Library LibationsJoin the GSLIS ALA Student Chapter

to celebrate the midpoint of summer classesand welcome incoming students.

Snacks are on the house...

Thursday, July 75:30 - 7 p.m.

The Squealing Pig134 Smith Street

Join the GSLIS Tech Lab and ALA Student Chapter

for a webcast of the

ALA Annual Tech Wrap-up Webinar

Friday, July 8th, 2011 3 - 4:30 pm

in the Tech Lab! ALA TechSource will be wrapping up ALA Annual 2011 with this Tech Wrap-up Webinar. A panel of experts will discuss what they learned and what stood out at Annual Conference. From ebooks to tablets to RFID and library systems, you'll get insightful perspective on the technology buzz from New Orleans!

! Panelists include some of the best-known names in library technology:

•Jason Griffey, Head of Library Information Technology, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, and ALA TechSource and American Libraries blogger

•Kate Sheehan, Open Source Implementation Coordinator, Bibliomation Inc., and ALA TechSource blogger

•Sue Polanka, Head of Reference/Instruction, Wright State University Libraries, blogger and Author of No Shelf Required

•Marshall Breeding, Director for Innovative Technologies and Research for the Vanderbilt University Libraries

The ALA Student Chapter at Simmons operates under the same

by-laws it created at its incorporation twenty years ago.

They exist in hard copy only, specify paper ballots for elections,

and describe leadership positions that no longer exist.

Is anyone else embarrassed by that?...

I thought so. Let's fix it, shall we?

HACK YOUR BY-LAWS

HOW?

| google ‘ALASC Wiki’ || visit bit.ly/q1yphJ || follow #alaschack |

ALASC

2011

Library LibationsJoin LISSA and the ALA Student Chapter

to celebrate the beginning of classesand welcome new GSLIS students.

Snacks are on the house!

Wednesday, September 75:00 p.m.

The Squealing Pig134 Smith Street

Questions about theALA Annual Conference?

Your fellow GSLIS students have answers!

ALA Annual: GSLIS Student PerspectivesA Panel Discussion Hosted by ALASC

Wednesday, September 21, at 4:30 in P-206

Can I afford to go to ALA Annual?

Is it worth it?

How do decide what to see & do? Will I have to talk

to strangers?

Student Webcast Presented by the Right to Research Coalition

Hear directly from leaders in the Open Access movement

about preserving the right to research. Screening Hosted by ALASC

School of Management, Room 20212 pm, Wednesday, October 26

Speakers: • John Wilbanks

Vice President for Science at Creative Commons

• Heather Joseph Executive Director of SPARC, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition

• Goldis Chami Medical Student, Member of the Right to Research Coalition Steering Committee

FREE POPCORN!

McD’s

Personal Branding for New Librarians

A Talk by Andromeda YeltonThursday, October 27, 12 pm in P-206

Sponsored by ALASC

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Join Simmons ASIS&T and ALASC for an ALA TechSource webinar:

2011 Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study: Results, Trends, and Resources

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011 2 - 3 pm in the Tech Lab

! !! Presenters from across the U.S. explain how to interpret the Library Funding & Technology Access data, access new advocacy and marketing tools, and make the library’s case to elected officials and community stakeholders.

To register, visit http://webinarpubliclibrary.eventbrite.com

Do you have a case of the winter doldrums?Maybe you need a dose of

Get your FREE TRIAL Thursday, February 2 at 5 pm in the GSLIS Student Lounge OR from the comfort of home at ustream.tv (find ALASC on Facebook to tune in).

VITAMIN

ALASCCLINICALLY PROVEN to cure apathy, reduce feelings of isolation, and shrink gaps on resumes!

Possible Side Effects:

• Direct involvement in ALASC as a Project Manager• Loss of confusion about what ALASC actually does• Exposure to both outgoing and incoming ALA Presidents• Inability to whine about ALA because you are actively engaged in improving it #makeithappen!

(Or maybe you need some Vitamin C. We’ll have that, too.Feel free to come just to listen and eat clementines!)

Celebrate President’s Day with the ALASC! Week✓ FIRST, watch the candidates for 2012-13 talk about the

issues on the big screen in the Tech Lab Classroom. Polls open March 19...do you know who’s getting your vote? Tuesday, February 21 from 5 - 5:45 pm.

✓ THEN, listen to an interview with GSLIS professor of practice and ALA President-Elect Maureen Sullivan. Send your questions to bzitin@gmail.com or leave them on our Facebook page by Thursday, March 1.

✓ FINALLY, meet current president and GSLIS alum Molly Raphael when she visits on Monday, March 19. Ask her your questions, learn about her initiatives, and get her perspective on what GSLIS grads need to know! More details coming soon—stay tuned to @SimmonsALASC or facebook.com/simmonsalasc.

Month!

Celebrate President’s Day with the ALASC! Week✓ FIRST, watch the candidates for 2012-13 talk about the

issues on the big screen in the Tech Lab Classroom. Polls open March 19...do you know who’s getting your vote? Tuesday, February 21 from 5 - 5:45 pm.

✓ THEN, listen to an interview with GSLIS professor of practice and ALA President-Elect Maureen Sullivan. Send your questions to bzitin@gmail.com or leave them on our Facebook page by Thursday, March 1.

✓ FINALLY, meet current president and GSLIS alum Molly Raphael when she visits on Monday, March 19. Ask her your questions, learn about her initiatives, and get her perspective on what GSLIS grads need to know! More details coming soon—stay tuned to @SimmonsALASC or facebook.com/simmonsalasc.

Month!

Save these Dates!At Simmons…

Friday, March 30 at 4:30 pm Digital Dead End with Virginia Eubanks

Wednesday, April 4 at 5 pmMock Interview Panel: Mary Wilkins Jordan, Roxanne Jackman, and Megan Sniffin-Marinoff

Thursday, April 5 at 6 pmOne on One Mock Interviews with Professional Librarians

Tuesday, April 10 at 12:15 pmGSLIS Book Group discusses Bill Bryson’s Mother Tongue

...and beyond:

Friday, April 13Library Snapshot Dayhttp://www.masslibsystem.org/snapmass/

Wednesday & Thursday, May 9 & 10 in Worcester, MAMassachusetts Library Association Annual Conferencehttp://www.masslib.org/conference/2012Conference/

Details at http://gslis.simmons.edu/mw/alasc/

Virginia EubanksMarch 30, 2012 @ 4:30 pm

Special Functions RoomMain College Building

It will take

MORE than ACCESS

to BRIDGE the

DIGITAL DIVIDE

The Progressive Librarians Guild

and Simmons ALASC present:

ALASimmons Student Chapter

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**a chapter coordinator to CONNECT: with other student leaders, our faculty advisors, the ALA and its local chapters, officers at other graduate programs, all kinds of movers and shakers. *great for someone who wants to learn more about the national organization.

*an information coordinator to DISSEMINATE:promotional materials for projects and activities, news from the national organization and its divisions, organization records (as archivist). *great for fans of social media and—well, information. (Which is all of us).

*a resources coordinator to MANAGE:all of the chapter’s finances, from initial allocation to final reconciliation at the close of the fiscal year, including reimbursements and payments. *great for someone who has a head for numbers and a heart for spreadsheets.

SEEKS

NOMINATIONS OPEN NOW http://gslis.simmons.edu/mw/alasc/