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(We didn't either...)
Revised and Reprinted from the September, 2002 Issue.
Welcome, of course, to the returning students, but particularly to the new students beginning the program this winter term. Good luck, nice to have you here, and here are some factoids that might come in handy your first weeks as a DLIS graduate student:
- Janie Weaver, Assistant to the Department Chair, welcomes your DLIS questions and concerns. Email her at jweaver@mail.sis.pitt.edu or call her at (412) 624-3998.
- The first day to register for Summer term is February 17. Fall term registration begins March 13. Register early, register often.
- Spring break begins March 2.
- Mailboxes for graduate students will be assigned following the add/drop period and the completed enrollment count. The mailboxes are located outside room 650.
- The 6th floor Local Job Postings bulletin boards are on the wall opposite Room 633 and 633A.
- There are graduate student lockers on the 4th and 6th floors. BYOL (bring your own lock).
- DLIS field placement application forms are available online at http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~lsdept/intern.htm#fpforms .
- The job binders located in the IS Library behind the circulation desk contain listings and advertisements for available LIS jobs throughout the country. Keep in mind that some jobs that do not post electronically are in the binders.
- The IS Library offers individual assistance with research papers and projects. Drop in to schedule a consultation.
- LIS students can attend DLIS faculty meetings. Generally, the meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each month. Rumors that they are to be held in a secure, undisclosed location are unfounded. Contact Janie Weaver at jweaver@mail.sis.pitt.edu or call her at (412) 624-3998, for dates, times, and locations.
- Each semester SIS students can apply for funding to attend professional conferences. Visit the Professional Conference Guidelines webpage at http://www2.sis.pitt.edu/academics/information/conference.html for more information.
- You can get a student membership to the ALA for $25 a year. See the Membership link at http://www.ala.org.
- There is a United States Postal Service office within the Mellon Institute (the building with the big columns, on the corner of Bellefield and Fifth Ave.). Enter the side door facing Bellefield. Turn immediately to the right and go to the last door on the left. The post office is through that door, in the general shipping area. There is also a post office inside the Carnegie Public Main Library. Turn left once inside the second set of doors.
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Last updated January 31, 2003