SLA @ UW: Students in Action!

A guest post from SLA@UW students, via Holly Gale, SLA@UW chair

Hello from the student chapter of SLA! We have had an exciting and busy school year and wanted to share with you what we have been up to.

We kicked off our year by welcoming the new students to UW and introducing them to SLA. We hosted an open meeting immediately following a required course for all incoming students. With a roomful of interested people, David Tolmie showed off the SLA, SLA-PNW, and SLA@UW websites. We discussed the many benefits of joining SLA, subscribing to our listserv, and we awarded free memberships. Following the meeting, SLA@UW bought a few pitchers at local pub. It was a great opportunity to introduce SLA to new students and have fun.

Every quarter we host a library crawl, touring different special libraries in the area. Students are welcome to join in at any leg of the tour as we travel through different neighborhoods. We have had two great library crawls this school year. During the fall, we ventured into Capitol Hill. We toured the Group Health Library, the Hugo House Zine Archives, and the Museum of Mysteries Libraries and concluded at a local bar for drinks. Most recently, we visited Special Libraries on campus. We were welcomed at the Miller Horticultural Library, the Engineering Library, and Media Center at Odegaard Undergraduate Library. Everyone had a great time. We were introduced to different types of collections, information organization, and great people at each location.

We are looking forward to many more fun events this year, especially Student Night! See you soon!