Entire Issue: Volume 3, Issue 1

Abstract

It seems like this academic year is almost over -as I write this we are enjoying spring break with (more or less) warmer temperatures. Spring is lovely in South Mississippi and never more welcome than this year after what seems like months of cold weather and two and a half days lost to an ice storm in February.Our faculty members have been busy and I'd like to highlight a few of their accomplishments. The goal of the course is to become knowledgeable in genealogical resources and to demonstrate proficiency in genealogical research using the standards and guidelines of the National Genealogical Society. Embracing the online environment of SLIS, LISSA's contribution of an Amazon wish list allowed donations to be sent from anywhere in the world, greatly increasing the number of potential donors. The online wish list is a partnership LISSA would like to continue each year to encourage participation on a larger scale.The April LISSA meeting was broadcast live via Blackboard Collaborate. In the future, a Blackboard link to access upcoming meetings will be sent out on the SLIS listserv in advance so all interested SLIS students may participate in meetings remotely.During the spring 2014 semester, LISSA members are working with Dr. Stacy Creel on her Zoo Books Box Project. Per Dr. Creel, the goal is "to incorporate books and reading into the zoo experience and to expose children to information about the zoo animals, conservation, and ecology." SLIS volunteers are contributing by locating age appropriate print and online resources about zoo animals for inclusion in the boxes. SLIS students may also participate by donating books. Questions regarding this project should be directed to Dr. Creel.In April, LISSA members volunteered during the annual Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival, April 9-11. Volunteers assisted speakers, distributed evaluations, collected attendance stats, and staffed a SLIS table. LISSA t-shirts were available to purchase, and students and alums in attendance stopped by to say hello. LISSA also maintains an active Facebook page, which features upcoming events and posts of interest to SLIS students. After graduating from high school in Flint, Michigan, Christopher Paul Curtis attended college at nights while working on a Buick assembly line. After working for 18 years, he took a year off work to write his first book, The Watsons Go to Birmingham -1963Birmingham - (1995 British Studies 2014, June 26 -July 27The British Studies Program is headquartered in King's College Dorm in London near Waterloo Station, a short walk from Westminster, Trafalgar Square, and the theater district. Students earn 6 hours of college credit with guest lectures by British experts on-site in historic libraries, archives, and museums.