ALASC Announces SLIS Banned Books Week Poster Contest!

Each year, libraries, LIS students, bookstores and avid book lovers celebrate the freedom to read during Banned Books Week! This year Banned Books Week takes place September 24 through October 1, 2011. ALASC is putting on a “Banned Books Week Poster Contest” now through September 24 for SLIS students. The Challenge: to create a poster promoting a banned book (or…

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Bookshare Student Volunteer Event

Monday, August 15, 10:00am - 1:00pm Bookshare - Palo Alto, CA 480 South California Avenue, Suite 201 Palo Alto, CA 94306 If you live in the SF Bay Area and want to volunteer for a good cause with fellow SLIS students join ALASC in Palo Alto on Monday, August 15 at Bookshare. Bookshare is a nonprofit that makes printed materials…

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Walnut Creek Tour Recap

SLIS students meet at the Walnut Creek Public Library on August 6th as part of a free ALASC Library Tour. Eight students and one faculty member attended. Cindy Brittain, Senior Community Library Manager, and Bill Kolb, recent SLIS grad and current Teen Services Librarian, provided insight into the overall management and development of the new library. Following the tour, students…

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ALASC on D2L

First let me give a very big welcome to our new and incoming SLIS Students. Though classes for Fall 2011 have not officially started, many students enrolled in LIBR 203 have already started to take advantage of early access to our new learning management system D2L. ALASC has created a new page on D2L that will include current and upcoming…

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Walnut Creek Public Library Tour

If you haven't heard about it yet (where have you been!), ALASC hosts Library Tours! Our next tour is on Saturday, August 6, 9:00am - 12:00pm at the Walnut Creek Public Library, Walnut Creek, CA. The tour is limited to 20 people, but you're in luck because space is still available! Check out our Facebook Events Page for more details…

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