ALA Student Chapter - Digital Libraries Panel

The SLIS American Library Association — Student Chapter (ALA-SC) held a Digital Libraries Panel on November 4, 2009. The panel took place from 5:30-7:00 p.m. in the Wells Library. IU Metadata Librarian, Jenn Riley, and Associate Director for Projects and Services, Stacy Kowalcyzk were the panel members. Both are a part of the IU Digital Library Program, and have SLIS connections. Riley graduated with a MLS from SLIS in 2003, and Kowalcyzk is a current SLIS doctoral student.

ALA-SC President Caitlin Bagley sent a summary about the panel:
• “On November 4th, Jenn Riley and Stacy Kowalcyzk met with students for the ALA Digital Libraries Panel. Each spoke about their involvement with metadata and digital libraries at IU. They stressed that they are shifting from building collections to building services that can keep going. Advice to students was that communication was a vital skill set, and that it was important to keep on top of the current literature in the field through listservs, journals, and even new media such as Twitter. An open question discussion between students and speakers followed afterwards.”

The faculty sponsors for the ALA Student Chapter are Mary Popp and Pnina Shachaf.

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See Related SLIS News Story:
• SLIS Student Chapters Fall 2009: Exciting Opportunities

Posted November 19, 2009