Updates from SJSU ALASC

ALASC Executive Committee INFO Session

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…

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The Importance of UX

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…

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iSchool Fall ’24 Student Group Meet and Greet Recap

    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…

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Welcome to Fall 2024! Theme: Book Bans and Beyond!

Welcome to Fall 2024! Theme: Book Bans and the Landscape of Intellectual Freedom and Open Access. Happy start to the fall semester to all new and returning iSchool students! This is Sabrina, your blogging team leader of ALASC. ALASC is glad to welcome you to another semester, and we present our fall theme, “Book Bans and the Landscape of Intellectual…

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ALASC Poster Session ALA 2024 in San Diego

ALASC Poster Session at ALA 2024 in San Diego   ALASC is a student leadership group at San Jose State University that fosters involvement in the American Library Association's activities and brings these ideas to the MLIS student body at the iSchool. The average ALASC officer serves about two semesters due to the short nature of our program, so elections…

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