ARLD Happy Hour During LibTech Conference, 3/16/16

Socializing/Networking opportunity!

LIT program students, faculty and graduates may be interested in attending this upcoming ARLD (the Minnesota Library Association's Academic and Research Libraries Division) happy hour in Minneapolis during the upcoming Library Technology Conference. You do not need to be attending the conference to attend this happy hour. This may be especially of interest if you are currently working in or would like to work in an academic library. Via the MLA website:

Date: Wednesday, 3/16/2016

Time: 5:30 pm

Location:

A La Salsa: Restaurante Mexicano & Bar,

In the Midtown Global Market

920 East Lake Street

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55407

Contact:

Amanda Mills - amanda.mills@minneapolis.edu

Description:

Academic library folks and other library friends- please join ARLD (MLA's Academic and Research Libraries Division) for a happy hour/social gathering of library folk during the Library Technology (LibTech) Conference (http://libtechconf.org/). Your current ARLD Chair and several other ARLD Board members will be in attendance! The happy hour will take place at A La Salsa (http://www.salsaalasalsa.com/alasalsa/index.html), in the Midtown Global Market. If you like margaritas, monographs, matriculation, and/or metadata, this is the happy hour for you! This location is conveniently located right next to the Sheraton Midtown, one of the conference hotels (so, conference attendees staying at the hotel can easily catch their shuttle back to the hotel at the end of the day and then join us.) There is also a parking ramp and a metered parking lot on either side (ramp on one side, lot on the other) of the Midtown Global Market. It is a relatively central location for an affordable cab/Uber/Lyft ride from various Twin Cities Locations, as well as a central transit hub (http://www.metrotransit.org/).

Join our new LIT Program LinkedIn Group!

Hi all. If you are on LinkedIn, please join our new LIT Program LinkedIn group! This is a group for current MCTC Library and Information Technology Program students, faculty, and graduates. We will be posting program-related announcements and job postings to this group.

https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8486164

Paid Internship: Metropolitan Council 2016 Internships

This is from Career Services at Minneapolis Community & Technical College:

The Metropolitan Council is hiring interns and this is a great opportunity for students to gain some valuable experience in their field. I have attached the flyer with the general information about the internship which highlights a general overview of the posting deadlines, wages, and information relevant to the 2016 Internship Program and the second attachment contains a list of more than 75 internship positions, and the Majors or Fields of Study relevant to each position.
 
I would be happy to help students with their resume, cover letter, and interviewing skills. Students can stop by Career Services in T2500 to make an appointment or drop in during walk-in hours from noon-3 Monday-Thursday.
 
Amanda Lilgreen

These are paid internships and they start May 2016.  Applications are due February 29th 2016.  There are two Internship Positions that may be of interest to Library Information Technology students:

Library Studies Intern
Records Management Intern

More information about these internships posted here: Metropolitan Council Internships

If you are interested in pursuing one of these internship opportunities, contact Career Services and take advantage of their expertise:

Career.Services@minneapolis.edu
612-659-6723

LIT Meet & Greet!

LIT Meet & Greet! 
Student Success Day 

February 25, 2016 
9:00-9:50am 
L.1200 (Library Classroom)


Be there or be square!


A casual meetup for current and prospective Library Information Technology Program 
students.  LIT Program Faculty and the LIT Program Advisor will be on hand to answer your questions about our program and careers in libraries.  We’ll also be talking about the benefits of being a student worker at the MCTC Library and the brand-new LIT articulation agreement with Metro State’s History BA.  We’ll also share coffee and donuts together!!!

LIT Program Winter Social

When: Monday, December 28 
Where: Bryant-Lake Bowl, 810 West Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN 55406
Time: 4:00 - 6:30 p.m.

Come enjoy food, drinks, conversations, and bowling (if interested) with your classmates, instructors, and program alumni. Bryant-Lake Bowl is located on the corner of Lake Street and Bryant Avenue. Parking in back as well as on street. Check out the menu at: http://www.bryantlakebowl.com/

LIBT 2900 Internship and Graduates News

LIT Program Student, Zach Garr, has been having a successful internship experience at the Anoka County Historical Society this semester. He was also featured in their Nov/Dec newsletter! Learn more by visiting their website, and facebook page!

We are very excited for Zach as he prepares to graduate from the LIT program. He is currently considering the History program at Metro State (which LIT has an articulation agreement with!).

Another LIT program graduate has secured a paid position in a school library, and has been offered additional paid work for a local historical society library/archive if the grant funding comes through for the project proposal.

We are so excited for our LIT graduates and their great accomplishments. Congratulations!