Welcome to the SJSU ALASC!

A California Library Association four-part highly-interactive series of online Ursula Meyer Advocacy Fund Training sessions kicks off on Wednesday, September 8, 2021 and continues on the second Wednesday of each month through December 2021. Session 1, “The California Library Advocacy Landscape: Introduction to Advocacy,” is scheduled to run from 10 am – noon PT. It provides participants an opportunity to…

Get to Know the newest member of the ALASC Executive Committee - Treasurer Elizabeth Kuykendall! What inspired you to get into the library field? The core values of the profession really appealed to me. Plus, libraries have always been my happy places. Who are your favorite books/authors? In no particular order: Anything by Jane Austen or a Brontë sister the…

Get to Know ALASC Executive Committee Secretary/Archivist, Gabrielle Visco! What inspired you to get into the library field? My time as a Library Specialist in a rural junior senior high school opened my eyes to the library field world. It's odd because I have been an avid library patron since I was a kid, yet for some reason I never…

We hope you'll join us for SJSU's Annual Campus Reading Program. The program aims to "foster a culture of reading that helps orient first-time freshmen to college life while engaging all community members in campus-wide discussion and reflection on important issues of our time." We are delighted to welcome Claudia Rankine and delve deeply into issues of race and social…

Fall 2021 Meet & Greet with iSchool Student Groups Wednesday, September 1, 2021, 6:30 pm Registration: https://sjsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvcu2pqzgqGdzCXZa-fH1Tcd_YtmgHlD9a   Please join us for a virtual Meet & Greet with iSchool student groups. This is an opportunity to meet fellow iSchool students and learn about the various student organizations. We’ll talk about who we are, what we do, and how to get…