Nordic Research School in Library and Information Science

This template is to be used for announcing the course/workshop. The information will be announced at the NORSLIS website, and it should be prepared by the main responsible person using this page as a template. Then the page must be sent to the research school leader in plain text to be uploaded to the NORSLIS web-site.

NAME OF COURSE/WORKSHOP

Purpose of the course/workshop
Must include aim and general outline (max 500 words). Type and volume of student's preparatory work, pedagogical methods, examination and form of assessment should be indicated.

Main responsible person
Title, First name, Last name, e-mail address, homepage
Note: There must be only one main responsible person.

Co-organizers/lecturers
Title, First name, Last name, e-mail address, homepage
Note: Max 4-5 lecturers including visiting lecturers, from outside the NORSLIS departments.

Time
Year, Month Date - Month Date (Example: 2004, April 4 - April 10)
Note: Events should be sheduled over Saturday/Sunday to save travel and accommodation costs. Duration should be minimum 5 days for courses and 3 days for workshops.

Location
Address, telephone and e-mailaddress, homepage

Accommodation
Note: Location and accommodation should if possible be in the form of an internat, where all participants stay, at a guest house or a low price hotel in order to save costs and to maximize interaction among students and lecturers.

Application deadline
Year, Month Date (Example: 2004, March 5)
Application deadline should be about 1 month in advance of the course start. Call for participation should be sent out as early as possible, idreally at least 6 months in advance of course/workshop start even though not all details are specified.

Credits:
NORSLIS recommends 5 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) for a course, and 3ECTS for a workshop
Note: Final credits are decided by the person in charge of the local Ph.D. program.

How to apply
Applications must be sent to the main responsible person.
The application must contain the following information:
Name of course/workshop:
Last name:
First name:
Birth date:
Male/female:
E-mail address:
Estimated travel costs:
Name of supervisor:
Supervisor's e-mail address:

Participation is primarily reserved for Ph.D. students registred at one of the 15 NORSLIS departments. Provided that there is room for more participants, Ph.D. students from outside the NORSLIS departments, as well as researchers and lecturers at the NORSLIS departments, may participate. However, travel and accommodation costs cannot be financed by NORSLIS for these two groups.

Reimbursement of travel and accomodation costs
Always make a link to: http://www.norslis.net/general/norslisreimbursement.html

Link to the homepage of the course/workshop
A dedicated homepage containing detailed information must be prepared by the organizers, and preferably uploaded to a local site. For reasons of documenting the NORSLIS activities this homepage and associated resources must be sent to the research school leader.