Past SLIS Events from 2005-2006

Luminary Lecture: Nancy Zimmelman, State Archivist

The Society of American Archivists Student Chapter is thrilled to announce that Nancy Zimmelman will visit SLIS Sunday, May 7, 2006 at 1 p.m., as our annual Luminary Lecturer.

She will talk to us about developing a career as an archivist by using professional associations and networking. All members of the SLIS community are welcome.

This past February, Nancy Zimmelman was appointed State Archivist by Governor Schwarzenegger. In addition to serving as State Archivist, Ms. Zimmelman also administers the famed two-week Western Archives Institute each year. Before she became State Archivist, Ms. Zimmelman directed the California Legislative Archives Program, where she oversaw the care of the LAPD's files of the investigation of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination. Our speaker devotes much of her time to ensuring the archival profession is well developed, and she will have good news for those of us hoping to enter the field.

Please join us for this unique chance to meet one of California's most accomplished and dedicated archivists.

Ms. Zimmelman will visit SJSU and attendees in Fullerton will be able to participate through live video conferencing. We will have refreshments at each location:

San Jose: Clark Hall (CL) Room 318
Fullerton: Pollak Library South Room 68

Time: 1 p.m.

RSVP to Larissa Brookes at lbrookes@rcn.com. Please also email Larissa with any questions you may have about the event.

Director's Forum

Ken Haycock will hold an online forum with students on Thursday, May 18th, 2006 at 7 pm. The forum will be available live on the web and will also be archived for later viewing.

To participate, enroll in the following Blackboard course:
Spring 2006 | Director's Forum for Students

On this Blackboard site, students can submit questions in advance, view the live video, participate in a live chat session during the forum, and view the archived video in the days following the forum.

Student Discussion Forum with Dr. Ken Haycock

When: Thursday, December 1, 2005, 7:30 PM.

SLIS Director Ken Haycock hosted a Discussion Forum for SLIS students.

View the archived video: Captioned | Uncaptioned

Jessamyn West

"The Information Poor and the Information Don't Care: Small Libraries and the Digital Divide"

When: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 from 7 PM to 8:30PM
Where: San Jose, King Library, room 225b

Access the archived video (the current SLIS user ID and password are required)

Blogger of librarian.net and advocate of sensible uses of technology, Jessamyn West, is coming to speak and answer questions from SLIS students. Her talk is entitled "The Information Poor and the Information Don't Care: Small Libraries and the Digital Divide". For more information about Jessamyn West, visit her Wikipedia entry at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessamyn_Charity_West

Sponsored by ALASC and funded by SJSU Associated Students.

If you have any questions, please email Mana Tominaga, ALASC Web Coordinator, at SJSUalasc@yahoo.com.

Professional Association Day

Sunday, October 16, 2005
1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Room 130, Pollak Library
California State University, Fullerton

Representatives will be in attendance from associations including

California Library Association
Catholic Library Association
Association for Information Management Professionals (ARMA)
California Academic and Research Libraries (CARL)
Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS)
Medical Library Group of Southern California & Arizona (MLGSCA)
Special Libraries Association
LA Chapter of the American Society of Information Science (LACASIS)
Southern California Association of Law Libraries
Southern California Instruction Librarians
ACRL Women's Studies Group and
REFORMA

In addition, TWO FREE ALA MEMBERSHIPS will be given away as door prizes.

This great event of information-sharing and networking is sponsored each year by LISSTEN (Library and Information Science Students to Encourage Networking).

Meet and Greet the new SLIS Director

All students are invited to come and meet Ken Haycock, the new director of the School of Library and Information Science. Select the location that is closest to you, RSVP to let us know you are coming, and then come and enjoy meeting with your SLIS colleagues.

San Jose: August 20
Noon - 1:00 pm: Lunch
1:00 - 2:00: Meet and Greet

Fullerton: August 27
5:00 - 6:00 pm
(finger sandwiches and beverages will be served)

New Student Orientation

Saturday, August 20 in San Jose
Saturday, August 27 in Fullerton

Mary Jo Pugh Presentation to the SAA Student Chapter
Sunday, May 15

Please join us for this rare opportunity to hear the luminary archivist, Mary Jo Pugh, speak at the San Jose State University campus. This is a special opportunity to hear about her insights regarding archival theory and practice gained from her many years of experience in the National Park Service.

When: May 15th, 1 PM
Where: San Jose, Mod E Conference room Fullerton, PLS-69

Mary Jo Pugh was educated at the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan. She has served as Reference Archivist at the Michigan Historical Collections, Bentley Historical Library, and has taught at the University of Michigan and the University of California, Berkeley. Since 1993 she has been Supervisory Archivist at the Historic Documents Department of the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. She is the author of the distinguished book "Providing Reference Services for Archives and Manuscripts", recently updated, in addition to numerous articles on archival issues. As a distinguished Fellow of the SAA, she has been greatly involved in the organization's intellectual direction.

We are much honored to have such a vibrant speaker coming to talk to all students interested in learning about archival work.

It would be great to have you attend this event. Please RSVP to me at cluster@slis.sjsu.edu if possible so we can plan the venue appropriately.

We will have the talk video-conferenced to the Fullerton campus for anyone wishing to hear Mary Jo in the South region. Please contact the South Events Coordinator Leti Polizzi at letipolizzi@msn.com if you will be attending in Fullerton.

Career Fair in San Jose
May 14

Presented by the SJSU SLIS Alumni Association

Saturday, May 14, 2005
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Community Room of the new Tully Community Library, 880 Tully Rd, San Jose, CA.

See more information about this event.

Lazerow Lecture
Friday, April 22

On Friday, April 22, Dr. Robert Martin, Director of the Institute for Museum and Library Services, will present this year's Lazerow Lecture at San Jose State University. His topic will be "Recent Developments in Creating Digital Cultural Content in the United States."

See archived video, photos, and related materials:
http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/slis/events/lazerow05.htm

Career Fair for New Librarians, Fullerton
Sunday, April 24

Sponsored by Orange Co. Chapter of REFORMA, SJSU SLIS,SJSU LISSTEN, CA. Librarians Black Caucus, LACASIS & SLA

Sunday, April 24, 2005
1:00-4:15 PM
Osborne Auditorium
Fullerton Public Library
353 W. Commonwealth Ave.
Fullerton CA 92832-1796

See more information and map to location:
http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/slis/events/careerfair05.htm