Literary Events in Philadelphia

Philly Happenings

October 25

6 PM "The Strangest Tribe: How a Group of Seattle Rock Bands Invented Grunge

Penn Bookstore, 36th & Walnut

FREE event

October 27

5 PM The Story of a Life: acclaimed Israeli writer Aharon Appelfeld speaks w/ Nili Gold, Penn's Hebrew languages department

Claudia Cohen Hall, Room G17, 36th and between Locust & Spruce, Penn's Campus

Free Admission

6 PM "The Ultimate Book of Gangster Movies"; local crime experts rank the greatest gangster films of all time.

Penn Bookstore, 36th & Walnut

FREE event

7:30PM  Jennifer Egan, "A Visit from the Goon Squad" with Jaimy Gordon, "Lord of Misrule", and Karen Russell "Swamplandia!"

Free Library of Philadelphia, Central Library, 1901 Vine Street

Free Admission

$15 General Admission, $7 Students. For Info: 215-567-4341.

October 29

2 PM Chuck Palahniuk speaking about "Damned"

Free Library of Philadelphia, Central Library, 1901 Vine Street

Free Admission

No tickets required. For Info: 215-567-4341.

November 1

7:30PM Jeffrey Eugenides "The Marriage Plot"

Free Library of Philadelphia, Central Library, 1901 Vine Street

$15 General Admission, $7 Students. For Info: 215-567-4341.

Novemeber 09

6 PM Straight Edge: writer Sacha Z. Scoblic discusses her memoir, "Unwasted: My Lush Sobriety"

Penn Bookstore, 36th & Walnut

FREE event

November 10

5 PM "People of the Book: The Politics of Writing in Jewish Modernity", the author Andreas Kilcher, professor of literary and cultural studies at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, discusses.

Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, Class of '55 Room, 3420 Walnut Street

FREE event

for more info, email: jsp-info@ccat.sas.upenn.edu

November 15

6 PM former "Simpsons" writer, Larry Doyle discusses his new collection of humorous short stories, "Deliriously Happy: And Other Bad Thoughts."

Penn Bookstore, 36th & Walnut

FREE event

7:30PM Claire Tomalin "Charles Dickens: A Life"

Free Library of Philadelphia, Central Library, 1901 Vine Street

Free Admission

No tickets required. For Info: 215-567-4341.

December 01

7:30PM Randall Kennedy "The Persistence of the Color Line: Racial Politics and the Obama Presidency"

Free Library of Philadelphia, Central Library, 1901 Vine Street

Free Admission

No tickets required. For Info: 215-567-4341.

December 5

7:30PM Susan Orlean "Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend"

Free Library of Philadelphia, Central Library, 1901 Vine Street

Free Admission

No tickets required. For Info: 215-567-4341.

December 13

7:30PM Edward J. Larson "An Empire of Ice: Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science"

Free Library of Philadelphia, Central Library, 1901 Vine Street

Free Admission

No tickets required. For Info: 215-567-4341.

Mentorship Opportunity

Are you a library student thinking about a career in academic librarianship? The ACRL-Delaware Valley Chapter can match you up with a librarian mentor who can answer questions, give advice, or just serve as a sounding board for your worries and ideas.

To be matched with a mentor, please send your contact information and your areas of interest to DVCmentoring@gmail.com. We will match you with a librarian who has expertise in those areas, and works within a reasonable geographic proximity. 

To learn more go to: http://www.acrldvc.org/mentor.htm

Professional & Job Hunting Resources

Get involved in the LIS community and boost your job search with this helpful list of resources from our student chapter liaison at ALA. Good luck!

Five EBSCO Scholarships for 2012 ALA Midwinter

http://bit.ly/obuPik

NMRT Shirley Olofson Memorial Award for funding to the 2012 ALA Annual Conference

http://bit.ly/VOL4c

ALA Scholarships Program

ALA has lots of money that they want to give to students! Check out the opportunities here.

http://ala.org/ala/educationcareers/scholarships/index.cfm

Professional Development/Communication

ALA Listservs

So much information is shared through this listservs that I cannot stress enough that you should find some listservs to follow. There are tons and can get specific, but take a look and see what's of interest for you. I highly recommend following the New Members Round Table list (NMRT-L) as it has lots of resources for students and new librarians.

http://lists.ala.org/sympa/lists

Free Webinars!

Library Webinars is a blog organized by the Northeast Florida Library information Network and gathers information on library webinars being offered around the country. These are great opportunities to learn more about particular topics, might help generate ideas for events, and is just good information to share with members.

http://neflin2.blogspot.com/

Job Hunting Resources

I need a library Job (Facebook, email list, and twitter)

http://www.facebook.com/ineedalibraryjob

Higher Ed Jobs (good for those interested in academic libraries)

http://www.higheredjobs.com/

LibGig

http://publicboard.libgig.com/

ALA JobList

http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=17750

Association of Research Libraries Job List

http://www.arl.org/resources/careers/positions/index.shtml

LIS WIKI "HOWTO: Apply for a library job"

http://liswiki.org/wiki/HOWTO:Apply_for_a_library_job

Open Cover Letters

Wondering what your cover letter should look like? tired of looking at all those online templates? Check out  Open Cover Letters, which is full of anonymous cover letters from hired librarians and archivists.

http://opencoverletters.com/author/opencoverletters/
 

iConnect Networking Event October 14-15 on campus & online!

Join us and other professional associations at iConnect.  R.S.V.P. for the events and webcast at http://www.ischool.drexel.edu/iconnect. See you there!