LISSA

http://www.students.ala.org/studentmemberblog/ The new ALA Student Member blog will feature a regular round-up of bloggers covering topics ranging from how to get involved in ALA, tips and ideas on job searches, news and information on professional development and opportunities as well as regular feature categories like: * Get Involved, Get Connected - focusing on how you can get involved in the ALA and network with your peers and colleagues * Students in the Virtual World - tracking what libraries and library students are doing in the virtual world * First Year Impressions - telling stories and getting suggestions from students in the first year of library school * Student Chapter News - keeping you up to date on what ALA Student Chapters are doing across the country And much more!

The 2009 calendar is almost here! If you want to go ahead and reserve a copy or two (and who doesn't?!), contact LISSA(slis_lissa@yahoo.com) , see Grant, or pay via PayPal below!

This week LISSA will be at Goatfeathers at 2017 Devine St at 6pm Friday November 21. See Google maps below for directions. Faculty, staff & non-members welcome. See you there!

Come join us this Wednesday as Dr. Greg Wilsbacher speaks to us about his work at the USC News Film library. It will be held in Davis College room 112 at 4 PM, free pizza and refreshments will be provided. For those who cannot make it there physically, join us on breeze at: http://breeze.sc.edu/wilsbachercolloquium/ Hope to see you all there!

The SLIS Ph.D. students will be hosting their next colloquium on Friday, November 14th. New SLIS faculty member and associate professor Dr. Kendra Albright will be the guest of honor. Dr. Albright will be discussing her current research and her journeys as a Ph.D. student and an international Library and Information Science faculty member. The colloquium will be held in Davis College, Room 112, from 1:00 - 3:00 pm.

This Friday LISSA will be at the Flying Saucer located at 931 Senate St at 6pm. See Google maps below for directions. Faculty, staff, and non-members welcome. See you there!

This Thursday, November 13, at 6:30 p.m., teen author Jaime Adoff will be speaking in the Bostic Auditorium of the Main Library, Richland County Public Library, 1431 Assembly Street, Columbia, SC 29201. Adoff is the critically acclaimed author of the YA novels The Death of Jayson Porter, Jimi and Me and Names Will Never Hurt Me, as well as several books of poetry. A book signing will follow the program, with books available for purchase from the Friends of the Library.