Elections Date

Save the date: Elections for 2012-2013 SCALA is  9/7/12 at Noon.

Further details to come.

Meeting Minutes July 20th, 2012

The latest meeting minutes have been posted.

Meeting Reminder

The next meeting will be on Friday, July 20th at 5:15 in the basement of Smith Hall.

Lend a Hand at Library Prom – Between the Stacks

If your attending Library Prom – Between the Stacks, we could use a few items to help make it a success.

If your interested please let us know:  slim or scala at gmail dot com (no spaces)

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Item                                                     Have                      Need                         Position Filled?

napkins, plates, cups		x
ice		x	Filled
coolers	X		Filled
stamp/ink pad		x	Filled
Props	x		Filled
sign for front door		x
bottle openers (x 2)	X		Filled
tape		X
cash box for drinks		X
cash box for door		X
tablecloths		X
paper towels		x
Platters and bowls for snacks?	X		Filled
punch bowl (non-alcohol)		X
ladle for punch		X
balloons		x
tip jar		X
Bowls for Snacks	X		Filled

 

Library Prom – Between the Stacks

Emporia State University Student Chapter of the American Library Association presents our 4th annual

Library Prom – Between the Stacks

May 12th, 2012 // @ 7pm to 10pm

Q-Center PDX // 4115 N. Mississippi Ave

RSVP on our Facebook event page! Tickets: Advance RSVP = $6
At the door = $8

DJ Bruce LaBruiser
DJ Dewey Decimal Photobooth by Bloodhound Photography

MUST BE 21 AND UP // $3 drinks // Light Refreshments

Nike Tour Report

SCALA recently took a field trip to the Nike fabric library. Just as in the libraries we’re all accustomed to, the Nike library houses rows of shelves with multicolored contents; in this library, though, the cases contain fabric swatches on hangers. Other sections hold notions – drawers filled with zipper pulls, grommets and rings.

The library collects fabric samples (tens of thousands of them) from Nike’s vendors, and makes them available to the apparel designers. Swatches are labeled with identifying characteristics, tagged according to price, and sorted by vendor location (to facilitate sourcing in the same area as production). As with books, the color of a swatch doesn’t matter at all in its classification — the library likes to have one dark and one light sample of a fabric, but color isn’t a defining characteristic for the library’s purposes. Ann Desimone, the library manager, weeds the collection from time to time, but she maintains a historical card file of every type of fabric that has passed through the library.

Ms. Desimone also makes two “collection development” trips to Paris each year for fabric shows, and puts together exhibits for Nike designers on coming trends. It’s an impressive system for collecting and organizing the fabric in the Nike world!

Trivia Night was a Success!

Above is a picture of the beaming trivia night winners from our first ever library themed trivia night and another of the contestants deep in thought with our wonderful host Greg! The event was organized as a fundraiser for SCALA to benefit the Librarian Prom, coming up in May. Approximately 30 library enthusiast were in attendance to battle for an old card catalog drawer filled with miscellaneous items, candy, and chocolate. It seems that everyone had a good time and many were excited at the prospects of continuing the event in the future. Thank you all for participating and making the event a success!