Saturday, June 7, 4:00PM Pacific Daylight Time Location: Fairmont Pacific Rim | Lobby Lounge and Terrace Bar | 1038 Canada Pl | Vancouver, BC If you’re attending 2014 Special Libraries Association (SLA) Conference, The School of Library and Information Science at San José State University is hosting a meet and greet Read more…
Registration deadline: May 12 All students are eligible for discounted registration! Registration is now open for the Annual Joint Program Meeting hosted this year by the Silicon Valley Chapter. We have found a great evening venue with good food and a private dinning room reserved just for us–the Estate Room Read more…
So you recently graduated – now what? Or maybe you are still in school but totally freaked out about how, where, what to do. Maybe you just love to hang out with librarians and info pros because, let’s be honest, they are the most awesome people in the world! ORSLA invites Read more…
SLA Bay Region Chapter is having its first ever Book Club Meeting When: April 30th, 6:30pm – 8pm at Where: Sugarlump in the Mission The chosen author for our first meet up is the KeynoteSpeaker for this year’s SLA annual meeting, John Wilbanks. The two articles we’ll be discussing are: Read more…
Congratulations SLASC members: Cory Laurence, Ian Matzen and Basia Delawska-Elliott! Cory is this year’s recipient of the Special Libraries Association Silicon Valley Chapter Scholarship. Ian is this year’s recipient of the Graduate Student Scholarship. Basia is this year’s recipient of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Librarianship Scholarship. 2014 list of scholarship recipients.
Rory Dougan, Cory Laurence and Cybil Schroder — SLA Student Group members — were selected in the Silicon Valley Mentoring Program! The program is scheduled to run for six months. The students will work with their mentors on different projects and in a “variety of activities”. The Mentoring Program Kickoff Read more…
Roger K. Summit Scholarship applications are due by April 30! “The $5000 award is made to a graduate student in library and information science who has demonstrated outstanding interest or performance in electronic information services.” The scholarship recipients are selected based upon the following criteria: Academic achievement. Demonstrated interest in Read more…
STUDENT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY We are seeking student volunteers to assist with registration at SLA 2014 in Vancouver. Student volunteers will work one full day at the Registration Desk on either Saturday, June 7, or Sunday, June 8, and receive a free conference registration in return.* If you are interested, please review Read more…
Karen Gersten-Sternheim Memorial Scholarship Special Libraries Association Southern California Chapter (SLA-SCC) “The $3,000 Karen Gersten-Sternheim Memorial Scholarship is awarded annually by the SLA-SCC to a student member pursuing a career in special librarianship. The award was established in May of 1993 at a special board meeting called by chapter President John Read more…
Here is an excellent networking opportunity for SLIS SLA members! Meet fellow colleagues in your area and learn about the benefits of membership in NCNMLG. Benefits include: • Professional Development Opportunities • Communication networks with fellow colleagues • Chapter Meetings • And others Maybe even win a Prize! Sign up Read more…
When: April 2, 2014 at 6:30 pm PST Where: via Collaborate Stephen Abram spoke about Influencing Skills for Special Librarians. Stephen Abram, MLS, former SLA president, is direction planning consultant for libraries and the information industry as managing principal at Lighthouse Partners, an associate of Dysart & Jones. He is also CEO of Read more…
Are you a user experience enthusiast? If your answer is “yes”, check out this brand new open access journal Weave. Weave is: “a peer-reviewed, open access, web-based publication featuring articles on user experience design for librarians and professionals in related fields. Our editorial board consists of recognized experts in the field of Read more…
When: Wednesday, 19 March, 1:30pm EST COST: Free to SLA members. Not a member? Join today! How has the rapid evolution of digital tools and information access changed the reference landscape? What will reference look like in 2, 5, and 10 years? Elisabeth Leonard, Market Research Analyst, SAGE Join us on Wednesday, March Read more…
March 5th, 2014 Rachel Berrington talked about Alternative Careers for Librarians. Rachel Berrington is the Director of IEEE’s Client Services, nine professional librarians who are responsible for global customer outreach, training and awareness. The seminar was fascinating and very well attended despite a last minute glitch! See the recording link and the presentation powerpoint Read more…
Join us on March 5th, 2014 at 6:30 PST via Collaborate. Rachel Berrington will be speaking on Alternative Careers for Librarians. Collaborate link: https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2011274&password=M.2B84D2ED9E61B170DF938EB1E87627 Rachel Berrington is the Director of IEEE’s Client Services, nine professional librarians who are responsible for global customer outreach, training and awareness. Rachel was first hired in January 2002 as a Read more…
The deadline for the Silicon Valley SLA Chapter scholarships has passed. We will be letting you know shortly who the winners are! A great new scholarship opportunity has just been shared with us by SLIS and the Silicon Valley SLA Chapter! Two scholarships are available! Are you an SLA-SV chapter member? Read more…
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Most importantly, Elliott stressed, students should feel welcome to join the group simply to be a part of a virtual community of like-minded people who are interested in special librarianship. – See more here!
Dear Members, Our friends at SLA CI have shared with you these great webinars sponsored by the SLA Competitive Intelligence Division. The webinars look amazing! If you are interested in Competitive Intelligence and would like to join, remember that SLA membership entitles you to participation in one division and one Read more…
Hello Fellow SLISers and SLA enthusiasts, Don’t forget to support your school on March 3rd, between 6:00 and 6:30 PST! Collaborate link: https://sas.elluminate.com/d.jnlp?password=D.83CB0AD206A86222539859A5F9B5E6&sid=2011274 See you all there!
Dear students, The SLIS SLA Student Group invites you to join us for our next Meeting this coming Monday, February 17th at 6:00 pm (PST) via Collaborate. We are discussing the projects we have in development. If you would like to help us continue to develop our Student Group and get involved, please join us for Read more…