Last Day to Register

Please join us for a social networking dinner! This is the perfect opportunity to learn about other information professional organizations in our area! Details are below.

What: Social Networking: Information Professionals Meeting other Information Professionals
When: Thursday, December 13th at 6pm-?
Where: : Zack's Taverna, 305 Pennsylvania Ave, SE (Capitol South-Blue or Orange line)
Cost: Pay for your own food or beverage
RSVP: : via Survey Monkey by Thursday, December 6, 2007

Click HERE for menu information.

To learn more about ASIS&T, ARL Diversity Initiatives , and REFORMA, please read below.

ASIS&T has been the society for information professionals leading the search for new and better theories, techniques, and technologies to improve access to information. The local professional Chapter, the Potomac Valley Chapter of ASIS&T, has members are primarily located in Washington DC, Northern Virginia, and Southern Maryland.

To learn more about PVC-ASIST, please contact Jeff Prater at jeff.prater@yahoo.com

ARL is a nonprofit organization of 123 research libraries at comprehensive, research-extensive institutions in the US and Canada that share similar research missions, aspirations, and achievements. The Association's importance and distinction is born from its membership and the nature of the institutions represented. ARL member libraries make up a large portion of the academic and research library marketplace, spending more than $1 billion every year on library materials. To learn more about ARL Diversity Initiatives, contact Jerome Offord Jr. at jerome@arl.org

REFORMA i is committed to working toward the recruitment of bilingual, multicultural library personnel; promoting public awareness of libraries and librarianship among Latinos; advocating on behalf of the information needs of the Latino community; developing Spanish-language and Latino-oriented library collections; and acting as a liaison to other professional organizations. REFORMA is an affiliate of the American Library Association.

If you are interested in learning more about REFORMA, please contact the DC-REFORMA Chapter Secretary, Michelle Hinojosa Melencio, at michelle.melencio@discovery.com.

YouTube Tuesday

Since it is crunch time, instead of our usual "smart" video and "fun video, we present you with two "study break videos." Enjoy and good luck with the rest of the semester!

Annoyed Librarian, or, where's that cuppa??

I know that we here at ASIS&T are very very pro technology and innovation, and I am too. But I wanted to take a break from that to mention, for a moment, the Annoyed Librarian. Have any of you read his site? I guess recently he was unmasked, after months, (or years, I'm not really sure) of speculation in the blogosphere, as Michael Gorman. Some people think he is snide and snobbish, but I think he can be quite funny and a good reality check at times. His latest blog is about putting the MOM factor back into libraries (as opposed to the WOW factor). I think he makes some very good points about remembering the library's mission, in a tongue and cheek kind of way. Although, the last line of the blog made me think of a relatively new library phenomenon - the library cafe. When I was an undergrad the thing that kept me from studying in the library (besides that it was quiet and I always fell asleep on top of my books) was that there was no way to easily access caffeine! Of course I snuck in thermoses and bottles of diet coke, but it just wasn't the same as the university's cappuchino bar, on the other end of campus. I wish we could have a cappuchino bar in Mullen and I'm wondering how many other people feel the same. My Mom's never made a cappuchino in her life but on her first trip to Europe she got hooked on them the first day.

YouTube Tuesday

Turn On Lights
Discover what it means to be information literate.



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Impress Your Professor: Keep on bloggin' on

On a quick note, I've been home to visit my parents in northern Illinois for Deep Fried Turkey day and imagine my surprise when, on the train, I overheard one couple talking at length about "HCI" (Human Computer Interaction), yet another couple talking about usability testing and a group of teens discussing the viability of the Facebook model over Myspace. It was as if everyone was discussing just about everything I've learned in the last year at SLIS and the relevancy of my degree hit me right square in the face! Very exciting and at the same time a little weird.

Anyhoo, at the last event it was announced that the Potomac Valley Chapter of ASIS&T has started a blog as well so I thought this a great opportunity to plug that AND to point everyone to this nice little slideshow on the topic of blogging communities from the ASIS&T Annual Meeting. It's short and to the point for all of us OD'ing on tryptophan!

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Event! Event!

What: Social Networking: Information Professionals Meeting other Information Professionals When: Thursday, December 13th at 6pm-?
Where: Zack's Taverna, 305 Pennsylvania Ave, SE (Capitol South-Blue or Orange line)
Cost: Pay for your own food or beverage

RSVP: via Survey Monkey by December 6, 2007

For menu information, please click here.

To learn more about ASIS&T, ARL Diversity Initiatives , and REFORMA, please read below.

ASIS&T has been the society for information professionals leading the search for new and better theories, techniques, and technologies to improve access to information. The local professional Chapter, the Potomac Valley Chapter of ASIS&T, has members are primarily located in Washington DC, Northern Virginia, and Southern Maryland. To learn more about PVC-ASIST, please contact Jeff Prater at jeff.prater@yahoo.com

ARL is a nonprofit organization of 123 research libraries at comprehensive, research-extensive institutions in the US and Canada that share similar research missions, aspirations, and achievements. The Association's importance and distinction is born from its membership and the nature of the institutions represented. ARL member libraries make up a large portion of the academic and research library marketplace, spending more than $1 billion every year on library materials. To learn more about ARL Diversity Initiatives, contact Jerome Offord Jr jerome@arl.org

REFORMA is committed to working toward the recruitment of bilingual, multicultural library personnel; promoting public awareness of libraries and librarianship among Latinos; advocating on behalf of the information needs of the Latino community; developing Spanish-language and Latino-oriented library collections; and acting as a liaison to other professional organizations. REFORMA is an affiliate of the American Library Association. If you are interested in learning more about REFORMA, please contact the DC-REFORMA Chapter Secretary, Michelle Hinojosa Melencio, at michelle.melencio@discovery.com.

Whoops Wednesday

What happens when Meghan forgets to update on YouTube Tuesday because she's home for the holidays? Whoops Wednesday occurs.

Also, I apologize for the links instead of the regular format. My computer at home apparently doesn't like to embed videos.

One Way To Scan Your Reading
Ever wonder how printed books are scanned at so high volumes... here ya go!

One Thing to Be Thankful For
We love our library.