By Leigh Hallingby
I had the pleasure of spending two glorious weeks from Sunday, May 24, through Saturday, June 6, 2009, in Prague in the Czech Republic (CZ) taking a summer school course entitled “Libraries and Librarianship in the Czech Republic.” Better known as the Prague Seminar, the course is sponsored by the University of North Carolina School of Information and Library Science (UNC SILS) in conjunction with Charles University in Prague, Central Europe's oldest university (founded 1348). Attendees who are in Library school can take the course for 3 academic credits if they also write a 15-20 page on some aspect of the seminar. Or attendees can do what I did and take it, minus the paper, for their own fulfillment and enjoyment.
Business Law
Lassana Magassa
On his motorcycle, Lassana Magassa, currently the SLA- NY Chapter’s Diversity Chair, says he can get just about any where in the city in 15 minutes. Soon though he’ll be traveling out of New York. Later this month, he will begin studies for a doctoral degree in Information Science at the University of Washington in Seattle. The recipient of the prestigious $6,000 Graduate School Top Scholar Award and a graduate assistantship for four years already has a topic in mind for his dissertation. Concerned about the digital divide-he would like to research whether access to the Internet in prison and development of technology and information searching skills has an influence on recidivism rates.
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