The student chapter of the American Library Association for Emporia State University's Master of Library Science distance program in Portland, Oregon
Congratulations to this school year’s SCALA officers!
President: Elliot Stapleton
Vice Presidents: Blake Kincaid and Forrest Johnson
Secretary: Lynne Halladay
Treasurers: Christopher Melton and Jonathan Ulrich
Event Coordination Committee: Amy Stewart, Keegan Spring, Laura Connealy
Social Media Committee: Jennifer Wells (chair), Alyssa Collins and Barbara Fischer (website)
Attention, SLIM students! The results are in, and here are your 2014-15 SCALA officers: President – Jennifer Rogers Vice President – Aaron Novinger Secretary – Haylee Kai Treasurer – Anne Keech Event Coordinators – Sharalyn Williams, Malia McCollister, Caitlin Alweis, Mindy Nichols Community Outreach Liaisons – Amanda Woods, Nicole Langley, Sylvie Huhn Web Presence & Social Networking Coordinators – Gary Furuyama, Amanda Kundert Congratulations to all of you, and a very warm welcome to the many new officers!
Congratulations to our 2014 SCALA Board Members!
Presidents: Gina Bacon and Kim Olsen
Vice Presidents: Matt Giroux and Rose Bosely
Secretary: Jennifer Rogers
Treasurer: Katherine Pitman
Social/Web Coordinators: Gary Furuyama and Chris Evans
Outreach Coordinators: Berenice Prado and Brad Peterson
Event Coordinators: Tami Chapman, Jamie Foster, and Pete Schreiner
Save the date: Elections for 2012-2013 SCALA is 9/7/12 at Noon.
Further details to come.
Hello fellow Library School-ers! My name is Brianna Hoffman, and I’m your SCALA Vice President. In place of a traditional bio, here’s a list of random facts that will help you get to know me a little better and somehow tie together the last 30 years of my life:
I’m really excited to be a part of SCALA! Please don’t hesitate to ask me questions, or give me ideas or suggestions on how we can serve you better!
My entry into the profession of librarianship was inevitable. I’m bibliophile who is passionate about education. Also, as a child I used to catalog the villains on the 1950s Batman TV show, and then create cross-referencing lists. That was probably a sign.
Before entering library land, I studied history, French, German, and theology. I bummed around Europe and lived in Japan for two years teaching English. I’ve also supported students with disabilities, and love that libraries are providing information access for all.
I am so excited for the upcoming year; I can hardly keep my big nerdy feet in my Birkenstocks. Don’t hesitate to contact with feedback or ideas. SCALA is here to serve you.
As a child and teen, libraries were a haven of friendly people, safety and books. They offered escape, adventure and a constant source of information. Years (actually decades) of library use later I accepted a job in my local library and realized the career opportunity that I had been missing all these years. Working at a library I could combine my previous experience in retail and customer service in an environment that I enjoyed and appreciated.
I completed my undergraduate degree at Eastern Oregon University in Liberal Studies with an Anthropology/Sociology minor. I am looking forward to the hybrid program that Emporia offers and getting to know the others in my program. My Home Economics course work from my earlier college days has prepared me for my current position as a Nutritional Education program assistant. For the last year I have been volunteering at the Arlington Public Library offering weekly storytimes for children. I am passionate about helping parents learn the benefits reading has on early brain development. I love to create with yarn, textiles and paper and am a 15 year 4-H volunteer leader. Working with youth has been a wonderful experience and I am looking forward to being a youth librarian.
Meeting fellow SLIM OR students and graduates has been great. No matter what cohort they belonged to all have the same high praise of the program. I am looking forward to working with SCALA and helping to provide our cohort with opportunities for fun and networking.
“We read to know that we are not alone.” –C.S. Lewis. Like many of you, I found myself in library school after realizing that I love books and life-long learning. Everything I am passionate about (community, creativity, compassion, art, reading, helping others) are all integral elements to every library and archives. That’s why I’m here.
I moved to Portland a little over a year ago from Chicago, IL because I have always wanted to live near the mountains and have more access to nature and outdoor activities. My dog agrees that this was the best idea in the world and my cat is pretty ambivalent about the whole ordeal. I went to Illinois State University for my BS in Art Education, spent a year in AmeriCorps teaching and mentoring in a Chicago public school, finished one year of a MFA program in Book and Paper Art at Columbia College Chicago before deciding it wasn’t for me, then spent another year teaching Art and decided I’d be happier as a librarian as much as I adored my students and the school I worked at. I’ve worked in three libraries since my undergraduate years (currently at the UofO Portland Library and Learning Commons) and have loved every second of these three drastically different jobs. In my free time, I sew, make books, craft, draw and read. You can also find me out and about, sampling delicious Portland food, or riding my bicycle to and fro.
I spent much of my life moving around – Texas, Tennessee, Vermont, Mississippi, the UK – before coming to Portland to settle down for a while. My professional background is rooted in media production and education. I worked for a couple of years as the workshop coordinator for a digital arts co-op in Memphis, I’ve run print traffic for film festivals, I’ve taught classes on video production for the general public, and I’ve crewed on more films than I can remember. During my time working with new filmmakers, I came to realize that media literacy – understanding how media works and how it can be used to enlighten, to entertain, or to manipulate — is of paramount importance in a culture so saturated with video images.
With the encouragement of a close friend and recent Emporia MLS, I began to reconsider my preconceptions about what it means to be a librarian, and realized that it was a field that suited me well and which could encompass all the work I had already done, plus a lot of things that I still wanted to do. While I’m still looking for my ultimate professional focus, I have particular interests in special collections, open access issues, the many forms of literacy, and the intersection between librarianship and emerging technologies.
I grew up in northeast Ohio and graduated from the University of Akron in 2007 with a degree in music history and literature. Being involved with all the music programs in high school made this seem like the prefect fit for me. I was rather burned out after my degree and decided to pursue information technology, one of my other personal interests. After studying and working in information technology for several years, I found it was not the correct field for me and spent some time thinking about what to do next. My wife Meghan suggested I study library science and I was rather surprised, but felt it suited my personality and preferences in work style well enough that I ought to give it a chance. I was relieved to find an ALA accredited program in Oregon and signed up with Emporia. I look forward to learning and growing into a person and library professional. My long-term idea is to continue studies in music history and work as a music librarian at an academic library.
