DULISSA

LISSA wants you to join us at a pizza party and book swap this Monday in Lewis Lounge!

February 8th 4-6pm, stop by Lewis Lounge before or after class for pizza, pop, and your pick of classmate’s used books!

The rules are simple: however many books you bring to swap, you can take that many home with you.

If you don’t want to swap (or you forget!) you can still come, eat pizza, and meet with fellow GSLIS students.  Leftover books will be donated.

Are you on the go?  Need an answer quick?  Crown Library now offers Reference Services via Text Messaging!

Text your questions to 708-689-9524 during Reference Desk hours and a Crown Librarian will get back to you with your answer as soon as possible!

“A Polite Librarian is a Good Librarian”…

Every day, new tips on politeness are added to a blog title “A Librarian’s Guide to Etiquette.”  This is a great site for a study break, a laugh, or a little bit of camaraderie from fellow librarians.

Take, for example Airplanes, Flying on:  “As you are flying to Boston for ALA Midwinter, be sure to acknowledge your library-brethren — the flight attendants. Like you, these kindred spirits teach in small, confined spaces; they express an obvious boredom with teaching the same lesson over and over again; and their lessons are directed to patrons who blatantly ignore them.

For those of you who are not flying to Boston, express your camaraderie by handing out packets of peanuts to the students in your library classes.”

Happy Reading!

Welcome Back, GSLIS Students!  The following are minutes from the most recent LISSA Board meeting.  All GSLIS students are members of LISSA, so feel free to come to our next meeting, Sunday February 28 at 6:00pm in Lewis Lounge.  Applications for new board members are being accepted February 1st-March 1st, email us at lissa@dom.edu if you would like to be on the board.

LISSA Board Meeting Minutes
January 17, 2010 6:30 PM COSI

In Attendance: Vicki Schwoebel, Heather Ontko,  Allison Bartlet, Amy Killebrew,  Leslie Cerkoney, Alyson Avery and Katy Hite
Absent: Leanne Pavel, Brandon Wuske, Mary Pat Fallon
Guest: Katie

Happy New Year!
LISSA Bulletin Board: Vicki is updating bulletin board to reflect current board members, blog address, new member recruitment, pizza parties, career days and tech competencies workshop schedules

Committee Reports

Social Events

Pizza Parties: Mon 2.8 (also a Book Swap), Tues 3.2, and April 8.  All parties are 4-6pm.
Poor Phil’s:  Mon 2.1, Tues 2.9, Weds 2.17, Thurs 2.25 9:15
Pritzker Military Library: They would like 2 weeks notice to plan tour/visit, can accommodate up to 60 people, open Mon-Fri 9-5.  Tentatively plan for Mar. 19 Mid-Afternoon

Blog Posts
Still looking in to the possibility of moving to myDU/DULive address
We talked about putting LISSA events up on the Student News Section of myDU/Dominican Home Page to further awareness of events

Career Day February 20th 8a.m.-2p.m.
Interviews: Hoping for Dominican Alumni in Academic, Public, School and Special libraries for shadowing and interviewing
LISSA Presence at event:  LISSA will have a table at the Career Day event from 8am-2pm, Board Members should be staffing the booth throughout the day, connect with students and alumni, and hopefully share shadowing experiences.
Article for Alumni council Newsletter:  Brandon has written an article for the alumni newsletter to encourage working librarians to contact LISSA for shadowing/mentoring/interview opportunities

Spring Semester

Tech Competency Workshops:  March 25 4-6pm, March 27 12-2pm, March 28 4-6pm, March 29 10-12pm.  April 17 12-2pm, April 18 4-6pm, April 21 4-6pm.
Brochure: Currently being updated.
Social Event: Planning a LISSA outing in the city this Spring (Librarian themed drinks outing?!)
Spring Recruitment:  Accepting Applications Feb 1-March 1.  Recruiting for FOUR positions.  Students need 1 Faculty and 1 student recommendation along with a 300 word personal statement for the application

Next Meetings:  February 28 6:00, March 21 6:30

Public Domain and Copyright Laws have been written and rewritten for several years.  Prior to the 1976 Copyright Law, artistic works entered the public domain 26 years after the artist’s death, and was renewable for an extended term of 26 more years, meaning that the maximum amount of time before a work was part of the public domain was 58 years.  The Center for the Study of the Public Domain has created a list of materials that, had these laws remained the same, would have entered the Public Domain in 2010…  It’s quite a list!

Works from 1953…

Are you curious about your job search?  The ALA Placement Center will be hosting a Webinar entitled “Finding and Keeping Library Jobs” on Monday January 18th, as announced at ALA Connect.

The webinar is “intended for librarians and library paraprofessionals who are seeking employment, planning for future employment, or looking for professional development opportunities to assist in maintaining current employment.”

Participation is free, but limited to the first 100 visitors.  To learn  more, visit the announcement HERE.

LISSA Board Meeting Minutes

• Elections for Spring 2010
  • Secretary- Katy Hite
  • Social Chair – Heather Ontko
  • Vice President – Allison Bartlet
  • President  – Victoria Schwoebel
• Committee Reports
  • Social Events Committee
    • Holiday Party: The Holiday party was a HUGE success this year, the faculty provided really great treats and a lot of students turned out to celebrate.  Special thanks to Alison and Brandon for their help with the set up and take down of the party
    • Pizza Party/Book swap: The book swap was well received by students, but there were a lot of books left over.  We will be doing one or two more combo book swap/pizza parties next semester.  We will try to arrange them closer to the Dominican Book Drive and donate leftovers.  (see tentative dates below)
    • Library Visit Update
      • Pritzker Military Library: The library is open 8-4 weekdays, so we will try to set up a tour/visit, possibly on a Friday.  Depending on the response, we may see if we can schedule two separate visits.  Heather will reach out to them
  • Alumni Council and Career Day – Feb 20^,2010 in the Parmer Atrium from  8:00am -2:00pm.  Possibilities for LISSA involvement include:
    • Writing an article for the alumni newsletter (will be following up with the Dean about deadlines for the newsletter)
    • Having a LISSA booth at the Career Fair for networking and marketing opportunities
• Spring Semester
  • Scheduling: We will do most of our planning once we get our own calendars/schedules together at the start of next semester.  We did set a few tentative dates:
    • Pizza Parties:  March 02 and April 08 4-6pm, location TBA, hopefully Springer Suites or Lewis Lounge
    • Poor Phil’s Nights:  Feb 1, 9, 17 and 25^th at 9:15 pm
    • Tech Competency Workshops: TBA
    • Class Visits (701): TBA
    • Any other social events: Possibly planning a social event in the city, TBA
  • Spring Recruitment: We will begin application process for new members at the beginning of spring semester
  • Next Meeting:  January 17 6:30 Lewis Lounge

Many people have been predicting that digitalization means the end of the library.  But technology allows archives and libraries to reach more users, expand collections, and preserve materials.  Here is a great article from the Chronicle of Higher Education about a monk who is creating digital images of priceless manuscripts, and other digitization projects around the world.

Attendance:  Tyler, Brandon, Heather, Vicky, Amy, Katy, Leanne, Belinda

A.  Social Events

Pizza Party/Book Swap:  11/19, 4-6PM, Lewis Lounge

Faculty/LISSA Christmas Party:  12/9, 4-6PM in Lewis Lounge

Faculty will bring food.

B.  Library Visit:  Pritzker Military Library visit in Spring?

C. Publicity commitee:  Need publicity for Faculty christmas party

D. Blog Posts:  Katy posted job hunting websites

E. Podcasts:  Interviews with Karen Brown and Kate Marek

F. Alumni Council and Career Day:

I. Ideas for interviews

II.  Set up pilot program for Mentor/Mentee Program

G.  One Book, One Triton Book Discussion:  Went well.  All Triton students in attendance

H.  Tech comp Dates Overview

I.  Updates:  Sessions are filled up.  Need to add more in Spring/

J.  Spring Semester Ides:  Spring Break Service Trip.

Next Meeting: 12/13

LP