Please join SJSU ALASC on a FREE behind-the-scenes tour of Blizzard Entertainment in Irvine, CA! The tour will take place Friday, April 13, 2018 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Here is your chance to learn more about Blizzard's archivist team, the Vault, as they work to curate, catalog, and care for special collections that include: digital assets, artwork, sound…
Event date: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 5pm PDT. Session Link:Â https://sjsu.zoom.us/j/559613775 The ALA Student Chapter invites you to attend this special webcast where participants get to practice interviewing for a job during mock interviews with each other. iSchool career counselor Jill Klees will also be on hand to share interviewing tips and strategies and answer questions. This is a great…
We're excited to announce our first Library 2.018 mini-conference: Design Thinking: How Librarians Are Incorporating It Into Their Practice, which will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, March 8th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). This event is being organized in partnership with Steven J. Bell, who will serve as moderator for the opening panel…
Last October (2017) we organized a behind-the-scenes tour of the Huntington Library in San Marino, CA! It was a wonderful day of exploring the grounds, meeting the Huntington's Special Collections librarians, and viewing the interesting and unique items they are cataloging there. We were joined by several fellow students of the SJSU iSchool - thank you to everyone who attended! We…
Today is the ALASC's General Membership Meeting, an event where we discuss how the semester has been going, our plans for the future, and answer any questions about the ALA and our student chapter. :) Every student in the iSchool is automatically a member of ALASC, so everyone is welcome to attend! The American Library Association Student Chapter (ALASC) is…