SLA Heart of America Blog

RDA @ Your Library Program - RSVP Due February 1st

I am going remind everyone of the upcoming webinar, RDA @ Your Library, and encourage membership to take advantage of this learning opportunity. 

TheHeart of America Chapter of the SLA is sponsoring the webinar, "RDA @ Your Library" on February 4th, 2011 from 9 am to 4 pm http://rda.amigos.org/node/1. The webinar will take place at the Miller Nichols Library at UMKC in the 2nd Floor conference room or in room 303 depending on the number of attendees. Attendance is free for SLA members and $25 for non-members. Please RSVP to Ashley Fick at fickas@umkc.edu by February 1st.

 The schedule is as follows:

• 9:00 -9:45: RDA Background/Overview - Tillett
• 10:00 - 10:45: From AACR2 to RDA: Instructions on Identifying Persons and Corporate Bodies, Works and Expressions 
• 11:00 - 11:45: The Path Not Taken: A Descriptive Cataloguing "Might Have Been" - Gorman
• 11:45 - 1:00: LUNCH
• 1:00 - 1:45: RDA and Nonbook Formats: One Participant's Experience in OLAC funnel for the National RDA Test* - Ho
• 2:00 -2:45: AACR2, RDA and You: Your Thoughts - Sanchez
• 3:00 - 3:45: RDA @ Innovative Interfaces - Ken Wells

Attendees are welcome to attend as many or as few sessions as they would like.

 Lunch options around UMKC include:

• University Center: Union Cafeteria, Freshëns, UMKC Café
• Student Union Dining: Chick Fil-A, SubConnection, Baja Fresh, Jazzman's
• 51st and Oak:Pizza 51, Muddy's Coffee House, Sahara's

Happy New Year and Welcome Back!

It is the beginning of a new year and SLA Heart of America is having its first planning meeting with the board this afternoon. The holidays are finally past us and we can get back to SLA HOA business.  I am excited to get to know the new leadership and hear what they are planning for 2011. 

SLA HOA ended 2010 with a fabulous Annual Meeting that got rave reviews from attendees.  It was also a year of great programs which offered many professional growth opportunities. As always, anyone interested in getting more active in the organization or that have suggestions for programs contact Mary Odom or myself.

Looking forward, SLA has put out a new feature, Future Ready 365, which is an opportunity for membership to publish short posts on relevant topics regarding changes in the information/library world.  I have been looking through the posts and they are extremely insightful.  This is just one more way that SLA is providing value to its membership.  Take a look and let us know your thoughts.

I I want to thank everyone for the opportunity to work with wonderful peers in the information industry.  Iam looking forward to another year with SLA HOA and think it is going to be another fantastic year.