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An Update from our ALASC Chair

Hello fellow SLIS’ers! I hope everyone is having a great semester!The ALASC has had an exciting last two months!  On February 22nd, we hosted “Making the Most of Your ALA Membership” in Elluminate.  If you missed it, the recording is available at https://nexus.sjsu.edu/play_recording.html?recordingId=1267553021365_1298422898945 and the password is “success”. We have also added a lot of really great items to our Cafe Press…

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March 23, 2011
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Travel Scholarships for Upcoming Federal Librarians

by Julie K. WilliamsALASC Treasurer2010-2011Planning to attend ALA Annual, but short on cash? Have an interest in Federal Librarianship? Good news! The ALA's Federal and Armed Forces Libraries Round Table (FAFLRT) offers two student awards to defray the cost of attending the annual conference. Applications for the 2011 awards are being accepted until April 15, 2011.Julie K. Williams received the…

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March 23, 2011
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Breaking into the Medical Librarianship Field

By Linda Thuy NguyenAre you considering medical librarianship as a possible career choice after graduation? San Jose State University library school students and graduates who are interested in medical librarianship have the option to work in all kinds of settings. They can work in a hospital, academic medical center, clinics, colleges, consumer health resources centers, health information center, government agencies,…

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March 23, 2011
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Where’s the Coffee? Experiencing the Ontario Library Association Super Conference

By Stacey NordlundYou’ve probably heard it a million times: one of the key elements of developing your career path as an information professional is networking, networking, networking.  And what better way to network than to attend a professional conference with thousands of other librarians?That’s exactly what I did in February when I attended the Ontario Library Association’s (OLA) Super Conference…

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March 23, 2011
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Chinese American Librarians Association – Southern California Chapter

by Leigh Schaffer and Sukena TaibjeePhoto taken by Mitsu (Eric) Kimura Visionary planning, empowerment of Chinese students with information literacy skills, Resource Description and Access (RDA) and e-libraries were some of the topics presented at the recent CALA-SCA Annual Conference. The conference was held February 4, 2011 at the Ikeda Library at Soka University of America in Aliso Viejo, California.  Presenters…

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