Please join the SLA Student Chapter
on Thursday, February 28th at 6:15 pm for
“Librarians Without Libraries”
6:15 – 6:30 pm Social Chat
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Program
Please join the SLASC to hear about different career opportunities you can pursue with an MLIS that don’t involve working in libraries. Check out our website or Facebook page for more details, including information about our wonderful panelists. Join us at 6:15 pm PST for a brief social time prior to the program starting. This is an excellent opportunity to virtually meet fellow students and members of the SLASC Executive Committee. The main event will run from 6:30-7:30 pm.
Scheduled speakers will include:
Jamie Lin – Digital Technologies Librarian at Bridgepoint Education
Jamie Lin is interested in all things related to user-centered design, and understanding how people learn. She works as an Education Technology Designer for a higher education company, and has created a number of interactive multimedia projects for an online academic library. Jamie has also been a research and analysis librarian for Qualcomm, a mobile technology company. Prior to earning her MLIS from San Jose State University in 2014, Jamie worked in academic and public libraries. She serves as the current president of the San Diego Chapter of the Special Libraries Association.
Scott Brown – SJSU Instructor and Senior Cybrarian at Oracle
Scott Brown is a Senior Cybrarian at Oracle, Inc. In his role, he works with strategic teams and initiatives across the company to make better decisions with information. Scott has a strong background of research and information work in high-tech settings, having previously worked at Fortune 500 companies Qualcomm and Sun Microsystems. He has also run his own consulting company with a focus on competitive intelligence and using social media for both finding and sharing information. He is the author of “Social Information: Gaining competitive and business advantage using social media tools”, published in 2012. He also serves as adjunct faculty with the iSchool at San Jose State University in California, and teaches regularly for other information science programs.
He has over 20 years of experience in corporate, public, and academic library and information settings. He received his Masters of Library and Information Science from San Jose State University in California, and his Masters in Community Counseling from Regis University in Colorado. He is an SLA Fellow, with 10+ years supporting the Competitive Intelligence Division.
Anne Barker – Information Specialist in the Legal Department at Genentech
Anne N. Barker is an Information Specialist in the Legal Department at Genentech, a biotechnology company in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she specializes in patent, litigation, and pharmaceutical pipeline research and analysis. After spending 10 years learning the language of patents at a law firm, she made the move “in-house” in 2015 which allowed her to capitalize on her patent knowledge while learning yet another new language in biotech. Anne completed her MLIS from San Jose State University in 2005, and received her B.A. from Illinois Wesleyan University as a double major in English and Theatre Arts.
A member of SLA since 2001, Anne has been active in a variety of roles, most recently serving as Treasurer of the Leadership & Management Division and on the Annual Conference Advisory Council for the upcoming Annual Conference in Cleveland.
Over the last 18 years, Anne has served her home chapter (San Francisco Bay Area) as Awards Committee Chair (2016), Academic Relations Committee Chair (2015), President-Elect, President, Past President (2012-2014), Secretary (2009-2010), Government Relations Chair (2006-2012), and on the Academic Relations Committee (2015 Chair, 2003-2005). She has also held positions as Chair of SLA’s Nominating Committee for the 2016 election, Director of Membership for the Government Information Division (2011), and on SLA’s Public Policy Advisory Council (2009-2011) and Student and Academic Relations Committee (2002-2003).
In her “free” time, Anne is a budding glass blower, a raccoon rehabilitator (physically and reputationally speaking), and a cider enthusiast. Ask her about any of these things to elicit an excited and detailed response.
Join us via Zoom by using this link:
https://sjsu.zoom.us/j/994316481 (link is external)
Individuals requiring real-time captioning or other accommodations should contact Dr. Sue Alman as soon as possible.