UNT LISSA

Secretary/Treasurer Elections

2009-07-14T16:57:00.000-07:00

Elections for LISSA Secretary/Treasurer for the 2009/2010 school year start today. Please send an email with your vote to untlissa@gmail.com by Wednesday, July 22nd at 11:59 PM. Here are the candidates:

Carrie Gassett: My name is Carrie Gassett and I would like to be considered for 2009-2010 LISSA Secretary/Treasurer. I am a first-year graduate student earning my Master’s with a concentration in youth librarianship. Before leaving Houston for Denton in June of 2009, I worked as a leader in theatre arts administration for three years, and earned my undergraduate degree in English from the University of Houston in 2007. In the Houston theatre community, I had the opportunity to work on arts development projects for children, serve as a social and event coordinator, and volunteer for community events such as fundraising galas and the Houston Shakespeare Festival. I currently work under Dr. Ana Cleveland as a teaching assistant and member of the Houston Program team. I am eager to get involved with LISSA and hope to make a difference in the organization!

Melody McCotter: I am interested in running for the LISSA treasurer/secretary position. I am a doctoral student in the LIS department, and received my master's in information science from UNT in August, 2008. I work as a research assistant in the LIS department and TxCDK, so I'm familiar with the faculty and staff, and I'm on campus quite a bit. I have good organization and mathematics skills, so I think I'd be a good fit for this position.

Thanks,
Megan Rush
LISSA President

Special Election

2009-07-06T16:08:00.000-07:00

Since the Secretary/Treasurer position was not filled during the spring elections, a special election is being held over the summer for the position. Anyone interested in running should submit a paragraph about themselves to untlissa@gmail.com by Monday, July 13th at 11:59 PM.

Thanks,
Megan Rush
LISSA President

2009-05-21T12:22:00.000-07:00

Hey Everyone,
I just wanted to let you all know about the ALA-TLA Joint Student Membership. I hope everyone had a great and successful semester!
Pau Andersen

http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/cro/studentchapters/jointmembership/Texas_ALA Joint Student Form.pdf

New President Elected

2009-05-12T13:50:00.001-07:00

The newly elected UNT LISSA President for 2009-2010 is Megan Rush. Congratulations to Megan and a big thank you to all who participated in the election.

Paul Andersen

LISSA Election Update

2009-05-08T10:52:00.000-07:00

LISSA Voting-New Officers

Voting for the new LISSA officers for 2009-2010 begins today and will close at noon on May12th. Please submit your vote to untlissa@gmail.com to determine who will be next year’s president, Megan Rush or Will Senn. I would like to congratulate our unopposed candidates Jani Okai (Vice-President), Sarah Eulert (Member at Large), and Andrea Mott (Member at Large) on becoming officers for the 2009-2010 UNT LISSA student group! LISSA is very fortunate to have such an impressive group of candidates run for office. The naming of the new Treasurer/Secretary position will be determined at a later date.

Sincerely,
Paul Andersen

Presidential Candidates: Megan Rush and Will Senn

My name is Megan Rush and I decided to run for President.
I received my Bachelor's degree in Business Management from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. I started the Library and Information Science program in August 2008 and was immediately interested in the information systems program of study. I currently work as a library assistant at the UNT Dallas Campus where I get to experience all aspects of library operation.

Name: Will Senn
Position running for: President
Bio:
Will is currently serving as an executive committee member of the UNT Staff Council, board member of the Higher Education Data Warehouse Forum (HEDW), and as a Justice on the UNT SGA Supreme Court. He has previously served as the SGA Senator for the College of Information, Library Science, and Technology and as Financial Officer on Graduate Student Council. Will is also the Director of Decision Support at the University of North Texas. He is working on finishing his Masters in Information Science, and hopes this fall, to begin working on a PhD, also in Information Science.

New Vice-President Jani Okai
I would like to be considered as a candidate for the 2009-2010 LISSA Vice-President. I'm a first year masters level student in SLIS and seeking a student leadership opportunity. My professional areas of interests are in health informatics and information systems. I'm originally from Austin, Texas and have lived in the Dallas/Fort Worth area for nearly two years. I earned my undergraduate degree in Public Health from Stephen F. Austin State University. After reviewing the responsibilities and qualifications for the LISSA Vice-President position, I feel my education and over four years' experience in various administrative roles makes me a strong candidate for Vice-President.

In these positions I have coordinated the logistics of departmental events, provided customer service and marketing support for various programs, performed research and analysis support functions, maintained departmental calendars and records, and assisted with database maintenance. During my service in the U.S. Navy, I developed the necessary leadership skills and work ethic required for this position. These experiences have also afforded me the opportunity to develop strong oral and written communication skills, effective time management practices, and a teamwork oriented management style.

New Member at Large Sarah Eulert

My name is Sarah Eulert and I am running for one of the two Member-at-large positions for UNT’s 2009-10 LISSA officer positions. I am in my second semester in the Master’s degree General Program of Study. I have worked as a Graduate Library Assistant (GLA) since January 2009 in both Sci/Tech and Willis Libraries. I am also a student member of both ALA and TLA. I received my bachelor’s degree, Cum Laude, from UNT in August 2007. I would like the chance to become involved in this wonderful student organization!

New Member at Large Andrea Mott

My name is Andrea Mott and I am just finishing up my second semester in the LIS program. I completed my first semester online while living in Denver and working full time at RE/MAX International in the corporate headquarters. I worked as a receptionist and assisted the records department whenever possible. I am from Montana and attended school at the University of Montana, Missoula. I studied anthropology and Native American Studies and graduated in May 2007. I have enjoyed moving around the country and have loved every new place I get to experience. While I am still open to what my "first job" will be and where exactly my library science degree will take me, I am loving school and am very happy to be here. I hope to move to Seattle, WA when I am done next spring in the general program to be closer to family and friends.

Register for North Texas 23 Things Learning 2.0 Experience

2009-05-07T13:44:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to pass this great opportunity along!
Paul Andersen

North Texas 23 Things is an online Learning 2.0 experience for library staff in North Texas. North Texas 23 is a great opportunity to play with all kinds of new Web 2.0 tools. North Texas 23 begins May 7, 2009, and ends in August.

Response has already been tremendous for the North Texas 23 Things experience! North Texas 23 is an online, hands-on learning experience focusing on Web 2.0 technology. Please go to our blog at http://northtexas23.blogspot.com for more information.

Registration begins:
Registration is now officially open for North Texas 23! To register, visit the blog at http://northtexas23.blogspot.com. Complete "Thing 1" by starting your blog, and then send an email with the following information to northtexas23@yahoogroups.com:
1) Your name
2) Your library or institution affiliation
3) Your blog's URL.
You will not get a confirmation email, but the URL of your blog will appear on the blog. If it does not appear after one week, please resend. You must be registered by June 1 to be eligible for the prize drawing.

Expanded eligibility:
North Texas 23 Things is open to several groups, not just library staff. If you meet any of these qualifications, you are eligible:

* All library staff and library staff retirees, from all libraries of all types (academic, public, school, special) in the 20-county area served by NTLP, also known as Texas Library Association District 7
* Members of advisory boards, governing boards, foundation boards, and Friends boards, from libraries in the same area (District 7)
* Current library school students and faculty from Texas Woman's University and the University of North Texas
* All persons in attendance at the TechNet Conference in May, or the Children's and Youth Librarians Conference (CYC Conference) in August. CYC attendees outside of District 7 must be registered for CYC and fully paid by June 1 to be eligible for North Texas 23.

Prizes:
All persons who complete the 23 Things by September 1 will get a certificate of accomplishment. All who complete by August 15 will be entered into a drawing for the following prizes!
* iPod Shuffle, provided by North Texas Library Partners;
* Motorola Hands-free headset (for a mobile phone), provided by North Texas Library Partners;
* 3 software games, provided by http://www.nothingbutsoftware.com/.

Leadership Team:
We have a great group of persons leading this project. You can see their names on the 23 Things blog. We are also looking for a few more people to join the leadership team. If you are interested, please let me know.

North Texas 23 is presented by North Texas Library Partners, home of the North Texas Regional Library System.

Please direct all questions to northtexas23@yahoogroups.com. I look forward to hearing from you!

Sincerely,

Jeff Bond
Science Reference Librarian
Texas Christian University

New Officers Nominations

2009-04-28T09:31:00.000-07:00

LISSA is needing interested SLIS students to run for the 2009-10 LISSA officer postions. The positions are: President, Vice-President, Secretary/Treasurer, and 2 Member-at-Large positions (for a total of 5 positions). Please e-mail the following information to untlissa@gmail.com by noon on May 7th.. name, position running for, and a short bio about yourself.

Below is a description of the positions and its responsiblities.

A. President.
The President of the Association shall preside over the meetings of the Association, both general assemblies and the meetings of the Executive Committee. The President shall be responsible for all communications to officers, the general membership, the Dean, the faculty, and the staff regarding Association meetings, assemblies, activities, and other pertinent information regarding the Association. The President shall act as the official liaison between the Association and the Dean, faculty, and staff of the School of Library and Information Sciences, the University of North Texas (UNT) Student Association, and the UNT campus and administration. The President shall appoint chairs for Association committees. The President shall also attend Faculty/Student Council or will designate a representative to serve in his/her place.

B. Vice-President.
The Vice-President shall assist the President in the performance of that position and shall serve in that position in the event that the President is absent. The Vice-President shall have primary responsibility for programming Association functions. The Vice-President shall also be responsible for the upkeep of the Association bulletin board.

C. Secretary/Treasurer.
The Secretary/Treasurer shall be responsible for the recording of minutes at all meetings of the Association. The Secretary/Treasurer shall be responsible for the distribution of the minutes to all members of the Association. Financial responsibilities include the conducting of any financial transaction and accounting which is conducted by the Association and the reporting of such activity.

D. Member-at-Large.
Members-at-Large shall be responsible for chairing committees as appointed by the President. The Members-at-Large shall also be responsible for assisting the Vice-President with the programming for Association functions. In addition, one Member-at-Large will be responsible for the distribution of information regarding the American Library Association (ALA) (convention information, scholarships, etc.) and one Member-at-Large will be responsible for the distribution of information regarding the Texas Library Association (TLA)(convention information, scholarships, etc.)

Chat Tonight

2009-04-23T13:19:00.000-07:00

Tonight there will be a chat with Shawne Miksa at 8 p.m., and she will discuss the changes in RDA (Resource Description and Access), which is the new form of AACR2. http://www.rdaonline.org/

TLA President's Party needs volunteers‏

2009-03-22T17:01:00.000-07:00

I have a volunteer opportunity for TLA – The hosts of the President’s Party needs volunteers to help people with the games. Even if students are not registered for the conference they can volunteer and go to the President's Party.

The President's Party is on Wednesday, April 1st from 8 p.m. to 10:30 pm. at the Hilton Americas Grand Ballroom.

The last e-mail was sent with incorrect contact information. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Michelle Morris, UNT LISSA (DFW) President, at mym040@hotmail.com.

Next LISSA meeting

2009-02-10T15:02:00.000-08:00

Our next online meeting will take place Thursday, February 19th at 8pm in the SLIS Village. Looking forward to chatting!

LISSA Guest Lecture this Wednesday!

2009-02-10T15:01:00.000-08:00

Hope to "see" everyone there!

Who?

Lisa Huang is the Health Sciences Librarian for Collin College's Central Park Campus (McKinney, TX). She is also an adjunct instructor for an elderhostel, Seniors Active in Learning (SAIL) in Plano. Huang has worked for various libraries over the years--a children's library, academic, and community college/public library.
At her current position, Huang provides information solutions to Collin College students, faculty, staff and Collin County community users. Huang is also the consumer health coordinator for the Consumer Health Information Center, a consumer health library. Huang is active in professional organizations from the local to national level.

What?

Chat with her in the SLIS Village about topics such as medical librarianship, providing consumer health information to students and the public, grant writing experience, being a young librarian under 30, professional development, differences between working in a community college vs. academic library or academic library vs. public, etc.

Where?

SLIS Village Chat Room

When?

Wednesday, February 11th at 8 pm

LISSA All-School Day, Fall 2008

2008-11-06T16:03:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone!

We are very pleased to announce the program for our upcoming All-School Day.

"Beyond the Diploma: Preparing for Real World Employment"

* Improve your Interviewing Skills
* Learn Job Negotiation Skills
* Tips on Professional Dress
* Advice on building a portfolio
* Resume Review

Saturday, November 15, 2008
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Discovery Park, Room B185

Lunch and free gift bag included
Raffle for door prizes

RSVP by November 10, 2008
to Michelle Morris mym040@hotmail.com
or Paul Andersen andersen7279@gmail.com

This is a great opportunity to brush up on skills and learn some new tips to help you land the job you want! Hope to see you all there!

Second Post

2008-09-10T19:15:00.000-07:00

Sorry about the belated post.

On Monday night the UNT LISSA officers had a meeting in the SLIS Village chat room. Amanda Montgomery had accepted a new job and could no longer act as the UNT LISSA president. I, Michelle Morris, became the new president. The blog will now be handled by Anna Perkins the UNT LISSA secretary.

The next face-to-face LISSA meeting will be on September 25, 2008. We hold a LISSA chat in the SLIS Village every other Monday at 8 p.m.; the next chat will be on September 22th. Also, on Wednesday, September 24th there will be a tour of the UNT Rare Books Room. The Rare Books Room is on the 4th Floor of the Willis library on the Main UNT campus. It’s a wonderful special collection that includes Texana and miniature books. It will a busy week for LISSA and we hope you can attend.

First Post of the Semester

2008-09-01T18:50:00.000-07:00

So how has the first week of classes been? Easy? I hope so because around midterm (Oct.14), it gets rough.

Well, as U.N.T. Library and Information Sciences Student Association (LISSA) Co-Vice President, I hope you have a good year. This year LISSA plans to offer tours of libraries, talks with professionals in our field, online chats in SLIS Village, and the usual meetings. I’ll update the blog every Monday and some Wednesday or Thursday s (usually after a LISSA meeting or event).

Things have been a bit hectic this semester because SLIS is combining with Department of Learning Technologies to become College of Information, Library Science and Technologies (http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/localnews/stories/DRC_UNT_0822.1ef0b2e7.html), and then there is the big move! Of course, the “big move” refers to the fact that SLIS has moved out of the ISB building (in the middle of campus) and onto the spacious Research Park campus. Research Park used to be a Texas Instruments manufacturing plant, but now houses UNT’s College of Engineering, Computing and Information Technology Center, a library, a computer lab, the lovely Jazzman Cafe, and tons of parking!

UNT LISSA’s Student lounge is on the second floor, as are the classrooms and faculty offices. LISSA meets on the second Tuesday of every month. Feel free to drop by for a meeting or e-mail the LISSA website.

--Michelle

Election Results

2008-05-08T15:22:00.001-07:00

The ballots are now counted.... THE NEW STUDENT OFFICERS FOR LISSA ARE:

President - Amanda Montgomery
Vice President- Michelle Morris and Veronica Ewing
Secretary- Anna Perkins
Treasurer- Marian Silva
Parliamentarian- Paul Andersen and Matthew Pierce

Congratulations to a terrific group of students!

LISSA Elections for 2008-2009 Officers

2008-04-26T19:24:00.000-07:00

Hello LISSA! These are your candidates...

PRESIDENT: Michelle Morris /Amanda Montgomery

Michelle Morris was born in Fort Worth on Dec. 23, 1980. She graduated from North Side High School in 1999 and attended Agnes Scott College for one year. She then transferred to University of North Texas (U.N.T.) in 2000 and graduated in 2004 with a B.A. in English Language and Composition. She worked for Haynes & Boone, LLP and Fort Worth Library. This is her first semester in the U.N.T. MLIS program. She aspires to become a medical librarian.

Amanda Gail Montgomery

Attended Texas State Technical College from 1999-2001 major in Commercial Art and Advertising .Attended University of North Texas from 2002-2007 major in Art History minor Social Sciences. Attending University of North Texas as a Masters student seeking my MS in Digital Imaging Management. I volunteer at the Digitals Projects Lab in Willis Library. I was a volunteer for the Rare Book and Texana department

VICE-PRESIDENT:

SECRETARY: Anna Perkins

I graduated in 2005 with a B.A. in Music Education from Texas Woman's
University, where I was a leader in choir and the vice-president of the
student chapter of MENC: The National Association for Music Education. This
May I will graduate with a M.M. in Musicology from UNT, and by the end of
summer I will have completed my first twelve hours in the SLIS program. I
am currently a student assistant in the Music Library. I am really looking
to getting more involved in SLIS!

TREASURER: Marian Silva

I am interested in applying for the position of
treasurer and I am currently an undergraduate student pursuing my
bachelor's degree in Library & Information Science. Thank you for your
consideration.

PARLIAMENTARIAN: Matthew Pierce/Paul Andersen

PLEASE SEND YOUR VOTE TO untlissa@gmail.com

Directions to the April 15 event

2008-04-08T13:48:00.001-07:00

Universities Center at Dallas Campus, 1901 Main Street, Dallas, TX

Directions to Universities Center:

From Denton:
South on I- 35 to Dallas. Exit Commerce St. East (Reunion Arena). Go east on Commerce to Ervay (Neiman Marcus). Go left on Ervay one block and right turn on Main St.

From North Dallas:
South on I-75 to I- 30 west to 35E north to Commerce St. Exit (Reunion Arena). Exit left to Commerce St. Go east on Commerce to Ervay (Neiman Marcus). Go left on Ervay one block. Turn right on Main Street to 1901 Main Street (left side).

From North Dallas - Tollway:
South on the North Dallas Tollway to the end. Go through tollgate and stay on left (Hines Blvd.) to Harwood (last street on left). Go left (south) on Harwood to Main St. Turn right on Main Street. Map on Yahoo! Maps (Opens in new window) Top of page

From East Dallas:
West on I-30 to I- 35E north, exit left to Commerce Street (Reunion Arena). Go east on Commerce to Ervay (Neiman Marcus). Go left on Ervay one block and right turn on Main Street.

From South Dallas:
North on I-35E to Commerce exit (Reunion Arena). Go east on Commerce to Ervay (Neiman Marcus). Go left on Ervay one block and right turn on Main Street.

From West Dallas:
East on I- 30 to I- 35E north to Commerce St. exit (Reunion Arena). Go east on Commerce to Ervay (Neiman Marcus). Go left on Ervay one block and right turn on Main Street.

Learning Leadership

2008-03-28T18:13:00.000-07:00

Whether you are planning on attending the TLA Annual Conference in Dallas this month, think about attending this great event:

Two Upcoming SLIS Events... on the same night!

2008-03-25T15:20:00.000-07:00

Well, it has been a while. For those of you graduating this May, Capstone is behind you and the results should be out soon. Though I'm sure you have nothing to worry about, while you sweat out the final days before hearing that you will finally be given your well-deserved degree...come to some LIS events this Thursday.

This Thursday, March 27, the UNT Career Center is sponsoring a SLIS networking event from 5-7 pm in Chestnut Hall room 12o. Here students will be able to schmooze with professionals and alumni currently employed in the field of library and information sciences. Students will have a chance to find out how to prepare for and succeed in the jobs they desire!

Following this exciting event, LISSA will be holding its March meeting in ISB 218 at 7pm. We will provide refreshments and talk about what will be going on for the rest of the year.

We hope to see you Thursday!!

All School Day - Final Session

2007-11-05T15:34:00.000-08:00

Albi Assmann, SLIS student, provides us with the following commentary on the presentation of Beth Avery, Head of Research and Instructional Services at UNT:

Beth Avery talked about why assessment is essential to providing good service and gave examples of simple but effective questions when determining whether patrons' needs are being met. She recommended limiting the number of questions being asked and asking patrons contrasting questions about their visits such as, "What did you like best about being in the library today?" and "What did you like least?" Of the many good ideas she offered, I will probably use this series of questions again and again: what did I tell you that I didn't need to tell you; what did I tell you that surprised you; and what do you want to know more about. Beth also talked about the new design and traffic patterns for Willis Library.

Third All School Day Speaker

2007-11-05T15:07:00.000-08:00

The third speaker at All School Day was Daniel Alemneh, Metadata Specialist for the Digital Projects Unit of the UNT Libraries. His topic for the day was "Emerging Trends and Innovative Uses of Digital Technologies. He spoke about how the Web is bringing together "contributions of millions of people and making them matter" and how the trend is not text documents in libraries anymore, digital libraries are now about multimedia content. Users want a "visualization of the information space instead of a ranked list of search results." They want to search systems with their own language and not worry about controlled vocabulary. They also like folksonomy and the ability to index their own content. Librarians should take advantage of users becoming information taggers and study their tags in order to design systems that meet the needs of these users' information behaviors.

Despite the changes that are taking place in the library field, Alemneh explained that Ranganathan's laws and other aspects of libraries remain timeless.

In answer to the changing library field, Almeneh sees the following trends:
1. Most conferences now address Web 2.0
2. Libraries must appeal to users in other ways than simply providing information because people can find so much information on the Web.
3. A new generation of OPAC is developing.
4. More repositories of various sizes and scope are being created.
5. There is a greater push for user-centered design and metadata access.

To finish up his presentation, Almeneh showed us a digital library for which he does work, Portal to Texas History. This UNT digital library provides both search and browsing functionality, with browsing areas in county, subject, collection, and contributor. Users may comment on content and even contribute their own images through this function.

All School Day - Session 2

2007-11-02T10:39:00.000-07:00

Here we continue our report of last weekend's speakers.

Our second speaker was Edward Smith, Director of Member Services Development for Amigos Library Services and UNT alum, with his presentation: "Technology Is the Answer! What was the question again?" Smith attributes the creation of his lecture to the book The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age by Sven Birkerts and to his experience as a boy when a librarian handed him his first non-children's book, Treasure Island.

Smith supplied us with some statistics about librarians:

25% of library professionals decided they wanted to enter the career by age 20.

Most cited reason for people to choose the profession is a love of books and reading.

33% of librarians say it was a K-12 librarian in there schools that affected their decision to become a librarian.

Others chose librarianship because:

The career was a good fit.

The job opportunities available.

The intellectual aspects of the work.

The focus of his talk was about literacy by which he meant not only reading, but also analyzing what one reads. When someone asked a room full of librarians what they do to promote literacy, the surprise was that no one said "I read." Smith argues that technology can not cause nor prevent the death of literacy because literacy can die anytime that people stop reading.

Smith alluded to much literature during his presentation. He spoke of Goethe's Faust and his pact with the devil to exchange his soul for an infinite level of knowledge that could never possibly be obtained. He referenced Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 and how you don't have to destroy books to get rid of their content, you just have to get people to stop reading them. He also spoke of Walker Percy's Lost In the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book which asks why does mankind always feel sad in the twentieth century when basic needs are met much better than in earlier times? We are cut off by technology, yet technology is meant only to be a tool to aid us in our endeavors, not the means to an end. Smith made allusions to Shakespeare's Hamlet, Walt Whitman's "I Sing the Body Electric," the plaque at Lincoln's monument, Tennyson's "Lotos-Eaters," and A Good Match: Library Career Opportunities for Graduates of Liberal Arts Colleges by Rebecca A. Watson-Boone.

Smith's presentation put our whole program on technology into perspective: Technology is only a tool. All technologies fade. Literacy is the key to keep libraries alive, so librarians should keep reading and share what they do with their patrons.

All School Day Review (Fall 2007)

2007-11-02T09:27:00.001-07:00

All School Day was this past weekend, and we had a bunch of fun, learned some new things, and went home with too much stuff!
Some students were unable to attend because of distance or prior commitments, so we'll try to give you all an idea of what the speakers had to say.

First up we had Walter Betts, TCU systems librarian and TWU adjunct professor, speaking on the Future of Librarianship. He showed us part of an old video from 1947 called The Librarian that explains the librarian profession to potential new librarians. This film is available in the Prelinger Archives at http://www.archive.org/, and may be viewed below.

Betts recommended we look at the Prelinger Collection, if we had not already, as a source of public domain, goofy educational videos created from (approximately) the 1940s to the 1970s. Betts also showed us the trailer to the recent film The Hollywood Librarian.

Betts went on to speak about an experiment/study he conducted on a class of his where he had his cataloging students participate in a reference interview as the patron. Although many students had rarely or never participated as the patron in a reference interview, they were reluctant to do so because they felt that as library students, they did not need professionals. Results showed that the students greatly benefited by using a librarian for help because doing so led them to useful sources they would not have otherwise know to use. Even librarians should use other librarians for help when they are researching a collection they are unfamiliar with, since the librarian that is familiar with the collection, will almost always be able to share ideas and resources that would otherwise be missed.

Betts believes that librarians remain relevant, but they must serve patron needs and make their resources and core services known. Librarians provide remote access to databases, Interlibrary Loan services, instruction in ESL and GED, supply computers and Internet connections, and provide quiet study areas. There is a great future for librarians.

All School Day - Fall 2007

2007-10-17T10:51:00.000-07:00

Yes, here it is again! All School Day will take place Saturday, October 27, 2007 from 9-3 pm at UNT's Research Park. Research Park is four miles from the main campus and is the location to which SLIS will soon be moving, so come to this event and get acquainted with this excellent facility! Click here for directions.

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The theme for the event is Technology in the Modern Library, and with speakers from SLIS, academic and public libraries, and Amigos, there will be something for everyone. Join us to learn something new and network with LIS professionals and students. We will be providing free breakfast and lunch, fun prizes, and an ice cream social to top everything off. Email mandierhodes84@gmail.com with questions.

The following speakers have been confirmed:
Cindy Batman and Will Clark (UNT Dallas Library): virtual reference
Beth Avery (head of UNT reference)
Daniel Alemeneh and Mark Philips: emerging trends
Kerry McGeath (Southlake Public Library): systems
Walter Betts (TCU): collecting user behavior data
Edward Smith (Amigos): Technology is the Answer, What Was the Question?

LISSA Kick-Off Party

2007-09-18T09:33:00.000-07:00

The Kick-Off Party was awesome and so much fun!! We ate a bunch of food from burgers to really plump hot dogs to vegan burgers to some fancy chicken concoction that Shaneka made. Very fancy! We also talked a lot upon such subjects as: Harry Potter, national security at the borders, the effectiveness and morality of vaccinations, the beautiful dogs in attendance, and more I'm sure. What did you talk about at the picnic?