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Looking to keep up with your fellow students during the summer break? Check out the July 2011 issue of the ALASC SLIS Descriptor Just who are your recently-elected ALASC officers? Check out our profiles and see what we're reading this summer. Alison Leonard writes about her recent tour of the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Library. Pat Oey shares…
Dear fellow students, In this issue of the Descriptor, we bring you an opportunity to get to know your 2011-12 ALASC officers. Check out what we’re reading this summer and learn more about us and what’s on our bookshelves: Elizabeth Borghi, ChairLisa Dibbern, Co-Chair and Web Coordinator Elaine Hall, Program CoordinatorRosemary Kiladitis, Secretary/ArchivistStacey Nordlund, Newsletter EditorMaryanne Rodriguez, Treasurer Have you…
One summer read I recommend is The Midwife's Confession by Diane Chamberlain A definite read for defining the complexity of close friendships, and even more the complex relationship between mothers and daughters. I only gave it 4 stars because throughout the book it was hard to follow the characters. Each chapter is from a different character's perspective. I had thought it…
Here are a few of the books I'm reading this summer: An Intellectual History of Cannibalism by Catalin Avramescu and Alistair Ian Blyth: I've been waiting to read this for about a year and finally just went out and bought it. It's not so much about the history of Cannibalism as it is about intellectual history of ideas about cannibalism…