{"id":4487,"date":"2021-10-05T14:46:01","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T22:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/alasc\/wp-students\/?p=4487"},"modified":"2021-10-05T14:47:10","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T22:47:10","slug":"new-to-the-american-library-association-ala-explore-the-possibilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/alasc\/wp-students\/new-to-the-american-library-association-ala-explore-the-possibilities\/","title":{"rendered":"New to the American Library Association (ALA)?  Explore the possibilities!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hi,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My name is Carlos Bugarin, Chair of the American Library Association Student Chapter (ALASC) here at the SJSU School. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I want to welcome you to the ALA! <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order to make the most of your ALA experience, we wanted to share with you the following ALA resources.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>ALA website:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As new ALA members, we invite you to take some time exploring their extensive website. To guide your first look, here are some resources of interest from the ALA website:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Professional<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ala.org\/rt\/nmrt-mentoring-committee\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NMRT Mentorship Program<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ala.org\/aboutala\/rts\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Round Tables (Specialty Groups)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ala.org\/conferencesevents\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conferences and Events<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ala.org\/aboutala\/committees\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Committees and Volunteers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Career<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/rt\/nmrt\/oversightgroups\/comm\/resreview\/resumereview\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALA New Member Round Table (NMRT) Resume Review Service<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/rt\/nmrt\/oversightgroups\/comm\/resreview\/jobguide\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALA NMRT Job Hunting Resource Guide\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/joblist.ala.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALA Joblist\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/educationcareers\/employment\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALA Employment General Resources Page<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/educationcareers\/libcareers\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALA Library Careers\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Financial Assistance<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/educationcareers\/scholarships\/allscholarships\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALA Scholarships<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ala.org\/awardsgrants\/awards\/browse\/grnt?showfilter=no\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALA Grants<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Fun fact:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ALA President Patty Wong is a faculty member of the SJSU iSchool. She has been teaching at the iSchool since 2006.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1513151233558-d860c5398176?ixid=MnwxMjA3fDB8MHxzZWFyY2h8M3x8ZnVuJTIwZmFjdHxlbnwwfHwwfHw%3D&amp;ixlib=rb-1.2.1&amp;w=1000&amp;q=80\" alt=\"selective focus photography of multicolored confetti lot\" width=\"510\" height=\"340\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gracias,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">_____________________________________________<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carlos Bugarin<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chair<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American Library Association Student Chapter<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Jos\u00e9 State University School of Information<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:sjsualasc@gmail.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sjsualasc@gmail.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/alasc\/wp-students\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/alasc\/wp-students\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, My name is Carlos Bugarin, Chair of the American Library Association Student Chapter (ALASC) here at the SJSU School. 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