ALASC

by Mira Geffner This week, I was part of a lucky group of students from the SJSU School of Library & Information Science. The staff of the Mountain View Mobile Library was generous enough to show us their vehicle, inside and out, and spend a couple of hours showing us all the back-of-house organization that makes it go. This vehicle…

In late October, ALASC presented a tour of the Huntington Library in San Marino, CA. The Huntington Library is one of the largest and most complete research libraries in the United States specializing in British and American history and literature. The tour was hosted by the Associate Director of the Library, Laura Stalker, and was followed by a lunch and a tour…

by Elizabeth Borghi, ALASC Chair On August 15, ALASC members met at the Bookshare Headquarters in Palo Alto, California and toured their facility while learning more about the work Bookshare does to provide reading materials to people with print disabilities. Emerging technologies, adaptive technology, cataloging, and digitization were the primary topics of discussion. Students also received a walk-through of the…