Making the Most of YOUR iSchool Education Betsy Rolland Kathleen Walsh Wednesday, February 7, :00-3:00 PM MGH 420

Overview Leveraging iSchool Resources –Interacting with other programs –Interacting with your cohort –Utilizing student services Student organizations –Who are they? –What do they do? –How to get involved iSchool research –Who is Doing What –How to Approach Someone –Doing an Independent Study –Studying Abroad

Why Should I Get Involved? It’s fun! You will make connections You can discover new career possibilities You may find out about iSchool programs you didn’t know existed Your resume will sparkle more brightly

Leveraging iSchool Resources Interacting with other programs Interacting with your cohort Student services

Student Organizations ALISS Association of Library and Information Science Students - The Silverfish: Student e-newsletter for ALISS & the iSchoolALISSThe Silverfish APC Archives & Preservation ClubAPC ASIS&T American Society for Information Science and TechnologyASIS&T BIG Bookarts Interest GroupBIG GPSS Graduate and Professional Students Senate iArts Where art and information intersectGPSS iArts iConnect discussion board: brings together local hosts and distance students in need of housing (UWNetID login required)iConnect discussion board: iParents iParents helps balance home and schooliParents iServe The iSchool's volunteer and service organizationiServe IUGA Informatics Undergraduate AssociationIUGA SLA Special Libraries AssociationSLA SALA The University of Washington's Student Chapter of the American Library AssociationSALA

Getting Involved in iOrgs Become an Officer Attend Meetings Volunteer at an event

Other Ways to Get Involved Start a new group –iEdge Organize an event –ASIS&T fall kick-off event –iCareer Week –iEdge 2007

iSchool Research Who is Doing What? Go to research conversations Look at faculty web pages, especially project pages Talk with PhD students Talk with the iSchool GAs

iSchool Research How to Approach Someone Talk with your professors - visit during office hours. They’re lonely! Meet with your advisor. Change advisors. Help with a research project: –Volunteer –Get credit as an independent study –Find out if they have funding for a part-time job. They might! Hang out in the iSchool reception area

iSchool Research Doing an Independent Study Take a project you’ve worked on for a class and expand on it Look at what faculty members are already doing and expand on it Think about a problem you see and try to solve it Use the faculty advisor to help develop the independent study Ask Marie to review it

iSchool Research Study Abroad Opportunities Study abroad (UW) –International Programs and Exchange Office –UW Honors Program –Office of Global Affairs - abroad/index.html abroad/index.html –Look at universities where you want to go