Events | School of Information Studies

2nd Milwaukee Conference on the Ethics of Information Organization: Location: School of Information Studies, 2025 E Newport, Milwaukee, WI 53211; Information organization, like other major functions of the information professions, faces many ethical challenges. In our literature, ethical concerns have been raised with regard to, topics such as, the role of national and international tools and standards, provision of subject access to information, deprofessionalization and outsourcing, education of professionals, and the effects of globalization. These issues and many others like them have serious implications for quality and equity in information access.

SOIS Recognition Ceremony: Location: NWQB Lobby 2025 E. Newport Milwaukee, WI 53211; Spring 2012 Recognition Ceremony

Big Brother, Big Business: Data-Mining & Surveillance: Location: UW-Milwaukee Union Theater (2200 E. Kenwood Blvd, 2nd floor); Join CIPR for a special screening of the short documentary film "Big Brother, Big Business: The Data-Mining and Surveillance Industries" in celebration of Choose Privacy Week, Tuesday, May 8, 2012. Following the film, a panel of privacy advocates will discuss its implications.

RGIR Lecture featuring: Tefko Saracevic: Location: Northwest Quadrant B 3511 2025 E Newport Ave Milwaukee, WI; Over decades, information retrieval (IR) has proved to be a dynamic and ever growing area of research, development and practice, with strong commercial interest and global use. Yet IR has well known failures as well. Three classes of failures will be discussed in this lecture.

Dinner Etiquette Skills & Networking Fundamentals: Location: UWM Union, Wisconsin Room 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd.; Learn the intricate details of formal dining and distinguish yourself from the competition in today’s globally competitive workforce. Additional topics include body language, facial expressions, tipping & client dinners.

B2A Brown Bag Presentation: Dr. Wilhelm Peekhaus: Location: Northwest Quadrant (NWQ) 3511 2025 E Newport Milwaukee, WI 53211; Overcoming Barriers to Information Access (B2A) Brown Bag Presentation Featuring: Dr. Wilhelm Peekhaus "Seeds, Sovereignty, and Sustainability: Informing and Educating South African Subsistence Farmers”

SOISorg Town Hall: Location: UWM Union Room 250; The SOISorg will be hosting a TownHall event for students to ask the SOIS Deans any questions they want. To submit your question, check your UWM email for a survey. The Town Hall will be held on April 24, 2010 from 3:30 to 4:30 in the UWM Union Room 250.

Career Workshop: New LIS Professionals Panel: Location: UW-Milwaukee, Student Union Room 280 2200 East Kenwood Blvd. Milwaukee, WI 53211; Career Workshop: New LIS Professionals Panel Sponsored by the School of Information Studies. Featuring recent grads/alumni working in public, academic, archives, school library, special, and other LIS areas.

19th Annual Ted Samore Lecture: The Future Ready Information Professional: Location: Northwest Quadrant Building B 1st Floor Lounge 2025 E Newport Ave Milwaukee, WI; With the information landscape changing dynamically, it is critical that we continuously adjust. Professionals in every segment of our field to need to evolve more quickly than before in order to keep up with the accelerating pace of change. Romaine encourages information professionals everywhere to become Future Ready by adopting strategies that prepare for emerging opportunities in the information industry and beyond. She will discuss examples of some bright spots, that is, places where this is working.