RECENT GRADS OFFER HELPFUL ADVICE AT
SCALA ROUNDTABLE
Recent graduates Jennie Benford, Chris Gmiter and Aaron
Brenner
prepare to offer advice at the SCALA hosted roundtable.
What did you wear for the interview? How long is your resume? How many people interviewed you? Can interviews really be 8 hours long? What classes did you take that were particularly helpful? What is your typical day like? How important is it to be a member of a professional organization? Do you have any experience applying for jobs that you weren't completely qualified for? These questions and many more were covered by five recent graduates at the SCALA hosted Recent Graduate Roundtable.
SCALA, the Student Chapter of ALA, invited recent graduates from a wide-range of settings to participate in the event. Jennie Benford, University/Heinz Archivist from Carnegie Mellon University; Aaron Brenner, Digital Projects Librarian from the University Library System, University of Pittsburgh; Chris Gmiter, Humanities Librarian from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh; Megan McLaughlin Spak, Children's Librarian from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and Marjorie Schreiber, School Outreach Librarian from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh were on hand to share helpful resume, interview and job related advice at the January 31, 2002 event.
Michelle Crowell, SCALA Programming Co-Chair introduced the graduates and emphasized to the 25 students in attendance how beneficial it can be to talk with recent graduates about the transition from school to work. To read the advice shared by the graduates, visit the SCALA website at http://www2.sis.pitt.edu/%7Escala/. A full transcript of the event can be found under the events and meetings links.
The roundtable, one of the many SCALA events and meetings planned, was
designed to meet the needs of the diverse DLIS student body. To become
involved in additional SCALA activities make plans now to attend the SCALA
event titled XML in Libraries on Feb. 21, 2002. DLIS Professor Liz
Shaw will discuss XML, explain the difference between XML and HTML and
talk about why librarians and archivists should even care. Her presentation
will provide a quick introduction to XML and how it is being used in archives,
libraries and digital projects. The event will be held at 3:30 p.m.
on Thursday, February 21, in Room 605. For updated information about
this event and other SCALA activities, visit http://www2.sis.pitt.edu/%7Escala/or
email scala@sis.pitt.edu.
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Last updated February 18, 2002