Library Outreach: The Living Library by Sami Lange Contemporary academic libraries have an opportunity to show their value during outreach events and specially targeted programs. The Santa Rosa Junior College puts on a yearly event, Day Under the Oaks, which serves as an open house for the JC and highlights the campus community for the 10,000-12,000 visitors. In my new…
Career Paths They Don’t Tell You About: Building Experience by Working as a Pool Librarian by Emily Weak When I started library school (with no library experience, mind you), here is how I thought my career would go: I would quit my non-library job within six months, get a paraprofessional job in a library, finish school in two years,…
ALA President Maureen Sullivan and President-elect Barbara Stripling invite library and information school students to join them for an interactive Student Virtual Town Hall Meeting Wednesday, February 27 at 7:30 PM Central time (8:30 PM Eastern, 6:30 PM Mountain, 5:30 Pacific). (more…)
Heading to ALA Midwinter or live near the Seattle Area? Join ALASC and SLISConnect for coffee at Seattle’s Best Coffee and a guided tour at the Seattle Public Library! Monday, January 28th Seattle’s Best Coffee – 4th Ave. & Spring St. (Directly across the St. from the Central Library) 10:00am-11:00am Seattle Public Library Tour 11:00am-1:00pm Seattle Public Library – Central Library…
Are you registered to attend ALA 2013 Midwinter? If you plan to go, don't wait to register--hotels are filling up fast. Register for ALA Midwinter! Right now, lodging options are already limited to the Hyatt, Fairmont and 1-2 other hotels. And as anyone who's attended ALA conferences in the past can tell you, the discount on room rates alone is…