[Circulation] Fwd: "Me a Librarian?" Library career reception at UMass on 4/23.

[Suzanne Karanikis]

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"Me, a Librarian?"


Library Career Reception


Exploring careers? Find out more about librarianship and enjoy a great free
meal!

Amherst , MA - The UMass Amherst Libraries will host a Library Career
Reception on Wednesday, April 23, 2008. "Me, a Librarian?" will be held in
the Learning Commons on the Lower Level of the W.E.B. Du Bois Library from
6:00 - 9:00 p.m. The keynote speaker is Brenda Mitchell-Powell. Other guests
include faculty from nearby library programs at Simmons, University of Rhode
Island, and the University at Albany, as well as professional librarians.

Brenda Mitchell-Powell will receive her M.L.S. from Simmons College Graduate
School of Library and Information Science in May 2008 and begins her
doctoral program at Simmons as an ALA Spectrum Doctoral Fellow
[http://www.ala.org/ala/diversity/spectrum/phdfellowship/about.cfm] in fall
2008. Ms. Mitchell-Powell is best-known as the founding editor (1991) of the
Multicultural Review, but also freelanced in all aspects of publishing. She
has worked at Gibbs College and interned at Yale. She has presented and
published prolifically on issues of multiculturalism and has been awarded
several state, regional, and national Spectrum scholarship awards.

People from all backgrounds are discovering that being a librarian means a
stimulating career committed to sharing information, ideas, and knowledge
through technology. Retirements will result in many job openings for
librarians, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Statistics. Join us to
talk with students and faculty of graduate programs in library and
information science around New England, early-career librarians, and
veterans about why librarianship is an attractive career choice.

This event is sponsored by the UMass Amherst V. & I Wallenius Library Fund,
UMass Amherst Office of programs and Services for ALANA Students, and
Simmons College Graduate School of Library & Information Science.

For more information or to RSVP, email Paulina Borrego at (413) 545-7891 or
pborrego at library.umass.edu.





Beth Lang

Head, Research & Instructional Services

W.E.B. Du Bois Library

University of Massachusetts

154 Hicks Way

Amherst, MA 01003-9275

Phone: 413/545-6890

Fax: 413/577-1536

bwlang at library.umass.edu





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