ALA Meeting

ALA Meeting January 15 2018

Date: January 15th, 2018

Time: 5:00pm

Place: Trail Room

Members Present: Lara, Erin, Lisa, Kellen, Melissa, Katherine, Jaime, Rachel, Mitch, Miranda, Limor, Anita, Alex, Victoria

Introductions

• Lara introduced the ALA executive members and explained their roles.
• It was asked how often positions change. It was explained that there is no set schedule and no term commitment. Open positions were mentioned (secretary, co-chairs)

Introduction to the ALA

• Lara explained the role of the American Library Association and the ways it connects students and professionals to the library/information profession.
• Joining the ALA was recommended. Student pricing and ALA member resources (roundtables, professional divisions, webinars, etc) were explained.
• Questions about becoming an ALA member were asked. Lara explained ALA membership is necessary for accessing roundtables but the professional divisions and ethnic caucuses often have their own memberships. It was clarified that you can get a membership online, but that ALA membership is not needed to be in the ALA Student Chapter. A discussion was had about ALA conferences and whether membership is required.

Explanation of the ALA Student Chapter

• The Student Chapter acts as a conduit for students to get information put out by the ALA (links and information are included in newsletters). It also helps connect students with the UBC SLAIS community through events and collaborations with other groups.

ALA Events

• Members were reminded that the Scavenger Hunt started today, but people are still welcome to sign up.
• There will be a scavenger hunt wrap up party on Friday, January 19 at Koerner’s.
• There was discussion of the other events the ALA normally hosts (coloring party last term, tour of aquarium library).
• Members were directed to the SLA for additional tours.
• Kellen explained the possible trip to Western Washington University Children’s Literature Conference.

ALA Scholarships

• Lara recommended that members apply to the ALA scholarships and explained some of their requirements.
• It was clarified that students do not need to be ALA members to apply and that it is beneficial to have SLAIS faculty provide reference letters.

Newsletter Links

• Members were reminded of upcoming free webinars and directed to the newsletter for links.

Executive Nominations

• Lara nominated Lisa Zhu and Erin Flynn to be co-chairs. Kellen seconded the nomination.
• The secretary and webmaster positions are currently open.

Other Information

• Members were invited to attend a lecture on the state of the book at Green College on Tuesday, January 30 from 5-6:30 PM. For more information, see: https://www.greencollege.ubc.ca/civicrm/event/info?id=713&reset=1

Next Meeting

• Meetings will be held on Mondays from 5-6 PM. The next meeting will be in approximately one month, date to be determined later.

Just a reminder that the scavenger hunt is going on this week! There is still time to sign up if you’re interested. For those of you who are participating, please send your photos and answers to the new email address:  ischoolhunt@gmail.com

ALA Meeting October 25th

Date: October 25th, 2017

Time: 12:00pm

Place: SLAIS Lounge

Members Present: Claire Williams, Kellen Malek, Lara Maestro

Last Meeting: September 21st, 2017
Minutes Approved: Yes

YAACSALA Scavenger Hunt

• Google Docs with YAACS for scavenger hunt planning
• Must make clues for Scavenger Hunt (3-5 per library, 5-7 for Education Library)
• Will contribute money for prizes
• Will have another meeting with YAACS to plan

Scholarships

• Will send out details with newsletter

Staff Advisor

• Check in with Lucas to see if he has talked to Richard Arias-Hernandez to take over staff advisor position from Aaron

Trip to University of Washington ALA

• December sometime
• Rent a car

ALA Socials

• ALA Retreat? (Perhaps to Bowen?) – perhaps for Reading Week
• Stress-busting colouring event
• February – University of Western Washington – Children’s Literature Conference
• Storytelling Night (with YAACS?)
  • Rent a legion

Interesting links to send out with Newsletter

• ALA Midwinter (Denver) – http://2018.alamidwinter.org/
  • http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/tackling-societal-challenges-view-two-generations-conversation-patrisse-cullors
• ALA Annual (New Orleans) – http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/ala-upcoming-annual-conferences-midwinter-meetings
• http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/10/tackling-fake-news-american-libraries-live-webcast
• http://publiclibrariesonline.org/2017/10/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-prison-librarian/
• https://today.yougov.com/news/2017/10/23/politics-play-when-banning-books/
• https://bookriot.com/2017/10/24/sexual-harassment-library/

Goals

• Have two more meetings and one social before end of term

Next Meeting

• November 8th, 12-1pm

ALA Sept 21 Meeting

Date: September 21st, 2017

Time: 5:15 p.m.

Place: Trail Room

Members Present: Lucas Hill, Claire Williams, Lisa Zhu, and Manfred Nisley

Last Meeting: August 31st, 2017
Minutes Approved: Yes

Meeting Agenda:

Welcome to the new school year at SLAIS!

Webmaster
We are still looking for someone to take on the role of webmaster in Erin’s absence. Erin will be gone until January. The duties include e-mails, posting the meeting minutes, and control of social media accounts, including Twitter.

VPL Tour and Happy Hour Recap

The ALA’s first social event of the season, drinks downtown following a tour of the VPL central branch was a success! Many students from the new cohort joined us. Attendance was about 12 people. We hope to host another such event soon.

YAACS + ALA Event

YAACS has expressed interesting in collaborating with us to conduct a scavenger hunt or a library tour during October, before LASSA’s Halloween party. We are very much interested, but have tabled the issue at the moment. We have to communicate with them more soon to set up details. Tentative date could be set at October 17th around 10:30 a.m.

ALA Membership/Conferences/Scholarships

A reminder that scholarships offered by the ALA are on now and people are encouraged to apply! Anybody in an MLIS program can apply. Usually requirements involve a short essay and up to three references. Apply early! Applications can be found online.

There are also scholarships for traveling to conferences. This year the ALA conference is in Chicago!

A reminder that ALA membership is discounted for students, around $39 dollars, and has many perks!

RBSC Tour

We are hoping to join the RBSC on a tour of the Canadian Health Library here in Vancouver. Exact date is to be decided.

Future Events
We are hoping to host more social events in the future, including a repeat of our successful tour of a special library, perhaps at a health library. We also want to have social events and board game nights, perhaps at Stormcrow.

We may also talk more about a trip to Bellingham later on in the semester.

Meeting Adjourned: 5:36 p.m.

Next meeting: Claire will host a doodle poll to decide.

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ALA Aug 31 Meeting

Date: Thursday, August 31, 2017

Time: 12:00 p.m.

Place: Trail Room

Members Present: Claire Williams, Lucas Hill, Lara Maestro, Lisa Zhu

Last Meeting: Wednesday, June 21st, 2017
Minutes Approved: Yes

Meeting Agenda:

Filling Positions –

Lara is the new president!

Lara and Lucas will talk to the new cohort on the orientation day about the available Treasurer position.

Our faculty advisor is gone, Aaron Lorehlein, so we need to find a new one, in order to apply for our essays for funding. Lucas will ask Richard Arias-Hernandez.

New Cohort:

Claire will e-mail sign up sheet to Lara for the orientation, and Lara will bring her laptop for the new cohort to give us their e-mail addresses.

There schedule is Tuesday 2-5, Wednesday 9-12/2-5, and Thursday 2-5.

Events:

Could have a mixer as the first event. Perhaps at Library Square? We will finalize after the business of orientation. September 15th?

Meeting Adjourned:

Next meeting: September 21, Thursday, at 5:15.

Future Topics:

1. Closer to December: How to fill people leaving/coming back.

1. 1. Webmaster
   2. President
   3. Secretary
2. Special Library Tours? (Dean at the hospital)

Join us for an afternoon of library fun!

ALA Meeting

ALA – June 21 Meeting
Date: Wednesday, June 21st, 2017
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Place: SLAIS Trail Room
Members Present: Erin Flynn, Lucas Hill, Rachel McRory, Claire Williams, Lara Maestro, Lisa Zhu
Last Meeting: Wednesday, May. 24, 2017 Minutes Approved: Yes

Meeting Agenda:
Fall Semester Leadership:
Claire is taking a co-op from September to December – Lara can act as co-president from September to December.
Lara is leaving after January for field research in the Philippines, but Claire will be back to take it from there.

Bookbinding:
Early August – right after classes end – ~ 12,13,14
Bookbinding as part of craft day.
Hand bound books in the Trail Room.
Claire – can make list of easy things from around the house for bookbinding.
Guide to UBC Libraries by ALA Chapter to leave in the Common Room.

Bike Ride: Tentatively July. 23 ~ 10:00 a.m.
Bike Rental Possibilities:
Bike Kitchen – $15.00/day – Purple Bike Racks
Mobi – Shaw Go – $10.00/day
Meet: in front of IKBLC

Advertisement: Facebook – Lara will make poster to advertise
Put in SLAIS common room.
Claire will make Map of Destinations

Next Event: Paint Nite – June 27th

Festivals and Interests: Museum of Vancouver Free Night – June 29th Khatsahlano – July 8th
Folk Fest – July 13th – 16th – no ticket necessary really. (Can listen from the beach.)
Baseball Day: at Queen Elizabeth Park Saturday, July 29th at 7:00 p.m. with Fireworks
Lara will buy tickets for us for it now.
Tie in books?

ALA Conference: Lara is going to Chicago next week for the conference and will hopefully get
lots of informational material and ARCs for everyone to look at and enjoy!

Meeting Adjourned: 5:40 p.m.
Next meeting: July 18th at 5:00 p.m. in the Trail Room

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ALA – May 24 2017 Meeting Notes

Date: Wednesday, May. 24, 2017

Time: 5:00 p.m.

Place: SLAIS Trail Room

Members Present: Erin Flynn, Lucas Hill, Rachel McRory, Claire Williams, Lara Maestro

Last Meeting: Monday, March. 27th – Minutes Approved

Minutes Approved: Yes

Meeting Agenda:
1. Summer Activities

Swag for the incoming cohort – buttons and bookmarks and the like.

Maybe talk about and create closer to the ender of summer.

Summer Goals: every meeting pick one activity to do, then two weeks later, do it!

Ideas Discussed:

Granville Island Day – Something creative and fun!

Bookmark or Button Making Party.

Silk Screening?

Blim – open studio button making for 5 dollars an hour.

Button Ideas:

“You have to make the button interesting, you can’t just write ALA.”
SLAY-L-A
SLEIGH-L-A

Eh!-L-A!

Sizes for buttons at Blim:

⅞” :50.00 for a hundred.

New cohort is usually 50 to 60 students.

2” – 3”  – one dollar each.

Collage Collage on Main Street – Can get a studio room! For a creative space to make bookmarks and buttons.

Menu:

Mixed Media Collage – $12

Wooden Toy – $18

Pom Pom Animal Making – $18

Wooden Peg Family – $18

Nesting Doll – $50

Paint Wooden Canvas – $18

Sewing – $18

Sunrise on Hastings – Another Creative Studio – Craft Related and Workshop.

July – Collage Collage – Make Buttons and Bookmark Materials

August – Make the buttons at Blim.

You Paint, I Fire – on 4th – Another possible activity location.

Wine-Paint Night

Bard-on-the-Beach – ~27 – Behind the scenes tour, etc.

Friday, June 9th – For making things.

We will all look for a thing to do for a weekend in June, Friday or Saturday night, and share on Messenger.

Our budget is still around $500.00

Meeting Adjourned: 5:40 p.m.

Next meeting: June 21st at 5:00 p.m.

ALA – March. 27 Meeting Notes

ALA Meeting

Date: Monday, March 27^th , Last Meeting
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Place: Trail Room
Members Present: Lucas Hill, Erin Flynn, Claire Williams, Lara Maestro

Minutes from last meeting approved.

Debrief Aquarium – Success! Photo on twitter. Secretary sent thank you card to Ann Dreolini including a $10 Starbucks gift card. Perhaps we will begin a protocol to always send a small giftcard to people who host tours for your.

Summer Plans – Still hoping for the Wine Library on Campus.

Perhaps that bicycle ride to libraries.

September Cohort – finalize over summer. We need to send a representative to the orientation for the September cohort.

Big Dreams for Next Year – ACA mixer – more social events that include more people. Perhaps still the exchange with Washington. Pun Shirts. Perhaps make t-shirts. Field trip to Chinatown to make t-shirts. Print screening. Can use a workshop, and can complete orientation. Orientation $45 with experience or $75 without experience. We have around $500 available from our treasury.

Make on Granville – makes for you.

Pub Quiz Trivia – team or host? Host an event next year that includes trivia.

Ceramic Party- mugs are useful.

T-Shirt Party – how much would we use the t-shirt?

Could make buttons.

This will be the topic for the first meeting.

Make Bookmarks?

Dewey Decimators

Stop-chat and Scholarships – Conference Scholarships are still available.

Meeting Adjourned: 12:39 p.m.

Next Meeting: Monday, May 22^nd. Potentially at noon.

ALA – March. 13 Meeting Notes

ALA Meeting
Date: Monday, March 13^th
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Place: Trail Room
Members Present: Lucas Hill, Erin Flynn, Claire Williams, Lara Maestro

Minutes from last meeting approved.

Blog Update: Erin will do.

Lara as co-president with Claire Williams.

Student to Staff Program at June 25^th ALA Conference: not applied for this year. For next year: an essay submitted to Aaron Lorehlein, 50 dollars a day among other perks, with 16 hours of work. Requirements are up to us as a student group, so we could change expectations.

Library Tours: about an hour and ten minutes from UBC, tour starts at 10, will last for less than an hour.

9:55 a.m. meet around the side.

We’ll let the January Cohort know on Tuesday.

1 other student has expressed interest.

Bus 19 get off at last stop.

ACA: Perhaps LASSA has plans for an end of the semester shindig, so we can plan for next.

San Jose State University is having a webinar.  2.017

Wednesday March 29^th 12-1 opening key note on explore Competencies for 21^st Century Professionals

ALA Elections online: the candidate profiles are online now. Vote online. – Can pay for membership.

Meeting Adjourned: 12:25 p.m.

Next Meeting: Monday, March 27^th at noon.