METRO (the Metropolian New York Library Council) extends a special invitation to library school students to meet and hear from the candidates for ALA President and Treasurer.
This is a great opportunity to hear what library leaders think about key professional issues, as well as to meet and network with many influential librarians in the New York City area.
What: Meet the ALA Candidates
When: Monday, March 8, 2010 – 4:30 to 6:30 pm
Where: METRO, 57 East 11th Street, 4th floor.
Fee: There is no charge for this event, but registration is encouraged. Please contact Member Services Manager, Tom Nielsen to register at: 212 228 2320 x16 or tnielsen@metro.org
Each candidate will offer brief remarks followed by questions from attendees.
After the event, enjoy wine and cheese refreshments and networking with the candidates and other librarians.
For the second year, SILSSA is pleased to announce travel scholarship opportunities through our essay contest for students to attend the 2010 ALA Annual Conference in Washington DC, held from June 24 – 29, 2010. Three winners will each receive a travel scholarship of $600.00 to cover registration, housing and transportation.
We are now accepting statements of interest of approximately 250 words and will accept them through 5:00 PM on Friday, February 12th. Essays should be sent as a Word document or a Google Doc to prattsilssa@gmail.com. Contest winners will be announced on or around February 16th, 2010.
Qualifications for contest entry:
1) Student must be a member of ALA and available to attend the Conference in June 2010. Please include your ALA Member number on the essay.
2) Student should be nearing the end of their study at Pratt-SILS, or have at least a minimum of one year’s coursework completed (12 – 18 credits) at the time of the conference in summer 2010. Thus, students who started in Fall 2009 or earlier are eligible.
3) Student should be willing to write an article for KEYWORD Online describing the conference experience. (You can read accounts of the 2009 Annual Meeting from our three contest winners on KEYWORD Online – look under the tag “conference attendance.”)
What the judges (the SILSSA officers) will look for in winning essays:
1) Well-written, articulate arguments.
2) Reasons for attending and what benefits the student hopes to get out of the conference.
3) The benefits of professional conference attendance and networking, especially in such an economic downturn when cost consideration is vital.
SILSSA INVITES YOU TO PARTICIATE IN THIS EXCITING EVENT – FEBRUARY 9, 5-8 PM, RM 213
A LECTURE AND STUDENT FORUM ON CAREERS, LEADERSHIP AND DIVERSITY BY AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT, CAMILA ALIRE
Pratt-SILS welcomes ALA President Camila Alire to New York City for a lecture and open discussion on February 9th from 5:00 – 8:00 PM in Room 609. President Alire’s visit will focus on career advancement through leadership, service, diversity and advocacy.
Dr. Alire focuses her library service on advocacy, library and higher education services and professional leadership for minorities, marketing and disaster planning. She is Dean Emerita at the University of New Mexico and Colorado State University and serves as Adjunct Professor in both the Simmons College Managerial Leadership Ph.D. program and San Jose State University’s Executive University Program. Dr. Alire has served on several ALA Committees, four ALA Special Advisory Task Forces, library boards in several states, and active in ACRL (Past President), ARL, and REFORMA. Among other awards, Dr. Alire was named REFORMA’s Librarian of the Year, the first recipient of the ALA Elizabeth Futas Catalyst for Change Award, and listed as one of the 100 most influential Hispanics in America by Hispanic Business Magazine. She received her doctorate in higher education from the University of North Colorado and her MLS from the University of Denver.
Mark your calendars! The first SILSSA Meeting of Spring 2010 will be Wednesday, February 3rd from 5:45 – 6:20 PM (between the 3:30 and 6:30 classes) in Room 610.
Come out and meet (or get reacquainted with) your officers, see the various ways you can reach us, and hear about the activities we have planned for the semester!
Remember that this is your student organization – we want to hear from you! If you have anything in particular you would like to discuss at our meeting, reach out to us at prattsilssa@gmail.com!
Starting this Monday, SILSSA officers will be available for your questions
in the common area on the 6th floor.
Mon 4-6
Tues 5-7
Wed 4:30 – 6:40
Sun via chat 6pm – 11pm (via Chat @ prattsilssa@gmail.com)
Any sort of question relating to Pratt, the Library field, or anything, stop by and say hello!
Hours subject to change after Add/Drop ends due to changes in class or work schedules.
We are happy to meet with you by appointment (in person or via chat at prattsilssa@gmail.com) and you can always email us at prattsilssa@gmail.com
Welcome back old students, and welcome for the very first time newcomers. We here at SILSSA wish you a wonderful semester! Hopefully we’ll see you soon.
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