[Tasl] This Saturday - SIS Alumni & Friends Day 2008

[Southern, Joel B]

Greetings,
This is a reminder that the University of Tennessee School of
Information Sciences (SIS) Alumni & Friends Day 2008 will be this
Saturday at the McClung Museum. You may register (for free) at the door,
however, we'd like for you to send a quick RSVP if you plan to attend.
This Saturday's program promises to be very engaging.
We will hear discussions from SIS faculty members Dr. Bill Robinson and
Dr. Suzie Allard. Our alumni speaker, Franciel Azpurua-Linares, will
share a unique perspective of the non-traditional information landscape.
Finally, SIS faculty will sponsor a poster session during the afternoon
reception. Please join your former classmates, favorite faculty members,
and new graduate students at the this year's Alumni & Friends Day. 
WHAT: Alumni & Friends Day 2008
WHEN: March 8, 1 pm - 3 pm | Reception & Faculty Poster Session: 3 - 4
pm
WHERE: McClung Museum Auditorium, 1327 Circle Park Dr., UT Campus 

Attendance is free and open to the public.

Please RSVP to Linda Sherman, lsherman at utk.edu or (865) 974-7916, to
attend. You may also register at the door.

PROGRAM:
* Dr. Ed Cortez: Welcome and State of the School Address
* Dr. Bill Robinson will speak on "Readability,"
* Dr. Suzie Allard will speak on Information Professionals 2.0
* Franciel Azpurua-Linares will speak on "Librarians, Information
Engineers, and Knowledge Workers, Oh My"
* Alumni Board President Chrissie Anderson Peters will present the 2008
Distinguished Alumni Award
* Reception & SIS Faculty Poster Session 

Program Abstracts 
* Dr. Bill Robinson talk on "Readability" will provide a brief look at
Amazon book statistics on genre fiction categories and what they tell us
about readability of popular fiction.
* Dr. Suzie Allard's talk on "Information Professional 2.0":
Information professionals are facing new challenges with expanding
content, new e-environments, and a growing schism between users in terms
of their level of e-ability. Allard's work with high-tech professionals,
document creators, earth scientists and students offers some insights
into what might be part of the IP2.0 toolkit and how the fundamentals of
librarianship continue to stay relevant in a 2.0 world.
* Franciel Azpurua-Linares (SIS '98) will speak on "Librarians,
Information Engineers, and Knowledge Workers, Oh My." Her talk will
provide a bird's eye view of how the information workers of the 21st
Century have access to a variety of non-traditional work opportunities
in the fluid landscape and nature of the information world. 

See http://www.sis.utk.edu/node/5036 for a full description of the
program.

Joel Southern
Communications Specialist
School of Information Sciences
College of Communication and Information
University of Tennessee
1345 Circle Park Drive, Suite 451
Knoxville, TN 37996-0341
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(865) 974-6727
jsouthern at utk dot edu
www.sis.utk.edu

This Saturday - SIS Alumni & Friends Day 2008