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Upcoming Events

T-Shirt Voting

Voting begins Oct 10 for the ALA T-Shirt contest.

Cast your vote for your favorite t-shirt design and t-shirt color on the ALA Moodle space in the "T-Shirt Design Voting" and "T-Shirt Color Voting" choice options.

You can view the design submissions on our photo page.

Voting ends on October 15th at 9pm.

ALA General Meeting

October 15, 2008, 12-1p
GSLIS Room 131

Lorelle R. Swader, Director of the Office for Human Resource Development and Recruitment at the American Library Association, will talk about how ALA is structured, how it helps libraries, and how it can help GSLIS students.

Drinks and snacks will be provided. Feel free to bring your lunch to the meeting.

This event will be broadcast live in the ALA Moodle Forum and archived. Questions? Email -alaatuiuc, at gmail.com-.

Upcoming ALA Social Events

-LEEP Breakfast: Friday, October 3rd, from 7:30-9:00am in the foyer of the GSLIS building outside of room 131. This will be a causal drop-in style breakfast, and we will be serving donuts and fruit.

-Happy Hour: Friday, October 3rd, from 4:30-6:30pm at Murphy's on Green Street. Everyone is invited, so please come join us! This will be a great place for LEEP students to meet on-campus students!

-Meet us for a GSLIS social event at "Krannert Uncorked" next Thursday, October 9th, from 5:00-7:00pm in the Krannert Center lobby. Enjoy the wine tasting, complimentary cheese and crackers, and live local music!

2008 ALA Student Chapter T-shirt Design Contest

Its that time again, the annual ALA student chapter t-shirt sale is coming and we need design submissions for the t-shirt!

Designs can be drawings, photos, digital art, attributed quotes, lists or any combination of these.

To get those creative juices flowing, photos of past years t-shirts are available on our website at http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/ala/photos.html.

The deadline for submission is Monday October 6 at 9pm. Designs should be submitted by e-mail to Jenny Hodges at -hodges4, at illinois.edu-.

And as a little incentive, if your design is chosen you will receive a free t-shirt!

Voting will begin on October 7 to chose the final design. If you have any questions, please e-mail Jenny at -hodges4, at illinois.edu-.

Official Contest Rules

1. All GSLIS students, alumni, faculty, and staff are encouraged to submit designs and vote on the winner. Participants may submit as many designs as they like.
2. The design must fit on an 8.5 x 11 inch sheet of paper; black and white submissions are preferred to color. The final design will be printed on the T-shirts in one color of ink.
3. The design must be in finished form at the time of submission. Text-only designs should be in desired font.
4. All designs must be free of copyright violation, although parody is okay. If an entry's copyright status is in question, ALA Student Chapter Board reserves the right to make the final decision regarding its contest eligibility.
5. Submissions must be made in digital form and e-mailed to -hodges4, at illinois.edu- (attachments in .tif, .jpg, .gif, or pdf format).
6. Your name and email address MUST be on your submission! Otherwise the design will not be considered for the contest. Please put your name and email address in the body of your email.
7. Deadline for submission is 9:00 PM on Monday, October 6, 2008.
8. If more than 5 designs are submitted, the ALA Student Chapter Board and Fundraising Committee will vote on the designs to determine which will be presented to GSLIS community for voting. Any board or committee member who submits a design to the contest will not participate in this vote, though he or she may participate in the final GSLIS community vote.
9. Designs from previous years may be resubmitted.

ALA Student Chapter Committees

The ALA Student Chapter has a number of committees that you can be involved in. Sign up for for a committee at the Student Group Orgapalooza, the first ALA General meeting, or by e-mailing -alaatuiuc, at gmail.com-.

Community Outreach Committee

The Community Outreach Committee provides a chance for the ALA Student Chapter and the GSLIS community to reach out to the immediate community and offer our enthusiasm, expertise and time to making their world better. Projects can include getting involved at area schools with storytelling or bookarts (make a bookmark) or reading contests, getting involved at senior centers with reading to the elderly, book donations, etc. Bringing the ALA Student Chapter into the community is new among student chapters, a great service to us and them. This committee was founded in 2002.

Conference Committee

The Conference Committee makes reservations for ALA conferences, compiles information for ALA student members attending the conference, and posts travel information updates. This is the only committee mandated by our constitution.

Field Trip Committee

The Field Trip Committee organizes field trips (big surprise there!), usually to a location within a days' travel of GSLIS. In the past, the Field Trip Committee has arranged visits to such places as the Chicago Historic Society, Chicago Public Library, Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum in Springfield, Curtis Orchard, and saw a play at Illinois State University.

Fundraising Committee

The Fundraising Committee plans and organizes events designed to raise money for ALA. The most notable fund raiser is the T-Shirt Sale, which is held in the fall semester. The committee members hold a contest for the design, run the voting, and get the t-shirts printed and sold.

International Committee

The International Committee plans activities relating to international librarianship. They assist in hosting visiting international librarians to the University and in planning programs relating to international librarianship.

Lecture Committee

The Lecture Committee is renowned for bringing prominent speakers to campus. During the fall of 1998, the Lecture Committee had the special honor of co-sponsoring a presentation by Ray Bradbury. Other speakers have included Chris Dodge from Hennepin County Library and Sara Ann Long, ALA President. Other notable speakers that have visited include former ALA Presidents Carol Brey-Casiano and Michael Gorman.

LEEP Committee

The LEEP/Distance Learning Committee was founded to help address the needs of GSLIS’s ever-growing distance learning population. The committee is comprised of interested LEEP and traditional on-campus students. The LEEP committee ensures that the general ALA Student Chapters are broadcast live online and are open to all members of the GSLIS community.

Professional Development Committee

The Professional Development Committee sponsors events designed to help students better prepare for their burgeoning careers. Of interest to most students are the Salary Negotiation Seminar presented by Leigh Estabrook and the Resume Workshop.

Queers and Allies

Queers and Allies is exactly what it sounds like: a group of queers and allies! We get together every few weeks for conversation and coffee, and we keep each other posted on campuswide events for the GLBTQA community. We're hoping to do some nifty stuff this semester like create a presence at LEEP weekend and host a movie night, and we'd love to get some new people with new ideas! Email -qandauiuc, at gmail.com- for more information.

Social Committee

The Social Committee hosts socials during LEEP weekend, plans the Winter Holiday Party, sponsors movie nights (featuring films with library-like themes), and other events as they come to mind.