Our recent meeting, held April 24, 2009 in the beautiful Standish Meeting Room in the Science Library at the University of Albany, was interesting and informative. The meeting, entitled “Career Building and Staying Relevant in Trying Economic Times”, was well attended and received.
Librarian, webmaster and author Rachel Singer Gordon started the day off with a “twelve steps” program. These “R” tasks (such as refocusing, reinvesting, rethinking) are designed to help you keep your focus on moving forward during a down economy. Noah Simon from SUNY Albany’s Career Center gave some very practical advice on building your career in the present economic climate. We also heard from some SLA members on the benefits of our SLA membership – Christian Miller spoke about SLA’s member benefits and Ruth Wolfish discussed SLA’s Alignment Project. Our panel discussion included information professionals in various career paths. This panel, moderated by Christian Miller, included Polly Farrington, Euan Morton, Jill Hurst-Wahl and Ruth Wolfish. We also consumed some delicious 100th birthday cake to celebrate SLA’s Centennial.
We hope you can join us for our next workshop - scheduled for September 25, 2009. Stay tuned for further updates.
Linda Galloway
UNYSLA President
Thanks to our sponsors EBSCO and SimplyMap.
