Job and Internship Fair – Wed. Nov. 1st!

Come one, come all! Learn about internships and jobs! Even if you are not looking for an internship or a job, this is a great networking event! Munch and mingle with library professionals from Phoenix and Tucson! Drop by the fair and you can win an iPod Nano (sponsored by SIRLS SLA) or one of two great gift baskets (sponsored by LSO & Starbucks – Thanks Paula!).

• When: Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006 from 6:00pm-7:30pm.
• Where: Carnegie Center, 1101 W. Washington, Phoenix, AZ

You can also see a listing of exhibitors and get directions to the Carnegie Center on the LSO wiki:
http://arizona-lso.wikispaces.com/sirlsinternshipfair. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me (osparks at email dot arizona dot edu). Hope to see you next Wednesday!

Jobs, Careers, & Pizza (Tucson)

This semester SIRLS, LSO, SLA and Friends of SIRLS in Phoenix are sponsoring a Job and Career Series. Our goal is to provide SIRLS students with information relating to the current library and information fields as well as a chance to interact with professionals in the different fields.

On Monday, 9 October, a panel of speakers will discuss their different fields and their unique environments, how they got there, and what they see for the future. The Tucson speakers include: Mary Graham, she is the Head Librarian at the Arizona State Museum, Jan Knight, she is an information consultant who established Bancroft Information Services, and Ann Dutton Ewbank, who has served as a K-12 librarian and is now in the ASU West library.

The evening panel will be in the SIRLS multipurpose room, with pizza available at 5:30pm. The speakers will talk at 6:00pm for approximately half an hour and will end with a Q&A session. The evening should conclude at 7:00pm.

Please RSVP, even if you are not sure whether you might attend, so that we can get a good count. See you there!

Resume Consultation Sessions

LSO and UA’s Library Science Librarian, Mary Feeney, are sponsoring an afternoon of individual resume consultations for all current SIRLS students. Consultations will be conducted on Friday October 13, 2006 between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m (light refreshments provided) in room A314 of the UA Main Library. These half hour sessions will allow each student have a professional look at their resumes and provide a critique and suggestions on the resume. Our volunteers work in a variety of library and information fields so we will do our best to match your interest with someone currently in that field. For distance students or those unable to meet in person, we are now offering virtual consultations during that week.

We suggest having a particular job in mind so that the resume can be tailored and there are known areas to address. If you have more than one job in mind, feel free to sign up for multiple sessions if the jobs fall in different library/information fields.

Consultation times will be assigned on a first come, first serve basis so be sure to register early! Registration ends October 3, 2006. We will notify you by email no later than October 6 of the time of your appointment. We request that individuals who sign up for a session and then find out they cannot attend to please contact us so that we can allow another student to consult with the volunteers.

For virtual consultations, fill out the form with all the requested information, and make sure to mark the “Virtual Consultation” check box. Once you have submitted your request, email your resume to Mary Feeney by October 8th. She will forward your resume on to the appropriate consultant, who will then get back to you with comments and suggestions by October 16th.

Please fill out a request online at http://www.sir.arizona.edu/lso/ResumeConsult2.htm. Also, regularly check our LSO calendar for updates. We also have updated out links to resume builders and tips for those preparing their resumes.

For those who atttended last year, feel free to post comments on your experiences! Please post any questions or comments here or email me directly.

Ruth Morgan

Jobs, Careers, & Pizza (Tucson)

This semester SIRLS, LSO, SLA, and Friends of SIRLS in Phoenix are sponsoring a Job and Career Series. Our goal is to provide SIRLS students with information relating to the current library and information fields as well as a chance to interact with professionals in the different fields.

This Monday, 11 September, Jeremy Reeder will talk about career path planning. He currently works in the Maricopa County library system. He spoke in Phoenix this week and those who attended said he is an excellent speaker who shared some great information.

Here is the schedule of events for Tucson: We will have pizza in the SIRLS multipurpose room starting at 5:30pm. The speaker will talk at 6:00pm for approximately half an hour and will end with a Q&A session. The evening should conclude at 7:00pm.

We will attempt to capture and record the evenings to post online, either the SIRLS or LSO websites, for those distance students who cannot attend either evening. However, the current format is as yet unknown – so if you have experience in this area and would like to help, please contact me!

Please keep your eye on the LSO calendar for last minute changes and updates to the series at http://www.sir.arizona.edu/lso/calendar.htm. I look forward to this series and hope you are able to attend!