Updates from SJSU ALASC
Dewey belong together? SJSU ALASC is currently recruiting for new team members to join us later this year. We are a group of highly motivated individuals who are eager to help our members make the most of their program. If you feel the same, we would love to have you join our team! Before she left last spring, our 2021-2022…
While you were away… Some members of the ALASC team were lucky enough to be on the ground at the first ALA Annual Conference (ALAAC) since the start of the pandemic at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D. C. Events co-coordinator Irene Miller, treasurer LaShaunda Croussore, and blogging assistant Emily Espanol took over the ALASC twitter (@ALASCSJSU)…
Reading Recommendations for Summer (or anytime) If you are anything like me, your To-Be-Read (TBR) list is quite extensive and you have been putting off the bulk of your leisure reading for breaks between semesters. Spring semester is finished, and before summer session starts (for those of you joining me on that adventure) here is a list of recommendations for…
The first week of June ushered in not only the start of the SJSU summer semester, but most excitingly, the beginning of the California Library Association (CLA) 2022 Conference! As a first-time attendee of the CLA Conference, I was thrilled that the conference was to be held in my hometown of Sacramento, making navigation to, from, and around the conference…
Schools are out, splash pads are on, and community libraries everywhere are launching their summer reading programs! According to the ALA, summer reading programs began in the 1890s to develop the habit of reading and to forestall the “summer slide” in school children. Engaging urban youth was important to lessen the impact of economic disparity, which has only increased in…