SLA: St. Louis Chapter Events

Dec. 9: Holiday Happening and Silent Auction

10th Annual Holiday Happening and Silent Auction

Please join us for this festive event.  This is a great opportunity to share the cheer with fellow librarians and students!  Our annual awards will be announced, and for the first time ever, we're hosting a Silent Auction.  The proceeds from the Silent Auction will be used to provide conference travel scholarships.  We've got some great items to bid on, so bring your checkbook!

Please thank our generous sponsors:

DowJones / Factiva
MLNC

When: 
Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Where: 
Eden Seminary Schroer Commons
475 East Lockwood, Webster Groves, MO  63119
http://www.eden.edu/Campus/Maps%20and%20Directions.aspx

Time:
5:30 - 6:30 p.m.    Networking and cash bar
6:30 - 7:30 p.m.    Dinner (Vegetarian option available - please indicate with your RSVP.)
7:30 - 8:00 p.m.    Awards and announcements

Dinner includes a seasonal salad with thyme vinaigrette, tenderloin and salmon (beef tenderloin with mushroom sauce, salmon with ginger-soy sauce), oven roasted potatoes, seasonal vegetables, bread/butter, and Tiger Cake. Cash bar.

Cost:   
Members/Non-members/SLA Retiree Members:  $30
Students: $24

Reservations:  Must be received by Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008, to Renee Gorrell at rgorrell@bjc.org.

Questions:  Contact Betsy Richie at 314-516-5571 or richiee@umsl.edu.

Printable Registration Form

 

Nov. 10: Annual Business Meeting *NEW*

The St. Louis Metro Area Chapter of SLA Presents:
The Annual Business Meeting

Please thank our generous sponsor:

Dow Jones/Wall Street Journal

When:
Monday, Nov. 10, 2008

Where:
Seven Gables Inn (http://www.sevengablesinn.com)
26 North Meramec
Clayton, MO  63105
Free parking across the street

Time:
5:30-6:30 Networking and cash bar
6:30-7:30 Dinner
7:30-8:00 Business meeting

Dinner includes:  Seven Gables dinner salad, chicken marsala, roasted red potatoes, fresh steamed green beans, chef's choice dessert; vegetarian options are available

Cost:
Members: $22  //  Students/SLA Retiree Members: $18  //  Non-members: $26

Reservations:
Must be received by Wednesday, November 5, 2008, to Renee Gorrell at rgorrell@bjc.org.
If you would like a vegetarian meal, please include that information as well.

Questions:
Contact Betsy Williams at 314-516-5571 or richiee@umsl.edu

Printable Reservation Form

Oct. 22: Web 2.0 Software and the Embeddable Web

Take a look at the other side of Web 2.0: the new online Web services tools that make sharing, embedding, and collaborating easier online.  Explore ways that Web-based software can be used within organizations to work together on projects and documents.

This program is presented by Greg Notess, Professor and Reference Team Leader, Montana State University and author of SearchEngineShowdown.com.  The program will air live, beginning at 1:00 p.m.  The meeting rooms will be open from 12:00 - 3:00 to allow time for lunch and discussion.  Sodas, water and cookies provided by the chapter.  Come early and bring your lunch!

When:
1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Where:
Monsanto (10 seats available)
800 N. Lindbergh
St. Louis, MO  63167

OR

HOK (15 seats available)
211 N. Broadway
St. Louis, MO  63102

Cost:
Members/Students/SLA Retiree Members: Free // Non-members: $15

To attend the program, please e-mail Betsy Williams at richiee@umsl.edu by Friday, October 3, 2008.  Since seating is limited, please be sure to include the location where you plan to attend.

If you are not an SLA member and would like to attend, reply to Betsy via e-mail (including the location where you will attend) and complete and mail the form below by Friday, October 3, 2008.

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Non-member Registration Form
Cluck U Live! Professional Development
October 8 and 22, 2008

Return this form, with a check made payable to the St. Louis Metro Area Chapter of SLA to Renee Gorrell, 1624 High School Dr., Brentwood, MO  63144

Name: ____________________________ 

Institution: _____________________________

Attending (circle one or both):
The Year in Web Searching         Web 2.0 Software

Location (circle one):  Monsanto         HOK    

Total amount enclosed: ________________
         ($15 for each session, non-members)

Phone: ______________________________   

I would like a certificate □

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Oct. 8: The Year in Web Searching

The Year in Web Searching:  News, Updates, and Changes at Google, Yahoo!, Live and More

Every year, the search engines introduce new products, redesign their interfaces, change ranking algorithms, and add or remove search features.  Some can significantly change search strategies and the type of results found.  Keeping up with all the changes is a daily task.  This seminar wades through all the news, new products, and changes and then highlights the most significant changes at each engine that effects search.

This program is presented by Greg Notess, Professor and Reference Team Leader, Montana State University and author of SearchEngineShowdown.com.  The program will air live, beginning at 1:00 p.m.  The meeting rooms will be open from 12:00 - 3:00 to allow time for lunch and discussion.  Sodas, water and cookies provided by the chapter.  Come early and bring your lunch!

When:
1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Where:
Monsanto (10 seats available)
800 N. Lindbergh
St. Louis, MO  63167

OR

HOK (15 seats available)
211 N. Broadway
St. Louis, MO  63102

Cost:
Members/Students/SLA Retiree Members: Free // Non-members: $15

To attend the program, please e-mail Betsy Williams at richiee@umsl.edu by Friday, October 3, 2008.  Since seating is limited, please be sure to include the location where you plan to attend.

If you are not an SLA member and would like to attend, reply to Betsy via e-mail (including the location where you will attend) and complete and mail the form below by Friday, October 3, 2008.

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Non-member Registration Form
Cluck U Live! Professional Development
October 8 and 22, 2008

Return this form, with a check made payable to the St. Louis Metro Area Chapter of SLA to Renee Gorrell, 1624 High School Dr., Brentwood, MO  63144

Name: ____________________________ 

Institution: _____________________________

Attending (circle one or both):
The Year in Web Searching         Web 2.0 Software

Location (circle one):  Monsanto         HOK    

Total amount enclosed: ________________
         ($15 for each session, non-members)

Phone: ______________________________   

I would like a certificate □

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Sept. 10: Annual Career Workshop

4th Annual Career Workshop and Networking Reception

Are you a library student?  Someone looking for a library job?  Someone who just wants to update your resume?  Then this workshop is for you!

Bring your resume and sit down with one of our information professionals for a one-on-one review.  Then stay for something new this year - Speed Networking!  Students and newer librarians will be paired with more experienced librarians for five-minute conversations.  This is a great opportunity for everyone to learn something new and expand your network.  After speed networking, we'll have a Q & A session and you can continue the conversation with your contacts - new and old!

Please join us for this premier event, hosted in partnership with the Mid-American Association of Law Librarians and the St. Louis Medical Library Association.

Be sure to visit the membership table and enter your name in a drawing for a fabulous prize!

When:
Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Where:
Washington University, West Campus
Conference Room AB
7425 Forsyth
Clayton, MO  63105
For a map and directions:  http://library.wustl.edu/units/westcampus/confmap.html

Time:
4:30 - 6:00 pm  Resume Review
6:00 - 7:00 pm  Speed Networking
7:00 - 8:00 pm  Q&A Session

Cost:
Free Event.  Please RSVP so that we can plan for you to be with us!
Light refreshments provided.

If you are planning to attend, RSVP to Dennis Eliceiri at Dennis.Eliceiri@Covidien.com by September 5th.  If you have questions, please contact Betsy Richie at 314.516.5571 or richiee@umsl.edu.

August 27: "Going Green"

Jean Ponzi is an educator and communications specialist for EarthWays Center, a division of Missouri Botanical Garden.  Her current work promoting Green Building to businesses and homeowners covers topics including recycling and waste reduction, air quality, native plant landscaping, and energy efficiency.

She has written for Home Energy, Grist and Missouri Resources magazines and many local publications, and she regularly represents EarthWays Center in print and electronic media coverage.  Ponzi is also the producer and host of a weekly environmental radio talk show called Earthworms - a part of her public education work for nearly 20 years, on KDHX-St. Louis Community Radio.

Please thank our generous sponsors:

Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)
Ovid and SLA

When:
Wednesday, Sugust 27, 2008

Where:
Schlafly Bottleworks in Maplewood
7260 Southwest Ave. (at Manchester)
314-241-BEER

Time:
Come early for the Farmer's Market (4:00 - 7:00 p.m.  Also check out the GardenWorks!)
5:30-6:15 pm    Networking and cash bar
6:15-7:00 pm    Dinner
7:00-              Speaker, Jean Ponzi, followed by a short presentation by Larry Kuykendall of CAS and a short business meeting.

(Dinner will be a buffet menu:  field greens salad, grilled chicken w/ brandy peppercorn sauce, marinated and grilled vegetables, rosemary roasted potatoes, and Hank's mini cheesecakes.  Vegetarian option available - please indicate with your RSVP.)

Cost:
Members: $15  //  Students/SLA Retiree Members: $12  //  Non-members: $20

Reservations:
Must be received by Friday, August 8, 2008 to Renee Gorrell at rgorrell@bjc.org
***Very Important*** The RSVP date is firm.  If we hear from you after Aug. 8, we'll put you on a waiting list in case anyone cancels.

Questions:
Contact Betsy Richie at 314-516-5571 or richiee@umsl.edu

Printable Reservation Form

May 30: "The Hollywood Librarian" Movie

Hosted by the St. Louis Medical Librarians Association.

When:
May 30, 2008

Where:
Webster University Emerson Library
101 Edgar Rd.
Webster Groves, MO  63119

Cost:
$5.00 admission for non-SLML members

Reservations:
To reserve your seat, contact Assako Holyoke at 314-977-8811 or
email program@slml.org

About:
Amy Seidl's The Hollywood Librarian

After the movie, we will be gathring at Cyrano's for social time (each individual will be responsible for their own expenses).

June & July: Social Events *New-River City Rascals*

July Event:  Saturday, July 12, 2008

Summer Fun...

Come join us as we watch the River City Rascals take on the Kalamazoo Kings.  We have a block of infield box seats reserved.  This is a family event, so bring your family and friends!

After the game, come jam out with the Phins down in Rascals' Island.  The Phins are known throughout the Midwest as being one of the top Jimmy Buffett cover bands.

Where:
T.R. Hughes Ballpark, O'Fallon, MO
http://rivercityrascals.com/directions.php

Time:
Gates open at 6:05 pm.  Game starts at 7:05 pm.

Cost:
$9.50 per person

Reservations:
Must be received by Thursday, June 26, by Renee Gorrell at rgorrell@bjc.org

Printable Reservation Form

Questions:
Contact Betsy Richie at 314-516-5571 or richiee@umsl.edu

Important Notes:

• Final headcount and final payment are due in advance, by June 26.  If we hear from you after this date, we'll put you on a waiting list in case anyone cancels.
• If you should have to cancel, please let us know.  We cannot refund your money, but will try to work out a happy outcome with anyone on the waiting list.
• Coolers, carry-in food and beverages, including water, are NOT permitted to be brought into T.R. Hughes Ballpark.  This is a league team and city rule.

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June Event: Friday, June 27, 2008

Please join us for a post SLA-Seattle Happy Hour!

Where:
West End Grill & Pub  Map It
354 N. Boyle Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63108      
314-531-4607
Cuisine: Bar & Grill/Pubs - American - Contemporary
Neighborhood: Central West End 

Time:
5:00 or whenever you can get there

RSVP:
Dennis Eliceiri, eliceiri@hotmail.com, or 314-654-3315

About West End Grill and Pub:
"Cuisine, culture and cocktails" is how William Roth, Neill Costello, Benet Schaeffer and Henry Arciniega describe their new West End Grill & Pub, 354 North Boyle Avenue in the Central West End. The restaurant is attached to Roth's new Gaslight Theatre, and the menu — produced by chef Alan McReynolds, formerly of Red Moon — is described as "progressive pub fare." Call 314-531-4607.” STL Today 4/10/2008 

May 12 : Information Ethics

Did you know... SLA does not have an ethics code?  SLA members are currently referred to the ethics codes of the ALA and other professional information organizations.  The SLA ethics code is a work in progress, and we have been asked to provide our input.

Katrina Stierholz is our Ethics Ambassador and she'll give us more information about her role- and ours- in this information gathering session.  Our special guest is Pam Klipsch, Director of the Jefferson County Library.  Ms. Klipsch has experience in the area of intellectual freedom and ethics-related issues.

What are our organizations' ethics?  What values drive these ethics?  Katrina and Pam will help us identify key information ethics issues that we feel should be addressed by SLA.

Please thank our generous sponsor:  Proquest

This is a free program and ProQuest is donating a $50 American Express gift card!  We'll have a drawing for the gift card at the end of our ethics discussion.  You must be present to win- so please join us to share your values and point of view!

When:
Monday, May 12, 2008

Where:
MLNC Training Room
8045 Big Bend Blvd.  Ste. 202
Webster Groves, MO  63119
For a map and directions:  http://www.mlnc.org/maps/mlnc.html

Time:
4:00 - 5:00 pm   Discussion
5:00 - ?            Social hour (or two) at Hwy 61 Roadhouse & Kitchen

Hwy 61 Roadhouse & Kitchen
34 S. Old Orchard,
Webster Groves
http://www.hwy61roadhouse.com

To attend the program, the social hour or both, please e-mail Betsy Richie at richiee@umsl.edu by Friday, May 9, 2008.  Please RSVP even if you plan to attend just the social hour.

April 17: Website Usability Evaluation

by Dr. Kim Thompson

Why are some websites better than others? How can your library's website be one of the good ones? Please join us for this fun and informative program and find out!

Dr. Kim Thompson is an Associate Professor at the University of Missouri's School of Information Science and Learning Technologies (SISLT).  She'll present an overview of general usability principles and theories for our group and show us some examples of good and bad website design.  We'll get some practical tips on how to evaluate our own websites that we can try out the very next day back on the job.  Dr. Thompson will also tell us about the Information Experience Lab, a research and usability testing facility at SISLT.

When:
Thursday, April 17, 2008

Where:
Spazio Westport
12031 Lackland Road
Creve Coeur, MO  63146
Spazio is located at the NW corner of Lackland Rd. and Westport Plaza Dr./Craig Rd.

Time:
5:30 - 6:15 pm  Networking and cash bar
6:15 - 7:00 pm  Dinner
7:00 - 8:00 pm  Presentation by Dr. Kim Thompson followed by a short business meeting

Dinner buffet menu:  Chicken Tuscany, Caesar Salad, Broccoli with Lemon Butter, Bowtie Pesto Primavera, dinner rolls, and a selection of gourmet desserts; vegetarian options are available-please indicate with your reservation

Cost:
Members:  $22    //    Students/SLA Retiree Members:  $18    //    Non-members:  $26

Reservations:
Must be received by Wednesday, April 9, 2008, to Renee Gorrell at rgorrell@bjc.org

Questions:
Contact Betsy Richie at 314-516-5571 or richiee@umsl.edu

Printable Reservation Form