Archived News and Events

2008-2009

July 30, 2008: 2008 annual Margaret McKinley Memorial Student Scholarship winner: Shilpa Rele. Runner-up: Matthew Mayernik.
September 30, 2008: Game Night - Get to know your classmates; come play Rock Band, Mario Kart and more.
October 24, 2008: Informatics Journal with Ulia Gosart.
October 26-29, 2008: ASIS&T 2008 Annual Meeting: Columbus, OH.
November 7, 2008: Career Panel with IS Organizations.
November 24, 2008: Read LACASIS&T's OASIS Newsletter, Fall 2008 issue, with articles written by officers Katie Shields and Sarah Buchanan.
February 5, 2009: Informatics Journal with Amy Wallace.
April 15, 2009: CareerFest Résumé Workshop.
June 11, 2009: SGB and IS Dept. End-of-Year Party (Mary Menzel's house).

2007-2008

October 9, 2007: John Khuu wins the 2007 Annual Margaret McKinley Memorial Student Scholarship. Runner-up: Madaleine Laird.
October 10, 2007: Informatics Journal Group - "What is Informatics?" with Alla Zollers, Information Studies PhD. candidate.
October 19-24, 2007: co-Chair John Khuu accepts Student Chapter of the Year honors at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting Awards Luncheon (Oct. 23) in Milwaukee, WI (view the ASIS&T Bulletin coverage)
October 24, 2007: Panel Discussion - Journalism and Blogging
October 25, 2007: Workshop - Creating Websites with HTML & CSS
October 27, 2007: Appointment of new ASIS&T Officers
November 7, 2007: Informatics Journal Group - "Information Architecture" with Lynn Boyden
November 19, 2007: Workshop - CONTENTdm Tutorial
December 6, 2007: Movie Night - the 1978 film "Superman"
February 5, 2008: ASIS&T & SLA Disney Imagineering Tour
February 15, 2008: ASIS&T Yahoo! Entertainment Usability Lab Tour
February 19, 2008: Informatics Journal Group - “Physical, Social and Experiential Knowledge in Pervasive Computing Environments” with Katie Shilton
May 12, 2008: Panel Discussion - Conference Ready
May 28, 2008: Workshop - Databases
June 2, 2008: Appointment of new ASIS&T officers

2006-2007

July 30, 2006: 2006 Annual Margaret McKinley Memorial Student Scholarship Recipient: Monique Escamilla. Runner-up: Katie Shilton.
September 25, 2006: Appointment of new ASIST Officers
October 11, 2006: First general meeting Fall 2006
October 16, 2006: Appointment of more new ASIST Officers
October 18, 2006: Informatics Journal - Alla Genkina
October 25, 2006: Workshop - Creating Websites
November 1, 2006: NetVibes Mini-Workshop
November 3-8, 2006: ASIS&T Annual Meeting 2006
November 6, 2006: Informatics Journal - Group Meeting
November 15, 2006: Informatics Journal - Dr. Jean-François Blanchette
November 28, 2006: Workshop - Creating Web Sites (encore)
November 29, 2006: Informatics Journal - Lynn Boyden
December 2, 2006: LACASIS Board Meeting
December 14, 2006: LACASIS & SLA-SCC Holiday Party
January 9, 2007: Movie Night - "Desk Set"
January 17, 2007: ASIS&T General Meeting
January 24, 2007: Panel Discussion - Electronic Resources Management
January 30, 2007: Workshop - Cascading Style Sheets
February 7, 2007: Panel Discussion - UCLA Informatics WIki
February 20, 2007: Panel Discussion - Open Source
February 23, 2007: Workshop - Tips and Tricks for MS Office
February 27, 2007: Career Fest 2007 - Cover Letters, Resumes and CVs
March 1, 2007: Career Fest 2007 - Public Librarianship
March 6, 2007: Career Fest 2007 - Why is Talking About Money so Hard?
March 8, 2007: Career Fest 2007 - Cultural Institutions
March 10, 2007: Informatics Journal - Monique Escamilla et al
March 13, 2007: Career Fest 2007 - Informatics, Job Searching and First Year Experience
March 15, 2007: Career Fest 2007 - Academic Libraries
April 6, 2007: Career Fest 2007 - Resume Workshop
April 7, 2007: Informatics Journal - Natalie Kamper
April 10, 2007: ASIS&T General Meeting
April 19, 2007: Informatics Journal - ASIS&T Officers
May 9, 2007: Panel Discussion - HCI and web site usability
May 22, 2007: Informatics Journal - Katie Shilton

2005-2006

Fall 2005: Margaret McKinley Memorial Student Scholarship Essay Competition winner: Mary Wickline. Runner-up: Hongyan Ma.
March 15, 2006: Meeting about Informatics Wiki
April 4, 2006: Meeting about Informatics Wiki

2004-2005

July 2004: 13th-annual Margaret McKinley Memorial Student Scholarship Essay Competition winner: Youn Noh.
February 3, 2005: Quantum² seminar by Heidi Porth, MLIS Consultant with Thomson-Dialog: "Leading the Way: Trends & Best Practices in the Information Professional Role"
March 9, 2005: Winter 2005 Career Panel
June 7, 2005: Laura Tuers wins Dialog's 2005 Roger K. Summit Scholarship for the Americas

2002-2003

January 27, 2003: Meeting
May 16, 2003: T-shirt Fundraiser
May 20, 2003: Career Strategies in a Slowed Economy

2001-2002

Fall 2001: Margaret McKinley Memorial Student Scholarship Essay Competition runner-up: Renee Y. Rastorfer.
October 18, 2001: UCLA vs. Cal home football game [pdf]
November 2, 2001: Dr. Gene Golovchinsky: "Reading Appliances or E-books? The Present and Future of Document Work" [pdf]
November 5, 2001: Professional Forum and Panel Discussion with 5 Professionals [pdf]
April 11, 2002: Visit to UCLA's Visualization Portal
May 23, 2002: "Great Expectations: Librarians and Information Professionals in Today’s Shifting Job Market" [pdf & pdf]

2000-2001

Fall 2000: Officers Heather Hessel and Kane Tsay (runner-up) win Margaret McKinley Memorial Student Scholarship Essay Competition.
February 7, 2001: Meeting [pdf]
February 21, 2001: Clifford Lynch: "Current Developments in Networked Information" [pdf]
April 21, 2001: Lecture by Dr. Ben Schneiderman
May 15, 2001: Meeting [pdf]

Prior 2000:

UCLA IS student winners of Margaret McKinley Memorial Student Scholarship Essay Competition: Marianne Afifi, Kara Steiniger, Louisa Toot (1996 runner-up), Holly Ying and Charlotte P. Lee.
Bonnie Ko wins Dialog's 1998 Roger K. Summit Scholarship