SLIM-OR SCALA Barbeque Postponed

The Barbecue has been postponed, since it conflicts with the ORSLA Student reception (which you should definitely go to)

More on the ORSLA Event here

Volunteer report

Recently, Erica Findley shared some ideas on how to get library experience when you have never worked in a library. I, too was worried about how I would get a library job without any library background.

I am here to tell you that volunteering is a great way to get seasoned in the library world! Since the beginning of this year I have been helping the Jackson Middle School library in SW Portland transition to a new cataloging system. My job is to find and import bibliographic records for books that don’t have one.

So how has working at the Jackson library helped me to be a better prospective librarian?

-Actually doing cataloging hands-one made my cataloging class (LI814, Organizing Information) a lot more immediate and understandable

-You get to make valuable professional contacts

-It’s a great way to help people! Jackson’s library does not have the funding to pay someone to do the
detailed work that I do

-It can broaden your professional portfolio

There are all kinds of volunteer opportunities out there! It’s really worth it to find one that
fits you.

By Gordon Turner,  SLIM-OR SCALA Vice-President

Audio of Pam Osbourne

For those of you who weren’t able to attend today’s wonderful talk by Pam Osbourne, here is the audio:

Pam, the former digital librarian at Mercy Corps (now the Manager of Intranet Services) spoke about the process of designing and setting up the digital library and other digital information sharing systems at Mercy Corps. She has been a librarian in school libraries, public libraries and academic libraries talked about how her past experience as a more traditional librarian applies in the digital realm.

Audio download and more streaming options here.