Canadian Association of Law Libraries Needs Volunteers to Visit Schools With Library Programs

The Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) is looking for members to volunteer for educational visits to schools across Canada offering library and information studies degrees, or library technician diplomas.

The primary purpose of these  visits is to provide students with an understanding of CALL as a professional organization for the promotion of  law librarianship.

CALL's Membership Development Committee will provide volunteers with contact information as well as materials that can be used in school presentations. The Committee is trying to recruit people to conduct the visits between September and November 2013.

CALL members interested in volunteering for this outreach project should contact Paul McKenna at the School of Information Management, Dalhousie University (Halifax), e-mail: paul.mckenna AT dal.ca before August 23, 2013.

CALL is interested in finding people to visit the following institutions:

1) Library and Information Studies (Masters Degree):

• School of Information Management, Dalhousie University
• Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, McGill University
• École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l'information, Université de Montréal
• Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto
• Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario
• School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta
• School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, University of British Columbia

2) Library Technician Diploma:

• Library & Information Technology Diploma, Nova Scotia Community College
• Techniques de la documentation, Cégep de Trois-Rivières
• Techniques de la documentation, Cégep de Jonquière
• Techniques de la documentation, Collège de l'Outaouais
• Techniques de la documentation, Collège de Maisoneuve
• Techniques de la documentation, Collège Francois-Xavier-Garneau
• Techniques de la documentation, Collège Lionel-Giroux
• Information & Library technologies, John Abbott College
• Library & Information Technician Diploma, Algonquin College (Ottawa)
• Library & Information Technician Diploma, Seneca College of Applied Arts & Technology (Toronto)
• Library & Information Technician Program Diploma, Mohawk College
• Library & Information Technology Diploma, Red River College (Winnipeg)
• Library & Information Technology Diploma, Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science & Technology (Saskatoon)
• Information Management & Library Technology Diploma, Grant MacEwan College (Edmonton)
• Library & Information Technology Diploma, Langara College (Vancouver)
• Library & Information Technology Diploma, University College of the Fraser Valley (Abbotsford)