Spectrum Connections Annual 2014

About You

Thank you for your interest in supporting new Spectrum Scholars and other LIS graduate students from underrepresented backgrounds during the ALA Annual Conference in Las Vegas. Building on the success of the ALA Knowledge Alliance (http://knowledgealliance.org/) we're enlisting your help as LIS professionals at various career stages to help support our newest professionals as they take advantage of all the networking and professional development opportunities available to them through this conference.

We hope this form allows you to express your interest and availability to support our newest professionals in ways that are meaningful, fun and rewarding for all parties. Thank you for growing the Knowledge Alliance!

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* 1. First Name

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* 2. Last Name

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* 3. Contact Info

City/Town:

State:

Email Address:

Phone Number:

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* 4. LinkedIn profile

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* 5. Personal website (blog, portfolio, project, etc)

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* 6. Twitter handle

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* 7. Facebook profile

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* 8. Rate your preferred modes of interacting onsite

Text messages

Do not contact me this way

Twitter

Do not contact me this way

Facebook messages

Do not contact me this way

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* 9. What are you most interested in providing new professionals with onsite

Answering questions

Making introductions to other people

Coffee (my treat)

Lunch (my treat)

Lunch (dutch)

Attending social functions together

Attending free conference programs together

Getting tickets to special events together

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* 10. Which interests you most

Fostering short-term relationships, i.e. being available for questions for as many people as possible to help their conference go smoothly

Networking and coaching, i.e. Introducing people to other people and providing mentoring onsite as possible

Finding a mentoring relationship, i.e. sustaining a long-term relationship with new professionals