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Wikipedia ❤s Libraries!

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Learn how to edit Wikipedia with ALA at UBC!

Tuesday, October 22, noon-2pm in the Terrace lab.

This event will include an hour long lesson from noon to 1pm on how to edit Wikipedia and how to understand the editing history and the “Talk” pages that exist behind the scenes of Wikipedia articles. The lab will be open from 1pm to 2pm for editing of Wikipedia articles with ALA student members on hand to help and offer advice. Come with an idea of a Wikipedia article that needs to be edited or created or simply come and spend time exploring the “underbelly” of Wikipedia.

This event is held in recognition of Open Access Week, October 21st-25th.

For more information, please email ala.slais.ubc@gmail.com.

The Terrace Lab can be accessed by ringing the doorbell for entry to the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies (SLAIS) department on the fourth floor of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. We will be expecting you!

ALA Meeting Minutes: October 15th, 2013

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ALA Meeting Minutes: October 15, 2013

Oct15 2013_ALA Minutes

Trail Room, 1:00pm

Attendees:

Anna Ferri, Matthew Murray, Eka Grguric, Carolyn Heine, Kaylin, Amanda Wanner, Hedda Monaghan, Monica Swamiraj, Nicole Askin, Matthew

Agenda:

  1. Change to the ALA @ UBC Constitution
    1. Motion passed with a majority approval (40/79)
    2. Members are now “encouraged” to be ALA members
    3. T-shirt Order Status
      1. T-shirts are off to be printed
      2. $14.35 per shirt, ALA will cover $1.35 per shirt and the three free shirts (to Eric, Caroline, and our Bellingham contact)
      3. Alyssa gave ALA@UBC full permission to use her logo however we like
      4. ETA to Bellingham: October 28th
      5. Task: Arrange to collect money and distribute shirts

i.      We will need ALA members to help with this (sit in lounge)

  1. Accreditation Review Panel Luncheon
    1. Monday October 21st at 12:00pm
    2. Eventbrite sign up
    3. All chairs have been invited to meet with the review panel at 11:45pm
    4. LASSA sponsored All Chairs Meeting
      1. Last Thursday, October 10
      2. Hoping to make this a once a semester event
      3. Spring panel on publication and distribution

i.      Hopeful collaboration with BCLA/CLA

  1. Calendar is EXTREMELY helpful (studentsatslais.weebly.com)

i.      Matthew will pass off the torch to another student

  1. Treasurer’s Report
    1. $723.62 in the budget
    2. $250 to donate a small library to One to One Charity

i.      Donation includes the $100 made from last spring’s Freedom to Week bake sale

  1. About 20 dollars to reimburse Anna for food items for ALA Roundup
  2. We have been approached by LASSA to provide a monetary sponsorship for the Halloween Event (Oct 30)

i.      We will donate $100.00 to start. If LASSA is desperate for more, we will donate up to an additional $50.00

  1. Motion approved
  2. Wikipedia Loves Libraries Event
    1. Next Tuesday, October 24 in the Terrace Lab
    2. Task: Advertisement of the event

i.      Outside departments (Education department, English department, libraries)

ii.      Eka will develop a poster from the digital sign

iii.      Volunteers to put up posters

iv.      Central repository for WLL to add our event to

  1. The workshop will run from 12pm-1pm with an open lab from 1pm-2pm (for questions and practice)
  2. Upcoming Events
    1. White Elephant Book Exchange

i.      Task: advertisement and organizing a possible bake sale

ii.      Set a date: 27th of November

  1. Executive Elections

i.      Two open positions: chair and treasurer

ii.      Matthew (and possibly Eka) will be doing co-op at UBC and may be able to continue their executive duties

  1. ALA Student to Staff Program

i.      Essay contest for ALA Conference travel scholarship

ii.      Scholarship covers room, food stipend, and cost of conference

iii.      Essays need to be submitted before December 1

  1. Scholarships basically offered on a first come, first serve basis
  2. Student must be committed to going to ALA
  3. Next Meeting
    1. November 5, Trail Room

ALA Meeting Minutes: October 1st, 2013

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ALA Meeting Minutes: October 1 2013

Oct 1 2013 ALA Minutes

Trail Room, 1:00pm

Attendees:

Anna Ferri, Carolyn Heine, Matthew Murray, Grace Romund, Mitchell Meler, Stefania Alexandru, Hedda Monaghan, Nicole Askin, Monica Swamiraj

Agenda:

Money in ALA Locker

  • Record how much money in AMS; give to Jordan to run through account
  • Email Elspeth and/or Chelsea and Nick to figure out what to do with that money
  • One-One Charity donation?

Charter (two proposed changes)

  • Current ALA student chapter requirement for ALA membership:
    • Officers have to be ALA members, but members do not.
    • We want to change the language
      • All members are “encouraged” to be members of ALA
      • ALA membership is one of the more expensive student memberships, so limiting members of UBC student chapter to those who are also members of ALA would be a bad idea
      • Eric: let’s talk about pros vs. cons; but cutting out any fee is a good move because it encourages more people to become members of UBC ALA student chapter
  • UBC student membership vs. ALA student membership: difference in definition
  • Anna will email the proposed change around
    • Any change to the charter needs at least a 50% majority vote (based on the amount of people on the listserv)
    • Addition of one additional chair/exec: Liaison officer
      • Duties: facilitate communication with other student chapters, ALA, and Eric
      • Pros: encourages collaboration between SLAIS student chapters of other organizations (which has been largely absent)
      • However, description of proposed executive position overlaps with current description of the co-chairs
      • Should this position be an ALA executive position? Would it be more appropriate for the LASSA exec team?
      • Course of action
        • Anna and Eka will discuss specific role of co-chair
        • Anna will attend Monday’s LASSA meeting to put a liaison role on the table for the LASSA exec team to see what the discussion brings up

ALA T-shirts

  • Shirts being shipped to Jordan in Bellingham (saves money on each shirt and overall shipping costs)
  • ALA will absorb the cost of shirts for four people: Eric (faculty advisor), Jordan (delivering shirts), Caroline (SLAIS director), and Alyssa (t-shirt designer)

ALA Roundup Debrief

  • “Helpful” and “nice event”
  • “Beneficial to have very different impressions” of the conference
  • Would be useful to have in the future so that students can get a flavor for what happens at these conferences

Wikipedia loves Libraries Event

  • October 22, 12:00pm-2:00pm in the Terrace Lab
    • Anna has reserved the room
    • How do you look at the backside of Wikipedia and understand what is going on. How do you edit a page? How can you contribute information?
    • Specifically tied to Open Access Week
    • Use digital signage in SLAIS
      • Eka is taking care of this
      • Volunteers will be hearing from Anna

Luncheon, ALA Accreditation Week (hosted by LASSA)

  • October 21, SUB 209
  • Specifically for MLIS students, but anyone from SLAIS is welcome
  • External review panel of ALA Accreditation committee
    • We haven’t been given a lot of information about what it’s going to look like
    • They have a preset list of questions that they want answer to from students
    • We want to try and encourage as many students as possible to attend to show support for the department
      • EventBrite form (it’s on the blog, will be sent through email, tweeted, etc.)
      • Not a place to discuss department specific problems (save that for the director’s forum)

Other items on the table: ALA Blog; more member involvement to reach

Next Meeting

  • October 15, 1:00pm in the Trail Room
  • Focus on Wikipedia Loves Libraries event