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The North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applicants for the first annual Rose Robischon Scholarship, underwritten by Swets Information Service. Through this scholarship, a serials professional lacking funds for professional travel will be able to afford attendance at the 2009 NASIG Annual Conference to be held in Asheville, North Carolina, June 4-7, 2009. The scholarship is named in honor of Rose Robischon. During her two decades of active service in NASIG, Rose served as member and chair of several NASIG committees and held the elected position of treasurer from 2005 to 2007. NASIG is pleased to offer this scholarship in memory of Rose's many contributions to the library profession and to honor her energy, warmth, and humor. The scholarship offers the recipient with funding to attend the NASIG conference for the year in which the scholarship is given. Expenses for travel within North America, registration, and three nights ...

From Theresa J. Wallace at The Humanities Council: Hello, It's that time of year again! We are looking for volunteers for the 2009 South Carolina Book Festival, scheduled for February 27-March 1, 2009 in Columbia. I am contacting you because you have either generously volunteered your time with us in the past or have expressed interest in volunteering with us. I have attached the 2009 Volunteer Registration Form, which lists the various volunteer opportunities that we have at the SC Book Festival. If you would like to volunteer in 2009, please fill out and return this form. (Though it can certainly wait until after the busy holiday season!) There is additional information about being a volunteer on the SC Book Festival Web site, including a FAQs page. You can access this information by going to the Web site ( www.scbookfestival.org ) and clicking on the "Volunteers" link on the top menu, or you can go there directly from the link below: http://www.scbookfestival.org/index...

From Grant: Dear LISSA, Just recently I have had the great opportunity to sit down with members of the State Library and discuss some possible projects that LISSA can become involved with. There were lots of good ideas mentioned and I think there are some great opportunities to work with the State Library. These are: Research for the State Library on Government Agencies and their use of the State Library Talking Books recording, proofing, and possible narration Story-times with Dr. Peehan More information is to come so if anyone is interested in hearing more information about this email me off the listserv. This will also be mentioned at the next LISSA meeting. ---------------- Karen Miller currently volunteers with Talking Books and had this to say: I saw the Talking Books volunteer opportunity on the LISSA website at the beginning of this semester and got in touch with Naomi Bradey about volunteering. Naomi trained me to review (edit) recordings and I have been reviewing a couple ...

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!