CLA 2024 Recap Hi, it's your blogging coordinator, Sabrina! Did you miss CLA 2024, the California Library Association conference in Pasadena? If so, check out this post for highlights! The California Library Association annual conference was held this past weekend on October 17-19, in Pasadena, California. I was fortunate to receive grant funds from the iSchool to attend the…
Reading Nation Waterfall Hi, it's your ALASC blogging coordinator Sabrina, and in honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day which was on October 14, I’d like to talk about Reading Nation Waterfall. What is Reading Nation Waterfall? Reading Nation Waterfall (RNW) is a $1.4 million grant project that is funded from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The Reading Nation…
On September 24, 2024 ALASC held an Executive Committee meeting INFO session, which provided answers to many iSchool students' questions, “What does an ALASC Officer do?” Cat Tang, Conner Dandridge, Rebecca Natali, Sabrina Bobadilla, and Eddie Lagos spoke in depth about their roles and took student questions about leadership benefits, time management, specific skill set growths, and details about…
THE IMPORTANCE OF UX IN LIBRARIES This recent event co-hosted by the iSchool ALA Student Chapter (ALASC) and UX Student Group (UXSG) that occurred September 9, 2024, was recorded and is available here if you missed it. If you are interested in learning more about UXSG, visit their website. Guest speakers and iSchool Alumni, Emily Espanol and Hannah Nguyen both…
On Thursday September 5th from 5pm to 6pm, the iSchool hosted the FA24: Student Groups Meet & Greet over Zoom. The program was very informative regarding the various Student Groups available to us all. ALASC was represented by our Events Assistant, Connor Dandridge who described the ALASC mission and values as well as promoted ALASC held events, like our…