Building Community Everywhere--A Letter from the Editor What is a community? Some of us think of the neighborhood in which we live as our community, but a community can be any group of people who gather together. Here at the iSchool we are a community of students. But the community is even larger than that—faculty, staff, and course instructors are…
Welcome to the Spring issue of ALASC’s newsletter, the iSchool Descriptor! This issue is another mix of student and faculty voices. You will read a book review about the advantages of online collaboration among scientists, including information scientists. You will learn from a research paper covering LGBTQ youth online information communities. You will consider a different perspective on marketing one’s…
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…
Welcome to the Fall issue of ALASC’s newsletter, the iSchool Descriptor!  In this issue, you will get to read about an ALASC-sponsored virtual event. You will get to know one of our peers in their new professional role as an information specialist. You will catch a glimpse of one student's experience as virtual and on-site intern working in information…
Welcome to the Summer issue of ALASC’s newsletter, the SLIS Descriptor! This special issue is devoted to a sampling of the creativity in our community (not including my photo editing skills, so please excuse certain headshots). This time around, we have about twice as many contributors with their short stories, illustrations, poems, collage/photomontage, hand-crafted fashion, photography, and sculpture. Two of…