SLA Competitive Intelligence Division Blog

How are you "future ready"? How is CI "future ready"?

As you likely know, SLA President Cindy Romaine has kicked off an ambitious new project, called Future Ready 365. The FR365 blog is an effort to illustrate and provide a forum for the many voices inside the information profession, and to draw in insight and perspective from across industries. It's an exercise in collaboration, sharing experience, and helping each other be more resiliant and forward-looking in a changing profession and a changing world.

The entries so far have been very good. I would encourage you, if you're reading this, to consider contributing your voice to the blog - especially as a CI professional. How do you see the world changing? How are you adapting to it? How have you transformed yourself and your skills to create new opportunities for yourself? How do you see CI playing into this?

If you'd like to participate, see the information for submitting a post here. I think many of you have great insight into this topic. I know I'd be interested in hearing what you have to say!

Scott Brown

SLA CI Division (Past) Past-Chair

Harry Markopolos to Speak at SCIP Boston Meeting on February 9

Bernie Madoff was the mastermind behind what is widely described as the largest Ponzi scheme in history. How was he uncovered? Did you know that CI techniques played a role? Join the SCIP Massachusetts/Boston Chapter for this unique event, as Harry Markopolos, “the Madoff Whistleblower,” details for the first time how he uncovered Madoff’s scheme using CI techniques and how CI techniques continue to help him in his current cases. Don’t miss your chance to hear first-hand about this tale of rare, high-profile CI intrigue!

SLA CI Division members will remember Harry Markopolos from the 2008 SLA Annual Conference in Seattle, WA, where he and Kevin Desouza spoke on the topic "Can You Keep a Secret? How to Keep Your Competitors from Learning What You Know."

SCIP Massachusetts/Boston Chapter Presents:
Harry Markopolos, “The Madoff Whistleblower”
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 5:00PM – 8:30PM
Hult International Business School

Speaker
Harry Markopolos, CFA, CFE, is an independent financial fraud investigator who brings fraud cases to the US Department of Justice, Internal Revenue Service and various State Attorney Generals under existing whistleblower programs. He has been featured in the leading business media, including Wall Street Journal, CNBC, and Bloomberg, and he has provided testimony before the United States Congress.

The Madoff investigation was his first financial fraud case, which he started in early 2000. He’s been hooked ever since. Mr. Markopolos is co-author of the best selling book “No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller” published by Wiley & Sons, Inc.; March 2010. The film documentary about his Madoff investigative team, “The Foxhounds: The Pursuit of Bernie Madoff” premiered in November 2010 at the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam.

Program
In 2000, Harry Markopolos recruited and led a four-man team of industry experts to track Bernie Madoff's $65 billion feeder fund network across two continents. This team's eight-and-one-half year long investigation identified dozens of Madoff feeder funds which were delivering a steady stream of new victims to Madoff's doorstep on a daily basis. Most of their intelligence was gathered in person at industry events, conferences, and during meetings. (In fact, very little of their investigation took place on the internet and there was a reason for that – Madoff was so secretive that he made sure that none of these feeder funds was mentioning him by name in their marketing efforts.) Mr. Markopolos will speak about the case from an intelligence gathering standpoint and take your questions.

Mr. Markopolos will also sign your copy of his book, "No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller," detailing his investigation. There will be no books for purchase.

Location
Hult International Business School
EF Education First Boston Headquarters
1 Education St.
Cambridge, MA 02141

Registration
Includes dinner and soft drinks. Cash bar available. SCIP Member $35.00 Non-Member $45.00.

For details and registration, go to www.scip.org. Please note: This will be a popular event – register early!

The Intel thanks Parmelee Eastman at Knowledge is Power for alerting us to this exciting event!

Travel stipends for 2011 SLA Conference

Notices of two separate stipend awards!

PAM Travel Stipend for attending SLA conference

The SLA-PAM Professional Development Committee is pleased to announce that IOP Publishing is once again sponsoring four conference travel stipends to help new librarians with the expenses of attending the SLA Annual Conference.  The stipends aim to accelerate the advancement of new librarians entering science/technology librarianship by mentoring them to access educational and professional opportunities within the SLA.   This is the third year running that IOP Publishing and the PAM Division have proudly offered these travel stipends.

The selected recipients will each receive a $1,000 stipend to assist in defraying the cost of attending the 2011 SLA conference in Philadelphia, PA in June, 2011. Learn more about the IOP Travel Stipend Award today and nominate yourself, or someone you know.

Eligibility

• Applicants should be recent graduates of a library science program.
• Applicants should have less than 3 years of professional library information experience.
• Applicants must work in a library focusing on one or more of the PAM disciplines (physics, astronomy, mathematics, or computer science) or act as a library’s subject specialist for one or more of these disciplines.
• Applicants should be first-time attendees of the SLA annual conference, or first-time attendees in a PAM discipline.

The committee reserves the right not to grant any of the four awards if not enough applications meet all eligibility requirements and adhere to all the application procedures.

Only applicants who meet all the eligibility requirements at the time of application are submitted to the SLA-PAM review committee for travel stipend consideration.

Candidate Expectations

• Candidate must attend the SLA Annual Conference the year the award is given.
• Candidate must attend the PAM business meeting and breakfast.
• Candidate should be willing to attend PAM sessions and events at the Annual Conference and participate in a group photo session administered by SLA.

Application Procedure

Prepare a brief letter (approximately 750 words),  answering the questions:

• How do you meet the criteria?
• What do you hope to gain from attending the 2011 SLA conference?
• How do you expect/hope to be involved with the PAM division?

Submit current curriculum vitae OR resume.

Applications can be submitted via email to Nedelina Tchangalova at [email protected]  (subject line should begin with PAM Travel Stipend). Applications will be accepted until February 1, 2011.

Notification

Applicants will receive notification of award status by March 1, 2011. The award check will be presented at the PAM business meeting and breakfast.

The PAM Division is deeply grateful to IOP Publishing for their continued involvement with and support of librarians at the SLA conference, and most especially for their generous commitment to the professional development of young science librarians.

Another stipend award program:

Early Career Conference Awards

LMD is joining the Business & Finance, Legal, and Pharmaceutical & Health Technology Divisions in co-sponsoring four Early Career Conference Awards with SLA Europe.  Winners will attend the 2011 SLA Annual Conference and INFO-EXPO in Philadelphia, 12-15 June 2011.  Applications are welcome from LIS students and early-career professionals (first 5 years post-qualification) based in Europe. 

For more information about this award and details about the application process go to: http://www.sla-europe.org/2010/11/15/sla-europe-early-career-conference-awards-2011/.  The closing date for applications is 31 Jan 2011.