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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Dear Libraries, Archives, Records and Information Science (LARIS) students <br>
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This is an important email for both Curtin enrolled students and Open Universities Australia (OUA) enrolled students needing to undertake a practicum.<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Applications for 2021 practicum placements are due by <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red">Friday
26 March, 2021</span></strong><b><span style="color:red">. </span></b>Instructions on the application process are provided below, please read to the end. If you have already submitted your application, thank you. You can ignore this email. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">If you are not sure whether you need to undertake a practicum at this time, please read on, as this is explained below.
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">If you still have any queries <b><span style="color:red">after reading this email and the Practicum Manual</span></b>, you should send an email to the Practicum
Program Coordinator, contact details below. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Do you need to undertake a practicum at this stage?</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Undergraduate students:</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">• Are you enrolled in the first year practicum unit INFO1013 LIM150 Information Services Foundation Practicum for SP1, 2021
<b>YES/NO</b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">• Are you enrolled in the third year practicum unit INFO3009 LIM350 Information Services Professional Practicum in SP1, 2021 or
intending on enrolling for SP3, 2021 or INFO3008 Information Services </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Professional Practicum in semester 1, 2021 or intending on enrolling for semester 2, 2021? <b>YES/NO </b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">• If none of the above, have you completed all the first year units AND have yet to complete the first year practicum requirements? <b>YES/NO </b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:30.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-30.75pt;background:white;outline: 0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">• If none of the above, are you intending to complete your course this year AND have yet to complete the third year practicum
requirement? <b>YES/NO </b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">• If you answered YES to any questions then you are required to undertake a two-week full-time practicum (first year students)
and/or a three week full-time practicum (third year students). </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Graduate Diploma and Master of Information Management students (MIM):</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:30.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-30.75pt;background:white;outline: 0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">• Are you enrolled (or intending on enrolling) in INFO5023 INFM510 Management of Information Services for SP3, 2021 or INFO5022
Management of Information Services for semester 2, 2021 </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:102.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-30.75pt;background:white;outline: 0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> and have not yet
<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">completed the practicum? <b>YES/NO</b> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:30.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-30.75pt;background:white;outline: 0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">• Are you enrolled in INFO5030 INFM130 Information Theory & Research in SP1, 2021 or INFO5009 Information Theory & Research in
semester 1, 2021 and have not yet completed </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"> the practicum?
<b>YES/NO</b> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:30.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-30.75pt;background:white;outline: 0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">• If none of the above, are you intending to complete your course this year AND have yet to complete the practicum requirements? <b>YES/NO</b> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:30.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-30.75pt;background:white;outline: 0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">• If you answered YES to any questions then you are required to undertake a three-week full-time practicum, possibly two if in
the MIM. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Students need to make arrangements for leave from work and/or childcare in order to undertake the practicum. However, there may be some flexibility for
exceptional cases where it is not possible to undertake the practicum full time or during the time periods outlined in the Practicum Manual. Please contact the Practicum Program Coordinator as soon as possible should you have any queries or concerns regarding
the requirements noted in the Practicum Manual.<br>
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Information regarding practicum placements is available in Blackboard. If you are not reading this in Blackboard, please look on your BB home page for the section titled : <i>My Organisations</i> and click on the link <i>Libraries, Archives, Records and Information
Science (LARIS) Practicum Documents.</i> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Please read the Practicum Manual very carefully as it provides detailed instructions on the application process. You must complete and return the practicum
application form, a resume with study plan and the contact details spreadsheet. It is important that you read all instructions carefully and complete and return all forms correctly so as not to delay the organisation of your placement. Incomplete or incorrect
forms will be returned to you for correction, which may mean missing out on your preferred placement venue. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Please take care to ensure the resume has attached, a copy of the units you have studied, are
currently studying and will study, aka a study plan. Please take time to send through a resume you are proud of and that is tailored for the placement/information profession.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">ALL completed documents MUST be emailed as attachments to <a href="mailto:MCASIPrac@Curtin.edu.au"><span style="color:#2075A3">MCASIPrac@Curtin.edu.au</span></a> from
your <b><span style="color:red">Curtin student email address</span></b><span style="color:red">.</span> Please submit the required documentation by the deadline: <b><span style="color:red">Friday 26 March, 2021.</span></b><span style="color:red"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">If you wish to apply for equivalency from, or variation to, the practicum placement based on your work experience, you must submit an application by <b><span style="color:red">Friday
26 March, 2021. </span></b>Please refer to the 'Equivalency and Variations' section of the Practicum Manual for the criteria and guidelines for applications. If applying for an equivalency, you must enrol in the relevant unit anyway as there are other coursework
requirements to complete.<br>
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If you have concerns about any aspect of your practicum application <b><span style="color:red">after</span></b> reading the Practicum Manual, or are unsure whether you need to undertake a practicum <b><span style="color:red">after</span></b> reading this email
and the Practicum Manual, please do not hesitate to contact Bec Shillington at <a href="mailto:MCASIPrac@Curtin.edu.au"><span style="color:#2075A3">MCASIPrac@Curtin.edu.au</span></a> <br>
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Kind regards<br>
Bec </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Bold"">Rebecca (Bec) Shillington<br>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Bold";color:#AB8303">Practicum Program Coordinator</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial Bold";color:#AB8303"> | 208:421</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial Bold";color:#AB8303">Faculty of Humanities</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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