Opportunities

The Topic for our First Ever Mini Book Talk is... Your Favorite Book From Childhood or Teen Years   Each person will talk for 3-5 minutes (depending on the Number of participants), telling us about a chosen book and why it’s a fave from back in the day.   Modern or Traditional Classic? Trashy romance? Beautifully drawn picture book? Beastly…

Wanna learn about the FUTURE?! ALA is hosting an invitational Summit, Libraries From Now On:  Imagining the Future, May 2 and 3 at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. You can read more about the Summit here: http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2014/04/american-library-association-host-invitational-summit If you’d like to follow the discussions, you may do so via Twitter at #libfuturesummit.

Great reading for those of you done with classes, and something to look forward to for those of you still struggling along (I know I am!). Features include: Profiling a Book Collection Julia B. Chambers Leadership in the Online Environment Elaine Hall I Know Nothing about Robotics: How to Run a Robotics Program on a Small Budget with Zero Experience…

We are looking for a current SLIS student with excellent writing skills to serve in a paid student assistant position.  The student will be responsible for writing weekly posts for the school’s New Student Blog, providing information and advice for newly admitted students.   Tasks will include researching and writing blog posts, interviewing individuals to develop content for blog posts,…

Mark your calendars and plan to join me, Jill Klees, SLIS Career Center Liaison, for the last career development workshop of the semester.   Job Search Q&A   Wed. May 7, 2014 5:30 pm PT to 6:30 pm PT   This is an open forum job search discussion. This is your opportunity to ask questions and get answers related to…