Would you like to listen to some of the presentations from SLA 2008, or review the handouts (such as PowerPoint presentations)?
You can download the audio recordings (podcasts) as MP3 files from Click U. Some of the handouts have been posted to that site. Others presentation handouts are available at the conference upload site.
At the SLA Seattle conference you could feel the difference in the air concerning the exciting changes in our profession and the new direction of our organization. You can continue the momentum by meeting the 2009 SLA candidates at the link below. http://www.sla.org/content/SLA/governance/bodsection/can/08can/index.cfm All the candidates have written a brief statement of their platform and background, and also recorded a speech so you can make a fully informed decision.... and check us out on YouTube. http://www.sla.org/content/SLA/governance/bodsection/can/youtube/index.cfm As a member of NJ SLA, and as I say in my speech, I'm looking forward to hearing from you on your ideas for the future and how you feel about my thoughts on the future of our chapter and organization. Email me at r.wolfish@ieee.org. Looking forward to hearing from you soon, and please do vote in the Fall when you are sent a ballot. Warm regards, Ruth ________________________ Ruth Wolfish IEEE Client Services Manager Email: r.wolfish@ieee.org
A frequent request from members is to learn about technology tools, particularly those that can be used by anyone with a Web browser (because some companies disallow downloading applications, or even visiting social networking sites such as Facebook).
RSS is a basic technology for keeping up to date with most public Web sites, and pretty much all blogs. In fact, you could debate if it's a blog if there's no RSS component.
RSS Feeds: Managing the Mechanism provides a very clear intro to the technology -- and its usefulness -- with the info pro in mind. Another great thing about RSS: Generally, no registration is involved. True, you'll need to register to download an RSS reader from Google, Netvibes, NewsGator or some other place. But then you won't have to tell the Web site you're visiting your email or get a username and password. (Certain sites may require you to log in to view the content you receive via the RSS feed.)
The cited article comes from the site FUMSI - Helping You Find, Use, Manage and Share Information. FUMSI is part of the FreePint family of resources (most are free) "to help information workers be more effective, raise the value of information in their organisations and contribute to success."
And remember, SLA's Innovation Lab is a terrific resource for learning technology that can make a difference in your work life and career.
SLA is considering creating an Academic Division. Please see the proposal below, sent July 24 from Linda N. Broussard, Chief Community Officer:
One of SLA’s greatest strengths is in its divisions, a valuable network rich with subject expertise and outstanding subject-specific programming. However, many academic members also need more generalized content, germane to the academic institutions which they serve. This often requires attendance at other conferences such as ALA and ACRL. In today’s challenging economic environment, it is becoming increasingly difficult to justify additional professional memberships and attendance at multiple conferences. SLA academic subject librarians obviously consider SLA attendance a must; however, many are feeling increased pressure, often from non-SLA member colleagues and supervisors, to attend more general conferences for professional development concerning academic library issues. Likewise, some SLA division leaders feel compelled to offer more generalized programming focused on academic library issues to meet this acknowledged need, but those programs are offered at the expense of valuable subject-specific programs, something which SLA should never lose.
Creating a new Academic Division would provide an appropriate venue for the type of programming necessary to support our academic members, as well as providing a strong incentive to recruit non-members to join SLA. If you are interested in joining this new division, please indicate by signing our electronic petition. There you will find the scope note for the proposed new division. Stacey Greenwell is the interim chair of the new division and you may contact her with questions.
Division Cabinet Chair Robyn Frank and Division Cabinet Chair-Elect Tom Rink have reviewed and support this new division. If you have comments, please contact them.
The candidates for SLA offices and director positions now have two sets of videos online: their bios and stump speeches, posted several weeks ago, and newly posted videos on YouTube addressing the question, "If you could change one misperception about librarians and information professionals, what would it be?" (You don't need to sign up for YouTube; just click the links from the page linked above.)
On July 4, I challenged SLA members to view the videos of the candidates for 2009 SLA offices. Slowly but surely I'm watching them myself.
As promised, below are some notes on the two candidates for president-elect, from their eight-minute videos.
Don't forget to stop by the SLA-NY Happy Hour if you're in Midtown Manhattan on Tuesday evening, July 29. It's your chance to meet the candidates.
Janice Anderson is the founder, CEO and board chair for Access Sciences
Corporation in
Houston. We as
SLA members and as an organization have several choices
for the future, she said. Among those are “So Long Ago,” focusing on the past.
Other choices are “Search, Locate, Analyze” and “Seek, Learn, Apply.”
Anderson, though, recommends that
SLA should mean “So Let’s Anticipate (Agree, Act,
Advocate and Achieve) all we can be in the 21st Century.”
Anne Caputo is Executive Director of Dow Jones' Learning & Information Professional Programs; she also serves on the faculty or adjunct faculty at information schools of the University of Maryland and University of Tennessee. Caputo chose “the power of groups and instruments together” to symbolize the strength and building blocks for SLA. In her car stereo, Caputo listens to a wide variety of music, from classical to country. When a friend asked the common thread, she later came to realize that all the musicians were part of groups, not soloists. “Sometimes one voice takes the lead and sometimes the harmony is very close,” Caputo said. “Often we sing in one language, often we sing in multiple languages.”
Liz Arnold, the New Jersey Chapter's Career Guidance/Employment Chair, has shared with us the site 100+ Job Resources for Librarians. I hope you find it helpful.
- Eric
From NJSLA President Barbara Burton:
NJSLA'S NIGHT AT THE BALLPARK WITH THE SOMERSET PATRIOTS--FRIDAY, AUGUST 1--REGISTER NOW!
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summer, you missed a good time.
If you did get there, you probably want to do it again!
Sign up now for a FIREWORKS night as the Patriots take on the Newark
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Hope to see you there!!
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From Michelle Dollinger <md AT michelledollinger.com>:
The next SLA NY chapter's happy hour is scheduled for July 29, Tuesday. We are honored to be host to both candidates for SLA President-Elect, Janice Anderson and Anne Caputo. Voting will take place this fall and you have the chance to meet them personally and hear what their goals are or ask questions. Read their bios below for more information.
Copies of Liz Lynch's booklet of networking tips will be available for purchase for $5 each (from the May 15 event). And the Midtown Executive Club has recently finished some refurbishments to Rumford Hall and the dining room so come check it out.
Please join us:
SLA NY Happy Hour
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
From 5:30 to 7:30 pm
Midtown Executive Club
Rumford Hall
40 West 45th Street (betw. 5/6th Aves. You will see a blue awning with CQ)
http://www.
Drink Prices: $4 for soft drinks; $6 for beer; $8 for wine; $10 for mixed; $12 for martinis
PLEASE NOTE: Half-price beer and house wines until 6:30
Please RSVP to Vida Cohen at cohen.v@att.net to help us establish an attendance figure. But feel free to drop by if you find you can make it last minute.
Michelle
CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES:
Janice C. Anderson
Access Sciences Corporation
Houston, Texas
Janice
C. Anderson has more than 35 years experience in information
management. In 1985, driven by her desire to provide the highest
quality client service, Anderson founded Access Sciences Corporation,
originally known as Access Information Associates. Today, she serves as
CEO and Chair of the Board of Directors and continues to work hand in
hand with clients to manage their information resources.
Anderson is a member of the Special Libraries Association (SLA),
American Library Association (ALA), Association for Information and
Image Management (AIIM), Library and Information Technology Association
(LITA), and the Association of Records Managers and Administrators
(ARMA). Most recently, Anderson served as Chair Elect/Program Planner
and Chair of the Petroleum and Energy Resources Division. She has also
been active with the Houston Chapter of ARMA, serving on the Board as
Vice President of Outreach, Vice President of Communication, and Vice
President of Conference.
Read more at http://www.sla.org/content/
Anne Caputo
Dow Jones & Company
Washington, D.C.
Anne Caputo is
Executive Director of Dow Jones' Learning & Information
Professional Programs where she is responsible for the planning and
development of learning initiatives for Dow Jones Content Technology
Solutions group. She is also responsible for strategic planning,
marketing and the creation of alliances with and for information
professionals. Prior to joining Dow Jones in 1998, she served in
various positions with The Dialog Corporation, most recently as
Director of Dialog's Quantum information professional program and the
Classroom Instruction Program.
Additionally, Anne is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Maryland, College of Library and Information Services, where she teaches Access to Information in Electronic Environments. She is also a member of the distance education faculty for the University of Tennessee, School of Information Sciences.
Anne has served SLA at the local level as a Director and later President of the Washington, DC Chapter. She has also served at the international level on SLA's Board of Directors as the 2006-2007 Chapter Cabinet Chair and as Secretary to the Board. She is currently the Ethics Ambassador for the Washington, DC Chapter. In 2004 she was named a recipient of SLA's Rose L. Vormelker Award for mentoring students and practicing professionals and was named a Fellow of SLA at the 2008 Annual Conference.
Read more at http://www.sla.org/content/
I'm asking you to take about two hours of time in the next two months to become smart voters choosing the next leaders of SLA.
You'll find online biographies and candidate speeches for the candidates for President-Elect, Chapter Cabinet Chair-Elect, Division Cabinet Chair-Elect and Director. The candidate speeches are WMV files, each lasting about eight minutes. Eighty minutes, plus 30 minutes reading and digesting the biographies, plus a few minutes to spare ... that's two hours, and you can break it up however you like in the next two months.
Voting will take place electronically, likely in September. The candidates were scheduled to speak to SLA member voters at the annual conference in Seattle, but only a small audience was present. However, the speeches are available online for all to review.
Today I viewed the videos for the candidates for President-Elect, Janice C. Anderson and Anne Caputo, and I'll make sure to view the others soon. I'll also post to the blog, a positive comment about each candidate. Please post as comments to this blog any questions you have about the election or the election process. Or email Barbara Burton and me at newjersey.sla AT gmail.com and we'll get your questions answered.
Happy Fourth!
-- Eric Schwarz
