LISNews: Librarian News

John Shableski writes "A Graphic Novels Symposium for Librarians!

If you happen to live on or near Long Island, New York you will want to attend an excellent graphic novels symposium that Barbara Moon has put together at the Harborfields Library in Greenlawn, NY (Long Island)

Seriously: A Graphic Novels Symposium
Presented by Suffolk Cooperative Library System
Sept 6th
Harborfields Public Library
http://moon.barbara.googlepages.com/home -- Read More

mdoneil writes "Indiana University's School of Infomatics professors have published a study that notes that phishing scams may get up to 14 percent response rates (heck I'm lucky if my work email gets that).
This result is in a paper by Drs. Jakobsson and Ratkiewicz of the School. The paper "Designing Ethical Phishing Experiments: A study of (ROT13) rOnl auction query features. is interesting in and of itself, valid and ethical phishing experiments!"

Anonymous Patron writes "A summary of Kenneth-Roy Bonin's presentation about the University of Ottawa's School of Information Studies is available from CASLIS Ottawa. Dr. Bonin spoke briefly about his "dreams in Technicolor" for the School: further ideas he has that will not come to fruition in the near future. He spoke about having a joint master's program, possibly in collaboration with the law, engineering, or business faculties and schools. Eventually, the School of Information Studies would also like to offer a Ph D program, develop distance-learning courses, and perhaps even offer continuing education programs."

Bruce Fulton writes "The University of Arizona School of Information Resources and Library Science and the University of Arizona Office of Continuing Education and Academic Outreach are now accepting applications from students interested in a new post-baccalaureate certificate program in Digital Information Management (DigIn). DigIn will provide hands-on experience and focused instruction for people seeking new careers in or improving their skills and knowledge of digital archives, digital libraries, digital document repositories and other kinds of digital collections.
The explosion of digital information and the growth of on-line digital resources has led to a shortage of individuals with an understanding of the disciplines of libraries, document management and archives who also have the technical knowledge and skills needed to create, manage and support digital information collections. The six course 18 credit hour graduate program will provide both new students and working professionals with a balanced mix of content that includes practical applied technology skills along with a foundation in the theory and practice of building and maintaining today’s digital collections. Certificate holders will be well positioned for careers in libraries, archives, local, state and federal government and the private sector.
All coursework is online, so students will not need to take time off work or travel for courses. The program may be completed in 18-30 months and starts each summer with two required courses, Introduction to Applied Technology and Introduction to Digital Collections. The certificate program has been developed in cooperation with The Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records. Major funding for program development comes from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which has also provided funding for a limited number of scholarships. For more information and to apply, visit the University of Arizona Office of Continuing Education and Academic Outreach website at http://ceao.arizona.edu/dist/sirls_welcome.html. The deadline for scholarship applications and admission to the program starting this summer is March 1, 2007."