Bob Buys Books

To those of you selling your textbooks:

Bob Buys Books is offering 5% of their buyback sales to UKALA if you sell your books back with them. This is a nice way to make money for yourself and ALA at the same time. All you have to do is mention that you are doing business with them in order to help UKALA when you sell back your books. Below is information on when and where Bob Buys Books will be buying back books:

Who: Bob Buys Books

What: Textbook Buyback

When: FINALS WEEK, Dec 14-18, 10am - 6pm

Where: Inside of Coffea (corner of Rose and Euclid, next to Qdoba)

You don’t have to be a member to mention us, so if any of your friends are selling back their books please pass this information along to them.

Thanks!

Research Symposium – Call for Proposals/Abstracts

This year’s Research Symposium will be a combined event with the College of Communications and Information Studies. It will give us the opportunity to contribute our research and scholarship and to see what other students in the College are also working on.

Here’s why you should consider presenting a poster at this event:

- It’s a wonderful way to get some experience presenting without having to worry about being too intimidated. Everyone is invited to submit and we will do our best to help you feel prepared to present (and hopefully even enjoy it).
- You can use research projects you have already worked on or are currently working on. This includes class projects, research papers you have written, work-related research or just something you’d like to explore further and share with everyone. Any of these can be used as the basic concept for your poster.
- It’s a great line for your resume!
- Faculty and students from our School and from the College will be there to support you and ask questions.
- We will be offering online materials and a face-to-face “How to” session on creating an effective poster.

The date for this event is tentatively set for mid-February. We wanted to send a call for proposals now so that you can begin preparing and thinking about what you would like to present.

Abstracts/Proposals should be approximately 150 words and should briefly describe what you will be presenting in your poster. Abstracts/Proposals should be sent to Jen Green (jennifer.n.green@uky.edu) by Friday, February 5th. We will send reminders at the beginning of next semester. Please let us know if you have questions about the abstract or the poster. More details will be sent out about the date and time of the How-To Session. We look forward to seeing and hearing about your research!

Call for Essays - ALA Student-to-Staff Program

Hello, I’m excited to announce a great opportunity for ALA members who want to go to the ALA Annual Conference in June 2010. As the UK student chapter of ALA we are able to select one student to participate in the ALA Student-to-Staff Program. Here is some information about the program from ALA’s Don Wood:

“Students are expected to work 16 hours for four days (Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday). Usually this means working for one unit, such as the International Relations Office, the Public Information Office, the ALA Store, American Association of School Librarians, for the entire time, but could also mean working 8 hours for one unit and 8 hours for another.

In return, each student receives free Annual Conference registration, $50 per diem [4 days (Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday) x $50 = $200] and housing (each student has a roommate whenever possible) for 5 nights (Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday). The $200 and housing information are sent before conference to addresses provided by the students. Note: Transportation costs (taxis, flights, etc., are the student’s responsibility.

Roommates are matched by gender, primarily. If there are 21 females and 19 males, one female and one male will not be sharing their rooms with another student-to-staff member. Prior to conference, students must complete a short questionnaire to help us match them with appropriate ALA units (e.g., Public Library Association, Office for Library Advocacy, Conference Services). Based on their assignment, students may be expected to perform a range of duties from clerical, to sales, to use of computers, to setting up and staffing events, etc. We have seen many of the students become active in ALA as they move into successful careers. Students tell us that they benefit from the behind-the-scenes involvement in ALA. We certainly benefit from their help, fresh perspectives, and enthusiasm.”

In order to be eligible to participate in the program you must be an ALA member and a student in the SLIS program at the time of the conference, which is June 24-29 in Washington, D.C. If you would like to be considered please submit an essay to me (jlking40356@gmail.com) including the following:

1) Your involvement in ALA up to this point
2) Why you should be selected for the program

It doesn’t have to be more than a paragraph or two. The deadline to submit an essay is January 18, 2010. Once the essays are collected they will be read by myself, Dr. Miller, and maybe another officer in the student chapter. If you are not currently a member of ALA then join today for the annual rate of $33 and then submit an essay! We really want someone to represent UK at Annual this year, tell us why it should be you! I look forward to your essays. If you have any questions please contact me at jlking40356@gmail.com

3M/NMRT Professional Development Grant Applications being accepted now!

APPLICANTS SOUGHT FOR 3M/NMRT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT
Deadline: December 15, 2009

We are excited to announce that members of ALA's New Members Round Table (NMRT) can apply to receive a grant, sponsored by 3M Library Systems, which will cover expenses to attend the ALA Annual Conference, June 24–30, 2010, in Washington, DC.

Want to read about the ALA experiences of last year's winners? Take
a look at the August 2009 issue of Footnotes at
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/nmrt/news/footnotes/august_2009/index.cfm. You will see how professionally rewarding attending an ALA
conference can be.

The application form and further information about the grant is
available on the NMRT website at
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/nmrt/initiatives/applyforfunds/3mawardinformation.cfm. You must be a current member of NMRT in order to
apply. To join NMRT, visit the ALA website at http://www.ala.org and
follow the "Join ALA" link to add to your ALA membership.

Joining NMRT is only $10 for the year, which would make your total ALA membership only $43 for the year. Still a steal!

4 things I learned from scanning the AL Direct Student Edition today

I just received my American Libraries Direct Student Edition e-mail today, as all student members of ALA receive as part of their membership. Here are four things I found very interesting:

FIRST, get involved in ALA! Here's how.

Second, this list which I have seen circulating in listservs is very cool. The 100 Best Blogs for Librarians of the Future.

Third, a very interesting list of tools for creating bibliographies.

Fourth, did you know student members get a 10% discount at the ALA store? Cool.

Be sure to join ALA today, so that you can get your AL Direct Student Edition as well!

Research Day Committee

Last year, the ALA chapter sponsored a SLIS Research Day which included Poster Sessions and presentations from students regarding the work they do at the school. Students and Faculty were able to learn from each other and share exciting research. During the Spring Semester we will hold Research Day again and we want more students to participate this year.

Would you be interested in helping us make this year's event bigger and better? Then I invite you to join the Research Day Committee. This will be headed up by Kacy Lundstrom who participated in the event last year. What would you be doing as a committee member? Basically, we want your input and we want our members to publicize the event to the school. We want to hold some kind of event during the Fall that will generate interest in Research Day. With your help we can make this something really beneficial to the school and something you would like to present in!

So if you would like to be a part of this committee please email me at jlking40356@gmail.com and let me know. Within the next couple of weeks we would like to hold our first planning meeting. Thanks!

Interested in a Leadership position?

UPDATE! This position has been filled... congrats to Leslie Kuhnen who will be President-Elect this year, and President during the 2010-2011 academic year!

We want to know if there are any first year SLIS students, who will still be going to school in the 2010-2011 academic year that would be interested in a leadership role with ALA.

As President-Elect, you will help us organize events, raise funds, and promote ALA awareness. It's not a huge time commitment. At the end of the 2009-2010 academic year, the President-Elect becomes President for the next year. That's why we only want to hear from students who know they will be here next year. It's a great opportunity to get involved with a professional organization as a student.

If interested, please email Jessica at jlking40356@gmail.com.

Thanks!

2009 KLA/KSMA Conference

The KLA/KMSA conference is coming up! September 30 - October 3 at the Galt House in Louisville. Student registration is only $10 which is a steal. Go to KLA's website for more information: http://www.kylibasn.org/

Joining KLA as a student member is also not a bad idea. Kentucky isn't one of the states that offers a deal where you can get ALA and state membership at the same time, but the cost of joining both isn't that bad. Only $33 to join ALA and (I think) only $15 to join KLA. That's only $48 for a whole year, very cheap compared to what prices are when you are no longer a student.

Our facebook page has opened a discussion for students attending the conference. This way you can collaborate on transportation, housing, etc. If you discover anything really cool - let us know in the comments!

Thanks!

Fall Semester 2009 is here

Hopefully everyone has had a great summer.

In an effort to create a list of SLIS students that have joined ALA, please email Jessica at jlking40356@gmail.com if you are an ALA member.

Thanks and look out for more posts coming soon!

Top 10 Patron Pet Peeves

Here is a great blog post by Brian Herzog on his blog Swiss Army Librarian.

There are a lot of great library blogs out there. Take advantage of what seasoned librarians already know. We'll try to build a great list of blogs to reference to. Please share any you love to read in the comments.

This blog post was brought to my attention through the latest issue of American Libraries Direct. Student members also receive a Student edition in their email. Join ALA to receive these publications yourself!

Books a Million Discount for ALA members!

Books a Million now offers a 10% discount on online purchases and 20% discount for in store purchases for ALA members!

Offers and news like this comes to members from the American Libraries Direct which is emailed to ALA members on a regular basis.

Join ALA today!

ALA Virtual Conference

If you're interested in attending ALA annual but can't go to Chicago take a look at ALA's Virtual Conference. Information can be found here:

http://www.ala.org/ala/conferencesevents/upcoming/annual/2009/VirtualConference.cfm

It's great that ALA is using internet technology to bring Annual to more members. The registration fee is $120 for students but keep in mind that registering for the actual conference and traveling to Chicago would be much higher.

Join ALA today to take advantage of these kinds of benefits! Leave a comment if you want more information.

Link Suggestions

You will notice that we've added some helpful links to the sidebar. If there are any you think should be added to our blog please email jlking40356@gmail.com with your suggestions.

Thanks!

Congratulations to our New Officers!

Here's the new officers for the 2009-2010 school year:

President: Jessica King

President-Elect: Kacy Lundstrom

Secretary: Josh Rahn

Treasurer: Cara Frank

We will keep you posted on future leadership opportunities within UKALA. A Research Day Committee will probably be in order...

Poster Sessions and Presentations Workshop

Click on the picture to see it a little bigger. Hope to see you there!

From American Libraries: first ever Digital Supplement, on Professional Learning

This digital supplement provides resources on obtaining an MLS degree, available scholarships from ALA, continuing education (because it doesn't stop with Grad School!) and other useful information for SLIS students.

You will need a version of Flash to properly run the link. 

Click here for the digital supplement and happy reading!

January Blurb: Spring Semester News

Hello to our fellow SLIS students! Your UK Student Chapter of ALA hopes that this semester goes well for you both professionally and academically. ALA offers many opportunities to professionally develop and all at the cheap student annual rate of $33! Here are some upcoming news from both the student chapter and ALA:

ALA’s Midwinter Meeting is coming up, January 23-28 in Denver. We have some attendees from our program so we hope to hear exciting reports from them!

ALA’s Annual 2009 Conference will be held much closer in Chicago, July 9-15. The student chapter is working on scheduling a van so students can have a cheaper transportation option for Annual. We are also working to raise funds for student expenses in Chicago including Annual registration fees and hotel rates. If you would like to help us in our fundraising efforts or have a great idea for fundraising please let us know!

There are two big events we are working on for this semester. One is a poster session/research day to be held in late April. We hope that students and professors will get involved with this and turn it into a true information sharing experience and a great exercise in the professional work of librarianship. Further details will be available soon.

In order to prepare for our poster session we are also going to host a poster/paper presentation workshop on Monday, February 23 from 10:30 to 11:45 AM. Even if you don’t plan on presenting at the poster session in April (though we hope the workshop changes your mind!) you can still learn a lot about presenting and sharing information with colleagues.

Last but not least some interesting ALA links. If you are already a member of ALA or are interested please contact our President, Faith Steele at fnstee2@email.uky.edu. You can also access updates on what your UK ALA Student Chapter is planning at our blog: http://ukstudentalachapter.blogspot.com. Thanks and good luck this semester!

ALA Annual homepage: http://www.ala.org/ala/conferencesevents/upcoming/annual/index.cfm

ALA New Members Roundtable Footnotes Newsletter:
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/nmrt/news/footnotes/

ALA Student Member Blog:
http://www.students.ala.org/studentmemberblog/

Subscribe to receive American Libraries Direct by email:
http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/aldirect/aldirect.cfm

New Members Roundtable Resume Review service:
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/nmrt/oversightgroups/comm/resreview/resumereview.cfm

ALA Student Scholarships! Deadline is March 1st:
http://www.ala.org/ala/educationcareers/education/scholarships/index.cfm

Welcome to our home on the web!

Here you will find updates about UK's student chapter of the American Library Association. Some of the things you can expect to find here will be information on local and national events, opportunities for members, and information on becoming a member.