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Descriptor News / Fall 2016 ALA Conference

Reflections and ALA Updates from Chapter Councilor and iSchool Instructor Patty Wong

As one can imagine, the tenor of the conference was both somber in light of the recent shootings at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, but hopeful in terms of the future and the roles we can and should take part in providing a better world for our communities. The victims and the families were acknowledged in a memorial tribute. One…

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September 6, 2016
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Fall 2016 Edition of the Descriptor

ALA Conference 2016 Orlando The meeting point It’s a big conference. With nearly 60,000 members, the American Library Association is the biggest collective of librarians and information professionals in the world, so naturally its gatherings get big. Many thousands of members attend the annual conference. You can spend almost a week there and never spot the classmate or colleague you…

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September 4, 2016
Descriptor News / Descriptor Spring 2015

Faculty Voices: Debbie Faires, Director of Online Learning

Faculty Voices: Debbie Faires, Director of Online Learning    What were you doing before you joined SJSU’s School of Information? Before I began teaching at the school, I was a student in the program. Prior to starting graduate school, I had been a busy mother, piano teacher, and accompanist. I wanted to return to school and began SJSU’s MLIS program…

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May 2, 2015
Descriptor News / Descriptor Spring 2015

Faculty Voices: Lili Luo, PhD, Associate Professor

Faculty Voices: Lili Luo, PhD, Associate Professor   What were you doing before you joined SJSU’s School of Information? I joined SJSU after I received my PhD in Information and Library Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2007. Prior to that, I worked briefly at Peking University Library in China. I got my Masters of…

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May 2, 2015
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Faculty Voices: Anthony Bernier, PhD, Associate Professor

Faculty Voices: Anthony Bernier, PhD, Associate Professor   What were you doing before you joined SJSU’s School of Information? In the days before I joined the SJSU faculty, I was in the fourth year of my five-year plan as a library administrator for a public library. I served as director of Young Adult Services for the Oakland Public Library in…

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January 26, 2015
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