It looks like 2012 will be a good year for the TLAM Student Group! This is only our second semester but we already have lots of activity and a couple of cool events in the works. We held our first meeting last Thursday in the SLIS Commons a little bit before the TLAM Class met for their first day. (Generally speaking, Thursday afternoons will probably be a good meeting time for the group because of the overlap with the class, but we do intend to do some other gatherings for those who can’t make it at that time.)
Here are some notes from our meeting:
– We are still working out some good meeting times, though Thursdays seem to work well with the TLAM class. Robin and Dorothy had the great suggestion of holding some of our meetings at the American Indian Studies Program, which we’ll plan to do for our next gathering (12 noon on Feb. 8).
– TLAM will be attending the Evening of Storytelling on Feb. 3, 7-9pm in the Tripp Commons.
– Group members gave updates on the different projects:
- Red Cliff Library: Students have been meeting with consultant Boris Frank for capital campaign training and grant research (scheduled meeting at Memoral Library Tues., Jan 31).
- AJ Kingsbury Digitization project: Contact Jessica Miesner for more info
- Baraboo Wellness Center: Dawn/Kelly will present information with Janice about cataloging library books and future programming with students and teachers at this Thursday’s TLAM class. Planned to meet with Baraboo staff on Jan 30th, so they will have updates soon.
Other events to plan for:
- SLIS Diversity film series – TLAM to sponsor one of the films, date and time TBD but probably late February or March.
- 4th Convening Culture Keepers conference, May 3-4 at Forest County Potawatomi.
- ATALM Conference in Tulsa, June 4-7 – TLAM panel proposal
- ALA Conference in Anaheim, late June – we are looking for TLAM students present a poster at the OLOS Diversity fair.
- Updating the TLAM website – We’re looking for students to contribute content and help with graphics to the site. Contact Kelly Kraemer for more info.
A note on participation in TLAM projects:
Students not in the TLAM class can contribute to the projects independently on their own. The important role for members of the TLAM Student Group is to sustain the projects long-term. The cap number for projects is about 4-5 students, so we are open to new project proposals (contact Omar Poler). Suggestions:
- Archiving videos and other documents on spearfishing 1970s-90s (Omar)
- Networking with Minnesota tribes (Meg)
Non-class TLAMers can stay updated on things through the TLAM Facebook page, the Wisc Student Organization page, and the TLAM WordPress website.