Monthly Archives: March 2013

Beware of librarians!

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I’m sure that a lot of you have heard something about the recently leaked Library and Archives Canada Code of Conduct which, among other things, characterizes things like conference participation, teaching, and engagement with professional organizations as “high risk” activities subject to managerial approval. And perhaps after hearing about it you thought, “Well, that’s…(okay, for the purposes of a public blog I am not going to type out what you actually though)…silly. Yes, indeed, it’s extremely silly.” And maybe you have wanted to voice your opinion in some meaningful way about just how silly you think it is.

Here’s your chance!

One of our lovely colleagues on the Arcan-l listserv suggested that we need “a fabulous YouTube video showing archivists and librarians doing high risk activities. Skydiving, train hopping, parkour, taking books out of the library, writing something at home with the blinds drawn, entering a university lecture hall – the sky’s the limit!  All the while with that wonderful all-purpose Canadian tool, duct tape, plastered on our faces.”

Sooo…go ahead and start staging some “high risk” photo and video shoots to add to the video! We’ll all be done with assignments soon enough, and what better way celebrate than by contributing to a fun little project that shows solidarity and support to our colleagues in Ottawa and around the country! Send your photos and videos clips to cgshriver at gmail dot com. If your submission is too large to send, just shoot me an email, and I will invite you to a Dropbox. The deadline is April 15.

Thanks so much…and stay risky!

March 12, 2013 Meeting Minutes

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ALA Meeting Minutes: March 12, 2013

IKBLC Trail Room, 1:00pm

Attendees:

Carolyn Heine, Elspeth Olson, Anna Ferris, Matthew Murray

Agenda:

  1. Approval of February 26 minutes
    1. The minutes were approved
    2. Haiku Event
      1. Set for March 19th (one week from today); 11:30-1:30 in the Trail
      2. SLA bake sale is happening at the same time. We should try and coordinate with them.
      3. Marathon Event
        1. Bake Sale results

i.      Just over $100

ii.      What funds do we have available at this point?

  1. Improvements for next year

i.      We have to have better publicizing. Possible strategies include coordinating with librarians and professors (English dept, Creative Writing, Film Studies, MACL), and earlier postings in the dorms

ii.      Possibly a shorter time span (Elspeth closed down at 6:30)

  1. T-shirt Colors
    1. Someone will do color mock-ups and post them online to vote (?). We need to do this ASAP so we can have the t-shirts by graduation (end of May)
    2. Elspeth will speak to Alyssa about using her design
    3. Other
      1. Locker for next year

i.      We would like to see if we can block a locker out for ALA use for future years. Anna will talk with admin to see if this can happen.

  1. ALA chair for next year

i.      Anna plans to do co-op in the fall, and Eka plans to do co-op in the spring

  1. Next Meeting (final meeting of the year)
    1. April 2nd, Trail Room, 1:00pm

 

UPDATES:

Anna has booked the Trail Room

Elspeth has received permission from Alyssa to use her design

ALA’s Haiku Extravaganza 2013 – March 19th, 11:30am

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Do you have what it takes to become Haiku Master?

Do you like Japanese culture and food?

Do you like free prizes?

Then join ALA for the second annual Haiku Extravaganza!

We’ll celebrate the coming of spring with a haikai, a traditional haiku exchange and gathering.

Nick Josten will teach a brief workshop on haiku, explaining the rules of traditional haiku and incorporating the more western form, then lead us in a haikai. By the end of the exchange, a Haiku Master will be chosen. THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!! But there will also be prizes for runners-up.

Sign up at http://haiku-extravaganza2013.eventbrite.com.

Can’t make the Haiku Extravaganza? ALA will exhibit a Haiku Cherry Tree in the SLAIS lounge. Write a haiku on a slip of paper provided, attach it to the tree, and watch it grow throughout the week. Donations will go to support ALA@UBC.