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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Dear Libraries, Archives, Records and Information Science (LARIS) students <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">[Apologies for cross-posting: friendly reminder. Thanks to all who have already applied.]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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This is important information for both Curtin and Open Universities Australia (OUA) students who are enrolled in SSP2/SP2/SSP3/SP3 and S2 2026 units with a practicum placement requirement. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Applications for practicum placements are due by <b><u>Monday 23 March 2026.</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif"> </span></b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Please note:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">If you have already completed the placement requirements for your course or have already submitted your application (or applications),
thank you, you don’t need to do anything further. </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">If you are not sure whether you need to apply at this time, please read on, as this is explained below. </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Please note that the call for 2026/2027 summer placements, for students enrolled in Research and Evaluation SSP4/SP4 and Masters Professional
Experience S1/SP1, will circulate at the commencement of SSP3/SP3 2026. </span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Do you need to apply now?</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">If you are enrolled in or planning to enrol in any of the following units in the study periods listed below, you should apply now.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">INFO5009 INF520/INFO5044 Research and Evaluation</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">SSP2/SP2</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">INFO5003 INF540/INFO5046 Digital Preservation</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">SSP2/SP2 or SSP3/SP3</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">COMS6002 COM600/COMS6006<br>
Masters Professional Experience</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">S2 or SP3</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Please note, Research and Evaluation and Digital Preservation have a pre-requisite of 75 credits completed before attending a practicum placement; the internship unit
Masters Professional Experience has a pre-requisite of Research and Evaluation. <b>
Placements can be completed before, during, or one study period after a unit with a practicum placement requirement, if pre-requisite requirements are met.</b>
<b>Placements can generally be completed full time or part time.</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Please note that special study periods [SSPs] relate to Curtin students and study periods [SPs] to Open Universities Australia (OUA) students. SSPs and SPs are aligned:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">SSP1/SP1 Monday 2 March 2026 to Sunday 31 May2026</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">SSP2/SP2 Monday 1 June 2026 to Sunday 30 August 2026</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">SSP3/SP3 Monday 31 August 2026 to Sunday 29 November 2026</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">SSP4/SP4 Monday 30 November 2026 to Sunday 28 February 2027</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Information regarding practicum placements and the application portal can be found in Blackboard><i>Organisations>Libraries, Archives, Records and Information Science
(LARIS) Practicum Documents>Practicum Documents.</i> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Please read the Practicum Manual very carefully as it provides detailed instructions
</span></b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">on the application and placement process. It also includes information on applying for equivalency for the placement, should you have industry experience. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Please complete the online application form by: <b><u>Monday 23 March 2026.
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">If you have concerns about any aspect of your practicum application <b>after reading the Practicum Manual</b>, please do not hesitate to contact Bec and Fiona at
<a href="mailto:MCASIPrac@Curtin.edu.au"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">MCASIPrac@Curtin.edu.au</span></a> <br>
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Kind regards</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Bec and Fiona</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">MCASI Practicum Program Coordination</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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