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Stephen Lewis to speak at Global Citizenship Conference

Stephen Lewis, a Canadian icon who has established a global presence through his humanitarian and political roles, will be delivering a much anticipated lecture this weekend at McMaster University. Appointed in 2001 as the United Nations' Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, Mr. Lewis has led the worldwide campaign to raise awareness about this devastating pandemic. Named by Macleans magazine as the "Canadian of the Year" in 2003, and recently in 2005 as one of TIME magazine's "100 most influential people in the world", Lewis has no doubt left an impression on the world. Lewis is featured as a keynote speaker of McMaster's Global Citizenship Conference taking place this weekend from March 3 to 5 in MDCL. His lecture, sponsored by the Faculty of Social Science, will be a rare and exciting event, as Lewis has given talks around the globe in many influential roles including the Canadian Ambassador to the UN, and the Deputy Director of UNICEF. A limited number of tickets to his lecture will be available as of Tuesday, Feb. 28.

Measuring service quality @ your library

McMaster's campus libraries would like to know how well they are meeting the needs and expectations of their users. From March 6 - 26, the libraries will participate in LibQUAL +", a web-based survey which is part of a North American effort led by the Association of Research Libraries(ARL) to measure satisfaction with library services, collections and facilities, and to identify best practices. In the next few days, an email will be sent to a random selection of undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff inviting them to participate in the survey, which takes between 8 and 13 minutes to complete. Responses will be confidential; no identifying links between responses and the individual responding will be retained. The libraries will receive initial results in May, and will share final results with the campus community by fall 2006.