ALSC Student Session:“How I Got My First Library Job: Tips from Library Directors.”

Posted: Mar. 17, 2009.
Just a reminder that the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) will be hosting an ALSC Student Session on Thursday, March 19 at 5 p.m.

Ira Glass and the structure of storytelling

Posted: Mar. 16, 2009.
[caption id="attachment_684" align="alignleft" width="194" caption="Ira Glass"]Ira Glass[/caption] Closing keynoter Ira Glass made his debu

ACRL's First Fish Toss

Posted: Mar. 16, 2009.
[caption id="attachment_672" align="alignleft" width="108" caption="ACRL's fish-toss winner"]ACRL's fish-toss winner[/captio

Fabulosity in the Room

Posted: Mar. 15, 2009.
[caption id="attachment_658" align="alignleft" width="144" caption="Robin Chase"]Robin Chase[/caption] Robin Chase, cofounder and former

The Greening of ACRL

Posted: Mar. 15, 2009.
[caption id="attachment_639" align="alignleft" width="216" caption="ACRL's green giveaways"]ACRL's green giveaways

Confessions of an Ambiguously Ethnic Indian

Posted: Mar. 14, 2009.
[caption id="attachment_623" align="alignright" width="252" caption="Sherman Alexie signs copies of his book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian"]Read More  |  Comments: 1

Peace and Love and Multimedia

Posted: Mar. 14, 2009.
The ACRL exhibit floor is usually a no-nonsense affair.

Klein Declines, but Kidder Gets Serious

Posted: Mar. 12, 2009.
ACRL's 14th National Conference in Seattle is the greenest in ALA history, as organizers were quick to remind everyone.

ALA Student Members Wiki

Posted: Mar. 10, 2009.
The ALA Student Members Wiki gives students in ALA-accredited MLIS Programs, NCATE Programs (SLMS], LTA Programs a place to find information and a place to add information about career development, network with fellow students and other colleagues, learn about the American Library Association (ALA), and discuss what it's like to be new in libraries. If you have information on tools and resources, feel free to add them to this wiki. Other wikis, blogs, and more, can be found at ALA's

ALA Student-to-Staff Program

Posted: Mar. 9, 2009.
Each year during Annual Conference, the Chapter Relations Office puts together a group of student volunteers from the ALA Student Chapters to assist ALA staff at the conference. To qualify for the Student-to-Staff Program, the student must be a current ALA member and a member of a student chapter, and cannot have previously participated in the program.