The ALASC February Board Meeting is 2/3 at 6pm!

Join us for our February meeting to learn about what we've been up to and what we're planning. Kimberlee Wheeler, the California Library Association (CLA) Student Rep, will be joining us briefly to report about the January CLA Board Meeting and her experience as a Student Rep for the organization. Email any questions that you have to sjsualasc@gmail.com. We're scheduled…

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The Winter 2015 Issue of the iSchool Descriptor Is Here!

Hello iSchool Community, The Winter 2015 issue of the iSchool Descriptor has been published! I would like to thank our contributors to this issue. Here's the link: https://ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu/alasc/wp-descriptor/  The SJSU American Library Association Student Chapter (ALASC) appreciates your hard work. If you have an idea, please contact us at alasc.descriptor@yahoo.com. Who knows? If you keep following ALASC on Facebook or…

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Letter from the Editor, Winter 2015

Welcome to the Winter issue of ALASC’s newsletter, the iSchool Descriptor! This issue is a blend of student and faculty voices. You will learn about one student’s internship experience with Libraries Without Borders, and you will read a course review from one of our first-year MLIS candidates. We also have three of our beloved faculty as contributors to this issue, all of whom…

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Learning Advanced Information Literacy Skills

Learning Advanced Information Literacy Skills by Andrea Meszaros   This past semester, I was introduced to the world of online graduate studies when I started my MLIS at the iSchool. In LIBR 203, I learned about many of the resources available to us as online students, including the SJSU King Library website. I was excited to find out about all…

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Stepping into International Librarianship with Librarians Without Borders

Stepping into International Librarianship with Librarians Without Borders by Alison Peters   I am having more fun in library school than I ever imagined possible. A wonderful conundrum that is making it a challenge to reach the endgame (graduation), but which is allowing me the opportunity to participate in exciting LIS experience after experience, learning and growing all the way.…

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