ALA 2018 Scholarship Opportunities

Received from the American Library Association: If you need a bit of financial help to get through your graduate program, scholarship funds are now available.  The American Library Association (ALA) has more than $300,000 available to students who are studying in library science or school library media programs at the master's degree level.  Get your application in early.  The deadline…

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Join the Rebel Reader Tournament!

iSchool students! Banned Books Week is Sept. 24-30! During that week, ALA will host the Rebel Reader Twitter Tournament. Complete action items on Twitter using the hashtag #RebelReader to be entered into a drawing to win literary prizes! Feel free to tweet @ ALASC SJSU as well! Here’s how to participate in the drawing (taken from ALA.org):         Take a selfie…

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Spotlight: Melissa Ward

Each week we will spotlight feature one of our executive board officers to introduce them to fellow ALASC members! Role: Co-Chair/Webmaster Program: MLIS, third semester! Looking forward to: Helping out with and participating in the unique events that ALASC will be involved during this school year! Banned Books Week is especially intriguing to me as well as potential library tours, such as…

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Spotlight: Stephanie Barnaby

Each week we will spotlight feature one of our executive board officers to introduce them to fellow ALASC members! Role: Chair Program: MLIS, hopefully the Data Management Certificate as well. This will be my 3rd and final year!  :( Looking forward to: This is a great team, I'm excited to see what we can accomplish. I'm also looking forward to spreading…

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Join us as our Regional Events Coordinator!

Hey you! Yes, you! As an enrolled student at SJSU’s School of Information, you are a member of ALASC. As a member you are eligible for our open Executive Board position. ALASC is currently seeking a Regional Events Coordinator. But, what is that you may ask? This pivotal role, coordinates all in-person events. That’s right, if you have that urge…

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