News from the ALASC student newsletter, The Descriptor. The Descriptor was discontinued in 2017 but we thank all contributing students for their efforts.
By Jolene Nechiporenko Libraries are an excellent example of organizations that can benefit from the leadership strategy of transparency. “The first important issue that drives transparent behavior is communication and helping people get the facts straight in the beginning and without emotional uncertainty.” (Crumpton, 2011) Transparent leadership can reap benefits when used in communication. “Easy access to information means…
by Gregory K. Seppi Abstract This paper investigates the information-seeking behaviors of the Mormon Studies Information Community, defined as scholars (professional and nonprofessional) interested in the history, culture, theology or other aspects of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and other related religious organizations, such as the Community of Christ (formerly the Reorganized Church of…
by Michael Radmacher Abstract Describing, managing and making content discoverable poses serious organizational challenges for libraries, archives, museums (LAMs), and researchers. Describing scholarly research material is not a new field of practice for LAMs, however, tracking the key who, what, when, where and how descriptors for the ever expanding corpus of digital objects has proven to be an exceedingly…
By Sarah Zaharako I began my MLIS degree last winter. I am 39 years old, the mother of three young children, and a professional violinist. This is not the typical graduate student profile at many universities but at SJSU’s iSchool, I fit right in. In fact, 50% of students at my orientation session reported being over the age of…
by Kathryn Kane I am an MLlS student slowly creeping upon graduation, so when I found out that the Pacific Northwest Library Association annual conference was going to be in my hometown of Vancouver, Washington, I jumped at the chance to hobnob with some professionals. It was to be my first conference and I had high hopes. In…