I don't know if you have checked out the SLA Website lately, but there is exciting news. Thanks to the hard work of Mary Odom and Lu Dayrit, Marydee Ojala is going to be speaking at the annual meeting on November 2, 2010.
In case you don't know about Marydee Ojala, she is the Editor of ONLINE Magazine and writes Online Insider, a blog on the information industry. The following is a brief bio:
Marydee Ojala edits ONLINE: Exploring Technology & Resources for Information Professionals and writes its business research column (The Dollar Sign). She contributes feature articles and news stories to Information Today, Searcher, EContent, Computers in Libraries, Intranets, Cyber Skeptic's Guide to the Internet, Business Information Review, and Information Today's NewsBreaks. Her blog is ONLINEInsider.net.
A long-time observer of the information industry, she speaks frequently at conferences, such as Web Search University, Internet Librarian, Online Information (London, UK), Internet Librarian International, and national library meetings outside the U.S. She has adjunct faculty status at the School of Library and Information Science at IUPUI (Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis) teaching business information resources. Her professional career began at BankAmerica Corporation, San Francisco, directing a worldwide program of research and information services. She established her independent information research business in 1987.
She serves as president-elect for the Indiana chapter of SLA, secretary/treasurer of IFLA's LTR section and is treasurer of IOLUG (Indiana Online User Group). Her undergraduate degree is from Brown University and her MLS was earned at the University of Pittsburgh.
She is a progressive thinker in the area of library science and information management. She is a wonderful addition to the annual meeting and I am looking forward to her presentation.
In an effort to go back to our "roots", the annual meeting is going to be a sit-down dinner and it will be a great opportunity to network. So, put it on your calendar's now: Tuesday, November 2nd at 6:00 and watch the SLA HOA website for upcoming details. Please feel free to pass this information on to others, so they can share in this exciting opportunity!
Notice the change in date if you have already seen this post. I am not so good at getting dates right at 4:00 in the morning. Sorry!!!
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Posted by: Supra Skate | 11/02/2010 at 06:06 PM