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Behind-the-Scenes at the Huntington Library

On Wednesday, October 28th, SJSU ALASC hosted a tour of the prestigious Huntington Library located in Los Angeles County. Nineteen iSchool students attended the tour and got an amazing look inside how one of the largest research libraries in the United States operates. As the Program Outreach Coordinator, I feel very fortunate to have gotten the opportunity to host this…

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October 30, 2015
Read more about the article The Fall 2015 Issue of the iSchool Descriptor
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The Fall 2015 Issue of the iSchool Descriptor

Hello iSchool Community, The Fall 2015 issue of the iSchool Descriptor has been published! We would like to thank our contributors for their efforts. The SJSU American Library Association Student Chapter (ALASC) appreciates your hard work. If you have an idea for a submission, please contact us at: ischooldescriptor@gmail.com As always continue to check out ALASC updates and events on Facebook or Twitter…

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October 19, 2015
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Lit Review: Public Libraries, County Jails: Best Ways to Break in to Correctional Partnership

  by Amanda St John   Introduction Since the 1790s, American prisons have provided books to inmates (Darby, 2004; Mfum, 2012) and many facilities staff correctional libraries. With a trend in increasing populations and 1 in 35 adults under some form of correctional supervision, the United States of America holds the largest number of inmates in the world (De la…

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October 17, 2015
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Letter from the Editor, Fall 2015

   Thank you for reading the Fall 2015 issue of the iSchool Descriptor! My name is Jessie Spragge, and I'm the 2015-2016 editor of the Descriptor (though I'd love to be involved beyond this year!). I was so happy to be selected to help make the newsletter possible, and I want to work with all of you to make the Descriptor the best…

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October 17, 2015
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2015 PNLA Annual Conference: Pushing the Boundaries and Making Connections

by Amy Senn   Those of you working in libraries may have already attended a library conference.  But for those of you who haven’t made it to one yet, I can’t recommend attending your first library conference highly enough.  I recently had the opportunity to attend the Pacific Northwest Library Association (PNLA) annual conference in Vancouver, Washington on August 6…

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October 17, 2015
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