In November I was given the opportunity to attend the ASIS&T Annual Meeting in Vancouver, Canada. The theme of the meeting was Building and Sustaining and Ethical Future with Emerging Technology. This was particularly appealing to me for a number of reasons. As an iSchool student, I am very interested in the future of libraries, especially as technology evolves and creates new opportunities…
January 2017 Student Associations Panel January 11, 2017 @ 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM PST Join us for a one-hour panel presentation from the iSchool’s student association chapters: ALA, ASIS&T, iSchool Connext, SAA, SLA, and VCARA. Everyone welcome. Recording available here Find out more » February 2017 SJSU ASIS&T Executive […]
What is your role on the Executive Committee? I am the Membership Director of SJSU ASIS&T’s Executive Board. This means that I connect with new members, aggregate information about our current members, and respond to membership inquiries and requests. What is your focus/pathway during your time at the iSchool? While […]
The evolving demand for workforce skills has often been a topic of discussion at various professional LIS conferences. Although LIS schools tend to highlight the goal of preparing future members of the LIS profession to be effective leaders, a curriculum gap still exists. Most LIS schools are still falling short […]
There is a growing interest in the publication and consumption of data on the Web. Government and non-governmental organizations already provide a variety of data on the Web, some open, others with access restrictions, covering a variety of domains such as education, economics, ECommerce and scientific data. Developers, journalists, and […]