The GSS Weekly Newsletter
October 6, 2009
In This Issue:
- Molly Kleinmann - "Open Access or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the Internet"- Tuesday, October 20, Bijou (IMU) @ noon
- GSS Social Hour Reminder - This Thursday, October 8 (4-8pm) @ Joe's Place
- ECGPS Seeks Committee Members
ECGPS is looking for students to serve on number of committees. - Is your GSS Senator Page up to date?
The Details:
- Molly Kleinmann - "Open Access or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the Internet" - Tuesday, October 20, Bijou (IMU) @ noon
Did you know that price to some scholarly journals has increased by 2.5 times the Consumer Price Index in the last 25 years? That’s same as paying $14.50 for ONE gallon of gas. That is a price that UI Libraries cannot afford, but it is a research tool that YOU can’t afford to work without. So what do we do? Open Access: it means more readers, more recognition and more impact for new ideas.
We invite you to join us to hear Molly Kleinman, Special Assistant to the Dean of Libraries at the University of Michigan and a copyright specialist, talk about it: “Open Access or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the Internet” at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 20th in the Bijou at the Iowa Memorial Union.
This event is part of the UI Libraries celebration of Open Access Week, October 19-23, 2009. Also that week, we’ll be posting more useful information about open access including our UI colleagues own experiences with open access.
For more information about scholarly communication and your role in creating a sustainable system, check the Libraries website (www.lib.uiowa.edu/scholarly).
Co-sponsors of this event include the University of Iowa Libraries, Department of Communication Studies, Graduate Student Senate (GSS), the UI Center for Human Rights, College of Public Health, Widernet, Executive Council of Graduate and Professional Students (ECGPS), and the Project on the Rhetoric of Inquiry (POROI). - GSS Social Hour Reminder - Joe's Place (4-8PM) Thursday, 10/8
Take a break from your everyday routine and network with your fellow graduate students at the first monthly GSS Social Hour. There will be FREE Pizza for the early birds – when it’s gone, you’re out of luck! All graduate and professional students are welcome to attend.
- ECGPS Seeks Committee Members
ECGPS is looking for students to serve on number of committees. Please consider applying for one of the following positions. If interested, please contact Eric Kaiser (eric-kaiser@uiowa.edu) and submit a CV/Resume if possible, or a brief statement of interest.
- IMU Advisory Board - 1 graduate student requested by VP Rocklin. This is a new committee that will serve to guide the IMU as it looks to improve its structure and programming.
- Student Parking Appeals Review Committee (SPARC) - 3 graduate/professional students to serve on a committee that reviews traffic appeals. Chaired by UISG Senator Michael Appel. Currently meets on Tuesday evenings every three weeks. Next meeting is October 13. This is a joint committee of UISG and ECGPS.
- Student Organization Review Committee - 1 graduate/professional student to serve on a committee chaired by Kristi Finger, OSL Assistant Director for Student Organization Development (meet every WE from 11:30 to 1:00)
- Student Credit & Money Managements Services - 1 graduate/professional student to serve on a committee chaired by Kristi Finger, OSL Assistant Director for Student Organization Development (meet the third Friday of each month from 9:30 to 10:30)
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Human Rights Celebration Executive Planning Committee - 1 graduate/professional student to serve on the committee (meeting time TBD)
Is your Senator Page up to date?
- Please check your senator page and make sure that everything is correct and up-to-date, if not please contact the Membership Officer (mohamedahmed-habib@uiowa.edu)
- Please make sure you are listed under the right department
- If you are an “alternate” senator, make sure it is stated there
- In case of being “absent” for a meeting and you have an excuse, please send it to Mohamed if your attendance is listed as “excused”
Event Suggestion?
If you have an event that is pertinent to all Graduate Students at The University of Iowa, please contact us to have your event added. Please consider linking to our event calendar! Together, we can keep Graduate Students up to date, informed, and prepared!
