Blogging Section of SLA-IT

SLA Baltimore Conference Program Now Available

The SLA Baltimore conference online planner is now available.  There are a number of interesting programs lined up for Baltimore (and a little advertising here: I especially encourage you to check out all of the IT division programs--our own Catherine will be teaching a continuing education course, Weblogging for Beginners).

Check it out, and don't forget that conference registration rates increase on May 1.

Board of Directors vote

Voting starts today to elect SLA's new Board of Directors. If you have an electronic email address on file with the association, you should receive information to access your electronic ballot today. If no email is on file, you have, or will soon, received a printed ballot by mail.

As mentioned before, several IT members are candidates. So vote early, but vote only once :)

Thursday evening, Houston meeting

Well, the Texas Chapter sure can put up a nice reception!Great view up the top of a nearby hotel, great food and a nice opportunity to meet other information professionals.

While there, I met Marydee Ojala, editor of Online Magazine. Marydee is blogging about the meeting over at the Online Insider blog.

Tomorrow is "association" day. One of the highlights will be the luncheon with the various candidates for the SLA board. Among them, several IT members: Baltimore planner James Manasco and Libby Truddell who are running both for Chapter Cabinet Chair-Elect; Blogging Section member Dav Robertson and Stephen Abram both for President-Elect; “Buzzy” Basch  for Treasurer and LaJean Humphries for Director.

CORRECTION: I failed to mention that Libby Truddell, candidate for Chapter Cabinet Chair, is the Chair of the IT division's Public Relations Committee. My apologies for the omission.

Off to Houston

I'm off this morning to Houston to the SLA Leadership Meeting. It will be my first winter meeting, and it is as chair of the Section. If Section members are going to be present in Houston, please look me up. It will be my pleasure to meet you!