Professional Partnering Finale
The School of Information Studies at McGill University is excited to welcome 2002 Quebec Laureate, author, historian, researcher, content developer, consultant, and SIS graduate Dr. Dorothy Williams as a featured speaker on Friday, March 20th for the Professional Partnering Program Finale. Check out www.dorothywilliams.ca to learn more about Dr. William's remarkable contributions to the Montreal community and Canada.
You are invited to join us beginning at 6 p.m. in the Thomson House ballroom for appetizers and conservation. A cash bar will also be open. The event will begin at approximately 6:15 p.m.
While the event is being held to celebrate the first year of the school's Professional Partnering Program, we especially encourage those who may be interested in participating in next year’s Program to attend. This is a great opportunity to find out what the program is all about, meeting and speaking with some of the involved students and professional partners.
We hope to see you there!
CLA President's Visit, January 27, 2009
At the end of January the students at McGill’s School of Information Studies were pleased to welcome Ken Roberts, CLA President, to our school. Roberts presented and entertained a packed room of MLIS students at noon and later met and talked with students and professionals at an evening reception.
Roberts spoke about his career, his current activities as CLA president and the changes as well as the constants in the librarianship profession. To highlight the current trends in publishing and information distribution, he passed around a Sony E-Book Reader and discussed the merits of electronic resources. He outlined the importance of the CLA and other professional organizations within our field as tools of empowerment and change. Roberts also gave a strong message about the common values of information professionals who strive toward, and defend, intellectual freedom. Perhaps his most memorable advice for students was to make sure that our first job challenges us and allows us grow professionally. To wrap things up, there was a draw for CLA memorabilia and even a free membership!
Roberts was very approachable and shared a lot of interesting insights into the librarianship profession. His thoughts and advice will be remembered. We were very pleased he made the journey to visit us here!
Brittany Trafford
Secretary, CLA Student Chapter
Fundraiser for CODE
On Wednesday, December 3--the Montreal CLA, SLA & ABQLA chapters will be throwing their annual fundraising event for CODE (Canadian Organization for Development through Education). CODE is an amazing non-profit organization, supporting literacy in the developing world. This is a great opportunity to support this organization, network with chapter members, and, of course, have fun! Half of the ticket price goes directly to CODE. For more information about the event, please see the attachment. To learn more about CODE visit: http://www.codecan.org/
We also need two volunteers to help with set-up, etc. that evening. It would be a 4-10 p.m. commitment. If you're interested, please email nell.ramsay [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Nell) .
Copyright Issues: a Librarian's Perspective
The CLA McGill Student Chapter is pleased to announce that Olivier Charbonneau, librarian at Concordia University, will be giving a presentation at the School of Information Studies on Thursday, November 13. The presentation, entitled "Copyright Issues: a Librarian's Perspective", will be dealing with matters related to digital copyright, activism, and how librarians can get involved.
TIME: 12:15 - 1:30
LOCATION: MS-42
Professional Partnering Kick-Off
Meet your partner! Make some plans for the year! Enjoy refreshments!
Thursday, October 16. 5:30-6:30 p.m.
MS 42 in the School of Information Studies
(the basement of McLennan Library)
Atwater Library Tour
Atwater Library, the oldest lending library in Canada, is available for a tour to McGill SIS students on Friday, September 26, around 2:30 p.m.
This is an excellent opportunity to:
- learn more about Atwater's "staying" power--just a very small percent of their funds comes from the govt.
- learn how they operate with 8 staff and 125 volunteers
- admire the historic building and learn about its evolution over the years
- check out its large & growing English collections
- find out about two of their innovative programs
- Digital Literacy Project and Poetry Project discover some ways you can get involved in the library.
Either meet at the library--1200 Atwater Ave (one block from the Atwater metro station), or meet outside the SIS office around 2 and we'll leave from there.
First General Meeting
Thursday September 18, 2008. 12:15-1:15 in MS-42.
At this meeting we will be holding elections for Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and External Liaison Officer. We will also be discussing CLAMSC's new Professional Partnering Program.
Please feel free to come to the first meeting to see what the CLA is all about! In addition, you do not need to join the CLA to be a member of the McGill Student Chapter, although the benefits of joining (such as the CLA's Feliciter magazine) far outweigh the cost. It looks great on a CV too!
Career Fair!
Thursday, March 6th, 2008 from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m
Brought to you by the CLA and MLISSA
The Career Fair will take place in MS 24, 42, and 40 (Cataloguing Lab)
We're working very hard to entice potential employers. The following organizations have confirmed their attendance:
- New Brunswick Public Libraries
- Ottawa Public Libraries
- University of Ottawa
- ABQLA
- Bibliothèques -- Ville de Montréal
- McGill Archives
- McGill Libraries
- Royal Victoria Hospital
- Jewish General Hospital
- Concordia University Libraries
- Université de Montréal
Stay tuned for more detailed information closer to the big event. If you have any suggestions tanis.keiner [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Tanis) or janelle.ramsay [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Janelle) would be glad to contact specific organizations for you.
Summer Job Talk
Tuesday March 4, 2008 in MS-24 from 12:15-1:15
Come join us for a casual round table discussion where some MLIS IIs share their experiences looking for and securing a good summer job in the field, in Montreal and elsewhere.
Everyone is invited! MLIS Is come out and learn from your fellow SISsies and MLIS IIs, come out and share your knowledge and experience with regard to the all important summer job hunt.
Bring your lunch and there will be refreshments on offer. This is a casual event with lots of time for general questions and answers. Hope to see lots of you there!
CLA President's Visit 5 a 7
- 6 Feb 2006 at Thomson House
CLA President Barbara Clubb chatting with a GSLIS student
Chapter Co-President Lina and Vice-President Jill drawing the door prize winners
Open Meeting of the CLAMC
- January 10, 2003, 12:15p.m- 1:30pm
Wendy Newman, President CLA, and Don Butcher, Executive Director CLA
From Left: Professor Jamshid Beheshti, Wendy Newman, Don Butcher, and Pat Riva, President, Montreal CLA Chapter