Monthly Archives: November 2015

11/24/15

Event Announcement: Readers’ Advisory Workshop!

Readers’ Advisory Workshop

Presented by the UBC student chapters of ALA, BCLA/CLA, SLA, Librarians Without Borders, and YAACS!

When: Wednesday, Dec 2, 11am – 1pm

Where: Lillooet Room, IKB

Want to find out more about Readers’ Advisory? Come to our workshop to learn about RA basics, resources, and skills — for adults, young adults, and children!

We’ll be hosting a series of student-led lightning talks on Readers’ Advisory topics, from RA Resources to Adult Literacy Levels to Diversity in RA.

Jumping in and participating is a big part of learning RA skills, so we encourage you to participate in the following events (though, of course, it’s not required):

  • Genre Roundtable. Stoked about the idea of talking up your favourite genre for 3-5 minutes? Send Chloe an email with your genre to sign-up! chloeanneriley@gmail.com
  • An informal Bookslam. Want to try recommending a book in just 1 minute? (We’re all new to this, so don’t be shy!) Bring a great book to recommend!

Interested in coming but can’t stay for the whole workshop? Drop by anytime and stay for as long as you like!

Awesome snacks will be provided. We look forward to seeing you there!

11/9/15

Next BCLA/CLA Meeting – Trail Room, Nov 10 [Tues] 11am-12pm

Hi all! Meeting notification!

The next BCLA/CLA-UBC meeting is in the Trail Room at SLAIS on Tuesday Nov. 10 from 11am-12pm! Please be there, we’d all love to see you!

Some exec positions are still open, some which very much need to be filled too!

The positions are as follows:

Tour Coordinator(s) [2 positions available]
Webmaster/Communications Officer [I’m stepping down!]
CLA (Canadian Library Association) Representative

The latter two (Webmaster/Comm. Officer and CLA Rep) are very much needed, because the former handles the group’s electronic communications and web presence, and the latter is BCLA/CLA-UBC’s connection to CLA, which is very important indeed.

Attached are the documents relating to the executive roles and the Year in Review from previous execs in these positions, along with all others.

Please consider putting yourself forward for a position – it’s a great way to get involved in not just the SLAIS community, but the professional field as well, get some great experience in a variety of activities, skills and the field, and also to get to network and know some great people. It is well worth it!

That’s all for now!