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Welcome to the November 2010 Issue of SLIS Descriptor

Welcome to an all-new issue of SLIS Descriptor!We are excited to bring you our last issue of the year. This month's SLIS Descriptor is loaded with even more articles to enlighten and inspire.In this issue:Interested in connecting with the SLIS community? Irene Korber presents new SLIS Facebook features in Interacting with Your Learning Community. Self-employed Information Architect,Theresa Putkey, shows us…

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November 27, 2010
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Interact with Your Learning Community on Facebook

by Irene KorberAre you looking for new ways to connect with other SLIS students, as well as SLIS faculty and alumni?  It can be challenging to stay in touch in an online learning community, and social networking sites offer new opportunities to interact and keep up with important announcements.  With this in mind, SLIS launched a Facebook page last spring,…

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November 27, 2010
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Networking Effectively Using LinkedIn

by Theresa PutkeyAs a self-employed Information Architect working on my MLIS, it’s important for me to learn and make connections by meeting people in my (or related) industries. After years of struggling with making the right connections - including a lot of time spent at networking events in vain - I finally hit upon an incredibly useful technique.LinkedIn is a…

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November 27, 2010
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Take Control of Your Future!

by Brian McManus  Professional development does not start when you get your first librarianship after being newly minted from library school.  It begins when you start your MLIS and begin to understand all the professional opportunities that are available.  Not only librarians and other information professionals conduct research, write articles, and are committee members that contribute to the greater library world. …

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November 27, 2010
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Just in Case or Just in Time?

by John D. BerryI’ve been musing over collection development this year.  Our collection development has been frozen in time since the Third World Strike in 1968/69.  It’s never gone up, but it hasn’t gone away. In the interim the Native Librarians, responsible for the Native American Studies Collection at U.C. Berkeley, have valiantly built our collection.  This is just our collection…

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November 27, 2010
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