SIMSA AGM & Elections – September 16
The Dalhousie School of Information Management Student Association (SIMSA) is hosting its annual General Meeting on Tuesday, September 16, at 12:00 noon in the SIM Common Room. All SIM students are very welcome and encouraged to attend! Aside from discussing this year’s goals, we will also be electing two incoming student positions:
- Incoming Year Representative
- Assistant Digital Publications Officer
You can find out more about the open SIMSA positions here.
We will also hold elections for the School Committees, including
- One returning student for the Admissions & Scholarships Committee
- One returning student for the Appointments, Promotions & Tenure Committee
- One incoming student for the Curriculum Committee
- A number of students for the Petitions & Grievances Committee
- One incoming and one returning student for the School Council
You can find more information about the School Committees here.
We welcome nominations from all SIM students, and interested students are also encouraged to nominate themselves! The meeting will follow Robert’s Rules and the elections will take place via secret ballot. Please contact us with any questions.
Tall Ship Cruise – September 5
*fog horn sound*
The Tall Ship Silva will be leaving the Halifax Waterfront at 6:00 on Friday, September 5. Join your fellow SIM students, as well as graduate students from the Master of Public Administration (MPA) and Master of Resource and Environmental Managment (MREM) programs, on a spectacular 2-hour sailing trip social. Landlubbers can meet the crew at Maxwell Plum at 8:00 for something to eat!
Welcome Reception – September 4
The Dalhousie Univeristy Libraries Welcome will take place on September 4 at 4:00. Join us in the Killam Library (5th floor Staff Lounge) to meet with your university librarians, current and incoming students, and school faculty during a relaxed social event. Snacks provided.
Summer Shine 2014
Are you curious about what the Dalhousie Libraries interns have been doing over the summer? Are you interested to hear about the current projects being undertaken in your university libraries?
The 2014 Summer Shine Series will take place on Wednesday, August 13, from 3:30-5 p.m. in Rowe 1009. This event has been designed to give the Dalhousie Libraries interns an opportunity to present projects they have been working on. The presentations promise to be varied and interesting, so come on out and see your classmates, the summer interns of the Dalhousie Libraries, shine.
Presenters & topics:
1. Valerie Collins
Preserving Digital Data: Institutional Repositories and the U15
2. Hilary Lynd
Digitizing the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada’s Journal (1924-1973)
3. Gabrielle Brydges
It Takes a Village to Raise a Scholar: LibGuides, Librarians and Faculty
4. Emily Colford
MSA Project: Agricultural and Campus History
5. Andrea Kampen
Centre for Art Tapes: Archiving Multimedia
6. Andrew Roy
Using LibAnalytics to Improve Reference Services at Dalhousie Libraries
7. Kaitlin Haley & Alison Manley
Kellogg on the Move: Planning for a New Chapter
IWB Conference Theme Announced
The 2015 Information Without Borders (IWB) Conference theme has been announced!
This year’s conference, “Information Management for Climate Change Adaptation,” will center on issues of social, economic, and environmental development.
IWB Co-chair Hilary Lynd said, “We are very excited about this topic, as we feel that it is timely, interdisciplinary and that there are many great potential speakers to draw on.” This is sure to be another transformative and fascinating conference, and a great opportunity for SIM students to engage with wider issues in the information field.
To get involved in the conference this year, check out more information here.