North Carolina Central University

 Student Chapter of the American Library Association
 
[About Us] [News & Events]
[Professional Development] [Student Resources]
About Us Purpose:

The purpose of ALASC is to articulate and promote the professional needs and goals of library and information science students; to foster and encourage professional competence; to influence American libraries, organizations and associations to use their expertise and prestige to bring about change within the library system in order to make it responsive to the needs of the community; to organize social and professional events; and to do any and all things necessary and lawful for the accomplishment of these purposes within such limits as are provided by law.

 

Officers:

President: Denise Bosselman

Vice President: Roderick Brown

Secretary: Michael Edwards

Treasurer: Birch Barnes

Webmaster: Lauren Ray

Faculty Advisor: Jennifer Arns

Becoming a Member

Student membership is $25 per year, half of the First year membership fee for non-Students.  To learn more about ALA membership and fill out an online application, go to:  http://www.ala.org/membership/

Minutes of First Meeting,  Held 3/29/03 in Student Lounge:

 

 
News & Events The Student Chapter of the American Library Association is currently being revived.  The first meeting of the Student Chapter was held Saturday, March 29th, and plans for the chapter as well as upcoming events were discussed.

An upcoming project focusing on career development for SLIS students is in the process of being planned.  Watch this website for updates.

Upcoming Events

ALA Conferences

http://www.ala.org/ala/events/eventsconferences.htm

 

 
Professional

Development

        Listed Below are a number of helpful links specifically for MLS and MIS careers:

Job Links

                -State Library of North Carolina Job Listings  

                 http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/jobs/jobs.htm

-Society for North Carolina Archivists

http://www.ncarchivists.org/employ/employ.html

-LIS Jobs:   http://www.lisjobs.com/

                -Chronicle of Higher Education, Career Network  

                  http://chronicle.com/jobs/  

-ALA Education & Employment page  

http://www.ala.org/education/

-LIS CAREER (Library career development resources) http://www.liscareer.com/

-LITA (Jobs in Library and Information Technology)

http://www.lita.org/jobs/

-Internet Public Library: Library Employment.  Has numerous Library          Job Links 

http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum45.60.00/

-LIBRARY JOB POSTINGS ON THE INTERNET (SELF-EXPLANATORY) http://www.libraryjobpostings.org/,

  -Art Libraries Society of North America Job Links:

http://www.arlisna.org/jobs.html

-CAREER LAB (Help with Cover Letter and Resume writing, not Library Specific) http://www.careerlab.com

 

Library Staffing Agencies

-LIBRARY ASSOCIATES http://www.libraryassociates.com/index.html

 

-ADVANCED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

http://www.aimusa.com/index.shtml

 

-SOUTHERN STATES LIBRARY JOB POSTINGS ON THE INTERNET

http://www.libraryjobpostings.org/southern.htm

 

Internships

 

-Research Library Residency and Intership Programs: http://db.arl.org/residencies/review.html

 

 

Student

Resources

Organization Links:

         ALA http://www.ala.org

ARLIS (Art Libraries Society of North America) http://www.arlisna.org

         ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries)

        http://www.ala.org/acrl/

NCLA (North Carolina Library Association )

 http://www.nclaonline.org/

PLA (Public Libraries Association) http://www.pla.org/

SELA (Southeastern Library Association) http://sela.lib.ucf.edu/

          SLA (Special Libraries Association) http://www.sla.org/

          North Carolina Association of School Librarians 

         http://www.nclaonline.org/ncasl/index.html       

Library Info

          http://www.durhamcountylibrary.org

          http://www.lib.duke.edu

          http://www.lib.unc.edu