Stay in touch by signing up for our listserv, joining our Facebook group, watching our Google calendar, or subscribing to our blog RSS feed.
Finally, feel free to contact us, the 2008-2009 student officers individually or as a group at alaofficers@umich.edu. We're happy to answer your questions about SI and our classroom and work experiences.
]]>As you can see, we represent some of the diverse experiences and interests of the SI community. Feel free to contact us with any questions – we look forward to hearing from you at alaofficers@umich.edu as well as meeting you in person.
Background: Jennifer graduated from Saint Louis University (St. Louis, MO) with a BA in education. She taught elementary and middle school, then worked as a Program Manager at a Sylvan Learning Center. Jennifer moved to Michigan where she began working in a public library setting and realized that it was a great environment to work.
Interests: Public Libraries, Teen/Young Adult Services, Teen Book Publishing, Special Collections
Internships: Entertainment Weekly Database Archive Management Intern (Jan. ’08—present); Henry Holt Teen Readers Marketing and Publicity Intern (May ’08 — Aug. ’08)
Background: Originally from Oregon, Rachael graduated from Grinnell College after majoring in English and History. After four years in the cornfields, she spent three years teaching English at a public Japanese high school in Kyoto Prefecture--surrounded by ricefields. She moved to Ann Arbor, re-learned how to drive on the American side of the road, and is looking forward to her second year and being involved in ALA @ SI.
Background: Evyn graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville with the BS in Materials Science and Engineering. While polymers were intriguing, they were neither as captivating nor as inspiring as the advising, translating, and other information work she found herself doing within a university services program in Amman, Jordan. After three compelling years abroad, she arrived with her husband in Ann Arbor to explore library and information services, retaining a particular interest in Arab studies and contexts. She is looking forward to her second year at SI.
Interests: Digital libraries, digitization for preservation and access, information preservation and access in an Arab context, Arabic digitization, academic librarianship
Internships: Hatcher Graduate Library Information and Reference Center Staff (Aug '07 – Present) UM Library Near Eastern Division Arabic OCR Project Intern (Jan '08 – Apr '08) UM Library Near Eastern Division Assistant Arabic Cataloger (Apr '08 – Present) Arab American National Museum Summer Library Intern (Jun '08 – Aug '08)
Background: Originally from Detroit, Katie graduated from Oberlin College with a degree in Psychology. While at Oberlin, she worked for four years as a circulation desk attendant and student supervisor at Mudd Library, which is known around campus for its comfortable seating and 70s decor and in library circles for its rich collections and responsive services. Her work in libraries and as a research assistant helped Katie to realize that a career in librarianship would be pretty awesome. She decided to pursue her library degree back home in Michigan and is now beginning her second year at SI.
Interests: Academic librarianship, public services, innovative models of library instruction and reference, library outreach, electronic resource management, creative pursuits.
Internships: Public Services Associate at the Shapiro Undergraduate Library since August, 2007.
Background: Lisa received a dual BS from Eastern Michigan University in Literature and Psychology. She is currently working at the Towsley Reading Room at the Ford School of Public Policy and the Foster Economics Library at the University of Michigan.
Interests: Corporate and business libraries.
Internships: Foster Economics Library (Summer, 2008).
]]>PRESIDENT: Jennifer Balaco
VICE PRESIDENT: Rachael Dreyer
SECRETARY / WEBMASTER: Katie Dover-Taylor
TREASURER: Evyn Kropf
EVENTS COORDINATOR: Lisa Wheeler
Sometime in the near future the current officers will meet with these newly elected officers to hand over responsibility of ALA@SI.
Thank you to all those who participated in the nomination and voting process.
]]>In case this isn’t one of your Job Search Bookmarks, here is a list of some current local open public library positions:
http://tln.lib.mi.us/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=147&Itemid=77
Plymouth District Library
Canton Public Library
Ypsilanti Public Library
Southfield Public Library
West Bloomfield Public Library
Royal Oak Public Library
I’m sure there are more! The best approach is to be proactive and simply contact them to inquire about a potential summer PAID internship.
]]>If you would like to be an ALA officer next year, or there is someone
you would like to nominate, we will be accepting nominations from now
through Thursday (3/20).
Following this period, we will notify nominees, and we ask that you
accept (or decline) the nomination by Tuesday (3/25). If you do
decide to run, a personal statement is due by this day (3/25).
Voting is from Wednesday (3/26) to Saturday (3/29). Results will be
tallied and announced by Monday (3/31). These are a lot of dates, but
do not fear, we will send out reminders along the way!
PLEASE SEND ALL NOMINATION/VOTING RELATED EMAILS TO
alaelections@ctools.umich.edu
We have 5 positions:
President
Vice-President
Treasurer
Secretary/Webmaster
Social Coordinator
These positions all entail pretty much what you think they entail. :)
Feel free to email any of the current holders of those positions with
any questions you may have!
ANY VOTING RELATED QUESTIONS can be sent to Elizabeth Perry or C. Jeremy
Barney
Elizabeth Perry: President eswieri@umich.edu
C. Jeremy Barney: Vice-President cjbarney@umich.edu
Marci Brandenburg: Treasurer mbradenb@umich.edu
Joy Kim: Secretary/Webmaster joykim@umich.edu
Rafia Mirza: Social Coordinator rmirza@umich.edu
Note: Since emails sent to alaofficers@umich.edu go to both Senior
(2nd year) and Junior officers (1st years who may also be running for
office) we have made a special email that only the 2nd year officers
will receive. Please send all nomination/voting related emails to
alaelections@ctools.umich.edu to ensure your votes confidentiality.
Thank you!
]]>I know many of you who attended her candidate lecture will be pleased to hear it!
Tiffany will be teaching SI 518: Seminar on Library Leadership later in the semester and SI 626: Management of Specialized Information Services Winter 2009. Her office is in 303B West Hall.
]]>Virtual Poster Sessions /Be Part of the PLA Virtual Conference]]>Share your library's successes and challenges via a Virtual Poster Session
PLA is seeking interested parties to submit virtual poster sessions as part of the upcoming PLA Virtual Conference. The topic of your poster session can be of your choosing, but must be related to public librarianship. Virtual posters can be submitted as Web pages, PowerPoint presentations, or other formats which can be mounted on the Web. Accepted posters will be mounted on the PLA Virtual Conference Web site prior to the event (the PLA Virtual Conference will be held on March 27 and 28 during the PLA 2008 National Conference). Presenters are also welcome to participate in online discussions of their posters via the Virtual Conference.
To apply, please send an email to khughes@ala.org, detailing your idea and be sure to include the following: Primary Contact Name, Phone Number, Email Address, Job Title and Institution, Names of Additional Contributors, Title of Proposed Virtual Poster Session, Brief Abstract (150-200) words describing your poster session, Format of Virtual Poster (e.g. .doc, .html, .pdf) and if any special files/software/effects will be incorporated. We have the ability to do voice-over narration, so if you would like to take advantage of that, just include it in your proposal. Proposals are due by February 21, 2008, 4:00 p.m. Selected proposals will be notified by February 29, 2008.
We've extended the deadline to submit your name for consideration to 5:00 pm tomorrow, Friday, January 25.
]]>Note: This does not include travel expenses - but there are many available scholarships that do.
To qualify, the student must be a personal member of ALA - not the student chapter - the real one. So, if you're interested, join now! We have fliers on our bulletin board that will enable you to join the MI chapter for free when you sign up for both at once.
If you are interested, please send your name, mailing address, telephone number, and e-mail address to eswieri@umich.edu by replying to this message. Please respond by January 20th. We will then have our drawing and announce the candidate on January 21st.
We will draw the name at random from an actual hat. This has been our ongoing tradition and is, we feel, the most equitable way to select from the many qualified candidates from our school.
If you have any questions about the program, please contact our own Jennifer Doty, who was fortunate enough to be selected last year, at jbdoty@umich.edu.
Attending the Annual Conference is a great way to learn about librarianship and to meet colleagues that you will interact with over the course of your career. Many SI students find their first, second, or third jobs through the contacts they meet at these conferences and it is well worth the investment of your time and last remaining dollars.
Good luck!
The ALA Officers
]]>1. List servs used in the library world
2. Blogs, wikis, and RSS feeds
3. Periodicals to keep an eye on
4. Getting trained as a librarian in unconventional ways
5. Recommended books for information professionals
6. Organizations and Conferences
Please participate by sharing the resources that you turn to for guidance.
]]>Loyd Mbabu, African Studies Librarian, wrote his dissertation on "A content analysis of information literacy courses in master's degree programs of library and information studies." Come and learn about how information literacy is presented to students in a number of Library and Information Studies programs. We will also learn about what the library literature tells us about critical competencies for librarian instructors. After the presentations, participate in a lively discussion about how these findings might inform our own understanding of, and methods of addressing, information literacy issues in the context of our own work.
This Instructor College session will be held in Room 100 Hatcher Graduate Library and is open to all.
For more information: Contact Patricia Yocum, pyocum@umich.edu, 6-3079
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