Here we are! New and improved! It has been...erm...well a semester since our last post. But, after some word smithing, we have not only come to an agreement about term usage but we have some things that need to be posted!
First thing's first. This Friday that just passed, a few of the ALA members at URI traveled to Cranston to form a committee that would discuss a conference we are hosting in March. The first thing we did was discuss the format and times for our conference. We wanted to make sure we had enough time to accomplish our goals for the conference as well as not overstretch our objectives, aka keep it simple. After we discussed the timing of the activities(fooding included!) we then started to brainstorm whom would be best to fit each of the activities at the conference. While this is still underway, this first meeting was very productive. The several of us laid the foundation for what will lead to a few more meetings and the seeking of some wonderful people to attend ad/or speak at out conference. SALA at URI is very excited to be hosting this event, I think it is safe to say that we feel as though this conference will greatly aide many aspiring librarians of many fields. For, as we made certain this stayed true, the event is striving to have sessions for public, academic, special, school media, and many other types of career-oriented students studying at URI.
I am not sure what details are privy to the public yet(aka speakers) but I can tell you to mark for calendars for March. This is the email that was sent out, in case you missed it:
CATAPULT YOUR CAREER!
Please save the date for this first-ever GSLIS Conference of its kind, created BY students FOR students, with special help from some of our accomplished alumni and committed faculty members! Based on your feedback and survey results, the members of Student ALA have been working hard for FOUR months to specifically tailor this conference to the needs of students in this program.
After a lot of planning, this conference will be held on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at the URI Kingston Campus from 9-4 pm, with morning keynote speaker Peter Bromberg, Associate Director of Princeton Public Library, lunch keynote speaker, Ed Garcia, Executive Director of Cranston Public Library and a recent URI alumni, and afternoon keynote speaker, Dr. Renee Hobbs, one of the nation's leading authorities on media literacy education and a Professor and Founding Director of the Harrington School of Communication and Media.
Sessions will include:
Please save the date for this first-ever GSLIS Conference of its kind, created BY students FOR students, with special help from some of our accomplished alumni and committed faculty members! Based on your feedback and survey results, the members of Student ALA have been working hard for FOUR months to specifically tailor this conference to the needs of students in this program.
After a lot of planning, this conference will be held on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at the URI Kingston Campus from 9-4 pm, with morning keynote speaker Peter Bromberg, Associate Director of Princeton Public Library, lunch keynote speaker, Ed Garcia, Executive Director of Cranston Public Library and a recent URI alumni, and afternoon keynote speaker, Dr. Renee Hobbs, one of the nation's leading authorities on media literacy education and a Professor and Founding Director of the Harrington School of Communication and Media.
Sessions will include:
- Interactive workshops on interviewing techniques for all types of libraries
- Interactive leadership workshops
- Exploring Career Paths in Librarianship and PFE & Career Networking
- Publishing and Presenting
- Networking 2.0 for Librarians: How to manage your social presence in an online world
- AND MORE!!
Special thanks goes out
to the Harrington School of Communication and Media and the Rhode Island
Library Association (RILA) who have generously offered to sponsor this groundbreaking
event!!
More detailed information will follow, but mark your calendars, as this is not something you will want to miss! Registration will open at the end of January.
More detailed information will follow, but mark your calendars, as this is not something you will want to miss! Registration will open at the end of January.
And, for now, that's really about it. Oh! No, actually you should mark February 1st on your calander as well. We're hosting an open house, meant for new and pre-existing GSLIS students. I will have more details on that soon.
Christina, out!
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