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Atlanta’s weather turned stunningly beautiful last week after a long ugly winter, so I took the opportunity to eat lunch outside today with a colleague in Woodruff Park downtown near GSU.

We sat down next to this outdoor “reading room” — a cart of library books in the middle of the outdoor plaza. They had call number labels on them, so we  guessed that they were withdrawn books from nearby Fulton County Public Library. There was no evidence of a mobile circulation desk so apparently they were free for the taking!

What a cool idea.

Attention Atlanta MLIS students, new grads and other library job-seekers.  Copying and pasting from the event flyer:

Join us for the second meeting of the Atlanta Emerging Librarians Meetup Group! This group is intended to help library students and new librarians in the Atlanta area to learn and network.

Belinda DeLisser of Cadence Group will discuss how  to prepare and interview for open positions and demonstrate an incorrect and a correct interview.

Jason Puckett of Emory University will discuss creating a personal website as a tool for networking and personal promotion: how to set up a site, how to make it a portfolio that’s more engaging than your resume and how to use it to connect with other online librarians.

There will also be time for you to mingle and snack with your colleagues. Library science students, new librarians, and job seekers are all welcome to attend.

When: Saturday, July 12, 2008, 3:30-5:30pm

Where: Georgia State University Library, Classroom 1 (on the first floor of Library North)

Cost: Free!

Getting There: Detailed directions from the roads and MARTA are available here:
http://www.library.gsu.edu/directions/.

Visitor parking in G Deck (located off Collins Street) is $6.00. If you’d rather not drive, The Five Points and GSU MARTA train stations are within close walking distance of  the University Library. Campus map: http://www.gsu.edu/map.html

Registration: Seating is limited to 60, so please register for this event at:  http://www.library.gsu.edu/gla/emerginglibrarians.asp

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