School of Library and Information Science

SLIS News Archive 2010

(9/4/10) SLIS Computer Workshop. ALADIN Workshop 10-12 noon; Using CUA Cardinal Email  1-2 p.m.; Internet for SLIS Students 2--3 p.m.; Making a web page 3-4 p.m. Fall 2010 Workshop Schedule.

(8/28/10) SLIS General Computing Workshop 10-12 noon; SLIS Computing Environment 1-2 p.m.; Taking a Blended Course 2-3 p.m.;  e-SLIS using Adobe Connect Pro for students in the e-SLIS . Fall 2010 Workshop Schedule.

(8/27/10) New Student Orientation, Marist Hall, Information Commons, Room 132, 2:00-5:00.

(8/27/10) SLIS Community Picnic, sponsored by SLIS Alumni, 4:00 – 7:00 p.m., Marist Hall, The Catholic University of America.

(8/17/10) CUA Chapter of Special Libraries Association, meeting open to all students, 5:30pm, to kick off the school year in Marist Hall, Room 132, Information Commons.

(7/3/10) Health Information Science degree, announced, beginning in Fall 2010.  Catholic University of America will offer a Master of Science in Information Science with a concentration in Health Information Science (MSIT-HIT) to prepare working adults for leadership in this growing field. The degree is being offered by the School of Library and Information Science, as a result of a partnership with the Metropolitan School of Professional Studies and the School of Nursing.

(6/29/10) SLIS hosts ALA's annual conference session "Connecting with the Feds: Social Media, Collaboration, and Transparency."  The webcast and the powerpoint presentations are available.

(6/20/10) SLIS Professor Blane Dessy, in faculty news, has been named executive director of the Federal Library and Information Center Committee (FLICC) and the Federal Library and Information Network (FEDLINK) at the Library of Congress Executive Director. 

(5/20/2010) Dr. Bill Kules, in faculty news, has been promoted to Senior Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

(4/20/10) 20th Annual Stone Lecture's guest speaker is Clifford Lynch, Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information. Scholarship, Cultural Memory and Libraries in the 21st Century. Presentation video.

(3/22/2010) SLIS Colloquia, Alternative Search Tools:
Why Researchers Need to Go Beyond Google, presentation by Dr. Ran Hock, SLIS Professor and author of most recent book, the third edition of The Extreme Searcher’s Internet Handbook.  Video.

(2/27/10) SLIS Computer Workshop Use Fireworks to create icons and banners for web pages.

(2/27/10) SLIS Open House for prospective students, Mullen Library, Catholic University of America.

(2/25/10) SLIS Open House for prospective students at Stone Bridge High School, Ashburn, Virginia, Loudon County.

(2/24/2010) SLIS Colloquia, Google for Librarians,presentation by Dan Martin from the Google Washington Office.  Presentation. Video.

(2/20/10) SLIS Computer Workshop Scanning a.m. and PowerPoint p.m. 

(2/19/10) SLIS Comprehensive Exam Workshop. (Rescheduled due to snow on 2/12/10).

(2/12/10) CUA-SLA chapter tour of Department of Justice library and building.  [Cancelled due to inclement weather.]

(2/12/10) SLIS Comprehensive Exam Workshop. (Cancelled due to inclement weather.)

(2/13/10) SLIS Computer Workshop Scanning.  (Cancelled due to inclement weather.)

(1/30/10) SLIS Computer Workshop Wikis and Blogs.  (Cancelled due to inclement weather.)

(1/29/10) Second Annual SLIS Symposium "Bridging the Spectrum." Program Agenda contains information on all available individual presentations. 

(1/29/10) Roberta Stevens, President-elect, American Libraries Association, keynote address video at the Second Annual SLIS Symposium.

(1/9/10) New Student Computer Workshop, 131 SLIS Lab, Marist Hall, 10-noon and 1-5 pm.

(1/8/10) New Student Orientation, 3:00-6:30 pm in Marist Hall, Information Commons. Agenda.