Minutes for the SLA-Student Chapter Meeting
Tuesday, September 8, 2009, 4:40 - 5:40 pm
Present:
Kirstin Duffin (minutes secretary)
LuMarie Guth (chair)
Topics discussed:
- Potential special library tour sites
- Tour library on campus during fall semester; go off campus in spring
- Will create survey for student interest in where to tour (see SLA-SC blog)
- Upcoming events
- Advice from Early-Career LIS Professionals Panel
- Tuesday, September 15, 4:45 – 6:15 pm, SLIS Commons, pizza served
Register at http://tinyurl.com/n2kof7
- Writing Resumes and Cover Letters for LIS Professions
- Thursday, September 24, 11:45 – 1 pm, SLIS Commons, pizza served
Register at http://tinyurl.com/nvv5v2
- SLIS Colloquium - Personal Health Records, Public Libraries: Early Returns from a Research Study, presented by Catherine Arnott Smith, PhD
- Wednesday, September 30, 12 – 1 pm, SLIS Commons
- Literacy Network of Dane County Run/Walk
- SLA-SC will cosponsor a team with ALA-SC
- Sunday, October 4, Starts at 10:30 am at State and Gorham
- Join and/or pledge money to the team
- Contact LuMarie Guth or Sloan McBride for details
WLA Conference (“Reclaim the Magic” - http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/conferences/2009/)
- Tuesday, October 20 – Friday, October 23, Radisson Paper Vally Hotel, Appleton, WI
- Student cost is $50 for full attendance, $40 for day pass
- Register at http://web.memberclicks.com/mc/community/eventdetails.do?eventId=227730&orgId=wla
- Sign up to volunteer at http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/conferences/2009/general/Volunteers.htm
- Transportation may be coordinated, if interest exists
- Book cart drill team competition
- Friday, October 23, 10:30 am – 12 pm (check in at 9 am)
- Anyone can be on team, must attend ~4-5 practice sessions (time to be determined)
- Judged on artistic expression and technical ability
- Collaborate with ALA-SC; attend ALA-SC meeting (Wednesday, September 9, 12 – 1 pm) for more information
- Contact LuMarie Guth or Sloan McBride for details
Further action items:
- Suggest guest for special librarian brown bag lunch event later this semester.
- Sign up to receive email notice of events 24 hours before they occur. The form is available in SLIS mailbox #43.
Visit SLA-SC blog at http://madisonslasc.blogspot.com/ for current event information.
- Next SLA-SC meeting will be Tuesday, October 6, 4:40 – 5:40 pm in the SLIS Commons.
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