SJSU SLIS Audio/Video Podcast

As a library and information science professional, you have developed valuable skill sets that are being used in new ways and are increasingly applied in a diverse array of information environments. New job roles and new opportunities have emerged to meet the changing information landscape – both inside libraries and in non-traditional job settings. This session will encourage you to think broadly about how to use your MLIS skill set and to consider strategies for pursuing alternative career paths.

As a library and information science professional, you have developed valuable skill sets that are being used in new ways and are increasingly applied in a diverse array of information environments. New job roles and new opportunities have emerged to meet the changing information landscape – both inside libraries and in non-traditional job settings. This session will encourage you to think broadly about how to use your MLIS skill set and to consider strategies for pursuing alternative career paths.

The development and deployment of ebook, ereader, and ereading technologies has influenced the entire reading ecosystem, from authors through editors, publishers, booksellers, aggregators, distributors, educators, and librarians to readers. What is the future of reading? What will be the meaning and value of reading? How, what, and where will we read? Will readers read more? Will more people read? Join Tom Peters for an exploration and discussion of the prospects and possibilities of reading, and how libraries and librarians can enhance the reading experience.

The development and deployment of ebook, ereader, and ereading technologies has influenced the entire reading ecosystem, from authors through editors, publishers, booksellers, aggregators, distributors, educators, and librarians to readers. What is the future of reading? What will be the meaning and value of reading? How, what, and where will we read? Will readers read more? Will more people read? Join Tom Peters for an exploration and discussion of the prospects and possibilities of reading, and how libraries and librarians can enhance the reading experience.

Emerging LIS career opportunities are diverse, expanding, and often invisible. This session focuses on how to identify, explore, assess, and position for new opportunities, with an emphasis on existing, transferable skills. Discussion points include:˽The 8 "frames" for thinking about LIS opportunities, how LIS skills are being deployed in traditional fields, identify and describe transferable LIS skills for non-LIS interviewers, and reframe how you describe—and think of—your professional skill set.

Emerging LIS career opportunities are diverse, expanding, and often invisible. This session focuses on how to identify, explore, assess, and position for new opportunities, with an emphasis on existing, transferable skills. Discussion points include:˽The 8 "frames" for thinking about LIS opportunities, how LIS skills are being deployed in traditional fields, identify and describe transferable LIS skills for non-LIS interviewers, and reframe how you describe—and think of—your professional skill set.

Our speakers will look back at how Dialog got started in Silicon Valley as one of the first online information providers, and then became a leader in what we know today as the information industry. They'll also discuss the impact of various organizational transitions, how Dialog has responded to ongoing technology and market changes, and what lies ahead for the company.

Our speakers will look back at how Dialog got started in Silicon Valley as one of the first online information providers, and then became a leader in what we know today as the information industry. They'll also discuss the impact of various organizational transitions, how Dialog has responded to ongoing technology and market changes, and what lies ahead for the company.

There are many non-traditional jobs and resume-building opportunities that Master of Library and Information Science candidates and job seekers can immediately take advantage of to gain experience in the federal government. This session includes tips to finding and creating opportunities to earn academic credit or to get a head start on landing a job. Learn about student employment opportunities that convert to full-time employment, contract employment in federal agencies, the Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) program, and even virtual internships.

There are many non-traditional jobs and resume-building opportunities that Master of Library and Information Science candidates and job seekers can immediately take advantage of to gain experience in the federal government. This session includes tips to finding and creating opportunities to earn academic credit or to get a head start on landing a job. Learn about student employment opportunities that convert to full-time employment, contract employment in federal agencies, the Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) program, and even virtual internships.

Retention Schedules have been the foundation on which every Records Management Program has built over the past 60 years. Yet, after all of this time, most organization's retention schedules are either out of date, not based on actual government regulations, too complicated for the average employee to use or understand, addresses only paper records, or ignored by management. Yet, with a realistic and sustainable retention schedule for all information media, organizations can access information easily, reduce information volumes, be compliant and link to other governance policies including E-mail, Back-up Media, Legacy System, Hold Orders, and Orphan Files to reduce risk from litigation, government investigations, and audits. To understand the processes involved in developing a compliant and fact based retention schedule for the enterprise, the presenter will provide proven steps that need to be accomplished to have a retention schedule that becomes part of the overall executive management governance program. This session will include data collection activities, international and domestic regulatory research and combining these elements into taxonomies, retention and associated governance policies.

Retention Schedules have been the foundation on which every Records Management Program has built over the past 60 years. Yet, after all of this time, most organization's retention schedules are either out of date, not based on actual government regulations, too complicated for the average employee to use or understand, addresses only paper records, or ignored by management. Yet, with a realistic and sustainable retention schedule for all information media, organizations can access information easily, reduce information volumes, be compliant and link to other governance policies including E-mail, Back-up Media, Legacy System, Hold Orders, and Orphan Files to reduce risk from litigation, government investigations, and audits. To understand the processes involved in developing a compliant and fact based retention schedule for the enterprise, the presenter will provide proven steps that need to be accomplished to have a retention schedule that becomes part of the overall executive management governance program. This session will include data collection activities, international and domestic regulatory research and combining these elements into taxonomies, retention and associated governance policies.

Stephen Abram's 2011 SLIS Lecture presentation, The Future: Frankenbooks, Social Libraries and Learning, was recorded at the 2011 California Library Association Conference in Pasadena, CA.

Stephen Abram's 2011 SLIS Lecture presentation, The Future: Frankenbooks, Social Libraries and Learning, was recorded at the 2011 California Library Association Conference in Pasadena, CA.

Maureen Sullivan, Vice President/President Elect of the American Library Association, will talk about the importance of getting professionally involved in library associations. She will provide advice on how to get involved, how to network effectively, and the benefits of professional involvement. Sullivan will also talk about getting elected to a national leadership position in the profession's largest association.