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Joint Chapters Event, May 21 at SFO

Registration Open: Joint Chapters Event, May 21 at SFO

San Andreas and San Francisco Bay Region SLA Present:
Honoring the SLA Anniversary: Casting Our Thoughts Toward Another Century

Our Panel:  Bill Fisher, Cindy Hill, Richard Geiger, Libby Trudell and Deb Hunt
Time:  5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Location:  San Francisco Airport Commission Aviation Library & Museum
Cost:  $25 Members, $15 Retired/Unemployed Members, $30 Nonmembers, $15 Students

This program is about trying to envision the future through the eyes of information users, whose direct access to digital information sources is much broader than any of us could have envisioned 15 years ago. And it will only keep expanding. How will we change ourselves and how will we develop a new generation of information professionals to address the opportunities?

How do we, as information professionals, leverage our skills and expertise to bring value-added deliverables to our users so that we are seen as integral to the organization, contributing positively to its bottom line? How do we communicate our value to the stakeholders in our organizations?

How can SLA support its members in moving forward, staying contemporary and yet bridging the sometimes gap between historical and still valuable assets and the drive to embrace and adapt to new technologies and generational shift? How do we stay current as a value proposition to our organizations?

Please join a stellar group of leaders in SLA and in their greater professional lives. Bill Fisher, Cindy Hill, Richard Geiger, Libby Trudell and Deb Hunt will comprise a panel of professionals to help us focus and steer a group-wide exploration of the challenges and opportunities ahead of us as we step from a celebration of the first hundred years of SLA into the dawn of a new century.

SPEAKER BIOS:

* Bill Fisher is a past President of SLA (2002-03). He is an SLA Fellow (awarded 1998) and a recipient of the SLA John Cotton Dana Award (2008). Bill also has served as Chapter Cabinet Chair from 1994-95 and is Chair-Elect of the Leadership & Management Division. Bill served as the President of San Andreas Chapter from 1996-97 and President of the Southern California Chapter from 1986-87. He has served on numerous other committees and task forces and is currently serving on the Centennial Commission.

Bill is currently a professor at the School of Library & Information Science at San Jose State University. He has taught 25 years in the library/information science programs at UCLA and SJSU.

* Cindy Hill is an SLA Fellow (awarded 2001). She is a past President of SLA (2003-04), an SLA Director (1997-2000), SLA Secretary (1998-2000), and Metals & Materials Division Chair (1990-99). Cindy  is a longtime and active member of the San Andreas and San Francisco Chapters. She was President of the San Andreas Chapter from 1984-85. Her very first volunteer role was as a member of the San Francisco Chapter’s program committee (the San Andreas chapter didn’t yet exist). 

Cindy has worked as an information professional in a variety of industries including environmental, engineering consulting, executive recruiting and high-technology. Cindy’s two most recent positions include Vice President of Outsell’s Information Management Service, and prior to that, leading Sun's Digital Libraries & Research team. She has her own consulting firm, Hill Information Consulting Group..

* Richard Geiger is the 2009 recipient of the SLA John Cotton Dana Award, to be officially presented at the SLA Annual Conference in June.  He is an SLA Fellow (awarded 2004). Richard served two terms on the SLA Board of Directors -- as Director (1993-96) and as Treasurer (2000-03).  Richard was Chair of the SLA News Division from 1988-89, and served as San Francisco Bay Region Chapter President from 1991-92. He has served on numerous SLA committees and chaired many of them.

Richard’s long career as a news librarian included stints as Library Manager at the San Jose Mercury-News and Library Director of the San Francisco Chronicle.

* Libby Trudell served on the SLA Board of Directors as Chapter Cabinet Chair (2006-08), as a member of the SLA Nominating Committee (2003-04) and is currently on the SLA Public Relations Advisory Council. She has been Section Chair and Strategic Planning Chair for the Information Technology Division (1997-98). She served as President of the San Andreas Chapter of SLA (2003-04) and is currently the chapter’s Public Relations Chair. Previously, she was active in the Library Information Technology Division of ALA, and was a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Library Automation.

Libby is currently responsible for global marketing, pricing and customer service for Dialog. This role includes oversight for the Quantum2 leadership development program for information professionals and for Dialog’s Graduate Education Program. Prior to joining Dialog, she worked in several consortia serving the library community, handling customer support, training and marketing for electronic information services including OCLC, RLIN, and a variety of library automation products

* Deb Hunt currently serves on the SLA Board of Directors. She has been a member of the Special Libraries Association since 1982 and served as President of the San Francisco Bay Region Chapter from 2004-05. Deb Hunt is the mastermind and chief engineer behind SLA’s “23 Things.” http://wiki.sla.org/display/23Things/Welcome+to+23+Things%21. She is a past president (twice) of BayNet, the San Francisco Bay Area Library and Information Network, and is active in the Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP), serving on the Board of Directors from 2001-03.

Deb Hunt is currently the Director of the Exploratorium Learning Commons, which melds the best of the Exploratorium’s library resources with current and future technologies. She is currently co-chairing the Exploratorium’s Information Infrastructure Initiative to design and implement knowledge services museum-wide to achieve performance excellence of internal staff and their interactions with external clients. She is also an independent information professional and Principal of Information Edge, http://www.information-edge.com.

VENUE:

* Our venue will be the wonderful aviation library and museum at SFO. The facility is modeled on the passenger waiting room of the 1937 San Francisco Airport Administration Building. Its mission is to increase public awareness of the important achievements in air transport by preserving, interpreting, and sharing the history of commercial aviation. The San Francisco Airport Commission has expressed its belief that, "in order to prepare for the future, we must preserve the past." Plan to arrive at 5:30 to register and take in the exhibits and library before dinner.

MENU:

* Hors d'oeuvres buffet -- tomato basil bruschetta, cheese and spinach puff pastry, mixed green salad, penne pasta with creamy tomato vodka sauce, lemon chicken, brownies, beverages

TRANSPORTATION:

* Driving:  http://www.sfoarts.org/about/directions.html

* Parking:  SLA will be able to validate your parking receipt, but must purchase the validation stickers in advance. Please indicate on the registration form if you plan to park in the airport ramp, and bring the parking ticket with you to the event to be validated.

* BART:  The SFO station is at the International Terminal. Enter through the glass doors straight ahead of you. Walk past the bank of elevators, then the exhibit cases, all  on your right. Follow signs to the SFO Library which is on the far side of the terminal near Virgin Atlantic’s First Class lounge.

DEADLINE:  Make sure your registration form & check are received by Thursday, May 14th.

Thanks to Dialog, whose generous donation has helped make this event possible. If you aren't familiar with the products and services of Dialog, you might want to take a look now: http://www.dialog.com/

Leslie Fisher
2009 President, San Andreas Chapter SLA
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To register, download, print and mail this May 21 registration form with your check to:

  SLA Reservations
  c/o AIM Library & Information Staffing (AIM)
  P.O. Box 391210
  Mountain View, CA 94039-1210

Name: ___________________________________________________

Telephone: ________________________________________________

E-Mail: ___________________________________________________

Employer/Affiliation: _________________________________________

SLA Member (@$25) ____   Retired/unemployed Member (@$15) ____

Non Member/Guest (@$30):  ____    Student (@$15): _____

Cuisine for this event will consist of a generous hors d'oeuvres buffet.

Please check here ____ if you will be driving to the venue.

Check (payable to San Andeas Chapter of SLA) enclosed for:  ____________

DEADLINE: Make sure your registration & check are received by Thursday, May 14th.

SLA Bay Area Wine Event - Saturday May 16 from 2-5 p.m

by Leslie R. Fisher

Greetings All - Read on for details on the May 16 wine event.  I attended a similar professional networking event at Tenuta last fall and it was the most fun I've ever had at a networking activity.  I didn't know anyone when I arrived and before I left I had made fond new acquaintances.

On Saturday May 16 San Andreas Chapter will host another wine activity in the Bay Area.  This time we will visit a winery with crush pad and bottling resources located in the Livermore Valley.

Tenuta Vineyards, located a bit above the valley floor, is the third largest wine producer in the Livermore Valley.  Yet Tenuta's business model calls for only three paid employees.  How do they do it?  Volunteers!  Total production includes crushing, bottling and storage of wine for numerous wine growers in the region.  They even provide vineyard maintenance services from their team of vineyard specialists.  Tenuta produces their own wines from a wide variety of mostly red varietals.  And Tenuta was the first winery in the Livermore Valley to produce Pinot Noir.

Being located at 633 Kalthoff Common in Livermore, the word idyllic is very suitable for describing this setting.  With a bit of vantage above the valley floor, Mount Diablo and the East Bay Hills are visible from the patio off the wine tasting room.  Surrounded by vineyards and rolling hills, an illusion of the Italian country-side is easy to conjure.  The wine tasting room is roomy and homey and lively and fun.  It truly feels more like being at a gathering or party than at a business.  Nancy Tenuta and her companion Rich bring a gracious and playful demeanor to the business.  Their motto is, "Give us thirty minutes and we'll be friends for life."

For this event we'll convene at 2 p.m. at the winery.  (Transportation on your own.)  You're welcome to arrive early and familiarize with the location and even, perhaps, the wines.  When everyone has arrived we'll start off with a tour of the operations and cellar.  Then we'll divide into teams for a little friendly competition.  At first the competition will be amongst your own team.  After some demo and coaching on blending wine, your team will compete with itself to come up with a favorite blend from three varietals.  Once you've come to an agreement (or an agreement to agree) on the best blend, your team will compete against all the other teams.  The judging is by all involved, in a blinded, group tasting.  You may be surprised that you don't even recognize your team's wine.  Or perhaps the very blend you promoted to your team will be the one that takes the vote of the whole group!

When we finish the festivities, there will still be time to taste the Tenuta blends in the friendly tasting room, or to buy a bottle to share out on the patio.  Throughout the afternoon there will be exquisite little noshes available.  Here is a menu I already selected for the day.

• Bon Appétit black pepper almonds - spicy and substantial
• Dried apricots topped with Blue Sage Boursin, dill and a sliced almond
• Puff pastry cups served warm with Italian sausage, olive tapenade and topped with cheese
• Hot jalapeño, crab & artichoke dip served with an assortment of crackers and breads
• Fresh fruits of the season served with imported and domestic cheeses
• Selection of vegetable crudités with sun dried tomato spread and garlic aioli

If you like wine, wine country, tasty nibbles, play, competition, and mingling with colleagues and friends, please join us for a fabulous time at Tenuta.  Cost per person is $46 - no difference for members or non-members.

For directions and a preview of Tenuta Vineyards, check here.  http://www.tenutawinery.com/contact.html  Contact me if you have questions.  Registration information below.

Leslie R. Fisher
2009 President, San Andreas Chapter SLA
Associate Manager, Records & Information Management
Gilead Sciences
Foster City, CA
650-522-4299

To register for the May 16th Wine Event, please mail this form with your check to:

  SLA Reservations
  c/o AIM Library & Information Staffing (AIM)
  P.O. Box 391210
  Mountain View, CA 94039-1210

Name: _____________________________________________

Telephone: ________________________________________________

E-Mail: ___________________________________________________

Employer/Affiliation: _________________________________________

Total attending (@$46 ea) ________ 

Check (payable to San Andreas Chapter of SLA) enclosed for:  ____________

Cindy Hill to receive prestigious global award

On May 14, 2009, SLA past-president Cindy Hill will receive the John Jacob Astor Award in Library and Information Science in Berlin. Awarded annually by the Checkpoint Charlie Foundation in cooperation with the Continuing Education Initiative for Special Research Libraries and Related Institutions, the award enables Germans or Americans who have made a special contribution to transatlantic knowledge transfer to come to Berlin to participate in a professional meeting on the latest developments in the field. Two other SLA members, Mary Ellen Bates and past-president Guy St. Clair, have received this award in the past.

“I'm honored to be in the company of other library and information professional luminaries in receiving this award, commented Hill. “My leadership activities with SLA have been instrumental in helping me reach to new levels throughout my career.”

Cindy Hill has worked as an information professional in a variety of industries including environmental, engineering consulting, executive recruiting and high-technology. Cindy’s two most recent positions are Vice President of Outsell’s Information Management Service and prior to that, leading Sun's Digital Libraries & Research team. Cindy is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences on the information profession, innovation, technology uses, trends and issues, and leadership and management topics. She has her own consulting firm, Hill Information Consulting Group.

A long time SLA member, Cindy has held many SLA leadership roles including President (2003-04), Secretary and member of the Board of Directors (1997-2000), Chair of the Metals & Materials Division (1990-99) and President of the San Andreas (California) Chapter (1984-85). She was made an SLA Fellow in 2001 and received the 2008 Karen J. Switt Leadership Award from the SLA Leadership & Management Division, recognizing her significant leadership in the information management profession. Cindy holds a Master’s in Library Science and a Bachelor of Arts in English, both from San Jose State University, where she also serves as Adjunct Faculty at the School of Library and Information Science.

Congratulations Cindy!!

Libby Trudell
VP, Market Development
Dialog

SLA WEST COAST CHAPTERS RECEPTION

• Oregon
• Pacific Northwest
• San Andreas
• San Diego
• San Francisco
• Sierra Nevada
• Southern California

SLA West Coast Chapter members and their guests are invited to the annual West Coast Chapters Reception in Washington, DC

Monday, June 15, 2009
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
National Press Club
529 14th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20045
http://www.press.org/directions.cfm

Light appetizers and a complimentary beverage will be served.
Cash bar for additional beverages.

SPONSORS (as of April 8)
IEEE       Infotrieve         CyberTools        Dialog         Safari Books Online

The San Diego Chapter is organizing this year’s reception.  Please direct questions to Past President Kathy Quinn.   
[email protected]
619-825-5014

Hope to see you there!
Leslie R. Fisher
2009 President, San Andreas Chapter SLA
650-522-4299

"Career Agility: The Brand is You"

by Alison Finch

Advocacy, professional development, and networking highlighted in this talk on the "Resilient Career."

San Andreas Chapter's first breakfast program of the year got off to a great start on April 9th with this timely presentation (PDF) given by Cindy Hill, Affiliate Associate at Outsell, Inc. and founder and president of Hill Information Consulting Group, and by Christian Gray in charge of Business Development at Reprints Desk. Lee Pharis graciously hosted the event at Exponent's Menlo Park headquarters.

The talk spanned a variety of topics from identity management and personal branding to LinkedIn best practices and social networking etiquette.

• How do you ask for a recommendation on LinkedIn?
• What is the risk of identity theft?
• How should you manage your LinkedIn connections?
• Are there examples of effective LinkedIn profiles for librarians/information professionals?

The "Resilient Career" is one that is agile, opportunistic, and sustainable. Cindy and Christian demonstrated how librarians and information professionals can use Web 2.0 tools to develop

• professional portfolios
• visibility
• a community of colleagues

Cindy and Christian encouraged information professionals to start building their own reputation, to push their boundaries and reach out to people beyond their immediate circle of colleagues and friends, and to explore professional options. Christian Gray showed a "before" and "after" page SLA and former San Andreas Chapter member Jeanie Fraser developed.

LinkedIn Recommendations

• Use the Summary section to develop an introduction to who you are and what you are passionate about and remember to include important keywords that search engines can find.
• Use results-driven examples of past accomplishments but be careful not to use proprietary information.
• Invite people
• Search and surf. Search for hobbies and favorite past-times to see who might also share your interest in peregrine falcons, for example. Social networks are about people. Have fun with this!
• Consider adding a photo and remember to include your activities outside your day job.
• Turn on some of LinkedIn's applications such as SlideShare, TripIt, Company Buzz, etc.
• Look at Groups and add some.
• Consider using LinkedIn answers as a way to position yourself as an expert.

Rocky Mountain Chapter SLA member Kim Dority has written and presented on career agility for information professionals. Christian had arranged to make several copies of her recent book "Rethinking Information Work" available which were then raffled off at the end of the session.

San Andreas Chapter's own Jean Bedord contributed her poster, "Building a Web Presence from Domain Name to Website" and offered helpful suggestions for librarians and information professionals wishing to build an online identity.

The message was start marketing yourself now before you need to start looking for another job. These are difficult times but sites such as LinkedIn offer opportunities to take advantage of the power of networked relationships to get your name "out there" and to let a larger circle of potential employers and colleagues know who you are and what you can do. Cindy Hill's parting comments were to anticipate, look for opportunities, enjoy the ride, and remember that career development is a continual cycle.

Did you attend this session? What did you think? Please feel free to post your comments to the Blog.

SJSU-SLIS Colloquium Series - April 29 in Fullerton

The School of Library and Information Science at San José State University is pleased to invite you to attend our continuing Spring Colloquium Series featuring SLIS faculty and invited guests, as they address the challenges and promises of our rapidly changing profession.  Presentations are free and open to the public.  We videotape each presentation for those who are unable to actually attend them live.  Links to an Internet webcast (streaming video), an RSS feed, and/or an iTunes Portal podcast (usually both audio and video versions) will be posted to the Colloquia: Spring 2009 calendar web page at http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/slis/colloquia/2009/colloquia09sp.htm about a week after each event.

 

Our two end-of-April 2009 speakers are:

 

Dr. Dan Fuller

Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Science, SJSU

Title: "Library Jobs in California and Economic Recession – 2009"

Wednesday, 29 April 2009

Time: noon - 1:00 p.m.

Location: CSU Fullerton campus, Pollack Library, Room 68

 

Joe Matthews

Lecturer, School of Library and Information Science, SJSU

Title: "The Value of a Library Balanced Scorecard?"

Wednesday, 29 April 2009

Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Location: CSU Fullerton campus, Pollack Library, Room 68

 

More information about these presentations is posted on our Colloquia: Spring 2009 web page at http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/slis/colloquia/2009/colloquia09sp.htm.

Maps and directions to the CSU Fullerton campus can be found at http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/slis/maps.htm.  These presentations are wheelchair-accessible.

 

Please feel free to distribute this announcement to interested people, and excuse any cross-postings you may see.