SLA divisions offer travel awards for students in the US, Canada and for International students. Check them out below! San Francisco Bay Region Chapter Conference Travel Stipend Award Deadline February 15, 2015 This award may be granted to a Read more
Don’t miss these opportunities to network and mingle with working professionals. The Annual BayNet-SLA-SF Joint Meeting SPECIAL STUDENT RATE = $20.00 Guest speaker — Sarah Houghton, Director of the San Rafael Public Library, a Library Journal Mover & Shaker as a Read more
Announcing the SLA Student Group Logo Contest SJSU iSchool Special Libraries Association Student Group is looking for a new organization logo by holding a Logo Contest. Can you envision a chapter logo that will represent SJSU iSchool chapter of the Read more
Join SJSU SLA Student Group for Happy Hour on Dec. 11 at 6 pm PST! Come hear about our plans for Spring 2015 and beyond. Tell us what you would want to see. Join our Executive Committee or volunteer your Read more
Come join the San Jose State University’s iSchool SLA student group for our third Twitter chat on special librarianship. On November 19, 2014, from 6:00PM (PST) to 7:00PM (PST), a special #SLAtalk will be dedicated to law librarianship. The SJSU SLASC Read more
Medical Librarianship Scholarships and Fellowship By Basia Delawska-Elliott Considering a career in medical librarianship? The Medical Library Association offers two scholarships for current students and an Associate Fellowship for new graduates. Additionally, the Medical Library Group of Southern California and Read more
San Jose State University’s iSchool SLA student group is committed to supporting the interests of our members by offering innovative programming related to special librarianship. To this end, we are pleased to present a series of Twitter chats with librarians Read more
Apply for the San Diego SLA Chapter Scholarship today! The San Diego Chapter of the Special Libraries Association (SLA-SD) is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for its 2014 scholarship. The scholarship is $1000 plus a one-year Read more
Did you know that as a national SLA member you are automatically eligible for membership in your local chapter? If you live in Silicon Valley and are an SLA member you should joint the SV Chapter and apply today! $1000 Read more
We are thrilled to share exciting news with you! The internationalSpecial Libraries Association honored the SJSU iSchool SLA Student Group with 3 Certificates of Merit Awards for: Outstanding Leadership Creative Use of Electronic Resources Innovative Programming The Awards celebrate the Read more
In conjunction with iSchool’s ALA Student Chapter, Campus Reading, the ASIS&T Student Chapter, SLISConnect, and the CLA Student Interest Group, we are pleased to present a discussion of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s memoir “My Beloved World” in conjunction with her visit Read more
Join the SJSU Special Libraries Association (SLA) student group and #medlibs chat on Thursday, October 2nd from 9-10pm EDT (6-7pm PDT) to discuss issues relating to medical librarianship. #medlibs chat will be answering any questions that you might have about Read more
We are excited to help spread the word on the following event! SJSU ASIS&T Student Chapter Event: Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon The SJSU ASIS&T Student Chapter is pleased to announce our first LIS-related Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon. Anyone is invited to participate and make Read more
*Note: The following event is brought to you by Shelli Owens of the Bay Area SLA Chapter: Thursday, August 28, 2014. 5:30-7:30 PM A New Member Happy Hour The Holding Company 2 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco The event will be free Read more
SLA 2014 Vancouver, British Columbia – 7-10 June 2014 The SLA 2014 annual conference was recently held in Vancouver and a number of SLIS people participated in various program sessions and meetings, as well as spending time in our booth Read more
Photo rights: Cory Laurence by Cory Laurence I attended the SLA 2014 Annual Conference in Vancouver, Canada this June. I had a fabulous time and would absolutely recommend going to anyone who has an opportunity to do so. Now that it’s Read more
The Medical Library Association annual conference took place in Chicago May 17-May 21. SLIS SLA Student Group was represented by Dr. Cheryl Dee, Mira Gaffner, Basia Delawska-Elliott and Brian Elliott. SJSU was additionally represented by librarians Jennifer Dinalo (who is also Read more
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 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 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, Read more