St. Kate's ALA Student Chapter

Tomorrow 5/11 at 5 pm: rescheduled practicum panel. Join here-meet.Google.com/iof-norc-iqr

St Kate’s ALASC meeting and practicum panel canceled tonight. Will be postponed to Tuesday May 18 5-5:45. Thank you.

TOMORROW! 4/20 5-5:45 pm on Google Meet: meet.google.com/iof-norc-uqr

More than $300,000 is available annually through the ALA Scholarship Program for those studying in an MLIS program. Submissions are due March 1, 2021. If interested, you can check the individual scholarship guidelines and apply here: https://bit.ly/2AVlEzn

We hope you'll join us for our Spring 2021 meetings! We'll be meeting virtually on Google Meet every 3rd Tuesday each month from 5:00-5:45pm.

The meeting ID will be:
meet.google.com/iof-norc-uqr

The ALA Midwinter Virtual is coming up January 22-26, 2021! This event is free for ALA members, and the registration deadline is January 19.

The event will feature:
-Symposium on the Future of Libraries, offering sessions on future trends to inspire innovation in libraries
-News You Can Use with updates that highlight new research, innovations, and advances in libraries
-Interactive author events
-Awards celebrations
-The Library Marketplace: Exhibitors, Stages & Resources with NEW Presentation Stages
-Live Chats
-Networking opportunities

More information here: https://2021.alamidwinter.org/

The Western Association of Map Libraries (WAML) is an independent association of map and geospatial librarians and other people with an interest in maps and geospatial librarianship.

WAML is committed to actively encouraging diverse voices and new perspectives in the field of map and geospatial librarianship and within the organization. They are excited to announce three scholarship opportunities in conjunction with the 2020 WAML virtual conference October 14-17, 2020 which is free for all to attend. Each scholarship includes an award of $500, a one-year membership in WAML, and the opportunity to present at the virtual conference. The award also includes free conference registration for the next in-person WAML Annual Meeting.

The application deadline is Friday, September 11, 11:59 PM (PDT). Scholarship applicants will be notified of the results by the end of September 2020.

Learn more and find the application links at: http://www.waml.org/mbrinfo.html

Feel free to contact Philip White (Scholarship Committee Chair) at [email protected] or 303-735-8278 with questions about the program or application process.

You can join us on Google Hangouts for our Fall 2020 meetings every 3rd Tuesday of the month (5:00-5:45 PM)!

Meeting ID: meet.google.com/scu-ynoo-gbp

Our last ALASC meeting of the semester is coming up next week on Tuesday, May 19 (5:00-5:45pm)! We hope you'll join us on Google Hangouts.

Meeting ID: meet.google.com/ott-qgbi-qsc

The nomination deadline is tonight!

tinyurl.com/scnupjl

NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN for the
Co-Chair AND Secretary positions with St. Kate's ALASC!

You can use this link to submit your nominations: tinyurl.com/scnupjl

Please submit nominations by April 27, 2020

Join the ALASC for our next virtual meeting on Tuesday, April 21 (5:00-5:45pm)! We'll be discussing open leadership positions (Secretary and Co-Chair) and the election for those roles this spring, current ALA happenings, and how things have been going personally and professionally. We hope to see you there!

Meeting ID:
meet.google.com/qsz-obvj-zvu