From sshafer at library.ucla.edu Wed Jan 21 14:16:30 2015 From: sshafer at library.ucla.edu (Shafer, Sharon) Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 19:16:30 +0000 Subject: [Lacasis-l] FW: Mentors needed for UCLA IS informatics students In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6DDD78B5FB92404487F8E25AA27449E4AF26EAD2@EM1A.ad.ucla.edu> Dear LACASIS colleagues, Some of you may have heard of or even participated in the UCLA Department of Information Studies Mentor Program, which pairs first year IS graduate student with information professionals. This year we have several students in the informatics specialty who have requested a mentor in this field. If you're interested in mentoring a student through their second year (or even beyond) send me your information below. I've also included a brief description of the program. We hope you will be able to find the time for email exchanges, visiting your work place and an occasional lunch. Here is a description of the different specialties, including informatics: http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/programs/mlis/mlis-specializations Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Thank you! Cathy Brown UCLA IS Mentor Program Committee Catherine M. Brown Inquiry Librarian Lead, Undergraduate Research in the Sciences Lead, Exhibits and Programs UCLA Powell Library 220 Powell Library Bldg. Los Angeles, CA 90095-1450 310-206-4608 cbrown at library.ucla.edu UCLA IS MENTOR PROGRAM QUESTIONNAIRE Name: Phone: Company or Institution: Address: Email: What is your type of work? Any outside activities and interests (list): FACT SHEET FOR MENTORS UCLA IS Mentor Program What is it and what's its purpose? * It pairs first-year students with information specialists from all over Southern California in an informal, collegial relationship. * It assists students in their adjustment to library school and introduces them to various aspects of the profession. * It introduces the student to working professionals and gives them the opportunity to ask questions about "real life" work situations. What actually happens in the program? * The mentoring committee will use your questionnaire to match you with a student or students. * You'll contact your mentee and arrange to meet. Contact between mentor and student is up to each pair and could include visits to the mentor's workplace, meeting for a meal or coffee, and chats via phone and email. * Mentors typically provide information about specific aspects of librarianship and about the profession at large. They offer support and encouragement to the student and answer the student's questions about the profession. Course credit? This is not a workshop, internship, or formal course. It is purely voluntary on both the mentor's and student's part. Making the Program a Success * Phone or email them; contact information will be given to you. * Keep an open mind. Although we try to pair mentors and students according to their mutual interests, we are not always able to make the "perfect" pairing. * Being a part of the program gives you the opportunity to share about your profession and what it's like to be an information specialist. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From shell.ray at gmail.com Sun Jan 25 19:21:17 2015 From: shell.ray at gmail.com (Shelly Ray) Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 16:21:17 -0800 Subject: [Lacasis-l] Event this Thurs 1/29: Data Visualization for the Web Using Google Charts Message-ID: In case you missed the announcement on the website and Facebook page, here's the scoop on the this Thursday's presentation on Data Visualization! *Data Visualization for the Web Using Google Charts* Thursday, Jan 29, 2015 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm PST Live webcast, and in-person at UCLA Young Research Library, West Classroom (Room 23167): http://www.library.ucla.edu/yrl/west-classroom; Link to live webcast will be sent this week. Join in-person or via webcast to learn the basics of data visualization and charts to present datasets on the web with no programming. Kristian Allen from the Digital Library Program at UCLA Library will cover the proper format to structure your data for use with common web tools and review some popular charting and visualization frameworks available, including Google Charts and Fusion tables. Have a dataset you'd like to see come to life? Kristian is accepting example library datasets to be visualized during the session. Contact Sharon Shafer at sshafer at library.ucla.edu to share your dataset for visualization! This is a free event open to all, registration not required. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From shell.ray at gmail.com Sun Jan 25 19:52:41 2015 From: shell.ray at gmail.com (Shelly Ray) Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 16:52:41 -0800 Subject: [Lacasis-l] Event this Thurs 1/29: Data Visualization for the Web Using Google Charts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ?Here is the link to join the live webcast from your computer, tablet or smartphone ?: ? https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/364760629 ? On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 4:21 PM, Shelly Ray wrote: > In case you missed the announcement on the website and Facebook page, > here's the scoop on the this Thursday's presentation on Data Visualization! > > *Data Visualization for the Web Using Google Charts* > Thursday, Jan 29, 2015 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm PST > Live webcast, and in-person at UCLA Young Research Library, West > Classroom (Room 23167): http://www.library.ucla.edu/yrl/west-classroom; > Link to live webcast will be sent this week. > > Join in-person or via webcast to learn the basics of data visualization > and charts to present datasets on the web with no programming. Kristian > Allen from the Digital Library Program at UCLA Library will cover the > proper format to structure your data for use with common web tools and > review some popular charting and visualization frameworks available, > including Google Charts and Fusion tables. > > Have a dataset you'd like to see come to life? 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Full details and link to webcast are below. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Shelly Ray* Date: Sunday, January 25, 2015 Subject: Fwd: Event this Thurs 1/29: Data Visualization for the Web Using Google Charts *Data Visualization for the Web Using Google Charts* Thursday, Jan 29, 2015 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm PST ?In-person: ? UCLA Young Research Library, West Classroom (Room 23167): http://www.library.ucla.edu/yrl/west-classroom Live webcast ? : ? https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/364760629 Join in-person or via webcast to learn the basics of data visualization and charts to present datasets on the web with no programming. Kristian Allen from the Digital Library Program at UCLA Library will cover the proper format to structure your data for use with common web tools and review some popular charting and visualization frameworks available, including Google Charts and Fusion tables. Have a dataset you'd like to see come to life? 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