The five initial partner institutions were: The University Libraries of Notre Dame; Kresge Law Library at Notre Dame; McKenna Library at Holy Cross College; Franklin D Schurz Library at Indiana University South Bend; and the Christopher Center for Library and Information Resources at Valparaiso University. Cushwa-Leighton Library of Saint Mary’s College became the sixth partner institution in 2006.
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On Wednesday, March 24, 2010, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center welcomed more than 40 students, faculty, and administrators from Memphis’s Southwest Prep Academy for a College Career Day. Students from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s colleges of Allied Health Sciences, Dentistry, Graduate Health Sciences, Medicine, Pharmacy, Social Work, and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, School of Information Sciences served on a panel, entertained questions from the students, and staffed tables for the students to come and speak to them individually.
I have been fortunate enough to help with the CHILI program since February 2008, and, although the grant has ended, opportunities like this are still an excellent way to reach students about librarianship. With the help of Ms. Lisa Fried and Ms. Carla Funk at the Medical Library Association headquarters in Chicago and Mr. Charles Greenberg, Yale University, who serves as the CHILI project director, the Memphis project director and UTHSC librarian, Ms. Green, and I requested that the CHILI exhibit be shipped to Memphis for Career Day. The exhibit was quite the head turner, and it garnered comments from many students.
The panel presentation and subsequent question and answer session was very successful; students had more direct questions about information science than any of the other colleges! Students wanted to know about the types of background required to enter the profession, as well as the types of opportunities after earning a master’s degree.
While at the table, Ms Green and I had the opportunity to speak to many students individually. Students came with very specific questions and concerns about the profession. Some had the notion that librarians worked with books all day long; although many do work with books regularly, I explained that other librarians deal exclusively with cutting-edge technology, web development, and other tasks that go against the stereotype of the typical librarian. For example, one young man explained his passion for art, and we explained that librarians must have an artistic eye to produce brochures, flyers, podcasts, posters, and other print and electronic materials.
The level of student engagement was very high, and it was an excellent opportunity to expose students to medical librarianship, where they could be part of the healthcare team in a vital, supporting way.
(From Left to Right: Ms. TaJuana Redmond, Ms. Brenda Green, and Mr. Zachary Fox)
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Any self-identified Native American or Alaskan Native high school sophomore or junior is eligible to apply for participation in CAIC's 2010 Summer College Seminar, July 12-24. The free camp combines the real-life experience of living in HSU's college residence halls with classes and projects in a variety of cultural, mathematical and real-life creative technical areas using computers, along with fun social activities and field trips to native and tourist sights in the local area. Successful completion of Algebra before the camp commences is required. GPAs of 2.5 are preferred, but not required.
Download the PDF College Seminar flyer Print it out and pass it around!
Download the pdf of the College Seminar application and reference forms. Print out the pages. Complete it and return!
Complete applications with transcripts and recommendations are due in our office (by mail, email, or fax) April 2, 2010 . Please contact us if you have any questions.
Coalition for American Indians in Computing
c/o Computing Science Dept.
1 Harpst St., Arcata, CA 95521
707.826.3338 PHONE
707.826.3140 FAX
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Roslyn Shanklin is a Hill Regional Career High School sophomore that has been blogging her experience in the Yale Student CHILI Blog. Among the things she learned about was high speed historical book scanning. Roslyn's internship receives financial support from the Yale Public School Partnership Program
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Librarians enjoy dancing for a good cause. Library scene begins 1:16 into the YouTube video.
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