Tuesday, September 06, 2016
SRS to host webinars as part of their Area Studies Series
The Slavic Reference Service at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will host two webinars as part of their Area Studies Series. This series was developed to address the dynamic changes in Area Studies (Arts and Humanities, Social, Life, and Physical Sciences). Subject specialists, staff, graduate students, and library administrators are particularly encouraged to register for these webinars.
Area Studies Webinar Series: Outreach and Engagement
When: September 28th at 1:00 pm (Central Standard Time)
Register: https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/6984315
Moderator: Joe Lenkart
Panelists: José Diaz (Associate Curator for Special Collections and Latin American and Iberian Studies Librarian, Ohio State University)
Presentation title: The roles of engagement at the Ohio State University Libraries: thoughts from an early adopter
Mara Thacker (South Asian Studies Librarian, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Presentation title: Outreach and engagement in area studies: the case of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Shahlo Seidmedova (Outreach Coordinator, Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center, Indiana University – Bloomington)
Presentation title: Inner Asian and Uralic National Research Center’s outreach efforts
Area Studies Webinar Series: Area Studies Administration
When: October 26th at 10:00 am (Central Standard Time)
Register: https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/6984315
Moderator: Joe Lenkart
Panelists: Irma Reijonen (Director, Slavonic Library, National Library of Finland)
Presentation title: Perspective from the Head of the Slavonic Library, National Library of Finland
Karen Stoll Farrell (Head, Area Studies Department and Librarian for South Asia and Southeast Asian Studies, Indiana University-Bloomington)
Presentation title: Area studies collections and services: administrative perspective from Indiana University Library
Joan Weeks (Head, Near East Section and Turkish Specialist in the African and Middle Eastern Division)
Presentation title: Area studies administration: a perspective from the Head of the Near East Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress.