2016 Initiation Ceremony and Dessert Reception

Please join us to welcome the 2016 initiates to the Theta Chapter of Beta Phi Mu.

The special speaker of the event will be Gina Shelton ('14), Theta Member and the Head Librarian at Dominican College.

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

3:00 - 5:00 PM: ceremony and reception (Room 213)

5:00 - 7:00 PM: #infoshow16 student showcase (6th floor)

7:00 - 9:00 PM: Pratt Manhattan graduation party (Room 213)

WHERE: Pratt Institute Manhattan Campus, 144 West 14th Street

RSVP to Beta Phi Mu Theta (betaphimutheta [at] gmail [dot] com)

New Initiate Ceremony - Save the Date!

Initiation and dessert reception

May 17, 2016

3 PM

More details to come!

Chapter Member Book Published

Elizabeth Willse, a librarian at ASA College and Berkeley College in Brooklyn, NY and Chapter Member, has recently published a book entitled Using Tablets and Apps in Libraries (156p. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Sept. 2015). 

Part of the professional series Library Technology Essentials, the book is available in Hardcover, Paperback and e-book. 

Discover how you can implement a successful tablet program in your library.
Through this comprehensive guide, readers will learn:

- How to integrate the potential of tablet technology into existing library programs and staff workflows
- How to Host a Staff Training Technology Petting Zoo
- How to provide tablet support and training for your patrons
- How to use tablets in your story time and other children’s programming
- How to circulate tablets in your library
- How to use tablets to promote library services
- How to use tablets in your physical spaces to provide and gather information