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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Dear Students</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><BR>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">This is a reminder that application and insurance forms are DUE NOW for those students who will be enrolling or have enrolled in a prac unit in semester 2, 2007 and thus will be doing their prac in the mid-semester break. This is normally June/July 2007. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Thanks to all students who have submitted their forms already. I am in the process of arranging placements and will contact you when details are confirmed.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">For those who are yet to apply, the practicum application form, insurance form, practicum manual and other prac-related documents can be found at: </FONT><A HREF="http://info.mediainfo.curtin.edu.au/is_practicum_students.cfm"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">http://info.mediainfo.curtin.edu.au/is_practicum_students.cfm</FONT></U></A><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">You need to complete the relevant practicum application form AND the signed insurance form; then email, post or fax BOTH forms to me as soon as possible.</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Please read the following steps and work out which one applies to you:</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">1. The relevant practicum units are:</FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Information Studies 102 - Information Environment - 2 weeks full time placement;</FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Information Studies 302/502 - Information Theory & Research - 3 weeks full time placement.</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><BR>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">If you wish to apply for an exemption from the prac placement on work experience grounds, then you must enrol in the unit anyway as there are other coursework requirements to complete. You will need to send me as the Practicum Coordinator, a formal and comprehensive application for exemption outlining your case. This process is detailed in the practicum manual.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">2. There are some students enrolled in the coursework masters (Master of Information Management) who are undertaking the dual qualification in librarianship and records management/archives. These students need to undertake TWO placements: one in a library and the other in records/archives. One placement is attached to Inf Theory & Research 502 - mentioned above; the other is attached to another unit in which you are enrolled at the time of the second placement. These students need to also make application for either their first or second prac placement, stating CLEARLY which one it is and in which area (library/records-archives).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">3. There may still be some students enrolled in one of the two Graduate Diploma courses who should have done a prac placement by now but have not, and still need to do one. They will have already completed Inf Studies 502 when it was Information Behaviour and had no prac attached to it. Please let me know if you are such a person and in which units you are enrolled in semester 2, 2007. You must get your prac tidied away before you graduate.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">4. Anyone else who does not come under the conditions mentioned above and still thinks they need to do a prac placement. Email me your case.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Regards</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><BR>
</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Glenn</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"></FONT>
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<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Glenn Pass</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Practicum Coordinator, Information Studies</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Faculty of Media, Society and Culture</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Curtin University of Technology</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">GPO Box U1987 Perth</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Western Australia, 6845</FONT>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Phone: +61 8 9266 7173</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Fax: +61 8 9266 3166</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">email: prac.infostud@curtin.edu.au</FONT>
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