Greetings St. Louis Metro Area Chapter members!
Happy 2011. I hope everyone is keeping warm and safe during our snowy/icy/cold winter. Personally, I’m not a fan of this stuff, and look forward to spring.
During our first big snow storm in January, Chris Pryor and I were in Washington DC, at the SLA Leadership Summit. The theme of this year’s Summit was “Future Ready”. We as information professionals need to look into the future, to what our profession will be in five years, and be ready for that, to be those people, now. Much of that has to do with how our profession has changed, and is changing. Where will we be in 2016? How much more will we change?
Another aspect of “Future Ready” is finance. In light of our recent economic times, SLA Headquarters wants chapters and divisions to concentrate on being financially stable. SLA National has had to make some cuts in their own budget, but pointed out that they are still offering SLA members wonderful benefits. Be sure to log in and check out the SLA page regularly.