Today marked the kick-off of our fundraising campaign for London Public Library's A Book for Every Child initiative, which gives books to children and youth in need across the city. Today's Halloween bake sale brought in $85.50, with all proceeds going to A Book for Every Child. Be sure to stay tuned for more fundraising initiatives as we work towards our goal of $500!

Check out our display across the hall from the GRC - every $10 we raise puts another book on the bookshelf!

A Book for Every Child fundraising tracker

Interview Coaching - Wednesday, November 9th

Are you graduating soon? Interested in getting feedback on your interview skills, resume and cover letter?

On Wednesday, November 9th, students are invited to participate in one-on-one interview coaching sessions with practicing information professionals. You will be provided with feedback on cover letters and resumes and will receive advice on preparing for and completing interviews. Your session will last approximately one hour.

If you are a graduating student and are interested in participating, please email Leah Gallagher at lgallag5@uwo.ca with:

• the times of day at which you are available,
• a pdf file containing your cover letter and resume,
• and the applicable job posting for which your cover letter and resume are targeted

by Wednesday, November 2nd. After this date, we will open up participation to all students if there are still spaces available.

October is Canadian Library Month!!!

CLA-UWO has put up several of this years' Canadian Library Month posters in North Campus Building and Middlesex College. Also in honour of Canadian Library Month we will be partnering with the Progressive Librarian's Guild - London Ontario Chapter to post flyers on campus and at bus stops reminding people of the valuable work that librarians and archivists do.

Upcoming Event!

On October 27, at 12pm, in Room NCB 295 Karen Mark, a Human Resrouces Specialist from the Calgary Public Library will be calling in via Skype for a Resume Workshop.

Karen is a Human Resources Specialist in Recruitment at the Calgary Public Library and will give resume advice and discuss the merits of working at the CPL. There will be a time for a Q&A period at the end of the session.

Everyone welcome, and bring your lunch!

CLA Supports Western Librarians and Archivists

In September 2011, the librarians and archivists at the University of Western Ontario were on strike.  The UWO Student Chapter of CLA issued the following statement of support shortly after a tentative agreement was reached:

From the CLA Mission Statement: "CLA/ACB is my advocate and public voice, educator and network. We build the Canadian library and information community and advance its information professionals."

In our role as advocates for information professionals, we feel it is our responsibility to support our colleagues in this profession as they seek respect and acknowledgement of the vital contribution they make to the university community. The recent strike by UWO's librarians and archivists is in a local context, but its outcome effects everyone in the information field.  There is no library without librarians; there is no archive without archivists. In our view, expressing our support for the librarians and archivists is expressing our support of the library and archives as a whole because they are an integral part of a team of employees that make these institutions function.  We are very pleased that a tentative agreement has been reached between both parties in this dispute.