[OPLINLIST] News from SLIS at Kent State, Jan. 21, 2013

[Cunningham, Flo]

(please excuse duplicate postings)


Below are headlines and links to recent news from the School of Library and Information Science at Kent State University. Follow us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ksuslis) and Twitter (@KentStateSLIS<https://twitter.com/#%21/KentStateSLIS>) for the latest updates!


News

SLIS Welcomes Copyright Law Scholar-Educator as New Director

The School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at Kent State University welcomes Tomas A. Lipinski, J.D., LL.M., Ph.D., as its new director. Lipinski takes over the reins of Ohio's only American Library Association-accredited master's degree program and one of the largest library and information science schools in the nation. He most recently served as executive associate dean and professor at Indiana University School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). He had previously been director of the Master of Library and Information Science (M.L.I.S.) degree program and professor at the School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he also was co-director (and founder) of the Center for Information Policy Research (CIPR). Read more at http://www.kent.edu/slis/news/newsdetail.cfm?newsitem=15E7CE34-EC81-9BA7-AB8840D1556A96B8.

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Creative Outreach Grant for Teachers and Librarians -- Up to $1,000 to be Awarded

Applications are now being accepted for the Annual Virginia Hamilton and Arnold Adoff Creative Outreach Grants for Teachers and Librarians. Two grants up to $1,000 each will be given. One grant will be given to a teacher and another to a librarian for proposals to develop new classroom or library programs that raise awareness of multicultural literature among young people, particularly but not exclusively through the works of Virginia Hamilton. The application deadline is Feb. 28. For more information, including a link to instructions and proposal guidelines, see http://www.kent.edu/slis/news/newsdetail.cfm?newsitem=4F3CC983-FEF8-008D-35CF24C849EF874A.
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Explore "Museum Origins" in Italy - Now Accepting Applications for Summer Course
The Museum Origins course offered by the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at Kent State University is now accepting applications for the eight-week, summer 2013 class, which includes two weeks in Florence, Italy, visiting museums and learning about the collectors and collections from which they evolved. The three-credit course is open to graduate (master's and doctoral) students in any field, from any institution. Admission to the course is competitive; only 15 students will be accepted. Application materials and additional details are available at http://bit.ly/MuseumOrigins2013. Deadline for applications is March 1, 2013.
Learn more about this opportunity by participating in a virtual open house on Wednesday, Jan. 30, at 1 p.m. Register for the online open house at http://bit.ly/MuseumOrigins2013. Read more about the course at http://www.kent.edu/slis/news/newsdetail.cfm?newsitem=6C5FB918-CA87-7CCD-E79FF1582A581444.
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New Resources Offered to Scholars of Information and Religion
The Center for the Study of Information and Religion (CSIR) at Kent State University announces the release of two new resources for researchers in the area of information and religion: the Sermon Texts Posting Sites Index and the Sermon Content Review. Both resources were developed by CSIR primary researcher Dan Roland, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the School of Library and Information Science.
The Sermon Texts Posting Sites Index (STPSI) is a directory of blogs and congregational websites used by religious leaders for posting the text of their weekly sermons. In addition to site links, the directory includes the denominational affiliation and geographical location of each religious leader and the name of the congregation he or she serves. The Sermon Content Review (SCR), expands on the value of the STPSI by offering a broad overview of sermon message contents. The monthly report will cover frequency distributions of scripture texts; references to current issues, events and phenomena; trending words, phrases and concepts used in the sermon texts; citations of information resources and more. Read more at http://www.kent.edu/slis/news/newsdetail.cfm?newsitem=1B9A2B51-0D5B-7F8F-4EB667CD35F09FDF.
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Important Dates
Jan. 30, 2013
Virtual open house on Museum Origins course, which includes two weeks in Florence, Italy. Register at http://bit.ly/MuseumOrigins2013.
Feb. 1, 2013
Deadline to apply for the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Communication and Information. You can focus your studies on various aspects of the library and information science field. http://www.kent.edu/CCI/About/phd/index.cfm
March 1, 2013
Deadline to apply for admission to the Museum Origins course. http://bit.ly/MuseumOrigins2013
April 4 and 5, 2013
Virginia Hamilton Conference on Multicultural Literature for Youth, hosted by SLIS and the College of Education, Health and Human Services
"Dreams & Promises: Multicultural Literature & the Common Core"
Featuring Angela Johnson, Yuyi Morales and Gary Schmidt
Kent, Ohio
http://virginia-hamilton.slis.kent.edu/2013-conference/
June 19-22, 2013
Third Annual Conference on Information and Religion, hosted by the Center for the Study of Information and Religion, in conjunction with the American Theological Library Association (ATLA) Annual Conference
"The Social Construction of Religious Knowledge"
Keynote address by Peter Ochs, Edgar M. Bronfman Professor of Modern Judaic Studies, University of Virginia; founding editor of the Journal of Scriptural Reasoning
Charlotte, N.C.
http://www.kent.edu/slis/research/csir/2013-conference-on-information-and-religion.cfm
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Recent faculty publications and presentations

An article by Denise A. D. Bedford, Ph.D., Goodyear Professor Knowledge Management and SLIS Assistant Professor, has been published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Knowledge Management Practice, Vol. 13, No. 4, December 2012. The article is titled "The Role Of Knowledge Management In Creating Transformational Organizations And Transformational Leaders." http://www.tlainc.com/articl320.htm

Len Asprey, adjunct faculty member in the IAKM knowledge management concentration, has published a book titled Integrative Document and Content Management: Strategies for Exploiting Enterprise Knowledge (Hershey: Idea Group Publishing).

Madelyn Blair, Ph.D., adjunct faculty member in the IAKM knowledge management concentration, has published a book titled Riding the Current: How to Deal with the Daily Deluge of Data (Taos, N.M.: The Taos Institute Publications).

Annie Green, D.Sc., adjunct faculty member in the IAKM knowledge management concentration, has published two books, A Framework of Intangible Valuation Areas: The Sources of Intangible Assets within an Organization (Saabrücken, Germany: VDM Verlag) and In Search of Knowledge Management: Pursuing Primary Principles (Cambridge: Emerald Publishing Limited).

John Lewis, Ed.D., adjunct instructor in the IAKM knowledge management concentration, has published a book titled The Explanation Age (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012).

Brian Moon, adjunct faculty member in the IAKM knowledge management concentration, has published a book titled Applied Concept Mapping: Capturing, Analyzing, and Organizing Knowledge (Boca Raton: CRC Press).

Read about more faculty publications and presentations at http://www.kent.edu/slis/about/slis-points-of-pride.cfm.
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Alumni News and Updates
Ashlee (Clark) Tominey, M.L.I.S. '12, of Columbus, Ohio, has been promoted to the position of Library Development Consultant with an emphasis in special project coordination at the State Library of Ohio. Ashlee's responsibilities will include coordinating Ohio's participation in ILEAD USA, supporting Library Leadership Ohio, and helping libraries with the development of strategic plans. She will also help Ohio libraries promote, develop, and assess their workforce development projects and form collaborative relationships with organizations and government agencies supporting workforce development and the economically impacted. Ashlee has been with the State Library of Ohio for the past nine years, serving as Executive Secretary to the State Librarian for the last six.  She has also worked at the Ohioana Library Association and Ohio University's Alden Library. Ashlee also was recently appointed to the Ohio Library Council's Library Education Committee and is an active member of the 2012 class of Library Leadership Ohio.
Catherine Hakala-Ausperk, M.L.S. '91, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, has been named editor of "By the Book," a professional book reviews' column published in Public Libraries. (Anyone interested in reviewing new library science books can contact Cathy at chakalaausperk at gmail.com<mailto:chakalaausperk at gmail.com>.) She is executive director of the Northeast Ohio Regional Library System.
Carolyn Hank, M.L.I.S. '04, Ph.D., of Chapel Hill, N.C., has been appointed as assistant professor in the University of Tennessee School of Information Sciences. She joins the UT faculty from McGill University where she was assistant professor and acting coordinator for the archival studies program. As a member of the Digital Curation Professional Institute faculty, she also serves as an adjunct instructor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  Hank was awarded her Ph.D. in 2011 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her dissertation was titled "Scholars and Their Blogs: Characteristics, Preferences, and Perceptions Impacting Digital Preservation. She received the Academic Achievement Award for the Epsilon Chapter of Beta Phi Mu (UNC) in May of 2012 and the Outstanding Adjunct Teaching Award (UNC) in May of 2011. In June of 2010 she was awarded the Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship from Beta Phi Mu. She will begin teaching courses in the spring 2013 semester and will continue her research focus in digital curation and archival studies at UT.
Steve Kemple, M.L.I.S. '12, of Cincinnati, Ohio, was featured in an interview in the December issue of Library Journal. http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2012/12/media/music/making-noise-steve-kemple-december-1-2012-music-for-the-masses/
Kemberly (Meiners) Lang, M.L.S. '88, of London, Ohio, was recently selected as Curator of Corporate Heritage at OCLC located in Dublin, Ohio. In this position, Kemberly manages the OCLC Archive collections in both their physical and digital formats. Currently, the digital archive is maintained using CONTENTdm with non-restrictive items searchable via the OCLC WorldCat database.
Michelle Miller, M.L.I.S. '11, of Jamestown, Ohio, has been named Assistant Principal of Xenia Christian Middle and High School. She previously worked as the Assistant to the Director of Campus Activities at Cedarville, as secretary to the principal of Xenia Christian High School, and at Greene County Public Library. http://xeniagazette.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=176964&SectionID=2&SubSectionID=4&S=1
Sara Sampson, M.L.I.S. '04, has been appointed as an adjunct instructor at the University of North Carolina School of Information and Library Science. She will be teaching the Law Libraries and Legal Information course. Sara is also the Deputy Director of the Law Library and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Joenna (Wolfe) Cynkar, M.L.I.S. '07, of Dublin, Ohio, has been named the Program Coordinator for Ohio State University's Department of Psychiatry. Jo began her LIS career as a Children's Librarian at the Worthington Libraries (she was hired while doing her practicum there) and was promoted to Manager of Youth Services at Worthington only two years later in 2009. This latest career move represents a step outside of the LIS field but draws directly on the program management skills and experience she gained during her time at the Worthington Libraries.
Read more alumni updates at http://www.kent.edu/slis/alumni/index.cfm.

All the best,

Flo

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School of Library and Information Science
Kent State University
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