• Rebecca Blakiston, LSO President: 
• Once Leslie Kent Kunkel’s faculty advisor statement submitted, the Chapter of the Year application is ready to be submitted.
• Ruth Morgan (LSO’s former Faculty/Student Liaison and Programs Coordinator) will be attending the SIRLS strategic planning meeting on 2/23 and reporting back to us.  Any other volunteers to attend this?  Two students can attend as student reps.
• Bruce Fulton publicized a Second Life event that was held at SIRLS this morning.

• Can only use SIRLS courtyard if a staff member will be there to lock-up.  Leslie Kent Kunkel is asking staff if they will volunteer.  Jearold will contact Leslie to let her know the event and location is definite.
• PCPL Librarian & Branch Manager Elva Smithwhite contacted Jearold today and will definitely be speaking at the event.

• Wants to do the t-shirt contest
• Will contact Laff’s about fundraising event to set a date

• Possible social & fundraising event in Phoenix:
• Wine-tasting at a location on I-10 & Warner, proposed date Saturday, March 31st at either 7:00 or 7:30.  It’s $12.50 a person for 4 wine tastings plus cheese.  It’s $20 for more wine and beer. 
• Group thinks cheaper option is better.
• Rebecca will e-mail Michelle Johnson, LSO Treasurer, about how students can use PayPal to pay, and how Dereth will collect the money.
• Possible Flagstaff meet-up:
• Rachel Magee (LSO Virtual Student Liaison) is investigating this possibility.  Have support from Leslie Kent Kunkel and Jana Bradley.

• Should pick a date as soon as possible to get on people’s schedules.  Etta will look at calendars and come back with a proposed date.
• We should all be thinking about potential keynote speakers.  Last year we had Michael Stephens (www.tametheweb.com).  Other possibilities – David Lee King, Haleen Blowers.

• FYI:  Paula received MLA minority scholarship – congratulations, Paula! 
• Tom Wilding’s talk was a big success; about 25 students attended.  Also has it recorded but has not had time to go to the technology center to format it to be put on YouTube.  Volunteers to do that?  Jearold volunteered.
• Art of Grants:  set for April 14th, 10:00AM-1:00PM at the UA Main Library room A314.  Has e-mailed Bruce Fulton, SIRLS Communications Director, to make sure this date is alright before proceeding (overlaps with an alumni event).  Once hears it is okay, will sent out to listserv to collect RSVPs.  Food will be provided.
• Pima Community College Library Tour:  Spoke with Cathy Curlee about it.  She can’t do evenings/weekends so Ginger Cullen will be doing the tour instead.  Will call today after 5:00PM to finalize.  Once finalized, will send something out to the listserv.  Tentative date is March 7th 5:30-6:30/7:00.
• Grant for the Information Ethics Roundtable:  Was waiting on some final details from Kay Mathiesen, SIRLS Faculty & Roundtable Organizer.  Just heard back and so grant should be completed by the end of this weekend.
• Other Items:  Working on “Emerging Technologies” pan with Coni Weatherford, SIRLS Alum and PCPL Librarian.  Trying to get in touch with UA Librarian Louise Greenfield about resume consultations but haven’t yet received a response.  Also thinking about asking Jan Knight, Information Broker, to speak. 

• Librarian requested we hold a book drive or fundraiser to help library’s collection.
• Dereth DeHaan founded a Books for Libraries program which should meet the prison’s needs; Rebecca will e-mail Dereth contact information and she will get in touch with Librarian.  She will let us know if there is more we can do to help.

• Attended PCPL Branch Manager’s meeting.  Want LSO to participate in this new program.  Would require going to local schools and speaking with teachers and/or children about libraries.
• Volunteers?  Alicia, Aaron, Mira, Cecilia, Amanda, Roseanne, Etta.
• Alicia has contacts in local schools if needed.

• Wants to request short pieces (top ten lists, book & website reviews, etc.).  Hopes to get a better response from students willing to participate

• Oscar’s event to be held Sunday, 2/25.  Have La Aldea (graduate student housing) community room reserved.  Will be a potluck and prizes for winners.
• Considering doing Laff’s Comedy Club as a social event if the fundraising event doesn’t work out.
• Is in contact with the Auld Dubliner and has definitely reserved the back room for March 9th.

• Web Development Committee (Beth, Michelle, Cindy, Dereth & Rachel:  Website & content management system)
• Constitution updates (Beth & Etta)

• Beth:  LSO now has its own Skype account to be used for virtual attendance at meetings; this will make it easier so students can have a consistent “LSO” account to call, no matter who at the meeting has the laptop
• Rebecca:  The SIRLS fundraiser in Benson April 15th may require carpools for students.  Anyone planning to go who is willing to organize this? 
• Possibly Paula and/or Alicia, depending on their schedules
• If you are wanting to carpool, please contact blakisto@email.arizona.edu. 
• Will send out an e-mail to the LSO listserv asking who is interested
• Rebecca:  SIRLS now has a new video recorder and digital camera (which also does low-resolution video). Bruce is working on procedures, but they should be available for students to check out for events, projects, classes and so on. Not sure whether we’ll need to have some kind of training or session on use. Are there any events coming up in the near future you might want to tape? Then we can map in the time needed to get everything ready.
• Good reaction from the group; this will be very useful!
• Paula:  events coming up soon are not really appropriate for video recording (the library tour and 3-hour workshop)
• Amanda:  Has free tickets to Laff’s Comedy Club for April 13th; we can send something out to the LSO listserv to invite all students.  Must RSVP 48 hours before the event.

• Jearold not in attendance but will e-mail us with his ideas.
• Have had multiple requests from students.
• Some think $20 is too much to sell the shirts, some think $15 will sell better.  Proposed we have a “sale week” to start at $15, and other sales (504 classes, events, etc.) but the price will generally be $20.  We can always reduce if they are not selling.
• Aaron found a place to do screen prints at $200 for 24 shirts.  Would be good to have shirts available for sale at the Info Ethics Roundtable poster session next week.  Will e-mail Leslie to get a go-ahead.

• Cindy not in attendance but sent e-mail to Rebecca with info:
• Needs volunteers to arrive at 5:00 and set-up.
• Paula, Rosanne, and possibly Rene & Alicia volunteer.  Rebecca will send e-mail to Cindy with names.
• SLA will pick up the food and have LSO compensate.
• Requests we get a gift basket of some sort to raffle off at the event.
• Paula will get a Starbucks basket; LSO will compensate.
• If you would like to donate a gift to be raffled off, please contact Cindy at celliott@email.arizona.edu.
• Not related to Fair, but Cindy has been communicating with Sandy Kramer (AHSL) and she has agreed to give a talk on Interviewing Skills on April 9th at 6:00PM.  SLA can provide dinner and Sandy will bring dessert and drinks. 
• Beth has added to LSO calendar but we need more details, including location.

• Good news - we were awarded a $350 grant for the Info Ethics Roundtable Poster Session!  Have 7 submissions, including students from SIRLS, University of Texas, UCLA, and University of Illinois.  To be held next Saturday, March 24th from 4:30-5:30 in the SIRLS courtyard.  Will be providing food & drinks.  Need volunteers to help with set-up at 4:00 as well as breakdown:
• Rene, Rosanne, Alicia, and Rebecca volunteer.  If you want to volunteer contact Paula at pmaez@email.arizona.edu.   
• Mary Feeney is back next week and will contact about doing the resume consultations.
• About 10 people have RSVP’d to the PCC Library Tour, held this coming Wednesday.  Will be sending something out to the LSO listserv about carpooling if people are interested.  To RSVP contact Paula at pmaez@email.arizona.edu. 
• About 17 people have RSVP’d to the Art of Grants workshop to be held April 14th.  Will be getting food for this event.  To RSVP contact Paula at pmaez@email.arizona.edu.

• Was communicating with Laff’s representative about fundraiser but never got back to her; the fundraiser would include Laff’s giving us tickets and us selling them for however much we want.
• Since Amanda has free tickets for April 13th we can do this as a “donation requested” event.  Suggested donation could be $3; Laff’s tickets cost $10 usually.  Rebecca will send out e-mail and organize.
• Will send out an e-mail about the t-shirt contest to begin getting submissions.

• Ideas proposed by Rebecca include:
• Having some kind of social event
• We could invite the larger library community, and give all those who work at a library (maybe that show a business card?) a free LSO t-shirt or some other give away
• We could have a raffle for all library workers to win a “vacation” day (maybe including a massage, giftcard to a bookstore, giftcard to a locally owned restaurant, etc.)
• Having some volunteers drive around to all the PCPL branches, and maybe the UA & PCC Libraries
• We could deliver flowers, candy, cake, and/or balloons to the library workers
• Send “thank-you for all your hard work” cards to all the PCPL library branch managers, UA Library team leaders, etc.
• Group discussion on what would work best; most like the idea of going to the PCPL branches and bringing balloons & a big sign on butcher paper saying “thank you!”
• Volunteers to drive to the branches on April 17th:  Alicia, Mira (Himmel Branch), Jay (Sam Lena, Bear Canyon, and Wilmot), Amanda, Rosanne.  Rebecca will send something out to the listserv requesting more volunteers.  To volunteer, contact Rebecca at blakisto@email.arizona.edu. 
• We will have time to decorate the butcher paper before the meeting on April 6th; start around 5:00 before the meeting starts.
• Everyone bring markers, ribbons, other decorative material (Alicia will definitely bring markers)
• Paula will bring butcher paper
• Rebecca will bring some kind of food, and send something out to the listerv to invite others to help decorate

• This is a PCPL program LSO wants to be involved in.  Rebecca contacted Beth Matthias-Loghry to get an update of the response from schools and LSO’s participation.
• Will likely start at Richey Library.  Mary Sanchez will try to contact the school librarian and see if she would be willing to coordinate a quick visit to describe the program for the first grade classes or even just the teachers.
• Waiting now to hear back on our contact at Richey.  Rebecca will contact volunteers when she hears.
• Have previously asked for volunteers to go to the school(s) and do presentations to teachers and/or first grade classes.  Volunteers include:  Alicia, Aaron, Mira, Cecilia, Amanda, Roseanne, Etta.  If you would like to volunteer to participate, please contact Rebecca at blakisto@email.arizona.edu. 

• Etta absent from meeting; Rebecca will e-mail

• Website Committee Report:  now consists of Beth, Michelle, Rachel, Jill.  Hope to have something for the next meeting.
• Constitution Update Proposals:  Beth has not heard back from Etta. Aaron has volunteered to help.  Should only take a meeting, then Beth can e-mail to officers to review prior to the next LSO meeting.

May 23, 2007 LSO meeting

Budget

There is approximately $2,000 in the budget. Additional funds will be needed for the symposium. Cecilia will look up the cost from the last symposium so we can project the cost of the November 2007 symposium. Additional fund raising will be needed including applying for a grant.

Brown Bag Sponsorship

Don Fallis has requested that LSO sponsor a brown bag presentation. Aaron will email Don Fallis to discuss this further.

Fund Raising: T-shirts and Candy Sales

The LSO T-shirts have been selling. Approximately 35 t-shirts have been sold so far.

Candy sales to raise money for LSO are planned for the fall.

Professional Development Events

Ideas for professional development opportunities for the fall are welcome. Currently there are two events planned.

LSO named ALA Student Chapter of the Year for 2007

Several SIRL's students plan to attend the ALA conference in June in Washington , D.C. to accept the Student Chapter of the Year award. Attending LSO members plan to meet for dinner in Washington D.C. after the award ceremony.

Bulletin Board

The bulletin board contains outdated material. Updating the board could be a shared responsibility. This will be discussed further with Paula Maez.

Mentors

Aaron, Alicia, Megan, and Jason have offered to be mentors to incoming SIRLS students.

Dine Around

Two students attended the Dine Around.

504 LSO Intro Talk

Aaron introduced LSO to incoming students in the 504 course. One t-shirt was sold. The 504 “boot camp” t-shirts will be offered to incoming students and then offered to all students in August. Aaron will email Jill a photo of the t-shirt so Jill can put it on the LSO site. Students could order them and pay through PayPal if they wanted.

Symposium

This will be discussed at the next meeting.

Upcoming Events

Ideas for upcoming events are developing. Possibly Connie Whitiford from AZLA could speak to us. Sandy Kramer may be willing to present a workshop on interviewing skills. Maybe someone from the downtown library would be interested as well.

Alicia and Forrest offered to arrange an evening out to watch the latest Harry Potter film when it comes out.

This Saturday, May 26, 2007 students will be meeting at Gentle Ben's to celebrate completion of the first 504 class. Forrest will talk to the 504 class and invite them to Gentle Ben's.

Listserv

Students enrolled in SIRLS are automatically added to the general listserv. Sign-up is required to join the blog and the job listserv. The address for the listserv is UA-LSO@listserv.arizona.edu

There is a Digest function for the listserv that groups all the emails from the day into a single email. This feature is not automatic, but must be signed up for.

Meeting adjourned.

June 14, 2007 LSO meeting  

Attendees: Cecilia, Alicia, Mira, Paula, Beth, Forrest, Aaron, Amanda, Rebecca (virtually), and René  

Fall LSO Meetings

The LSO meetings will go back to Friday, 6-7 p.m., beginning in the fall. This is also convenient for holding social events after the meeting.

Upcoming Events

Rock the Library with Harry and the Potters on Thursday, June 21, 6-9pm, at the Joel D Valdez Main Library - The Tucson-Pima Public Library (Main Branch) will be hosting a free, all-ages, Wizard Rock bash featuring the Boston-based trio Harry and the Potters. The band is very good and has been on MTV. Videos of their performances are available on PSPMyspace.

Dine Around on June 28, 2007 – SIRLS students will have the opportunity to meet will LSO members to discuss the SIRLS program and enjoy a meal together in the University area after the 504 class.

Gentle Ben's on June 30, 2007 – LSO will host a get together at Gentle Ben's celebrating the close of the summer 504 classes. T-shirts will be available for sale.

Ice Cream Social on August 20, 2007 – the social will be at Penguin's Ice Cream. The time is to be determined.

Future Events in the Planning

Book Release Party - Alicia is planning an LSO event for the release of Harry Potter Book 7. She will see if there are existing book release parties that SIRL's students can participate in. Alicia will coordinate with the LSO student event liaison in Phoenix to see if they are having a similar event.

Presentation - Amanda will check with the liaison for the tribal library system to see if she would be interested in giving a presentation to SIRLS students.

ALA 2007 Conference in Washington , D.C.

LSO received $1,000 to sponsor student attendance at the ALA conference.

Rebecca will blog on the LSO site about the award ceremony where LSO will be awarded ALA Student Chapter of the Year for 2007 .

Fund Raising and LSO Membership

Fund Raising events include: selling t-shirts, a future Laff's event and an ice cream social at Penguins. Mira will invite the SIRLS Alumni to the Laff's and ice cream social events that she is arranging.

Aaron will discuss the benefits of LSO membership with the incoming Summer 504 classes on June 25, 2007. There will be approximately 80 new students.

New T-Shirt Design

The Superman theme received the most votes and the design will go forward for production. Beth offered to illustrate the design. Mira will send Beth a black and white line drawing of the design.

Research Brown Bag

LSO will contribute $250 for the Research Brown Bag organized by Don Fallis. The money can be used where ever needed, including the accommodations of an out-of-town speaker.

Symposium Fall 2007

The GPSC grant for the last symposium was $2500. Putting on the symposium required all of the funds. More funds may be available from SIRLS. René will contact Joy Willcox and/or Gabrielle Sykes to get information about the 2006 symposium grant proposal.

LSO Officer Position

Paula will send a message to the listserv to invite those interested in serving as the Alumni liaison.

Local Job Openings

Amanda shared that there will be new job openings at the Tucson-Pima Library.

Special Thanks

Appreciation for Jill Tinsley was expressed for her work on the LSO website. It looks great! Thank you!

Next Meeting

July 5, 2007, 6 to 7 p.m. is the next LSO meeting.

LSO Meeting, July 5th, 2007

LSO Meeting Minutes

7/05/07, 6:00PM

UA Main Library Info Commons

Room A105

Program Ideas for Fall (All)

• Aaron Valdivia, Programs Coordinator: Don Fallis has given us a list of possible speakers for the Research Brown Bag. Please let Aaron know your preferences asap at ajv@email.arizona.edu :
• Leslie Francis ( Utah , Law)
  http://www.hum.utah.edu/philosophy/faculty/francis/
• Kathryn La Barre ( Illinois , Library and Information Science)
  http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/oc/people/bio.html?id=klabarre
• David Woodruff Smith ( Irvine , Philosophy)
  http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=2508
• Jonathan Furner (UCLA, Information Studies)
  http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/jfurner/jfurner.html
• Andrew Dillon ( Texas , Dean of the School of Information )
  http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~adillon/
• Carsten Osterlund ( Syracuse , Information Studies)
  http://ischool.syr.edu/facstaff/facultymember.asp?id=351
• Tony Doyle (CUNY, Hunter College Library)
  http://library.hunter.cuny.edu/tdoyle/
• Melanie Kimball ( Buffalo , Informatics)
  http://informatics.buffalo.edu/people/research.php?id=55
• David Cuillier ( Arizona , Journalism)
  http://journalism.arizona.edu/people/faculty/cuillier.php
• Kevin Kemper ( Arizona , Journalism)
  http://journalism.arizona.edu/people/faculty/kemper.php
• Suzanne Weisband ( Arizona , Management Information Systems)
  http://uainfo.arizona.edu/~weisband/index.htm
• The Symposium is November 10 th . Rebecca will make sure this is on the SIRLS & LSO calendars.
• Paula Maez, LSO President: We are helping with PCPL's Learn, Read, Grow, Succeed program, but does anyone have other ideas for community activities?
• Rebecca Blakiston: possibly Florence Prison Library; they have offered we take a tour but a few years ago they had people volunteer for a day, we could possibly volunteer
• Paula: team up with REFORMA's Tucson Chapter on some things. SIRLS student Adriana Rendon is their new Vice President.
• Other ideas? Please e-mail Paula at pmaez@email.arizona.edu .

Treasury Update (Cecilia Tovar, VP/Treasurer)

• Have $2,415
• 3 people owe money, have been contacted

Harry Potter Event, (Alicia Thomas, Faculty/Student Liaison)

• Bookstores around town are having release parties Friday, July 20 th , from approx. 10pm-1am
• Walden Books: we can go, but not be official volunteers
• Borders on Oracle: we can officially volunteer to help
• UA Bookstore: left a message and haven't heard back
• Goal could be 5 students at each place (20 total)
• Paula: suggests Alicia send out another e-mail (one was sent out previously) for Tucson , one for Phoenix and other cities. Could see what response we get before determining we can go to all four (might be difficult to get as many as 20 students).

Faculty Liaison Officer Change (Alicia)

• Will be graduating in August, need someone else to be Faculty/Student Liaison
• Jason Kucsma volunteered, voted in by group.

ALA Report (All)

• Went very well. Received award in D.C., had approx. 15-20 SIRLS students in attendance.
• Pictures have been placed up on Flickr and YouTube video on blog.

Fundraising Update/T-Shirt Update (Mira Domsky, Fundraiser, & Aaron)

• Ice Cream fundraiser at Penguin's on University Blvd. Planned for August 24 th , first Friday of the semester, from 7-9pm. People must sign the LSO sheet and a percentage of their purchase will be donated to us. Cannot stand on the street in front of the store and advertise, but should advertise over the listserv, word of mouth, etc.
• Mira is fine-tuning the new LSO t-shirt with the “superman S.”
• Cecilia: people saw the Library Journal picture with the “SIRLS Gone Wild” shirts and are asking if they're available to the public.
• Yes, can pay through PayPal. Aaron will find out the cost of shipping to charge. Are also distant students that want the shirts.

•  Mira: got an e-mail from Dereth about the wine-tasting idea. Was not successful in Phoenix but could be in Tucson . Enoteca is a wine-tasting place in Tucson ; Mira will look into it.

•  We've done a lot of t-shirts, also possibility of doing mugs, bumperstickers, or mousepads. Jason recommends www.cafepress.com to get these made.

504 Update, Summer I and II (All)

• Summer I was successful. 3 students requested mentors. Assigned.
• Summer II is the biggest class of the summer.
• July 23 rd is the date of the Summer II LSO Intro. Aaron, Cecilia, & Paula will go.
• Date for Dine-around not confirmed. The Gentle Ben's social will be Saturday July 28 th .

Update on Symposium (Rebecca Blakiston & committee)

• Are having first meeting next Thursday, July 12 th , at 6pm, Main Library Info Commons room A105. Have sent something out to the listserv already. Everyone encouraged to attend! Rene Tanner, Secretary, is preparing an agenda for the meeting. We are still trying to track down the binder from last year with information on planning, budgeting, etc.
• Kay Mathiesen, our faculty advisor, is out of town until August. Rebecca sent an e-mail to Leslie Kent Kunkel requesting another faculty member to attend. She sent out an e-mail asking if any other faculty can attend; have not heard back yet.

Other Issues/Future Agenda Items (All)

• Jill Tinsley, Virtual Student Liaison: Phoenix people want t-shirts. Are having the Phoenix Friends of SIRLS meeting July 19 th .
• Aaron: Is going to Phoenix this weekend, will meet up with Jill and bring t-shirts, both “SIRLS Gone Wild” and “504 Bootcamp” for Jill to sell at the meeting on the 19 th .

 

LSO Meeting Notes

July 26, 2007

Aaron - Library boot camp shirts are for sale. Aaron will bundle them and give them to others to distribute. We will order more XL and fewer smalls for future orders.

He is also working on LSO events for the fall semester. There will be a brown bag with Don Fallis, résumé workshop with Mary Feeney on September 28 th , Web 2.0 night time event, interviewing skills workshop with Sandy Kramer, and an event with Connie Whitherford from Pima County .

Alicia: Harry Potter event at Borders was outstanding. Lots of people were dressing up. There were games and prizes.

Myra is organizing a wine tasting event. She has looked into many venues. Right now Café Paraiso seems to be the best. They are on University Blvd. across from Gentle Ben's. They are going to start wine tasting events. We might be their first group.

She also called the Loft about fundraiser. For non-profits the large room is $500. The Hollywood Librarian movie is on DVD and could be played. We would invite the whole community. The only times that are out are during Banned Book Week, September 29 through October 6, 2007. During this time local libraries have the opportunity to offer a free screening of the movie.

August 24, 2007 - The ice cream social at Penguin's is all set.

Forrest is checking with the YMCA to see if we can have a swim get together. Possibly schedule for the week after school starts. This Saturday, July 28, 2007, Gentle Ben's for 504 class after party.

Paula mentioned that Meg wants to do more with Learn, Read, Grow and Succeed. This is a Pima County project to get first-graders to sign up for library cards by the end of the school year.

LSO Minutes: September 7, 2007

LSO Meeting - September 7, 2007

Welcome to the new attendees: Roxy, Danielle, Linda, and Janet.

Forrest asked if students would be interested in going hiking or camping together. September 22 was a potential date for the hike.

Mira provided an update on the ice cream social. LSO gets 15% of the total from sales generated from SIRLS students who went to Penguin's during the social. It will take a couple of weeks for LSO to get funds.

Mira has also been working with Bookman's and they have donated $80 in credit. We plan to sell raffle tickets for the Bookman's credit. The credit is in $20 increments. We plan to sell tickets for $3 for 1 and 2 for $5. The money raised will help purchase easels for the poster session at the symposium. We will give Jill tickets for anyone in the Phoenix area that would like to participate.

Janelle requested T-shirts to sell at AZLA. We are low on the SIRLS Gone Wild T-shirt and we need to order 50 for the best price. There are plenty LSO Superman T-shirts available.

Symposium budget estimated at $2,000-2,500. The GPSC grant will be submitted this Friday by René. LSO will also put in for the ICON grant for the symposium breakfast. The grant is for activities that foster student/faculty interaction. The maximum support is $350. Due dates for the ICON grant are the first of every month. Amanda will submit this on behalf of LSO in October.

Aaron a résumé workshop will be planned with Mary Feeney. A Web 2.0 presentation with Connie Whitiford is planned for October 4 th at 5:30 p.m. in the SIRLS Multipurpose Room.

Mary Evangeliste will give a presentation on The Art of Presentations on Oct. 11 th at 5:30 p.m. in the SIRLS Multipurpose Room.

That is no definite date yet for Sandy Kramer's presentation.

Alumni Liaison 3 people have volunteered

LSO would like to sponsor someone to attend AZLA. We might ask the winner to blog or submit a bibliotech article about their experience at the event.

REFORMA wants our help with a book drive.

Story Town is coming up at the Main Library. Does LSO want to help out? It is a celebration of reading. All sorts of activities for kids. It's in October.

LSO Meeting September 21, 2007

Group Voted on the purchase of a new LSO money box. All said aye.

Aaron First Friday Film Shorts at the Loft Theater. He wanted to know if people would be interested in having a SIRLS social event around the “Gong Show” that shows on the first Friday of every month at the Loft Theater. The group would like to do that.

Aaron Another social event would be the Day of the Dead celebration in November.

Mira Penguin manager has been out, so we don't have an amount for the ice cream sales. A number of raffle tickets were sold. René, Amanda, Michelle, and Paula took additional tickets to sell.

Paula will be sending out an announcement to the listserv looking for volunteers to be moderators, set up and take down, etc. for the symposium.

Amanda Lisa Bunker wrote a lexicon for the Harry Potter series. It will be released next month.

Aaron Thurs. Oct 4 th at 5:30 p.m. Lisa Bunker is presenting Web 2.0 for SIRLS students.

Aaron Thurs. Oct 11 th at 5:30 p.m. Mary Evangelist giving presentation on preparing for and giving winning presentations.

Amanda Storytime program. Head librarian at Pima County Public Library will be giving a presentation on Oct. 24 th 6:30 to 7:30 at the Main Library about how to be a children's and young adult librarian.

René GPSC grant has been submitted for the symposium. We are still working on securing the rooms.

Paula $250 from SIRLS for the symposium

REFORMA is voting on the donation of $250 for the SIRLS symposium.

Paula LSO/SIRLS will help with the book drive with REFORMA. Mia with REFORMA is putting together a book drive for border towns. Cecilia has made contact with a library in Sonora . Spanish language books only. We will be collecting books until next May. Bookman's may be able to help us. We should also contact publishes, and Friends of the Library for donations. This is a long-term project, so keep it in mind.

Group discussed having a booth at Spring Fling. Need to decide what to sell: food, face painting, caricatures, etc.

October 5th, 2007 LSO Meeting

Events

Forrest is planning a Halloween event at Old Tucson. It will be on a Saturday evening and announced at a later date.

SIRLS students are invited to the Gong Show, Friday, Oct. 5 th at The Loft. The Gong Show is held the first Friday of the month starting at 9 pm $5.00.

SIRLS students will be invited to attend the Day of the Dead parade as a group. The event is on Nov 4 th . The parade goes down 4th Ave , then down Congress to Alameda . It starts around dusk.

A session on the basics of Story Time will be held at the Pima County Downtown Library on Wednesday, Oct. 24th 6:30 - 7:30 pm. Anyone who thinks they may work in a public library in any capacity should attend.

Web 2.0 was a success and 13-14 people attended. Lisa Bunker presented. There will be a link to her PowerPoint presentation on the LSO or SIRLS Website.

Aaron will ask Bruce to tape the presentation Mary Evangeliste is giving on “Producing Successful Presentations” this Thursday at 5:30 pm in the SIRLS multipurpose room. It will also be broadcast via Breeze at http://breeze.ltc.arizona.edu/lso This is Rene's first time broadcasting a presentation via Breeze, so it would be best to attend in person if you can, but otherwise give it a try and we'll learn together.

Internship Fair

LSO can get a small van from the U/A motor pool if people want to carpool to the internship fair in Phoenix on Thursday, Oct. 25 th at the Carnegie Center in downtown Phoenix . The fair is from 5:30-6:30 pm. Recruiters are from a variety of places in Arizona including Scottsdale , Glendale , and Tucson .

There will be a door prize at the fair. Some possible gifts are T-shirts and gift certificates. Someone from Tucson needs to bring the gift to Jill at the start of the event. Jill has 4 T-shirts left.

SIRLS Brownbag – Oct. 10 th from 12 to 1:30 pm

LSO is giving Don Fallis $250 for Wednesday's brownbag. People who attend will be entered into a drawing. They may win an opportunity to socialize with the presenter and others at a dinner. This is a networking opportunity. The money will also be used to help pay the presenter's travel expenses. Aaron will ask Bruce Fulton if he can film the brownbag and make it into a Podcast. The title of the brownbag is Group Rights and Social Property: When Group Members Disagree. It will be in the SIRLS multipurpose room. See the SIRLS' calendar for more details.

Fund Raising

Mira – raised $82 from the ice cream social at Penguins. The raffle has generated about $70 so far. The raffle will be held the day of the symposium.

Mira – working on showing a “librarian themed” movie at The Loft as a fund raiser. The Loft needs us to show proof of insurance for the movie event. She is consulting with Risk Management at the U/A. SIRLS has insurance so it's a matter of getting the right paperwork to The Loft. The large movie room is ~$578 and the small movie room is ~$300. We'll have to pay something for the movie itself as well. The movie “Hollywood Librarian” is a possibility.

Wine tasting - tickets $13 to $20 to cover the cost. That one is probably not going to happen due to cost.

Symposium

Amanda submitted the IKON grant for $398 to cover the cost of the breakfast for the symposium.

René – we need a lot of volunteers for the symposium. Picking up the box lunches, running the registration table, moderating the rooms, someone to schedule the equipment for the rooms and someone to be in charge of the reception are the greatest needs. We may also need drivers for our out-of-town presenters.

New Officer – Alumni Liaison

Meg Timour was voted in as the alumni liaison! She would like to arrange a mentoring lunch for current students to talk to alumni. This may also result in some new internship opportunities. She will need a list of SIRLS alumni and will be checking with Polly Mitchell for a list.

In Attendance: Aaron Valdivia Alicia Thomas Amanda Zagloba Cecilia Tovar Forrest Tate Jill Tinsley Megan Plesea Meg Timour Michelle Martin Mira Domsky Nicole Pagowsky Rachel Cannady René Tanner Rosanne Sweeney

December 7, 2007 LSO Meeting

Information Commons 6 to 7 p.m.

Volunteers for Jana's party to be there at 4:30 on Sunday, December 9th

Cecilia

Danielle

Meg

Paula

Paula gave an update for Forrest. She let everyone know that the caroling social event would be happening on Wednesday, December 12 th (6 pm meet at SIRLS) to practice and then go caroling.

Mira - Penguin's fundraiser was successful. Laff's fundraiser is scheduled after the meeting.

Paula read the LSO officer nominations for:

Danielle Stanley elected President

Michelle Martin elected VP/Treasurer and Secretary

Rachel Cannady elected Faculty Student Liaison

Jacy Bell elected Programs Coordinator

Forrest Tate elected Social Coordinator

Jill Tinsley elected Bibliotech Editor, Webmaster, and Virtual Student Liaison

Nicole Pagowsky elected Fundraising Officer

Meg Timour Beer elected Alumni Liaison Officer

 

Paula said she was happy to have served and felt confidant about the new officer's capabilities.

 

Meg would like to get the alumni lunches organized so that students will have an opportunity to interact and network with alumni. Jill will work on the Phoenix alumni networking. Meg would also like to have former students talk about their jobs searches.

 

Meg mentioned that a SIRLS graduate works at the University of AZ book press. Meg is going to see if she can arrange a tour of the press. Tuesday, December 11 is the next board meeting for TUSD. Students are encouraged to come to the TUSD board meeting to support the funding of school librarian jobs. Wear red shirts to show support.

 

Paula suggested that Alicia contact Richard Elias ( Pima County supervisor) to ask him to attend the meeting. He is very supportive of libraries. Steve Farley is also supportive of libraries and Paula suggested that Alicia contact him as well.

 

René handed out a summary of the comments received at the symposium. Meeting adjourned.

 

In Attendanc: Meg Timour Beer, Jacy Bell, Mira Domsky, Sarah Dahlen, Michelle Martin, Paula Maez, Danielle Stanley, René Tanner, Alicia Thomas, Jill Tinsley, Cecilia Tovar, Amada Zagloba