In celebration of National Poetry Month, the ALASC team hosted a virtual Poetry Open Mic Night on April 28, 2025 to give current iSchool students a space to share their creative work in community. The event began with a structured speaker lineup of five MLIS students reading their poetry followed by an open mic session. During a time of national…
On April 25th, the ALASC hosted the virtual ‘Magic & Myth in the Stacks’ trivia night celebrating fantastical literature, mythical creatures, and some of your favourite fictional characters! The quiz tested players in four main categories: Introduction to Magic and Myth; Quests, Adventures, and Legends; Magical Books and Libraries; Mythology and Magical Artefacts. Each category had 4 rounds ranging from…
ALASC and SLASC were excited to host a joint event featuring the Toronto Public Library on 3/13/25 at 4pm. You can learn more about the Merril collection here: Lucas shared some information on the Merril Collection with us such as: It contains over 80,000 items of fiction, non-fiction, graphic books, art, and more! The collection hold genres like romantasy, horror,…
Join us TOMORROW at 6:30 PM to meet Rachel Greggs, the managing editor of the Student Research Journal. Learn how to become involved with the journal or how to get your paper published. Zoom meeting link: https://sjsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/c6c8d791982a377f7510d14dfea9e911 Not sure what the Student Research Journal is? Check out the video below for more information:
In Fall 2011, ALASC partnered with SLISConnect to host the Banned Books Week virtual read-out. The event was entitled Read Banned Books: Celebrate Your Intellectual Freedom. As in previous years, many students attended as both active participants and listeners, and all were highly entertained by the captivating readings provided by SLIS students who used a wide array of challenged books…