Updates from SJSU ALASC

Working in a Non-Traditional LIS Space: Q&A with Digital Education Specialist, Tracy Matthews

In February, after attending a Web of Science training session for Vicki Steiner’s Online Searching class (INFO 244), I connected with Tracy Matthews, the Digital Education Specialist at Clarivate. Hired right out of Drexel after receiving her MSLS, Tracy is celebrating 21 years of training librarians and other users on how to use Clarivate resources, like Web of Science and…

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Believe in Your Shelf: The ALA Student Chapter Is Looking for Student Leaders

Now recruiting for various leadership positions for the 2022-2023 academic school year with the American Library Association Student Chapter (ALASC). This is a great opportunity to gain leadership experience, work on your communication skills, and make a real difference at the iSchool and in the field of information science.  Benefits include: Evidence for your ePortfolio comp’s B, C, D, M,…

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Library Beautification: Stories from the Field

Sprucing Up the Academy If you’re looking for a sign to decorate your library walls–here it is! By decorating its walls, you can change your library’s environment and how patrons interact with your library. The pictures shown here are of wall decorations intended to make their respective libraries more lively, engaging, and motivating spaces for students. There are two libraries…

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Student Conferences: Giving New Life to Beloved School Projects

Does that classmate’s super cool project about cosplaying information communities still live rent-free in your mind? Oh! How about that other student’s proposal for a library escape room to promote information literacy? You loved that one. It’s just a shame that most of those student projects just get shuffled into an e-Portfolio and forgotten about. Other student projects, however, are…

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External Library Experience Opportunties

"Road Sign Street" image from Pixabay. Greetings iSchool Scholars, this is Melony del Real! Welcome to this collaborative post that explores the many professional experience opportunities that we, at ALASC, would highly recommend pursuing while studying for your MLIS or MARA at SJSU. Gaining practical experience in a work environment is not only helpful for your resume/CV but can be used…

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