Today's Topics:
1. FW: [alcts-affiliates] ALCTS e-Forum: ALA Midwinter: Cool
Ideas and Take-Aways (Elaine Franco)
2. FW: [ALCTScentral] ANMIG February Chat: Staying
Professionally Active While Un(der)employed (Elaine Franco)
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ALCTS e-Forum: ALA Midwinter: Cool Ideas and Take-Aways
Monday, February 16 and Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Description: What jumped out at you or sparked your interest at the 2015 ALA
Midwinter Meeting? Share an idea from a presentation, a tool or technique
you want to try, or a useful piece of information that changed your life. If
applicable, please share what you are going to do next or how you're going
to apply what you learned. Please send one topic per email and put a brief
descriptive title in your email subject line. If responding to someone
else's topic, leave the subject line the same. Hosts: Felicity Dykas is Head
of Digital Services at the University of Missouri--Columbia. Previously she
served as Head of the Catalog Department and Electronic Resources Librarian.
She tries to pack something into every minute at ALA conferences and
meetings: programs, interest groups, meetings, receptions, exhibits, and
networking. Luckily, she takes lots of notes, which are necessary for
refreshing her memory. She is interested in open access, digital libraries,
institutional reposito!
ries, metadata, cataloging, and, overall, ensuring easy access to online
resources. Emily Whitmore is the ALCTS Continuing Education Assistant. Since
the 2015 Midwinter was her first experience with ALA conferences, she tried
to attend all events connected to items of interest. Since she has not been
able to clone herself yet, this was not possible. Instead, she focused her
attention on interest groups, committee meetings, networking, and programs.
Her interests include: open access, metadata, public libraries, collection
management, and social media in the library. Dates and Times: Monday,
February 16 and Tuesday, February 17, 2015 Each day, discussion begins and
ends at: Pacific: 7 a.m. ? 3 p.m. Mountain: 8 a.m. ? 4 p.m. Central: 9 a.m.
? 5 p.m. Eastern: 10 a.m. ? 6 p.m. These discussions are free of charge and
available to anyone who wishes to subscribe to the list. Subscribe Create an
account at the ALCTS Electronic Discussion Lists website
(lists.ala.org<http://lists.a!
la.org>) Go to the e-Forum website
http://lists.ala.org/sympa/info/alcts-eforum
Click the "Subscribe" link in the left-hand column Enter the email address
where you'd like to receive the e-Forum messages You'll receive an email
message containing a password, enter the password. You are now subscribed.
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ANMIG February Chat: Staying Professionally Active While Un(der)employed
Staying professionally active is crucial for librarians?we benefit from and
contribute to our field by staying current with important trends, networking
and making connections, and sharing information. But participating in
professional organizations and events can be difficult if we are looking for
a job, in school, or working in non-librarian or non-professional positions.
Join the ALCTS New Member Interest Group (ANMIG) as we discuss how to stay
active in the profession when the path is not entirely clear, and how this
can advance your career! On Friday, February 20th, at 2 p.m. EST, several
ANMIG officers will be on hand to answer questions and offer advice. Come
chat with your ANMIG peers! Alissa Hafele, ANMIG Social Media Coordinator
and Autumn Faulkner, ANMIG Secretary, will be your hosts. This chat is open
to all ALA members. To join the chat: http://connect.ala.org/node/235462
1. Please note that you must join the ALCTS New Members Interest Group
(ANMIG) before you can join the chat, which is easy! Go to
http://connect.ala.org/node/85257 and click the "Join" box under the search
box in the left hand menu.
2. Once you've joined the community, you can join the chat here:
http://connect.ala.org/node/235462
Elyssa M. (Sanner) Gould, MSLS
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
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