Panel Discussion on Tribal Librarianship

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You are all invited to attend a panel discussion on Wednesday, December 5^th, between 12-1pm in the Special Collections Conference Room. The 5-member panel will include 3 of our current Knowledge River Graduate Assistants: Janet Irene Allen, Natalia de Roock and Annie Smith.  They attended the Inter-Tribal Librarian Conference in Oklahoma City and will discuss issues confronting tribal libraries.  Please bring your own lunch!!

Thanks,

Pat

Patricia Promis
Special Collections, Fine Arts & Humanities Team Leader
University of Arizona Library, A204b
1510 E. University Blvd.
P.O. Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721-0055

Reflections on our Black History Month Event

I just wanted to thank Jearold Hersey for putting together a great event last Wednesday: Gateway to African American Literature and Scholarship. To begin, Jearold facilitated a discussion among the group about our favorite black authors, actors, poets, and artists. Next was our guest of honor, Pima County Public Library’s Elva Smithwhite, who recently received the Ms. Rosa Parks Living History Makers Award for Education. She engaged the audience with her storytelling and passion for librarianship. It was truly a night to remember! Thanks to Jearold for organizing the event, Elva for taking her time to meet with us, and to all that came and participated.

CCP Tour on Feb 21 at 2pm, 4pm – Happy Hour

Just a friendly reminder that we are touring the Center for Creative Photography at 2pm on Wednesday, Feb 21st. I think it will be a great tour! The CCP archivist, the cataloguer, the rights and reproductions people, and the head of the education department will all be able to talk with us. Yeah!

Human Interest: Photoessays from the Collection
Leafing through the pages Life, Look, Fortune, and Collier’s during the middle
decades of the twentieth century, Americans encountered hundreds of photographs,
many of them merely supplying the who, what, and where.

If you can’t come to that, join us afterwards for Happy Hour and parch our thirst and get some snacks at Gentle Ben’s around 4pm.

Hope to see you all there!

Cindy Elliott
SLA Vice President
LSO Faculty/Student Liasion

Today at my library – Monsters!

Well, not real monsters, but Monster Trucks. As some of you know I’m the automotive librarian for the Universal Technical Institute in Avondale, AZ and today we had a visit by Dennis Anderson and his 2006 World Champion monster truck “Grave Digger”. Mr. Anderson is one of the nicest racers you could ever meet and was happy to answer my request to stop by and check out the library, and I even helped him find some rare specifications for a 1954 Willys that he is restoring. I plan to feature Dennis Anderson and his monster truck in my own version of “at your library” and wanted to share this with my fellow librarians to remind us that we should sieze every opportunity we are given to promote our libraries and look for ways we can connect with our users on a level they comfortable with. I guess if public libraries have leading authors for book talks, then it would be fitting for an automotive library to have monster trucks and race car drivers!

Managing Your Library Career

LSO presents: Tom Wilding “Managing Your Library Career”

WHEN: Wednesday February 7, 5:30-6:30
WHERE: SIRLS Multipurpose Room
WHO: All SIRLS students!

Our very own Tom Wilding will discuss and answer questions on how to manage your library career and give tips on how to obtain the job you want in the library profession. Please join LSO in listening to our first amazing speaker of the semester, free food will be provided. This is an event not to be missed!

Any questions please contact LSO Programs Coordinator Paula. See you there!

Phoenix Friends of SIRLS Meetings

Wednesday, Feb. 7, 6 pm at the Carnegie Center, 1101 W. Washington St., Phoenix –
Speaker: Christopher Miller, Southeast Asian Studies Bibliographer, ASU Libraries.
Topic: Challenges in developing special collections caused by the social, political, and economic climate in developing countries. Mr. Miller will discuss his experiences, specifically, doing field research for 2 years in Myanmar (Burma) and in his position at ASU.

Wednesday, March 7, 6 pm at Burton Barr Central Library, 1221 N. Central Ave., Phoenix –
Speakers: Jan Knight, independent information broker, and Elizabeth Gouwens, Library Analyst at Salt River Project
Topic: Library Services for the For-Profit Sector. Speakers will share their experiences as an entrepreneur providing fee-based information services and as a corporate librarian.

Wednesday, April 4, 6 pm at the Carnegie Center, 1101 W. Washington St., Phoenix –
Speakers: Mary Mitchell, Phoenix Public Library, and Dan Lee, Assistant Library Manager / Systems Librarian at Chandler Public Library
Topic: Social Computing: Librarians Using Web 2.0 Technology. Mary Mitchell will discuss Endeca and the evolution of the library catalog. Dan Lee will moderate a panel of librarians discussing their experiences with using wiki as an intranet, instant messaging / chat at the reference desk, and blogging.

more to come!

Presentation on Presentation (tips & hints)

SIRLS Students

Nervous about standing up in front of a class to talk? Join us Monday, 6 November, when Dr. Patti Overall tells her tips and suggestions for doing formal presentations.

LSO will have free pizza and drinks starting at 5:30; her presentation will start at 6:00pm and end at 6:30 in the SIRLS multipurpose room. If you have class that night, we’ll understand if you come late or leave early, so don’t let that stop your learning from an excellent presenter!

Please RSVP to me or on our wiki if you plan on attending. See you then! The event on 2 November is cancelled.

Present at the Symposium!

The 2nd Annual LSO Graduate Student Symposium

The Information Landscape – Emerging Perspectives

Please consider presenting a paper! This is a great opportunity to share your research with your peers as well as the larger library community. The 2nd Annual LSO Graduate Student Symposium will take place on November 18th, 2006.

Submit your presentation proposals (by October 15th) here: http://www.sir.arizona.edu/lso/symposium06/presenters.htm

To find out more about this year’s Symposium, check out our Symposium 2006 pages.
To see what went on at last year’s Symposium, look at last year’s site.

Student Reflections on Professional Conferences

You’re Invited!

What: Student Reflections on Professional Conferences – presentations followed by a BBQ Potluck!

When: Saturday, September 30th, 2:00-3:30 for the presentations, 4:00-6:00 for the BBQ

Where: The presentations will be in the Marshall Building room 490 (SW corner of Park and 2nd St. – see here: http://iiewww.ccit.arizona.edu/uamap/staticLarge/158.02.html); we will then walk to La Aldea Community Area for the BBQ (Near Euclid and University – see here: http://iiewww.ccit.arizona.edu/uamap/staticLarge/85.01.html).

The BBQ is a potluck so please bring something. We will have someone at the Marshall Building walk the food over to La Aldea to keep the food refrigerated & fresh. Please also remember to RSVP here: http://arizona-lso.wikispaces.com/RSVP

Look forward to seeing 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