BKDT featured in ALA press release!

Exciting news...our very own Book Kart Drill Team was featured in an AlA press release announcing this year's championships!

The BKDT will be holding a public preview performance before we head off to Chicago, so stay tuned for details!

Hey, small spender!

Library Journal posted an article about going to the ALA conference on the cheap. There are museums (and an aquarium! who's in?), a festival or two, shopping, and theatre options listed. Might be worth adding to your bookmarks, as the conference edges closer.

Also, a plug: if you're going to ALA with the idea of networking, a key student-and-new-librarian-networking event is the New Member Round Table (NMRT)'s awards ceremony & social. Anyone who wants to go can head over with our (hopefully award-winning!) Book Cart Drill Team, after the championship.

Book Cart Drill Team World Championship: Sunday, July 12, 2009, from 4-5:30pm, at McCormick Place West

NMRT Awards Ceremony & Student Networking Event: Sunday, July 12, 2009, from 7:00-9:00pm, in the Chicago Hilton, Northwest 5 Ballroom

Meeting + Deadlines

Reminder: SCALA General Meeting Thursday May 21 at 5pm in IS522! Be there for a special election for the position of Faculty / Fast Track Liaison* and details about riding to ALA Annual Conference in the SCALA van!

One important detail: SCALA will get you to ALA, but you are responsible for finding your own accommodations. ALA offers assistance with finding rooms on their Travel & Housing page, but the deadlines are coming up - act quickly if you want to take advantage of this option. Dorm deadline is May 22, Hotel deadline is June 5. Of course you can also just set things up on your own, no need to go through them.

If you're looking for a roommate, check out the SCALA fb page. We've set up a message board for people to look for conference travel buddies and roommates!


*If you are interested in running and cannot be at the meeting, please email anita.riley@gmail.com

Book Swap + General Meeting

Don't forget, Monday from 1-5 in IS 502 is the SCALA/SLAPSG Book Swap!

Drop in any time! Bring a Book, Take a Book!

Book Kart Drill Team Raffle tickets and Crafts will be available for purchase, as well as SCALA T-shirts.


***AND***

This Thursday, May 21st at 5:00pm in IS 522 will be our first General Meeting of the Summer Term!

We will be holding a special election for the position of Faculty / Fast Track Liaison at the meeting. You do not have to be present to run; email anita.riley@gmail.com for more information.

Book Swap Part 2

Info Literacy Seminar Opportunity

ACRL Western Pennsylvania / West Virginia Chapter presents:

Information Literacy and Assessment
An ACRL/TLT Group Online Seminar

· How can you assess Information Literacy?

· How do we determine the effectiveness of our information literacy programs?

· Do we know if we are making an impact in the classroom?

Join the WPWVC/ACRL chapter members for a live webcast looking at assessing information literacy learning. Seminar leaders will provide practical, specific examples for conducting an assessment of information literacy programs, and highlight best practices in assessment. For more information about the seminar, visit the events calendar on the TLT website at http://www.tltgroup.org

WHEN: Wednesdays, May 6, 13 and 20, 2009, from 1-2 pm

WHERE: Library Resource Center at the University of Pittsburgh

COST: Free for current WPWVC members (WPWVC/ACRL membership is just $15!)

$5.00 per session for all others

Registration includes light refreshments

To Register: Contact Tracey Olanyk at trace@pitt.edu or (412) 244-7534

Registration fees will be collected on site

ALA Membership Survey

From the ALA Student Member Blog:

Our Emerging Leaders Team L (Amalia Monroe, Morgan Montgomery, Karen Keys, and Erin Dorney), with feedback from ALA staff, would like library workers born after 1978 to spend 15–20 minutes completing a brief survey about ALA chapter membership. They are interested in finding out more about millennial generation needs and wants.