Another advantage of student groups is to create
institutional memory within MLIS programs. Even though
a student may be involved in regional/national
chapters, that participation may not be known to her
fellow students. Once she graduates, her expertise
would be lost to the department.
If there had been a student group, however, she could
have attracted other students to ARLIS and passed on
her knowledge and contacts to the next cohort. MLIS
programs are short (1-2 years), so there is not much
crossover between different cohorts. Having a faculty
advisor and a formal structure would help foster
continuity.
I am about to graduate from UCLA. I wish that I had
started a chapter here because I have been been
surprised (and gladdened) at the number of my fellow
students who attend ARLIS functions, including last
year's conference.
--Heather Cleary
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--- Heather Ball <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> One advantage of a student chapter is the
> opportunity to participate in
> activities on a university level. For instance, UT
> Austin has an excellent
> pool of art, architecture and VR folks right there
> that students could more
> easily connect with through chapter activities.
> Plus, there are always
> lots of university-wide activities that could
> potentially serve as venues
> to make connections and bring new blood into the
> art/architecture library
> profession. I believe student chapters would
> encourage participation in
> state and regional chapters rather than act as
> fractured subgroups.
>
> We could at least set up some guidelines for
> students interested in
> starting a group. Otherwise, state and regional
> chapters could start doing
> outreach to their area library schools - as Ray Anne
> has pointed out. As
> it stands, students have to have lots of initiative
> (strangely enough -
> most people are really shy about approaching ARLIS
> members), or already
> have a connection with art librarians in order to
> get involved.
> - Heather
>
>
> At 11:31 AM 1/16/02 -0500, you wrote:
> >I think it would be great and better if students
> participated in ARLIS/NA
> >regional chapters instead of forming another
> subgroup, further fracturing
> >the profession. It is so great to talk to other
> librarians and make those
> >connections and learn about real life challenges.
> They put on excellent
> >programs too! I am sure all of them would welcome
> the new participants
> >ideas and contributions! We are stronger together
> than apart. PH
> >
> >Paula Hardin
> >South Regional Representative
> >Visual Resources Library
> >University of North Carolina
> >Chapel Hill, NC 27599
> >919-962-3034
> >[log in to unmask]
> >
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> Heather Ball
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