SGO Represent!

At this semester's first Graduate Student Advisory Board (GSAB) meeting, held on Monday, September 27th, the MLIS program was well represented.

Attending the meeting on behalf of Student Governance Organization and the greater MLIS program, were Andrew Crow and Candice LaPlante.


GSAB consists of two voting members from each program and as many non-voting members who actively choose to participate in GSAB initiatives. GSAB meets monthly during the academic year on the St. Paul campus to share program updates, review financial proposals, plan activities, address common questions/concerns, and network. All graduate students are welcome to attend the meetings and get involved!

And, excitement!, our own Andrew Crow will now be representing the GSAB at University Council meetings for St. Catherine University.  Thank you, Andrew, for continuing to represent St. Kate's MLIS program and the greater graduate program here on campus!

The next GSAB meetings will be held:

       October 25, 2010 in Coeur de Catherine in room 495
       December 6, 2010 in Coeur de Catherine in room 362

Feel free to attend and contribute to the graduate agenda at St. Catherine University!

SLA MN Chapter Salon 4

...hosted by our very own St. Kate's SLA Student Group!

From their blog:

"The St. Kate’s SLA Student Group is extending the party!  You are invited to join Minnesota SLA Chapter members for a post-lecture discussion, dinner, and drinks following the book talk with author Marilyn Johnson on Friday, October 15, 2010."


Find out more about this event by visiting the St. Catherine University Special Libraries Association Student Group Blog.  


Find out more about other events and activities by vising the student group at their website.

Agenda for 21 Sept Mtg

SGO Meeting for September 21, 2010

CDC 018   5:00 – 6:00

AGENDA:

I.                   Welcome and Introductions

·         Welcome to first-time SGO participants

·         Introduction of current Executive Committee members and Department Liaison

II.                What we do! [Mission and Involvement]

·         Review SGO Mission, Goals, and Structure

·         Standing Committees: review of open committee posts

III.             ERP Visit 

·         Discuss SGO Involvement, confirm meeting time with ERP

·         Review talking points, questions that may be asked by ERP

IV.             Updates from Committees

V.                Questions, other issues

I feel a movie night coming on...

Check out this article on Huffington Post:

Librarians Save The Day! 11 Great Movies In Which They Star

Any movies that you would like to see that aren't on the list?

Author Marilyn Johnson to speak at St. Catherine University—October 15, 2010

We are proud to present Marilyn Johnson at St. Kate’s on October 15, 2010.

Ms. Johnson, author of This Book is Overdue: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All , will speak on October 15 ^th at 5:00 P.M. in the Jeanne D’Arc auditorium on St. Catherine University’s Saint Paul Campus. There is no charge for this event.

Marilyn speaks regularly at library conferences and similar events, and she was interviewed earlier this year on National Public Radio’s On the Media (listen here).

Watch for further details about this event in an email announcement later this summer!

Meeting Minutes: March 9, 2010

MLIS SGO Meeting, March 9, 2010
Members Present: Leslie Hunter-Larson, Heather Lewis, Andrew Crow, Michael Mitchell, and Faculty Advisor Deb Torres

1. Committee Updates
Faculty Meeting Committee: Michael updated the group on the department meeting from February, which featured special guests Karen O'Brien and June Lester, both of whom took questions from faculty and staff regarding the Committee on Accreditation

2. SGO Web site, email, and blog
a. Leslie reported that the stkate.edu email address for the SGO group is currently inactive/disabled. She will follow up with student services.

b. Michael agreed to update the blog with 03/09/2010 minutes

3. Mid-Term Cookie Break
a. SGO members brainstormed about the cookie break for Saturday and Sunday students. Deb suggested that it would be difficult to coordinate breaks among weekend classes, given the advanced planning that would require.

b. It was suggested that instead of a cookie break, SGO could make cookie care packages to be distributed to the weekend students. This would allow for SGO to distribute cookies AND serve as an opportunity to include a note about movie night.
i. Heather will get quotes on treats from a local bakery.
ii. Michael will work on getting the enrollment numbers for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday classes this semester.
iii. We will aim to do this the week prior to Spring Break

4. Via email, Candice submitted an update to Leslie regarding the Movie Night. The best date for Movie Night, as decided by those in attendance, is April 10th. The movie will start at 5:30 to allow Saturday students to attend.

5. Fall Speaker Event
a. Friends of the Library issue: consensus on this issue was not reached. Leslie will follow up with an in-person meeting.

b. Brainstorming list of speakers (submitted by those present):

• Walt Crawford; author, editor (maintains the website http://citesandinsights.info/)
  
• David Rothman; "exploring medical librarianship and web geekery"
  
• Chad and Laura; both professional from local special libraries...possibly worth considering for a Spring Event or Monday night instead
• Paul LeClerc; outgoing director of New York Public Libraries
  
• Marilyn Johnson; author (This Book is Overdue!)
  
• Loriene Roy; past ALA president
  
• Nancy Pearl; author, former director of the Washington Center for the Book
  
• Will Weaver; Minnesota author
  
• Louise Erdich; Minnesota author
  
• Lawrence Lessig; legal scholar, author
  
• Sarah Vowell; author
  

6. SGO Development fund
Reviewed the criteria for approval and came to a group consensus on two current requests

7. Other items
i. For next meeting, consider what could be done to promote a St. Kates student presence at national library conferences; keep SGO bulletin board up to date with conference information.

Welcome Dr. Deborah Grealy as Associate Dean!

Dr. Deborah Grealy has accepted the position as Associate Dean for the MLIS program.

SGO is really excited about this! Two SGO members were on the search committee for this position and Dr. Grealy was the search committee's first choice.

The fact that our MLIS program can recruit an Associate Dean of this caliber says much about
the strength and vitality of our MLIS program.

Check out Dr. Grealy's book published with Sylvia D. Hall-Ellis From Research to Practice: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in LIS Education published by Greenwood.

Learn more about Dr. Grealy's professional background on the MLIS website.

Please welcome our new Associate Dean when you come back, or start, Spring Classes in February!