Surge Ahead with the Student Research Journal (SRJ) By Amanda Heath Information professionals engage in research. We study information seeking behaviors so that we can better design information retrieval systems. We study library user behaviors so that we can better design library programs. We study student learning so that we can better teach information literacy skills. In just about…
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…