Hi, all -- The U-M School of Information is seeking projects for our students to sink their teeth into! Please see note below from our Client Engagement Office if you are interested!! ------------- Hello UMSI community, *The UMSI Engaged Learning Office is now accepting project ideas for Winter 2024 client-based courses and programs. <https://www.si.umich.edu/host-student-project>* Our call for projects can be found below. We welcome your project ideas, and we encourage you to share this message broadly with your networks! Would your organization benefit from student perspectives on an information challenge that is central to your work? Are you interested in making a positive impact on the next generation of information leaders? If so, the University of Michigan School of Information (UMSI) <https://www.si.umich.edu/> invites you to submit a project idea for a client-based course or program. *There is no cost to host a project.* In exchange for your time in communicating with the team and your assistance in getting students what they need to be successful, you will receive capacity-building deliverables related to areas such as usability evaluation, preservation, web archiving, librarianship, or digital curation. *Courses: *UMSI is currently accepting project ideas for the following graduate courses, which will take place in the Winter 2024 semester (January-April): - SI 622: Needs Assessment and Usability Evaluation <https://www.si.umich.edu/host-student-project/user-experience-ux/si-622-needs-assessment-and-usability-evaluation>- Students in this course will evaluate how well the user experience of your product or system meets the needs of its users by using specific methods to identify areas where the product or system succeeds, and where improvements can be made to help users achieve their goals. - SI 581: Preserving Information Resources in a Digital Age <https://www.si.umich.edu/host-student-project/library-archives-and-digital-curation/preserving-information-resources-digital>- Students in this course will conduct a preservation assessment and provide a preservation plan that includes a series of recommendations. - SI 639: Web Archiving <https://www.si.umich.edu/host-student-project/library-archives-and-digital-curation/web-archiving-si-639>- Students in this course will apply skills in web archive capture, replay, and analysis using contemporary tools and technologies. - SI 699: Librarianship & Archival Practice <https://www.si.umich.edu/host-student-project/library-archives-and-digital-curation/si-699-special-projects-librarianship>- Students in this course will lead special projects relating to instruction, service design, assessment, and other areas of librarianship or archives. - SI 699: Digital Curation <https://www.si.umich.edu/host-student-project/library-archives-and-digital-curation/si-699-digital-curation-mastery>- Students in this course will develop plans, procedures, and documentation, and build model sets for the management, archiving, digitization, and curation of large data sets and collections. Submit your project idea <https://umforms.tfaforms.net/218328> by the priority deadline, Friday, October 6, and our team will assist you in developing and scoping a full project proposal for a team of students to work on in the Winter 2024 semester, which takes place from January-April. Please note that while we do our best to match all projects to a team, some projects may not be selected. Check out previous project examples <https://www.si.umich.edu/host-student-project/client-guide/project-examples> to learn more about what our students can do! Please do not hesitate to contact the Engaged Learning Office at umsi.client.engagement@umich.edu with any questions you have. We look forward to reviewing your project idea! *Gabby Strzalkowski **(pronunciation: straw-cow-ski)* Pronouns: <https://pronouns.org/what-and-why> (she/her) Marketing and Relationship Development Program Manager University of Michigan School of Information (UMSI) UMSI Engagement Center | 777 North University Ave., Suite 200 gabstrz@umich.edu | http://www.si.umich.edu Submit a project idea <https://umforms.tfaforms.net/218328> for a UMSI client-based course or program <https://www.si.umich.edu/host-student-project> Get involved in UMSI's Water Theme Year: Water Access and Conservation <https://www.si.umich.edu/host-student-project/get-involved-umsis-theme-year-water-access-and-conservation> -- Kristin Fontichiaro Clinical Professor University of Michigan School of Information 4427 North Quad 105 S. 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