Whether or not you are located in Southern California, you may be interested in attending the upcoming conference held by the California Library Association! This year the theme is "New Worlds Emerge" and you can find out more and register on their website! We invite you to immerse yourself in all of the programs, speakers, and events at conference and…
If you are local to San Jose (or are able to plan a visit) this is a great opportunity to increase your knowledge in topics related to Open Access as well as network with peers and fellow students! The SJSU 2017 Open Access Conference (#SJSUOA2017) schedule of speakers and presenters has been finalized: http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/oa-un-conference/2017_program/. This year's presentations will interrogate the theme (Re)Placing Open: Assessing the Current OA Landscape. Registration is only…
Reposting the details as a reminder: Join the ALASC for a webinar on October 10, at 12pm PDT. Are you connected to the American Library Association? ALASC is hosting a webinar with the ALA’s New Members Round Table. During this webinar our guest speaker, Julia Frankosky, the New Member Services Director of the NMRT, will join us for a discussion…
Each week we will spotlight feature one of our executive board officers to introduce them to fellow ALASC members! Role:Â Virtual Events Coordinator Program: MLIS program, and plan on graduating from the iSchool in Spring 2018. Looking forward to:Â The online nature of the SJSU School of Information inspires me to create online events that connect students and allow for discussion, growth,…
Written by Joyce Peng, ALASC Social Media Manager. On social media, we promoted various ALA Banned Books Week events, such as the Rebel Reader Twitter Tournament and the Banned Books Virtual Readout! ALASC made and shared on social media promotional banners for the two events and we also used materials and images from the ALA media kit, provided to us…