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SLIS Student-Managed Events: 2006-2007

May 2007

Sponsor: San José State Library Special Collections
Date: May 22, 2007
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Event Name: Digital Library Project
Event Location: Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, room 225/229
Event Details: As part of a startup project, San José State Library Special Collections is creating a Digital Library Project. This presentation is a poster session put together by SLIS students. See flyer [PDF].

February 2007

Sponsor: LISSTEN (South)
Date: February 11, 2007
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Event Name: LISSTEN Board Meeting & ALASC Winter Social
Off Campus Pub, right across from CSU Fullerton at 2736 Nutwood Ave
Event Details: All SLIS students are invited. The ALASC Winter Social for current and incoming students will follow the meeting. See map
RSVP: Annie Knight

Sponsors: LISSTEN and Alumni Association
Date: February, 10, 2007
Time: noon - ?
Event Name: Tour the Sonoma County Wine Library, with our host, Bo Simons, Wine Librarian!
Event Location: Healdsburg Regional Library, Piper and Center Streets, Healdsburg, CA
Cost: $22.00, includes all events plus box lunch at the wineries! We'll have vegetarian and other options. Box lunch includes a sandwich, pasta salad, fresh fruit and a cookie. Wine also available.
Event Details: Listen to a podcast of Bo Simons on Mouthful, The Wine Country's Most Delicious Hour, a program on KRCB Radio, along with Ben Kinmont, a renowned bookseller who specializes in wine books (as well as gastronomy, perfume, nutrition, domestic economy, and farming). The show was on Sunday, December 17, KRCB 91 FM, from 7-8pm. It is available as a podcast: www.krcb.org/radio/hosts/mouthful.htm , and information on downloading the podcast is at: www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=510032.

Sponsor: LISSTEN (North)
Date: February 4, 2007
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Event Name: LISSTEN Board Meeting
Gordon Biersch, 33 E San Fernando St, San Jose, CA 91342
Event Details: All SLIS students are invited. The ALASC Winter Social for current and incoming students will follow the meeting. See map
RSVP: Tiffany Bronzan

December

Sponsor: LISSTEN
Date: December 2, 2006
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Event Name: Tour of Lake View Terrace Branch Library
Event Location: 12002 Osborne St., Lake View Terrace, CA 91342
Event Details: Are you interested in touring a "green" library? The Los Angeles Public Library has one, and LISSTEN is proud to sponsor a tour of these wonderful facilities. The Lake View Terrace Branch Library was voted one of the "Top Ten Green Projects for 2004" by the American Institute of Architects. The library includes an environmental display room and an interior reading courtyard. Come see how LAPL with the help of Greenworks Studio, an industry leader in developing environmentally responsible designs, brought the environment to the people now and for decades to come.

This event is open to all SJSU SLIS faculty and students. However, space is limited (20 people). RSVP by November 27 to lissten_events@yahoo.com.

November

Co-Sponsors: SLIS Alumni Association, LISSTEN, and SLIS
Date: November 18, 2006
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Event Name: Fall Career Fair
Event Location: Clark Hall, Room 322, CSU San José
Event Details: Hear experienced librarians, archivists and other information professionals tell you about their career paths, what helped them get hired, and how to grow professionally. Get their best tips for job seeking and job satisfaction. Meet other job seekers and Alumni Association members and network. Refreshments provided by SLIS.

Panelists are: Melodie Morgan Frances (cataloging—Graduate Theological Union), Anna Mancini (corporate archivist—Hewlett-Packard), Emily Shem-Tov (information specialist—Adobe), Paul Sims (librarian—Los Altos Library), Carol Spector (government information librarian—University of San Francisco), and Sarah Wilson (assistant archivist—Computer History Museum).

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Sponsors: ALASC North
Date: November 4, 2006
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Event Name: Luminary Lecture
Event Location: University Room (Cafeteria Building), CSU San José
Event Details: KidReach: Children, Libraries, and Community Partners with Jeanne O'Grady. Jeanne O'Grady, Youth Services Outreach Librarian with the Santa Cruz Public Library, and active CLA member will discuss library services to children, outreach, and the community partnerships that come out of the combination of the two.
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October

Sponsor: LISSTEN (Library and Information Students to Encourage Networking)
Date: October 29, 2006
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Event Name: Professional Associations Day
Event Location: Pollak Library, CSU, Fullerton
Abstract: The purpose of this day is to provide students access to the many library associations that support the field of librarianship, in addition to creating a greater awareness of these associations. We want to encourage student membership in professional associations and networking within the profession at their earliest opportunity. Many of the associations complement the academic tracks of the San José State University School of Library and Information Science program; therefore, the information the association representatives will share will be of immediate and practical value in your academic journey.
Contact: lissten_events@yahoo.com

Sponsor: ALASC North
Date: October 19, 2006
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Event Name: (Luminary Lecture) Locke Morrisey: Inside the Librarian's Studio [Apartment]: A dialog on what hiring libraries look for and new librarians offer
Event Location: King Library meeting room 225, San José
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Sponsor: ALASC South
Date: October 14, 2006
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Event Name: (Luminary Lecture) Tracie Carignan
Event Location: Glen Avon Library, 9244 Galena, Riverside, CA
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Abstract: Tracie Carignan, Branch Manager at Glen Avon, will talk about staff outsourcing as it relates to the Riverside County library system - the first public library system to staff its library using an outside agency.

September

Sponsor: ALASC North
Date: September 30, 2006
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Event Name: (Luminary Lecture) Dennis Tucker
Event Location: San José, Clark Hall, Room 304
Abstract: Dennis Tucker will talk about how one gets published. This lecture will be beneficial for anyone looking to get published - not just information professionals.
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Sponsor: ALASC South
Date: September 16, 2006
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Event Name: (Luminary Lecture) Marsha Schnirring
Event Location: Occidental College, 1600 Campus Road, Los Angeles - Braun Room
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