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SJSU SLIS ALASC’s Tour of the Nixon Presidential Library & Museum

By Alison LeonardIn April, John Jackson, ALA Student Chapter Program Coordinator, organized a tour for San Jose State University’s School of Library and Information Science American Library Association Student Chapter (SJSU SLIS ALASC) of the Nixon Presidential Library & Museum in Yorba Linda, California.The Nixon Library contains over 50 million documents relating to Nixon's time in office, consisting of more…

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May 25, 2011
Descriptor News / Descriptor November 2010

Tour of the Margaret Herrick Library in Beverly Hills

by Alison LeonardIn June,the SJSU Society of American Archivists Student Chapter organized a tour for students at the Margaret Herrick Library in Beverly Hills. The Library is part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, otherwise known as the Oscars. Altogether the Academy is housed in three buildings in Los Angeles. The first is the Douglas Fairbanks Center,…

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November 27, 2010
Descriptor News / Descriptor September 2010

A Tour of the William H. Hannon Library

by Margaret PuentesOn Thursday, August 26, a small group of San Jose students visited the William H. Hannan Library at Loyola Marymount University.  The tour (hosted by ALASC) was conducted by Glenn Johnson-Grau, Head of Collection Development. The library is named after William H. Hannan, whose foundations donated $20 million for the construction of the library.  Hannan became a student…

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September 21, 2010
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