Alumni Represent! at ALA
We know many of you will be heading out to Anaheim for some Disney and for some ALA! The UNCG LIS Department is having its shindig at the Cooperative Library and Information Studies Alumni Reunion on Sunday, June 24, 2012, 5.30 pm – 7.30 pm in the Disneyland Hotel, Magic Kingdom Ballroom. Look for Minerva (and maybe Minnie). If you can’t make the event, then stop by the ALISE/LIS Education Cooperative Booth in the Exhibits. More info about both events is at: http://www.alise.org/alise—ala-2012#sharedbooth
Lynda will be giving out QR Code stickers for your nametag, so make sure you get one at the conference. They are the hottest things ever!
And if you are presenting at the conference (or want to promote something at the conference), reply to this post! We would love to hear what you are up to!
Are you going to Anaheim? Let’s us know!
who has the coolest LIS alumni association?
Yes, we do. Here they are. Hot off the presses. The UNCG LISAA sticker with QR code. You know you want to show your “G” pride at NCLA. Stop by the LISAA table to get one. Just look for the table with a very, very large sign, as big as a child, or two or three.
And don’t forget to meet at Carrabba’s Wednesday night at 5pm.
Say it loud, say it proud. We are G!
LISAA QR Code
Say it loud, say it proud. We are “G”. NCLA 2011
Lots of info coming your way for NCLA! The “G” has alumni representing at the conference this year. Below is a partial list. If you are not included, let us know! Add your event in the comments. Say it loud, say it proud. We are “G”.
Several of us will be live blogging the sessions right here at Minerva’s Library. Want to write for us? You know you do! Just email Lynda
We will be meeting at the Hickory Carrabba’s at 5pm on Wednesday night. Be there! Or the lions will eat you.
Kathy Shields, Randall Bowman, Anders Selhorst, Jennifer Balance: Panel Presentation, “Lessons Learned: Getting the most out of LibGuides”. Wednesday, October 5, 1:30 – 2:45 pm. Other panelists: Michelle Cosby, Jenny Dale, Nina Exner, Susan Wolk Neilson.
Randall Bowman: Panel Presentation, “Event Planning Without Tears”. Thursday, October 6, 9:00 – 10:00 am. Other panelists: Dale Cousins, Harry Frank, Carolyn Willis, and Bryna Coonin.
Lauren Pressley: Preconference: Everybody Teaches: Creating Effective Online e-Learning Experiences, Tuesday 1-4
Pete Turner: Bringing Storytime Alive with Acting and Storytelling Techniques: An Interactive Workshop, Wednesday 1:30
Melinda Livas: R.A.M.S.: Developing a Master Teacher Librarian Program…That Works!, Wed. 1:30-2:45
Jeff Mortimore: Guide your patrons through the online resource jungle, Wednesday 3:45 (with Leslie Sierra, Dave Trudeau, Aletha Andrew)
Jacqueline White, Camilla Bahr: Public Library Design and Technology, Wednesday 3:45 (with Anthony Chow)
Jeff Mortimore: Beta Phi Mu breakfast, Thursday 7:30 AM
Chase Baity, David Rachlin, Christian Burris: To Fine or Not to Fine– Are Fines or Rewards more effective motivators?, Thursday 9AM (with Anthony Chow)
Carol Walters: Programs, Politics, and Possibilities: Trustees/Friends/Librarians/Advocates, Thursday 10:30
David Bryden: OCLC Web-Scale Management Services: Unlocking Efficiency, Cooperation, and Collaborative Innovation, Thursday 11:00-12:00
Michelle Bridges, Patricia Commander, Amy Figley: What does a typical library website look like?, Thursday 4:15 (with Anthony Chow)
Mendy Ozan: Free & Easy 2.0: Online Tools to Support Teaching, Learning & Productivity, Thursday 4:15
Amy Harris Houk: Meet ADDIE:Designing Successful Learning Outcomes, Friday 8:30
Lynda Kellam: “Do We Really Need to Pay for this Anymore? The best free v. fee sources for statistics and country research”, Thursday, 9:00 am
Lynda Kellam, Amy Harris, Lauren Pressley: “Patrons Left to their Own Devices: Library Databases and E-Readers, Thursday, 11:00.
get yer party-hopping boots on!
Some librarians are going to rock Hickory during NCLA! And to get the festivities started the LIS Alumni Association is going to meet up at Carraba’s on Wednesday, October 5 from 5:00-7:00 pm. Carrabba’s told us that they don’t have a happy hour, and we said “Don’t worry. We will bring the happy.” We know other events may compete but none will be as cool. Feel free to stop by and say hello to your fellow alumni as well as some recruited current students.
In addition to happy hour, the LISAA board will be live blogging the events as possible. If you would like to live blog for us on Minerva’s Library, email Lynda.
alumni events at ALA!
Please join us at the ALA 2011 Conference in New Orleans. You are invited to an Alumni Reunion Reception and to visit with us at the Exhibits where we will be participating in the ALISE/LIS Cooperative Library and Information Studies Alumni Reunion and the ALISE/LIS Cooperative Education Pavilion, respectively. See information below and the list of participating schools is at: http://www.alise.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=125306&orgId=ali
Also VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! If you are available to help staff the booth, please email Touger and Dr. Clara Chu with the time(s) that you can help out by Monday, June 20th, noon. See time slots below.
ALISE/LIS Cooperative Library and Information Studies Alumni Reunion
Sunday, June 26, 2011, 5.30 pm – 7.30 pm; Hilton Riverside, Grand Ball Room
UNCG LIS is participating in the Cooperative Library and Information Studies Alumni Reunion hosted by ALISE.
ALISE/LIS Cooperative Education Pavilion, June 24-27, 2011
UNCG LIS will join ALISE and several of its member schools in hosting a booth in the Library and Information Science Education Pavilion in the exhibit hall. The exhibits will be held June 24-27, 2011 at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center located at 900 Convention Center Blvd, New Orleans, LA.
UNCG Exhibit Volunteer Hours/Booth Time Slots (2011)
Friday, June 24
5:30pm – 7:30pm (opening reception)
Saturday, June 25
9:00am -11:00am
11:00am -1:00pm
1:00pm – 3:00pm
3:00pm – 5:00pm
Sunday, June 26
9:00am -11:00am
11:00am -1:00pm
1:00pm – 3:00pm
3:00pm – 5:00pm
Monday, June 27
9:00am -11:00am
11:00am -1:00pm
1:00pm – 3:00pm
3:00pm – 4:00pm (exhibit closes at 4 pm)
ALA Round-up! YEEEEEHAW!
ALA Annual is right around the corner. To share some of our experiences the LIS Alumni Association will host its first ALA Round-Up, a virtual meet and greet, on July 9 from 12pm-1pm. We will be joined by Kathy Shields, the Head of Reference and Instruction at High Point University, and Amy Pace, Lead Librarian at High Point University’s University Center. Both ladies will be working for Cognotes, the ALA conference newspaper, and will have many experience to share. We will have time for questions and comments. If you are going to ALA and would like to be on the agenda to talk about the highlights of your ALA 2010 experience, please contact Lynda Kellam by July 1.
Please RSVP for the ALA Round-Up by July 8: http://tinyurl.com/lisaa-rsvp
Technical requirements: We will be using a collaborative software called Elluminate. It requires that you be able to download Java onto your computer, but you do not need any special software. After you RSVP, we will send you a link that you can use to test the software. If you have any questions, please contact Lynda. You do not need a microphone as a chat system is available in the software. You may want to use a headset depending on your desk configuration.
LISAA and UNCG @ ALA!
Please join us at the ALA 2010 Conference in Washington. You are invited to an Alumni Reunion Reception and to visit with us at the Exhibits where we will be participating in the ALISE/LIS Cooperative Library and Information Studies Alumni Reunion and the ALISE/LIS Cooperative Education Pavilion, respectively. See information below and the list of participating schools is at: http://www.alise.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=112732
Thank you to the faculty and students who have volunteered to staff the booth at the ALISE/LIS Cooperative Education Pavilion. See the schedule below and visit with us as well as join the UNCG LIS Alumni Association http://uncglisaa.wordpress.com/ for $10 and get a UNCG LIS bag or participate in our free raffle. We are exhibit space #924 in Hall C.
ALISE/LIS Cooperative Library and Information Studies Alumni Reunion
Sunday, June 27, 2010, 5.30 pm – 7.30 pm at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel – Grand Ballroom
UNCG LIS is participating in the Cooperative Library and Information Studies Alumni Reunion hosted by ALISE. We’ll be raffling something special.
ALISE/LIS Cooperative Education Pavilion
June 25-28, 2010; Washington Convention Center (801 Mount Vernon Place NW, Washington DC).
UNCG LIS will join ALISE and several of its member schools in hosting a booth in the Library and Information Science Education Pavilion (#924, Hall C) in the exhibit hall.
UNCG Exhibit Volunteer Hours/Booth Time Slots
Friday, June 25
5:15pm – 7:30pm Clara Chu
Saturday, June 26
9:00am -11:00am Nora Bird
11:00am -1:00pm Sarah Anderson
1:00pm – 3:00pm Clara Chu
3:00pm – 5:00pm
Sunday, June 27
9:00am -11:00am Clara Chu
11:00am -1:00pm Nancy Poole
1:00pm – 3:00pm
3:00pm – 5:00pm Nora Bird 3–4; Sandra Andrews 4-5, Billie Durham 3-5 pm
Monday, June 28
9:00am -11:00am
11:00am -1:00pm Alesha Lackey
1:00pm – 3:00pm Clara Chu
3:00pm – 4:00pm Clara Chu
Are you headed to Boston for ALAMW?
Hey UNCG LIS alumni! If you are headed to Boston for ALA midwinter, let us know. Add a comment to this post or to the Facebook page. We probably can’t flashmob any events at this conference, but it would be nice to know who will be there.
So, stand up! Represent!
Pics from NCLA!
Here are some pictures of UNCG alumni at the NCLA conference (October 6-9, 2009). If you didn’t get a chance to go to Greenville, you can read about a few of the sessions on the Conference blog.
Kathy Shields (2009), Janie Neely (1992), Amy Harris (2005), Lynda Kellam (2007)
Sheila Brown Evans (2004), Carol G. Walters (1975), and Phoebe Medlin (2006)
Jennifer Smith (2008), Heather Gillette (2009), and Kathy Shields (2009)
GO SPARTANS!
UNCG Alumni @ NCLA
The NCLA Biennial Conference will be held in Greenville, NC on October 6th-9th. Below are programs that involve UNCG MLIS Alumni. We are sure we did not get them all. Please leave comments or email us to let us know who we missed!
Tuesday October 6th
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Black Belt Librarians, REMCo/CUS Pre-Conference
Times have changed and, as a result, library security needs have changed. We are far past the time when library security primarily meant dealing with a patron who was talking too loud or trying to leave the library without checking out a book. Librarians today might have to deal with stabbings, shootings, assaults, or even kidnappings.
Since this type of security training is not usually covered in M.L.S. programs, librarians and library staff must look elsewhere for assistance. Often times they are turning to security experts like Warren Graham. Graham has spent twenty-five years in security, including seventeen years at the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. In his sessions, he provides realistic security training based on the methods presented in his book, Black Belt Librarians: Every Librarian’s Real World Guide to a Safer Workplace. During this pre-conference workshop, he will address some of these issues and suggest ways to handle difficult situations in the library.
Jamane Yeager (1999) is involved with this pre-conference and is the Reference/Electronic Resource Librarian at Elon University. She will be receiving the Roadbuilder award at the REMCo luncheon on Thursday.
Wednesday October 7th
11:45 am – 1:15 pm
Luncheon with Dept of Cultural Resources Secretary Linda Carlisle
Come hear North Carolina Dept of Cultural Resources Secretary Linda Carlisle discuss the future of libraries in our “interesting” economic climate. There will be a brief business meeting of the WILR and the presentation of the Marilyn Miller award. $15.00
Linda Carlisle, while not an alumni of the MLIS program at UNCG, is a 1972 undergraduate alum, and now the new Secretary of Cultural Resources for the state of North Carolina. She has been involved at UNCG in many ways including holding the position of Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees. Marilyn Mriller is a former chair and professor in the MLIS department at UNCG and also a former president of the ALA.
1:30 pm – 2:45 pm
FRBR and RDA—Where do we stand?
Presenters: Dr. Barbara Marson, Dept. of Library Science, East Carolina University; Mary Rose Adkins, Head of Technical Services, UNC Charlotte, and Adjunct faculty, Dept. of Library and Information Studies, UNC Greensboro; Shoko Tokoro, Cataloging Librarian, UNC Charlotte. An overview of the concepts of FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) and how they relate to RDA (Resource Description and Access). RDA is the new standard that will soon replace AACR2 to cover description and access for resources in traditional and digital formats. The session will include an update on the status of RDA and the testing that is being done by Library of Congress and other volunteer libraries. It will also include time for questions and discussion on how libraries and catalogs will be affected.
Dr. Barbara Marson (1978) is a professor of Library Science at East Carolina University
Thursday, October 8th
9:00 am – 10:15 am
Technology Petting Zoo
A panel discussion/presentation concerning modern technology as it pertains to reference services. Topics will include: productivity (Google Docs, Calendar, etc) social networking (Facebook, LibraryThing, Delicious, etc.) and communication (blogs, wikis, IM). Panelists are: Lauren Pressley, Amy Harris and Lynda Kellum
Lauren Pressley (2007) Instructional Design Librarian at Wake Forest University, Amy Harris (2005) First-Year Instruction Coordinator at UNCG , Lynda Kellam (2007) Data Services & Government Information Librarian at UNCG
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
The Kaleidoscope of Academic Libraries: Marketing our Services to a Multi Generational Population
Libby Stone, Public Services Librarian and Jody Mosteller, Evening Librarian — Morris Library, Gaston College–This session will focus upon the promotional campaign by the Gaston College Libraries to the students, faculty, staff and community members of Gaston and Lincoln counties. Our challenge as librarians is to aggressively market our services to the broad range of multi-generational users on the three campuses, from early college high school students to the increasing number of older students displaced due to the recession. We have the ability to make their academic lives less stressful and more successful! The librarians at Gaston College plan to implement new outreach strategies during the 2009 summer and fall semesters at the two existing libraries and to introduce our patrons to the new library at the Belmont campus, which is scheduled to open in August. We will share our experiences, marketing strategies and resources used, evaluating what has worked and what has not during our presentation.
Jody Mosteller (2006) Evening Librarian Gaston College
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Master Trainers and the Future of e-Learning in North Carolina
In 2007 the State Library of North Carolina initiated the development of on-line training modules by bringing together an e-Learning consultant and a small group of librarians who were also graduates of the State Library’s Master Trainer Program. From that workshop four trainers were matched with four topics and they began the process of learning the software for synchronous on-line delivery. In the summer of 2008, these on-line classes were delivered to library staff from academic and public libraries across the state. These trainers will provide information regarding the development and implementation of their on-line classes, modifying in-room content to fit the virtual classroom, creating new content, and delivering meaningful on-line training. Mardi Durham: Iredell County Public Library, Edward Hirst: Rowan Public Library, Cheryl Middleton: Buncombe County Public Library, Jessica O’Brien, Lenoir-Rhyne University
Mardi Durham (1994) Reference Librarian at Iredell County Public Library, Jessica O’Brien (2005) Technology and Learning Support Librarian at Lenoir-Rhyne University
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
REMCO Luncheon
Jamane Yeager (1999) will be receiving the Roadbuilder award at the REMCo luncheon on Thursday.
3:30 pm – 4:15 pm
Concurrent Poster Sessions
Free Range Librarianship: Archiving Personal Collections
Mendy Ozan (2011)
5:30 pm –6:30 pm
Joint Library Schools Reception
We are crashing this party!! Come show your Spartan pride!
Friday
9:00 am – 10:15 am
The Library Diversity Committee: Serving Knowledge, Serving You
You are invited to attend a panel discussion that focuses on the role of the Library Diversity committee. Alan Bailey and Robert James (ECU), Kawanna Bright (NCSU), Bridgette Sanders (UNCC) and Rachel Stinehelfer and Jason Alston (UNCG) will share their experiences and resources. The panel will respond to questions related to developing their committee charge, initiating interest among library staff, seeking ideas for programming and identifying opportunities to collaborate with unites outside of the Library.
Rachel Stinehelfer, Human Resources Librarian at UNCG
