March 29th, 2008 at 6:45pm
Hey everyone! If you were at Conference on Conferences this morning, thank you for coming and for your fantastic questions.
Thanks also to our presenters
- Sam Burns - finding conferences
- Lea Susan Engle - finding funding and session planning
- Paul Aumer-Ryan - poster sessions
- Arro Smith - what NOT to do
and to our panel anchors
We all learned many helpful conference tips, which according to Arro, makes our conference an enormous success. (One of Arro’s tips was to aim to learn ONE new thing at conference that you can bring back and implement.)
Please check out the new links to conference tips on our site, and give us your input through the comment feature. Let us know if there’s resources we’ve missed or if you have tips you’d like to share with your iSchool colleagues.
Special thanks to the TLA Co-Directors and the Conference on Conferences Planning Committee for all your hard work!
- Ramona Broussard
- Lea Susan Engle
- LeChele Gishi
- Maya McElroy
- Morgan McMillian
- Allison Steger
- Becca Taylor
Please send comments or questions about Conference on Conferences or UT ALA/TLA to Lea Susan Engle.
January 31st, 2008 at 12:05pm
Hey everyone! First of all, I’d like to thank everyone that came out to the Brown Bag yesterday. I know I learned a lot and I hope you all did too. If you missed it, here is a little recap of what happened.
We were joined by Ted Wanner, Continuing Education Specialist and all-around knowledgeable guy. Ted talked to us about benefits of ALA/TLA membership, including: the publications (American Libraries, Texas Library Journal), reduced conference fees, networking, professional development, looks good on your resume, and of course, so many more.
Remember, you can join both ALA and TLA for the low low price of $32 for the year.
We also talked about TLA Conference
- the first general session speaker is Author/Comedian Dave Barry
- there will be a debate on the future of libraries
- Jenna Bush will be speaking
- remember the placement center - interview for jobs, make contacts, if you’re graduating soon, and want a job in Texas libraries, you need to go to this!
If you’re looking to get published before you graduate, check out Texas Library Journal, they are always looking for contributors!
Next time we will talk about Legislative Day, Ted stressed the importance of attending this event and reminded us that our TLA Districts (District #3 for Austin) also has meetings to attend and issues we can work on. District Annual Meetings are in Fall, check the TLA website -www.txla.org- for more info.
The last meeting point is the most exciting. TLA presented our student chapter with a generous donation to help support our programming. Thank you TLA!
Did you attend yesterday’s meeting? Do you have something to add?
Did you miss the meeting? Do you have a question?
Post a comment below!
January 8th, 2008 at 6:18pm
Hey iSchoolers! UT ALA/TLA has big ideas for Spring, and we want you to be a part of them!
First of all, we have three new co-directors: Maya McElroy, Morgan McMillian, and Rebecca Taylor. I’m happy to welcome them to the team and thank them for their service. Bios coming soon!
Second, we are planning an awesome series of brown bag lunches featuring speakers and topics relevant to anyone pursuing a career as an information professional (i.e. YOU!).
TLA’s annual conference is in Dallas this year and our student chapter will help you figure out everything you need to know about registering, navigating, carpooling, mingling, and more! Stay tuned for details on the UT ALA/TLA student chapter’s conference on conferences. (Inspired by ALA’s committee on committees) 
If you aren’t yet a member of ALA/TLA - what are you waiting for?! There is no better (or cheaper) time to become a member. You can join *both* organizations for just $32 for the year. Join today!
Do you have ideas for events? Do you have questions about the iSchool, librarianship, professional organizations? Let us know!
I am very excited about the upcoming semester and hope to see you all at ALA/TLA events!
-Lea Susan Engle
Co-Director and Webmaster
October 24th, 2007 at 3:37pm
Interested in being a school librarian? Planning on working with kids or young adults? Interested in hearing the lessons learned by new and seasoned librarians?
UT TLA/ALA is hosting a School Librarian Panel
November 7th
7pm - 9pm
SZB 468
More details to follow.
If you’d like to help with the event (set up, clean up, bring baked goods) please email Lea.
October 24th, 2007 at 1:20pm
Join the UT ALA/TLA Student Chapter on Tuesday, November 27th for a brown bag (aka bring your own lunch and eat while we all chat) session featuring:
Gretchen Hoffmann - attorney, copyright expert and former TLA president
Ted Wanner - Continuing Education Consultant at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission
November 27th
1pm - 2 pm
SZB 464
Hope to see you there!
June 24th, 2007 at 1:07am
Hey all of you that went to DC! Welcome back to Austin! The UT ALA/TLA student chapter is planning a post-conference debrief session - open to all iSchoolers. Please send me any materials or notes you would like to share with fellow iSchoolers. I’d love to scan these and turn them into PDFs to share with everyone. I’d also *love* to interview you all and hear your take on the conference! Please email me with materials and questions.
-lea
June 12th, 2007 at 11:56pm
The ALA Annual Conference in Washington, DC is coming up!
Come join us in SZB 556 this Thursday, June 14th at 12pm for our ALA Student Chapter Pre-Conference meeting!
Never been to ALA Annual? Bring your questions. Already know the ropes? Bring the answers. We’ll talk about everything from living on the cheap in DC for a week, to the special conference events you shouldn’t miss, to getting the most out of exhibit freebies. Plus, we’ll get a list together of the friendly iSchool faces you can expect to see amongst the sea of national library folk.
Our own president-elect Dr. Loriene Roy will join us to share her many insider tips and knowledge—and invitations to some great parties.
So please join us for some cool refreshments on a hot day as we chat about all things ALA Annual!
April 15th, 2007 at 10:05pm
For iSchool week, ALA/TLA is hosting an Ice Cream Social for ALA President Elect, Loriene Roy. 12:30- 1:30 at the top of the 5th floor escalators.
See you there!
March 5th, 2007 at 3:12pm
Heads up for the TLA/ALA Brown Bag Luncheon on Wednesday, March 7!
Our speakers will be:
Tim Strawn, Head of Cataloguing and Metadata Sources at PCL
Xan Charbonnet, Founder of Biblionix, a complete ILS system for small and medium public libraries.
They’ll offer interesting perspectives on automating and cataloguing information.
You bring your lunch, we share cold drinks.
SZB 464
Wednesday, March 7th
12:00-1:00pm
February 13th, 2007 at 7:38pm
Come learn about library management from:
Jenifer Flaxbart, Head of Reference and Information Services at PCL
Beth Fox, Director of Westbank Community Library
SZB 464
Wednesday, February 14th
12:00-1:00pm
