Sweets for yor Sweet (Tooth)

Reminder: Bake Sale this THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12th!

Look for the SCALA table in the IS building all day and pick up some delicious, home-baked treats

All Proceeds go to support the Book Kart Drill Team!

Meeting Reminder!

Don't forget our next general meeting this coming Tuesday, February 10th at 9pm in IS 502!

Come enjoy an ice cream social and general SCALA awesomeness!

Congrats!

Congratulations to Elise Ferer who was selected as our representative for the Student-to-Staff program at this summer's ALA Annual Conference!

Next SCALA general meeting 2/10

Come join us for a special late-night edition of SCALA! We'll enjoy an ice cream social while discussing plans for the upcoming semester and routes to get you to the ALA annual conference!

Tuesday February 10
9-9:45pm
IS 502

ALA Student-to-Staff Program -- How to Apply

We mentioned this program at the last SCALA meeting and said we'd get the info out as soon as we had it. Well, we have it!

Applicants must submit their resume and a cover letter to Sue Alman (office on the 6th floor of SIS) by January 15th! They must be active SCALA and ALA members, must register for the summer term, and must be willing to fulfill the work requirements of 16 hours over 4 days in return for housing (with a roommate), registration, and a per diem. More details can be found here:
http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/cro/studentchapters/studentchapterpages/studenttostaffprogram.cfm.

Selected applicants will be invited to an interview with the selection committee on January 20th.

Congratulations New Officers!

Thank you to everybody who turned out and made our first meeting of the semester such a cracking success!

Congratulations to the newly elected officers:

President--Jacqui Taylor

Vice President--Coral Hess

Treasurer--Amy Lee Heinlen

Secretary--Nicole DeVendra

Faculty/Fast Track Liaison--Cassie Mader

Webmaster--Anita Riley

Check out this page in the following days to find out where your officers are going to lead this hot SCALA beast during Spring 2009.

First meeting of the new year!

It's almost time.... for SCALA's first meeting of the year! Come join us on Tuesday, January 6th at 4:30pm in room 502 for the first SCALA meeting of 2009!

Agenda items:

• ALA Annual Conference - including a unique opportunity for you to attend for free
• ComicCon - a local conference devoted to comics, where we will have a table
• An architectural field trip to local libraries
• Book Kart Drill Team - yes, another way to attend ALA at a reduced price!
• New officer elections - All positions are open, and you do not need to be present to run for office. Contact jht3@pitt.edu with any questions.

See yinz there!