UNYSLA

UNYSLA Communications Committee Welcomes Newest Members

Meet the newest members of the UNYSLA Communications Committee:

Karlen Chase is a reference librarian at D'Youville College. She received her Master of Library Science from SUNY University at Buffalo in 2008 and her Master of Fine Arts in Writing from Vermont College in 2005. She served as Secretary of the Upstate New York Chapter of SLA in 2008 and now joins the Communications Committee, updating job postings on the UNYSLA Jobs webpage. In addition to her work with UNYSLA, she has served as Chair of Mentoring for the New York Library Association's New Members Round Table since October 2007 and as Web Chair of the same group since November 2008.

Dawn Wilson received her Master's of Science in Library Science from Simmons College in 2002. She's spent her career in special libraries, most recently as a researcher for BlackRock Financial Services. Prior to that, she was a librarian at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and a photo archivist at the Chicago Tribune. She's recently returned to Syracuse from a year in San Francisco where she spent time volunteering at the library in the Exploratorium, a museum of science and art, and the Prelinger Library, an experimental research library of books, periodicals, printed ephemera and government documents. Currently, Dawn is working as a contractor and pursuing a certification in book indexing. In her spare time, Dawn loves to cook and eat and serves on the board of Slow Food CNY.

One of the most popular sections of the UNYSLA website is the job listings page. Keeping this up-to-date requires a fair bit of time scouring email lists and Web sites to find what is new and what needs to be taken down. Despite these challenges, Karlen Chase and Dawn Wilson have been working in tandem the past month keeping the site running smoothly.

On behalf of the Communications Committee I would like to give them a big public "Thank you!" in appreciation for all that they do.

Register Today for "The Librarian's Toolbox"

The Upstate New York Chapter of SLA Presents

"The Librarian's Toolbox: Enhance Your Connectivity, Productivity, and Presence."

Friday,25 September

Increasingly, your clientele is accessing information online. You may only know them via email requests or chat or they may have never contacted you at all. You've put together Web pages and guides hoping that they use them and find the information they need, but how can you be sure that you are reaching them?

Join UNYSLA as Blake Carver will show free and inexpensive tools that can be used to increase your Web presence, Linda Galloway & Christian Miller will discuss ways to enhance productivity using a variety of collaborative tools, and Elena MacGurn will guide you through the creation of an outreach strategy to boost your credibility and to ensure that these and other Web tools get in the hands of your patrons.

Register online today!

Program details:
Date: Friday, 25 September 2009
Time: 8:30 - 3:30
Location: Craftsmann Inn, Syracuse, NY (map)

Networking dinner:
Join us for a networking dinner at the Saucy Swan on Thursday 24 September at 6:30. (map)
Please RSVP for the Networking Dinner.

Accommodations:
Overnight accommodations are available at the Craftsman Inn, Fayetteville, NY. Call the Craftsman Inn at 1-800-797-4464 and  reference UNYSLA. Cost is $90 and reservations must be made before 14 September to secure this rate. 

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Student Shadows

Download Student Shadow Application (PDF)

Attention students: Are you interested in networking with information professionals? Keen to improve your public speaking skills? Want to add a few lines to your resume?

If you answered “yes!” to any of these questions, consider volunteering as a “student shadow” during our fall UNYSLA Meeting .

Shadows will introduce speakers and sit with them at lunch. The shadow will also write a short article for the UNYSLA newsletter. In addition, your registration fee will be waived. Deadline for application is 16 September.

Sponsorship Inquiries

Interested in becoming a corporate sponsor for this fall meeting? Contact Charles Lyons, the Upstate New York Chapter Chair of Vendor Relations for rates and more information.

The Librarian's Toolbox: Early Bird Registration Ends Friday!

The Librarian's Toolbox: Enhance Your Connectivity, Productivity, and Presence

Increasingly, your clientele is accessing information online. You may only know them via email requests or chat or they may have never contacted you at all. You've put together Web pages and guides hoping that they use them and find the information they need, but how can you be sure that you are reaching them?

Join UNYSLA as Blake Carver will show free and inexpensive tools that can be used to increase your Web presence, Linda Galloway & Christian Miller will discuss ways to enhance productivity using a variety of collaborative tools, and Elena MacGurn will guide you through the creation of an outreach strategy to boost your credibility and to ensure that these and other Web tools get in the hands of your patrons.

Early bird registration ends Friday 11 September.
See event details and register online.

Program details: Date: Friday, 25 September 2009 Time: 8:30 - 3:30 Location: Craftsmann Inn, Syracuse, NY (map) Networking dinner: Join us for a networking dinner at the Saucy Swan on Thursday 24 September at 6:30. (map) Please RSVP for the Networking Dinner. Accommodations: Overnight accommodations are available at the Craftsman Inn, Fayetteville, NY. Call the Craftsman Inn at 1-800-797-4464 and  reference UNYSLA. Cost is $90 and reservations must be made before 14 September to secure this rate.  Early bird registration ends 11 September. Register online today!

Student Shadows

Download Student Shadow Application (PDF)

Attention students: Are you interested in networking with information professionals? Keen to improve your public speaking skills? Want to add a few lines to your resume?

If you answered “yes!” to any of these questions, consider volunteering as a “student shadow” during our fall UNYSLA Meeting.

Sponsorship Inquiries

Interested in becoming a corporate sponsor for this fall meeting? Contact Charles Lyons, the Upstate New York Chapter Chair of Vendor Relations for rates and more information.

The Librarian's Toolbox: Presence with Elena MacGurn

The Power of Inbound Outreach: Effective Tools & Strategies for Information Professionals

Every minute of every day, we are proving ourselves - to our patrons, our organizations, ourselves. This rapidly increasing demand to communicate our value comes with a lot of power. From outreach goals to campaign analysis, this session will equip you with strategies of closed-loop marketing. We will get tactical and share a number of online and desktop tools to boost credibility, relevancy and findability of your content.

Your homework: think about what your outreach aims to accomplish.

Early bird registration for the UNYSLA fall meeting, The Librarian's Toolbox, ends 11 September.
Register online today!

Outreach for information professionals presented by Elena MacGurn, Research & Outreach Specialist at Cornell University.

Elena MacGurn is a Research and Outreach Specialist at the Johnson Graduate School of Management Library at Cornell University. Her professional background includes over six years of corporate experience managing marketing programs for enterprise brands in the online security, content delivery, education and online advertising space. Elena’s consulting engagements resulted in published research for companies such as Cisco and Salesforce.com.   Elena received her Master’s of Business Administration from the San Francisco State University in California. She is a graduate of the Rockhurst University Continuing Education Program and a former Editor-in-Chief for PRSA Informer.