Join SLA members for a fun and informative dine around event to discuss SLA's alignment initiative, and spend some time networking with colleagues over a dutch-treat dinner.
Where: Fugakyu - 1280 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA
(across Beacon street from the Coolidge Corner T stop on the Green C line)
When: Thursday, October 15, arrive between 6-6:30
Cost: Pay for what you order, no registration fee.
Note: Traditional Japanese floor seating
SLA Alignment: What’s In It for You?
Align in ’09! has been the rallying cry from SLA from the January Leadership Summit to the June Annual Conference to President Gloria Zamora’s August Chapter Visit. Even if you were at one or all of those events, you may feel like you were only teased with a bit of initial information, as SLA has begun to analyze the research it has collected.
What's in a name? What do you think you should call yourself as a professional? What should SLA call itself?
What do you see yourself doing 5 years from now - in an ideal world and assuming you can achieve your dreams?
How do you define your value to potential employers? How do you measure that value?
Do you have an elevator speech?
Now is the time to learn more. Hope Tillman, former president of SLA, and currently the chapter’s Alignment Ambassador, will provide a short presentation synthesizing the Alignment research and make it easy to understand and then will answer your questions. Check out http://www.sla.org/alignment ahead of time or come for the quick overview without having to dive in yourself. However you choose to do it, this information will be important for the association as it moves toward a name change vote by the end of the year, and ultimately is important for your future as a librarian/information professional, or whatever you call yourself.
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