SLAPSG: Special Libraries Assn. Pittsburgh Student Group

New Year, New Members

Hi,

I'm Laura, the current president of SLAPSG. We've gotten off to a rather slow start, but we plan to do a lot of activities next semester and over the summer.

Minutes and updates from our second meeting, held today, will be posted shortly.

Thanks to everyone who's been involved so far!

Laura

SLA Day and New Prez

Two things to celebrate:

July 2, tomorrow, Thursday, is officially SLA Day in the City of Pittsburgh!

Also, as Jamie is leaving town soon, Anthony Micchelli will be President of SLAPSG until fall elections. Contact him at anm129@pitt.edu for all you special library student needs. 

SLAPSG Picnic to celebrate our 30th year!

Bring a dish to share; we'll supply the paper plates, napkins, and utensils.

BYOBs = Beverages and Blankets

Where: Schenley Park between Frew St. & Schenley Dr.

(between the conservatory & CMU)

When: Saturday, June 20th at 11 am

RSVP to Jamie Keller at somcak@gmail.com, with the dish you're bringing and number of people in your party, no later than Thursday, June 18th.

Minutes

From our meeting last Tuesday, 5/26:

Due to renovations at the SIS building our May meeting was held at Hemingway's Cafe on Forbes Ave.  As this was our first meeting of the summer semester we held elections for officers.  Our new president is Anthony  and our new vice president is Jamie.  Broede, Michelle and Coral will be continuing as our Secretary, Webmaster, and Member Coordinator respectively. Elections will be held again at the beginning next semester.

After elections we discussed the Reverse Mentoring event that took place last thursday.  Six of our members went to teach SLA members in the pittsburgh area about Blogs, Twitter, Facebook, Wikis, Google Docs, and the Kindle.  Hopefully we can hold another event soon to continue technology education.

Events this summer are going to be sparse.  We understand that people are very busy and planning meetings will be difficult.  However, this is SLAPSG's 30 year anniversary and we would like to celebrate. We are having a potluck picinic on June 20th from 11-? When we get more information about the location we will let you know.  If you would like more information or to RSVP please contact Jamie at somcak@gmail.com. Please let her know what you can bring to serve so we can make sure that everything is covered. It should be a good time and a nice break in the middle of the semester. We hope that everyone can make it.

Information will be posted on the blog throughout the semester, but at this time another meeting is not scheduled. If you have information or would like a meeting contact Anthony or Jamie to set one up.  Have a great summer everyone.

Broede
Secretary/Treasurer

Meeting Location Update

Hello everyone, thanks to all who made it out to the Reverse Mentoring event last night. It was fun and there were cupcakes.

On Tuesday we will have our first meeting of summer term, at Hemingway' s Cafe rather than at SIS. Bring money if you want a beer or some snacks to go with your officer elections. 

To recap: Tuesday, May 26, 2009.
                 5 p.m.
                SLAPSG Meeting at Hemingway's
                3911 Forbes Ave
                Pittsburgh, PA 15213
                (412) 621-4100

Meeting

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, May 26th at 5pm. Probably on the 5th floor of the SIS building -- look for posters with the exact room number.

Reverse Mentoring: Social Networking Tools Demystified

Come network and be social with the Pittsburgh chapter's Networking Committee as they present "Reverse Mentoring: Social Networking Tools Demystified with the Help of Library School Students" at 5:45 pm on May 21, 2009 - Mellon Institute Library. Please RSVP to Lynn Berard by May 18. More info

Minutes, 4/8/09

Sorry for the delay in posting these. At our last meeting members who are attending the SLA conference in June met to discuss our plans. The official meeting looked at our summer plans including library and archive visits and networking ideas.  The local chapter of SLA has invited us to participate in a reverse networking event on Thursday May 21st.  More information will be posted as it is received.  If you would like to help teach a technology, email Coral Hess and she will give you more information.

Our next meeting will be in June, hopefully before the SLA conference.  Information will be posted as soon as possible.

Sorry again for the delay in posting.  Hope everyone has a good summer semester.

Broede
Secretary

SLA April Event

Cemetary Tour Recap/ Next Meeting 4.8.09

I wanted to say a huge thank you to those who attended the Cemetery Talk and Walk tour on Friday March 20th. We had a great turn out; apparently a lot of people are interested in cemeteries and archives. The presentation by Debbie Day was excellent and her show and tell of all the records involved in her genealogical research was fascinating. After her presentation we travelled to the Homewood Cemetery and spoke with their archivist, Marilyn Evert.  She discussed the amount of records kept for each person and plot.  We also were shown the process of locating a plot on a map to see the complexity and size of the cemetery itself.  Broede also showed the group her ongoing project of cleaning and cataloguing mausoleum blueprints.  Visitors were able to see the decisions made and the continuing process of working with budget constraints. I would like to thank all that attended and I hope that this window into a more corporate archive was an interesting experience. For those who missed it and would like more information, please see Debbie Day's website www.beallsvillecemetery.org or contact Broede for information on Homewood Cemetery. Thanks again, hope everyone is having a good semester and we will see you at our next meeting on April 8th at 5 pm.

Broede Young
Secretary