Fall Lecture and Tour!

Featuring Josh Hadro
Deputy Director, NYPL Labs

“The Second Generation Digital Library”

When: Friday, October 30, 2015
Tour of NYPL: 5:30 – 6:00 PM
Lecture and reception: 6:00 – 8:30 PM

Location: The New York Public Library
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street
Room 201

As Deputy Director of The New York Public Library Labs, Josh supports the Digital Imaging Unit, the Metadata Services Unit, the Permissions and Reproductions unit, and the new Semantic Applications and Data Research program, while also coordinating NYPL’s digital content partnerships with the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), HathiTrust Digital Library, Google Books, and others. 

Josh holds a BA from Columbia University and an MSLIS from Pratt Institute. He also teaches at the Pratt Institute, and serves as an editorial board member of the open-access Weave Journal of Library User Experience. 

 

Refreshments will be served. In honor of Halloween, a prize will be given for the best costume!

 

Space is limited

Please RSVP to betaphimutheta [at] gmail [dot] com by October 27th. 

Suggested donation $5. 

Download the flyer here!

Save the Date: Annual Fall Lecture

Save the date for Friday, October 30th for Beta Phi Mu Theta's Annual Fall Lecture!

We are pleased to announce that Josh Hadro, Deputy Director, NYPL Labs, Pratt alum, professor and a member of the Theta chapter, will be speaking on “The Second Generation Digital Library”, at the Stephen A. Schwartzman Building on October 30, 2015 in the evening.

More details to come!

Questions? Email us at betaphimutheta [at] gmail [dot] com

Welcome New Beta Phi Mu Theta Initiates!

We are happy to welcome our newest members to Pratt's Chapter of Beta Phi Mu! 

Our initiation ceremony took place on Friday, May 15, 2015 at Pratt's Manhattan Campus.

Dean Tula Giannini speaks to the new initiates and their friends and family

Dean Tula Giannini

Theta Chapter President Karen Erani

Past-President and Current Vice President Alexandra Nader

Chapter President Karen Erani

New Initiates

Theta Chapter Board and active members (from left): Gina Shelton, President Karen Erani, Staff Advisor Vinette Thomas, Vice President Alexandra Nader, Treasurer Jordan DeButts and Secretary Elizabeth Beller.

New and Current Chapter Members

Beta Phi Mu Theta Alum at ALA Annual

Jodi Shaw, a recent initiate of the Theta chapter, attended the Beta Phi Mu National G-ALA at ALA Annual on Saturday, June 27th in San Francisco. She was able to meet with the President of the
International Library & Information Studies Honor Society Eileen Abels, Dean, SILS Simmons College.

Dean Eileen Abels (left) with Jodi Shaw

Calling all Beta Phi Mu Theta Alumni!

Please come join us for the Beta Phi Mu Initiation and High Tea which will be held on May 15, 2015 at Pratt Institute.

Come and meet the new initiates and network with friends. Following the tea and initiation, you are invited to view the SILS Students Show, highlighting students’ posters and presentations on various topics from current classes, including several BPM initiates.

If it is not possible for you to be present you may still donate to the Rhoda Garoogian Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Details on the event and the scholarship fund are below.  

RSVP To Beta Phi Mu by emailing info at bpmtheta dot org by May 6, 2015

 If you cannot attend after your RSVP has been submitted please let us know. 

We look forward to hearing from you!

Sincerely,

Karen

Karen Erani

President Beta Phi Mu

Spring Initiation Event

WHEN:

Friday, May 15th, 2015

4-5pm   Beta Phi Mu Initiation Ceremony  and Tea (PMC room 213)

5-7pm   Students Show at Pratt Manhattan (PMC 6th floor)

7-9pm   Graduation Party at Pratt Manhattan (PMC room 213)

WHERE:

Pratt Institute Manhattan Campus, Room 213

144 West 14th

New York, NY 10011

212-647-7682

L Train to 6 Ave or F/V Trains to 14th Street Walk a half block west.

OR

1/2/3 to 7th Ave Walk a half block east

(Pay Parking is available across the street from Pratt)

RSVP TO BETA PHI MU (info at bpmtheta dot org) by May 6, 2015

 If you cannot attend after your RSVP has been submitted please let us know.

Member dues and donation may be paid via postal mail or at the event.

Please make checks payable to Beta Phi Mu/Theta Chapter. You may pay at the event or send to: Treasurer, Beta Phi Mu - Theta Chapter c/o Pratt Institute/SILS

144 West 14th Street, 6th Floor New York, NY 10011-7301.

*The scholarship is given in remembrance of Rhoda Garoogian who served as

Assistant Dean and later as Acting Dean (1989-1991) at a critical juncture

in the program's history. Enrollment had dropped below 100 students and

the School had been downgraded to a department. Library schools were

closing nationwide at a rapid rate. In her brief two years, Rhoda doubled

enrollment and reestablished SILS as a School. But Rhoda is most

remembered for her many acts of kindness, accessibility, and dedication to

students. Our Scholarship is given in her spirit that is so much a part of

the SILS tradition.

SILS Fifth Annual Showcase

#INFOSHOW15

Information below via Pratt Institute

May 15, 5–7 PM

Opening Reception: 7–8 PM

This Fifth Annual Showcase highlights extraordinary student work from the School of Information and Library Science. The showcase includes presentations, lightning talks, posters, and digital posters.

For more information:

infosils@pratt.edu

212.647.7682

Pratt Manhattan Campus

144 West 14th Street, Sixth Floor

Reception will be held in Room 213

Sponsored by the School of Information and Library Science

If you are not a student or guest of a student, please use the following form to RSVP:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1gjXIRtFWEI3LQCAlsoPwf2bKGj7VhVZzxqLPWxHvbdo/viewform