigan and elsewhere, the session will be an engaging introduction to our collective future by demonstrating technologies that are on the horizon. The session will be led by Eric Dey, Associate Professor, School of Education and Malinda Matney, Lecturer, Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education. Eric is known for his work on technology in higher education, while Malinda specializes in gathering and disseminating information regarding UM students.
Date: Thursday, 1/17/2008
Time: 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Status: Open
Location: Ehrlicher Room (411 West Hall)
To register, go to:
http://www.lib.umich.edu/staff/workshops
Librarians' Forum
http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/libforum/
Instructors College
http://www.lib.umich.edu/icollege/
Questions? Contact Donna Hayward - dhayward@umich.edu
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December 11, 2007
Dec. 07 LF Meeting - 8th Annual Show & Tell
8th Annual Show and Tell
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Ehrlicher Room, School of Information, 411 West Hall
Refreshments at 8:30 am; program from 9:00 - 10:30 am
Please plan to join us for a time-honored tradition: the Librarians' Forum annual "show and tell" for what promises to be interesting, entertaining presentations by our colleagues:
* "A Woman's Legacy: Researching a Polish Family's History" by Patricia Yocum
* "A Bicycle inside of a Stick? -- Gadget Canes, System Sticks, and a Few Other Collectible Walking Sticks" by Jonathan Rothman
* “Seven Years in Nigeria and None the Worse for Wear” by Paul Newman
* "I ♥ Birds" by Jane Blumenthal
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Coffee with Colleagues
At last month's Librarians' Forum discussion, the notion of communication within the library and across unit lines came up multiple times. To help facilitate those discussions, at least in an informal manner, the Forum Board, in coordination with University Librarian Paul Courant, will begin hosting monthly coffee hours. These Forum Coffee Breaks are designed to give all library staff a chance to mingle and discuss issues of importance to libraries and librarianship. For December, there are two opportunities for coffee with colleagues:
Forum Coffee Break
Monday, December 17
10-11am
Beanster's (1st Floor, Michigan League)
OR
Forum Coffee Break
Wednesday, December 19
2:30-3:30pm
Beanster's (1st Floor, Michigan League)
ALL library staff are invited, feel free to come to either hour--no reservations required. Hope to see you there!
-Kathleen
Vice-Chair/Chair Elect
Librarians' Forum
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November 05, 2007
Collaboration Efforts '07-'08 Academic Year
The Librarians' Forum will work with other groups across the library this year to co-sponsor events related to our year-long series on the emerging skills and competencies of librarians. Some groups we are working with include the Instructor College and the Library Diversity Committee.
Co-sponsored with Instructor College
Information Literacy Instruction in LIS
Loyd Mbabu
Thursday, November 8th
10am-11am
Room 100
Other sessions on college students and new technologies and cultural differences and education and teaching are also being planned.
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