News from the ALASC student newsletter, The Descriptor. The Descriptor was discontinued in 2017 but we thank all contributing students for their efforts.
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. …
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…
by Rachel Fox When I began this program at San Jose State University, I was already employed as the Circulation Manager at a small academic library. There have been many times during my academic career at San Jose State University where my classes and my professional work have connected, but this past year, a particular project stood out when I…
by Giovanna ForsythAs current or aspiring librarians and archivists, we've all been to a really spectacular library. You know the one I'm talking about: with stairs leading to columns leading to a rotunda leading to a big oak desk, where you pass along all your vital information so that someone will go into a deep, dark cold vault and bring…
by Claire Escobosa This summer I had a great experience completing a special project for Library 298. I updated the report on Library and Information Careers: Emerging Titles and Trends that Emma Keefe completed in 2009. You can find my report here: http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/resources/career_development/emergingtrends_2010.pdf. I would like to share my experience in case other students are curious about special projects and…