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Join us @ our 1st Meeting of 2011 !!

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The SLAIS student chapter of the American Library Association (ALA) will be holding its first meeting of 2011 next Wednesday, January 19th @ 12pm in the Trail Room.

We’re the new student group on the block! As such we offer many opportunities to participate in shaping the events we will be planning for the year ahead. Come add your ideas to the mix or stay tuned for our literary and gustatory homage to February 14, ALA’s Teen Tech Week, and informational panels exploring topics such as a comparison of U.S. and Canadian freedom of information laws.

We hope you’ll put ALA on your “student group shopping-list” 🙂

We Welcome New Students!

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We’re looking forward to welcoming the incoming students to SLAIS at the new student orientation on Tuesday, January 4th! We will be tabling with information about our group and we will also be happy to answer any questions you have about our experiences in the program.

As the new student group on the block ALA offers many opportunities to get involved. In the coming year we are planning some great events and we welcome input and ideas. In Winter Term 2 we will be hosting events ranging from pure diversion, such as our February 14th ode to romantic literature (STAY TUNED), to a panel (details TBA) exploring the brass tacks of freedom of information.

Please join us in shaping the course of future ALA events.

Our first meeting of 2011 is slated for January 19 at Noon in the Trail Room. Following meetings will be held the 3rd Tuesday of each month at Noon in the Trail Room.

Cheers to the New Year!

Get Your Student ALA Membership with a Bonus!

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Are you interested in joining ALA? Yearly membership is $33 for students, which gives you a subscription to American Librarian and access to ALA’s employment listings. You can find out about membership in ALA by following this link.

Our ALA UBC Chapter Treasurer has this tip:

“…The ALA supports participation in state library organizations as well. They have a deal going wherein you can purchase joint student membership in both the ALA and certain state organizations for the low price of $35/year. To see if your home state is one of the participating organizations check here for the application forms…”

Meeting Minutes | 23 November 2010

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ALA Student Chapter Meeting Minutes – November 23, 2010; 11 a.m.

1. Heidi: Welcome new members and attendance
In attendance:
Heidi Schiller , Naomi Schemm, Anna Doyle, Rachel Balko, Andrew Berger, Tristan Campbell, Michael Grutchfield, Juntin Unrau, Kate Longley, Yolanda Bustos, Dan Pon

2. Approval of October meeting minutes- October minutes approved.
Are meeting minutes going to be saved in paper format? Or are we just going to put the meeting minutes/ constitution, etc on the website? Or both?
FTP space and secretary keeps copies.

3. Elections:
• Co-Chair: Heidi
• Co-Chair: Naomi
• Treasurer: Anna
• Secretary: Yolanda
• Communications/Webmaster: Kate
Nominations voted on and approved.
Heidi promised to try and put a pop machine in the lounge and create a PhD nap space.

4. Naomi: Process for becoming a LASSA Group
– We are a group under LASSA as of January 1st.

5. Heidi: Process for becoming officially recognized with ALA
We are on track, we just have to send information to the ALA liaison and then we get plaque and materials.
Officers will need to get an official ALA membership A.S.A.P.

6. Brainstorming of events/program ideas for next semester: asterisks mark ideas that have been promoted as the ideas we’d like to pursue in the next calendar year.
January 10th : Youth New Media Awards- young adult book talks and cookies.
Collab with YACS and YALSA
*March 6-12:Teen Tech Week: Talk with digital tattoo project?
*March 16: Freedom of Information Day. (Michael will try to think about a way to figure out talks for FOI, Heidi also knows a freedom of information lawyer- perhaps we can have a panel contrasting USA and Canadian protections)
*April: School library month- summer reading lists (reviews! donate prizes! Bookstore- ice cream!)
April 2-9: Money smart week: personal financial literacy (library budgeting and finance workshop)
April 10-16: Natl. library week-
April 12: Natl. drop everything and read day (read in!)
April 12: Natl. library workers day
April 13: Natl. book mobile day
April 14: support teen lit day
April 24-30: preservation week
April 30: children’s book day
May 1-7: choose privacy week
May 9-10: natl library legislative day
September: library card sign up month (something with VPL- collab?)
Sept 24- Oct 1: banned books week (read passages from your favorite banned books!)
Oct 16-22: Natl. friends of Libraries week (guest speaker from a friends group) (managing relationships with friends groups)
Oct 16-22: Teen read week (partner with YACS and YALSA)
Nov 12: Natl. Gaming Day (live on line tourneys with other libraries, gaming system in the lounge)
Other ideas:
Field trip! Bellingham -> a tour and a talk with American librarians.
UW talk? Suggested panel on differences between libraries on either side of the border. Washington state library Asst.- ask Eric.
The problem with speakers is funding (for transportation). Possible webcast?
American Holidays.
February is black history month. (readings, open mic night, treats)
President’s days
Resurrecting works un-cited

Ideas for fundraising:
Holiday themed ideas.
*Valentines Day! Monday the 14th of Feb. : TBD first meeting in January;
• Candy grams? Literary Valentines? Literary “love” kits (candy, poetry, etc. in a package)
• Intense/ romantically charged passages read from the classics.
• Matchmakers (with top 10 books).
Would we be interested in taking part in the BCLA cookbook?
Baked goods or perhaps a heartier meal (stew?) that could be made/served in croc pots. BYOBowl! Because sometimes you don’t want cookies-you want a bowl of STEW!

8. Next meeting date?
First meeting of the term: January 19th @Noon in Trail
Should we establish a de-facto meeting date?
Yes. Third Tuesday of each month (after initial meeting) at 11 in trail. Approved and posted to calendar. Naoimi reserved trail room.
9. Other business:
Orientation: January 4th. Club fair style set up.
What materials/signage/brochures do we need?
Who are we? What we do? When/ Where when we meet?
Volunteers? Heidi/ Kate /Anna/ Michael will probably be available to take shifts. Heidi will find out what kind of information we need. Kate will draft informational brochure to give away to interested new students.

Career fair: No career fair this year but clubs are encouraged to invite speakers near the end of term 2 for informal student/professional gathering. Ideas?
Maybe we can organize a speaker from the states and use SLAIS “bribe money” to get funding for the event. Heidi will try to cull her resources in Washington.

ALA annual conference-> nominations and process?
Heidi will contact Don.

Meeting Minutes | 26 October 2010

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ALA Student Chapter Meeting Minutes — October 26, 2010; 11 a.m.

1. Heidi: Welcome new members and attendance: Heidi Schiller, Naomi Schemm, Kate Longley, Michael Grutchfield, Daniel Pon, Yolanda Bustos, Siri Hiltz, Anna Doyle

2. Approval of September meeting minutes: Approved.

3. Jocelyn/Heidi: Update on constitution. Heidi reported that she had put up a draft constitution on a Google doc based on the template provided by the ALA. Several members posted suggestions and changes. At the meeting, the group finalized the constitution and approved it. He said she would send out a copy of the pdf to the group’s listserv.

4. Naomi: LASSA vs. AMS status. Naomi reported that it makes more sense to be a LASSA group. The group then voted in favor of becoming a LASSA group. Naomi will contact LASSA to formalize our status with them.

5. Election of officers: The group decided this should be done at the next meeting after all interested members have looked through the constitution, which provides descriptions of the offices (Chair, Co-Chair, Treasurer, Secretary and Webmaster/Communications officer). Heidi will send out an email two weeks prior to the next meeting with a call for office nominations.

6. Brainstorming of program ideas and set up program planning committee meeting. Tabled for next meeting.

7. Heidi: Update on Listserv and FTP space: Heidi reported that we now have a Listserv. It is ala-slais@interchange.ubc.ca. We also have an FTP space.

8. Next meeting date: Tuesday Nov. 23 at 11 am.

Meeting Minutes | 28 September 2010

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ALA Student Chapter Meeting Minutes – 9/28/2010

1. Heidi: Welcome/Introduction to the soon-to-be-first ALA student chapter of SLAIS
(Collect interested members’ names and email addresses)
Attendees included:
• Heidi Schiller
• Naomi Schemm
• Yolanda Bustos
• Michael Grutchfeild
• Andrew Berger
• Dan Pon
• Kate Longley
• Jocelyn Hallman
• Eric (faculty advisor) and (future ALA member) Baby Julia Meyers.

2. Heidi: Overview of the process for becoming an official group
a. Get a faculty advisor (Eric Meyers)
b. Interested students sign up for ALA membership (many states have joint membership rates)
c. Draft a constitution (we have examples from other groups)
d. “A nominating committee should be appointed and a meeting held to elect officers and approve the constitution.”
e. “A chapter group program committee should be appointed to work with the officers to develop program ideas.”
f. Notify ALA liaison of group’s existence. Include draft of constitution, faculty advisor name and list of officers.

3. Formation of constitution committee to meet soon after today (committee will determine how and when officers are elected and which offices are needed): Jocelyn volunteered to spearhead the committee group; Heidi, Michael and Kate committed to helping Jocelyn. Jocelyn will email them to arrange a meeting before the next all-member meeting.

4. Naomi: Becoming an officially recognized club at SLAIS/UBC: LASSA vs. AMS

a. Naomi will find investigate benefits of being an ALA group
b. A few questions to consider: Can non-SLAIS students be in a LASSA group? (This would affect whether students from another school/faculty, such as LLED, could be involved in our group.

5. Getting an official SLAIS listserv and FTP space – Heidi will find out from Susie

6. Naomi and Yolanda: Report on what other ALA student chapters do/program ideas. Naomi listed programs and events that the University of Washington’s iSchool ALA group does. Yolanda reported we would be the only ALA student group in Canada.

7. Formation of a program committee – Heidi suggested we all brainstorm program ideas for next meeting, and it will be an agenda item.

8. Next meeting date: Oct. 26, 11 am