News from the ALASC student newsletter, The Descriptor. The Descriptor was discontinued in 2017 but we thank all contributing students for their efforts.
Welcome to the Spring issue of ALASC’s newsletter, the iSchool Descriptor! This issue is another mix of student and faculty voices. You will read a book review about the advantages of online collaboration among scientists, including information scientists. You will learn from a research paper covering LGBTQ youth online information communities. You will consider a different perspective on marketing one’s…
A Book Review on Michael Nielsen's Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science by Anne Campagnet-Reed As an MLIS candidate, I have been doing a lot of reading about the new community of Internet-based collaboration and the role of social media in enhancing and accelerating knowledge acquisition. One book I am enjoying right now is Reinventing Discovery by…
Welcome to the Winter issue of ALASC’s newsletter, the iSchool Descriptor! This issue is a blend of student and faculty voices. You will learn about one student’s internship experience with Libraries Without Borders, and you will read a course review from one of our first-year MLIS candidates. We also have three of our beloved faculty as contributors to this issue, all of whom…
Learning Advanced Information Literacy Skills by Andrea Meszaros This past semester, I was introduced to the world of online graduate studies when I started my MLIS at the iSchool. In LIBR 203, I learned about many of the resources available to us as online students, including the SJSU King Library website. I was excited to find out about all…
Stepping into International Librarianship with Librarians Without Borders by Alison Peters I am having more fun in library school than I ever imagined possible. A wonderful conundrum that is making it a challenge to reach the endgame (graduation), but which is allowing me the opportunity to participate in exciting LIS experience after experience, learning and growing all the way.…