Official blog of the Library and Archival Studies Student Association

Are you interested in reference and information services?

Would you like to get some training and practical experience working with students in an academic library setting?

Research Rescue volunteers are SLAIS students who provide assistance to UBC students in the planning and research stages of course assignments. This peer-to-peer learning model gives UBC students the opportunity to improve their information literacy skills and their familiarity with library resources. In turn, the model provides SLAIS students the opportunity to develop skills in providing information services and instruction in an academic setting.

Research Rescue is looking for volunteers for the 2010 January-April semester!

Information session for ALL volunteers (new and returning)
When: Jan. 12, 11:30-12:30
Where: Terrace Lab

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The Librarians Without Borders student committee at UBC welcomes new members.

If you’re energetic, creative, and socially-minded, LWB@UBC is the group for you. Our fist meeting of the semester is Thursday, Jan. 14 from 11:30-12:30 in Room 491, SLAIS. Please join us!

For more information, visit: http://bit.ly/lwbubc

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If you hate Vista as much as the rest of the world, it might be worth getting an upgrade to the newest version of Windows: Windows 7. And because Microsoft is desperate to get you to forget your Vista woes, they are offering copies of their flagship for just 40 bucks! The only question left is whether or not this is cheap enough to keep you rapscallions from buying a Mac…

Check it out here: http://www.microsoft.com/canada/windows/discoverytour/student.aspx

Happy operating.

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Need a stocking stuffer? From http://bit.ly/LWBHolidays:

Cafè Etico’s festive fairly traded, organic gift packages have arrived, just in time for the holiday season:

Stocking Stuffers, $8
• 200g bag of coffee (any roast)
• fair trade holiday ornament

Coffee Tin, $12
• 300g of coffee in a reusable tin (any roast)
• fair trade holiday ornament

Coffee Sampler, $15
• 200g Nicaraguan Dark & 200 Nicaraguan Full City (medium)
• fair trade holiday ornament

Coffee and Chocolate, $17
• 400g bag OR 300g tin of coffee (any roast)
• Cocoa Camino chocolate bar
• fair trade holiday ornament

Coffee and Mug, $24
• 400g bag OR 300g tin of coffee (any roast)
• CafŽ ƒtico etched glass mug
• fair trade holiday ornament

Cafè Etico’s Coffees:
• Nicaraguan Dark – an aromatic coffee in a bold, rich dark roast
• Nicaraguan Full City – an aromatic coffee in a soft, mellow medium roast
• Guatemalan Dark – a sweet, smooth dark roast with hints of chocolate and nuts
• Cuban Dark – a smokey, sweet dark roast
• Chiapas Swiss Water Decaf – a medium-dark roast (all of the flavour, none of the caffeine!)
• Espresso Blend – a delectable blend of Nicaraguan, Cuban and Guatemalan beans. Makes a rich, thick espresso with a beautiful crema

Click here for coffee prices and more information on Coffee for a Cause.
For more information or to place your order, please contact lwb.ubc@gmail.com. Orders received by noon Monday will be available for pick up Thursday of that week, unless otherwise notified.
LWB@UBC thanks you for your support!

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Dearest SLAISers,

Please join the student committee of Librarians Without Borders (LWB@UBC) at 3pm on Tuesday, November 10th (Room 260, I.K.B. Learning Centre) for a talk by Lesbia Morales Sican entitled “Fair Trade and the Campesino Committee of the Highlands (CCDA) in Guatemala: Linking Fair Trade to Social Movements.”

CCDA is a Guatemalan movement that struggles for the rights and culture of the highland Maya, and exports fair trade coffee grown and harvested by its members. Lesbia, 27, is a member of the National Executive of the CCDA. She is also the Women’s Economic Development Coordinator, and assists with production and marketing of CCDA’s fair trade coffee.

LWB@UBC’s Cafe Etico sales representative, Kirsten Daub, will also be in attendance to answer any questions you may have about the Cafe Etico products so many of you have been generously purchasing in support of Take a Stand for Kids (TASK).

Cafe Etico coffee and light refreshments will be served. Other members of the UBC community who support Cafe Etico will also be in attendance for this collaborative event.

Please email lwb.ubc@gmail.com for more information.

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