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Solo Librarians Meeting on July 15th

The Solo Librarians of the San Andreas Chapter of SLA invite you to join them at their next meeting on Wednesday, July 15th. Anyone with an interest in libraries is welcome, including students and recent grads of the MLIS programs.

Carol Chatfield will be hosting the meeting at 6 P.M. on Wednesday, July 15th at The Career Development Center, 563 Salvatierra Walk, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.  Carol has provided detailed information about the location and parking below.

Carol will give a tour of the Career Resource Library at the Career Development Center. We will also have a panel of librarians that attended SLA 2009 in Washington DC to share their impressions and experiences.

You are welcome to bring a snack or dinner to the meeting.  There is a kitchen with water, ice, and a soda machine ($1.25/bottle) next door to the conference room.

Those who are planning to attend need to contact Sonia Dorfman by July 10th at [email protected] or (650) 237-2784.

Sonia Dorfman
Eric Kristofferson
San Andreas Solo Librarians

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The Career Development Center at Stanford University is located in the Student Services Building at:
563 Salvatierra Walk
Stanford University
Stanford, CA  94305
http://www.mapquest.com/mq/5-IX2x
(Please note that our building is incorrectly labeled Student Services Center on this Mapquest map.)

Parking is available across the street (Campus Drive East) from the building.  The parking lot can be seen on the Mapquest map, just above and to the left of the words, "Gould Center."  Parking is free after 4:00 pm.  

TIP for Driving Directions:  The best online mapping service for finding our building is Mapquest.com.  And I really recommend BEFORE starting out that you run a "get directions" from your starting address to the Career Development Center’s address; the Stanford campus is large and can be confusing!

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. 

SLA RESEARCH GRANTS 2009

The Special Libraries Association (SLA) has posted its 2009 SLA Research Grant guidelines and application materials at http://www.sla.org/SLAresearchgrant/.   SLA supports two types of proposals. 

• Research projects focused on the needs and concerns of information professionals in special libraries and related venues, with its current focus being on evidence-based practice, as in the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Research Statement, “Putting Our Knowledge to Work” (seewww.sla.org/researchstatement).  Awards may be granted up to $25,000.  
  
• Projects which directly benefit the operations of SLA and its units, by furthering the scientific, literary and educational purpose for which the association is organized and operated.  Awards may be granted up to $10,000.

This focus on evidence-based practice includes but is not limited to the following topics and approaches:

 

Impact of Information Professionals;

Roles of Information Professionals within organizations

Current/User Issues;

Core Competencies;

Measures of Productivity and Value;

Client/User Satisfaction Measures;

 

Grant applications are evaluated by SLA's Research & Development Committee based on the purpose and objectives of the proposed project within the context of evidence-based practice, the significance of the topic to the profession, the project's methodology, qualifications of staff, and the appropriateness of the project's budget and timetable.

 

Research should focus on the demand for increased professional competence and accountability through consciously and consistently making professional-level decisions that are based on the strongest evidence of what works best for our clients.  Areas in which evidence-based practice may be applied are listed in SLA's revised Competencies for Information Professionals of the 21st Century (www.sla.org/competencies) and include selection and acquisition of information resources, methods of information access, selection and use of information technologies, and management of library and information services. Research techniques that support these competencies include: benchmarking, program evaluation, quality management, performance measurement, identifying best practices, and operations research.

 

The focus of Association operation projects should be on projects which directly benefit the operations of SLA and its members.  They should focus on projects which can be adapted for wider use within SLA’s community, and may include publications, study grants, continuing education programs, public awareness activities, special studies and reports, and information dissemination efforts.

 

Application Information

 

The grant is announced internationally.  A new solicitation for applicants is made each year.  Application materials are available on SLA’s website at http://www.sla.org/SLAresearchgrant/ or by contacting: Director, Information Center, Special Libraries Association, 331 S. Patrick Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-3501, USA; e-mail: [email protected].

 

Timetable

 

March 2009

Application materials are made available.

 

August 3, 2009

Deadline for submission of the proposal and application form to SLA

 

December 2009

Notification of award decision.

John Latham
Director, Information Center
SLA
331 S. Patrick Street
Alexandria, VA 22314 USA
Tel. +1.703.647.4915 Fax +1.703.647.4901 [email protected]
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Certified Content Rights Manager Course

SLA has joined with the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) to develop a new professional development course for librarians and information professionals entitled the Certified Content Rights Manager (CCRM) course in San Francisco, CA!

The CCRM course is designed to help an organization properly manage their content rights and to help mitigate any risk in terms of the copyright law.

The goal of content rights management is to lower costs and lower liability.

Topics covered in the CCRM course include:

• Understanding vital copyright law components and concepts, including the fair use defense and orphan works
• Evaluating and managing different types of content rights within license agreements to help lower liability and costs 
• Discussion of key copyright cases and settlements  
• Developing, communicating, and maintaining a content rights management plan within your organization 

Who Should Attend: All professionals who purchase, manage or create content and are responsible for ensuring it's used appropriately and that the content rights are maximized at all levels of the organization.

 

See the CCRM Information Page and Syllabus

 Register today @ San Francisco, CA-CCRM--May 6, 2009!

 

Price: $395 for SLA members with “SLA08” promo code/ $495 for non-members

*Group discount – send 3 attendees from your organization for the original price of 2 ($495 * 2) – call LicenseLogic @ (202) 789-4445 to register groups*

 

Presenter: Adam Ayer, LicenseLogic

LicenseLogic is the leading content rights management training organization chosen by the SIIA and SLA to administer the CCRM course.

For questions or additional information, please feel free to contact LicenseLogic at (202) 789-4445 or via email at [email protected].

Stacey Bowers

Director of Business Development
SLA
[email protected]
www.sla.org

Celebrate SLA’s Centennial at the
SLA 2009 Annual Conference & INFO-EXPO
14-17 June, Washington, D.C.

 

SLA Adds New Dues Tier

SLA Adds New Dues Tier for Info Pros Making Less than $18K
With many facing lay offs and cutbacks SLA members are able to rely on their
professional association to provide assistance in tough times

Alexandria, Virginia, November 12, 2008-- Special Libraries Association (SLA), the premier global association for information professionals and special librarians, has added a third tier of membership dues for the full member class of membership. Dues for members with incomes of less than US$18,000 annually are now reduced to US$35 annually. Association members who fall into this category, including those who are unemployed, will have full access to all of SLA’s members-only services, including professional development, the SLA Career Center and networking opportunities. This initiative is an immediate response to the global economic crisis and will allow more members from around the globe to participate in the full range of SLA’s benefits. This dues structure will make membership in SLA affordable for members working in any economy, as well as those who are students, unemployed, part-time workers or retired.

“Members need the support of their association more than ever if they lose their jobs,” said SLA CEO Janice R. Lachance. “Our new dues structure will allow them to keep their professional skills and networks intact as well as provide them with the members-only SLA tools and resources the association provides to enhance their professional skills or find new employment. Being an SLA member even allows info pros to have access to discounts on health insurance as well as tuition at library and information schools.”

The new dues tier was proposed at a meeting during SLA's Annual Conference in Seattle with members from Australia, Hong Kong, India, and Japan. Many information professionals and special librarians in Asia and elsewhere make less than US $18K annually and were not able to afford to join SLA. The new dues structure will make membership in SLA affordable for members in these income levels throughout the world.

“SLA wants to provide its members with the best possible services and resources, no matter where they live or how much they make,” said Lachance. “That means taking a close look at our dues structure from time to time in relation to world economies and other factors affecting our members’ ability to participate.”

With this addition, SLA will now have three dues tiers for full members: One for members with incomes equivalent to US$35,000 or more (dues of US$160); one for members with incomes below US$35,000 but equivalent or above US$18,000 (dues of US$99); and the third new tier for members with incomes below US$18,000 (dues of US$35).

The member benefit that allows members who become unemployed a one-time, one-year opportunity to pay dues of US$49 is now unnecessary and will be eliminated. Members will now be able to pay the lowest dues as long as their income is below US$18,000, regardless of their employment status.

The SLA Centennial Video Contest

The SLA Centennial Video Contest
The SLA Information Professional of the Future

John Cotton Dana ... 1909… Bretton Woods…

The founders of SLA had a vision for how to fill the networking and educational needs of special librarians. With the forming of SLA in 1909, these fabled past leaders created an amazing professional association. For 100 years SLA has grown and transformed itself, and the association that started as one idea, by one person, now serves a global market of over 11,000 information professionals, librarians, and their partners.

In 2009 SLA celebrates its 100th birthday and as we look toward a second century of service, we are asking the questions:

What will the next 100 years of connecting people and information look like?

Can you peer into the future and see SLA's leaders of tomorrow?

Do you have an inspired vision of how SLA's members will change in 25, 50, or even 100 years?

Celebrate SLA's Centennial with your video representation of SLA's information professional of the future

Contest Theme
The SLA Information Professional of Tomorrow

Timeline
Contest entry period November 1 - December 15, 2008
Finalists announced at Leadership Summit, Savannah, Georgia, January 14 - 17, 2009
Judging of finalists by SLA members January 14 - February 7, 2009
Winners announced February 15, 2009
Winners presented and all entries displayed at Annual Conference June 14 - 17, 2009

Prizes
There are two categories of entries: Student and Professional
The winning entry in each category will be awarded:
$1,500 cash
Up to $1,500 to attend the Centennial conference in Washington, DC, June 14-17, 2009
Up to $1,000 for Chapter programming
Up to $1,000 for Division programming

Complete Rules and Submission Information:
http://wiki.sla.org/display/CCWIKI/Centennial+Video+Contest

Promotional Video on YouTube:
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=yXR-e2tiDQs

[Submitted by Dav Robertson on behalf of the Centennial Commission; David Cappoli and Tamika McCollough video contest coordinators.]

Information to Inspiration: Knowledge & Vision Shaping the Future.
Celebrating the SLA Centennial, 1909-2009

SLA Centennial Commission and 2009 Conference Planning Committee

San Andreas Chapter Members:

The following note is note from the SLA Centennial committee.  If you were at the Annual Conference in Seattle, you heard about the plan to hold a "black tie" event at a high-end location in DC and ask for contributions from Chapters and Divisions to fund that event. This idea has been shelved in favor of this new proposal. Your comments to the Centennial Committee are encouraged.

Helen Josephine
Head Librarian, Engineering Library
Stanford University
[email protected]

Dutch-Treat Dinner at Internet Librarian

Are you going to Internet Librarian and interested in networking with your fellow
SLA San Andreas Chapter librarians? Dutch-Treat Dinners are a simple way
to make dinner plans, especially if you don't know the neighborhood, and
are looking for dinner buddies. How about Rosine's, which doesn't require
reservations and is within walking distance of the Convention Center?
Please let me know if you're interested.

For a family-style restaurant in downtown Monterey, Rosine's is tried and true." - The New York Times

Abbey Bowman
[email protected]
Hewlett-Packard Company
Legal & Tax Library
Tel. +1 650.857.6001

The Big Blog To Do List Still Needs Some Doing

The ‘new’ website has been up since January. It looks great, but with some fine-tuning it can look even better. If you’re interested in using or enhancing your tech skills – and helping the Chapter – please click on the original Big Blog To Do List:

http://sla-divisions.typepad.com/sanandreas/2007/03/the_big_blog_to.html#more

And let me or Mary-Lynn Bragg ([email protected]) know which Q3 and/or Q4 tasks you’d like to work on.

Claudia Cohen
Bulletin Committee
[email protected]

Nominate Outstanding Alumni for SJSU SLIS 40th Anniversary Accreditation Celebration!

SLIS Commemorates 40th Anniversary of ALA Accreditation

Celebrate "Forty for Forty" - Forty Outstanding Alumni to Be Recognized

SLIS celebrates its fortieth accreditation anniversary in 2008. During the past forty years, SLIS alumni have applied the knowledge, values, and skills they learned while in graduate school to make significant contributions in a wide range of library and information settings. The "Forty for Forty" celebration will honor the profound impact that SLIS alumni have had in both the public and private sectors.

Did you know that a SLIS alumnus has served as California State Librarian? Were you aware that a SLIS alumnus, working as a school librarian, played a key catalyst role in getting Francis Ford Coppola to transform W.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders into a cinematic classic? Our Forty for Forty dinner and reception will be held on November 29th — plan to attend and help us to recognize the achievements of our graduates by making your nomination for an Outstanding Alumnus!

Notes from Search Engine Strategies (SES) Conference 20-23 August 2007 San Jose, CA Conference & Expo

By Dr. Karen Takle Quinn , Ph.D.

Why Attend This Event in the Future?

The San Jose, California, Search Engine Strategies Conference & Expo held August 20-23, 2007--one in a series of global conferences--featured presentations and panel discussions covering all aspects of search engine-related use and promotion. It provided a unique setting for attendees to network with search engine industry professionals, newbies, entrepreneurs and marketers. This setting offered the rare opportunity to discuss current, as well as future, trends in search engines and their marketing, analytical and other performance improvement techniques, in addition to participants' past experiences. With a reputation as a lively forum where people learn as much from colleagues as experts, SES San Jose always draws an interesting and enlightening crowd. This year’s meeting environment offered many opportunities to learn the ins-and-outs of search engine marketing not only from top experts but, at times, from the search engines themselves. This popular conference included over 60 panels and sessions on timely topics including video search, link baiting, click fraud, and mobile search.

Please read on for the complete report on SES San Jose '07 and a list of the sponsors' Web sites...

Internet Librarian 2007 Conference Discount

This is a reminder for those considering attending the Internet Librarian conference this year; it’s not too soon to start planning.

Once more, our Chapter has received an offer from Information Today, Inc. for discounted registration prices for the full 3-day Internet Librarian conference taking place Oct. 29-31, 2007 at the Monterey Conference Center.  The conference web site is http://www.infotoday.com/il2007/.

Reminder: SLA San Andreas Chapter Award Recommendations Solicitation

This is a reminder to Chapter members regarding award recommendations. We are seeking nominations for the Lucy Steelman Award and the Mark H. Baer Award. Please send nominations to Lee Pharis at [email protected] by Friday, August 17th.

Click here for detailed information from the original posting.

SLA San Andreas Chapter Award Recommendations Solicitation

As the most recent Chapter Past-President, it is my privilege to chair the awards committee this year. Each year we have the opportunity to honor members of our chapter who have made notable contributions. Since 1990 we have presented the Mark H. Baer Award, and last year added the Lucy Steelman Award. In 2006 we were able to honor Leslie Fisher with the Mark H. Baer Award for lifting our programs off the ground by trying creative new approaches and venues, and Eric Kristofferson with the Lucy Steelman Award for providing a supportive collegial network in the spirit of Lucy Steelman through his work with the local Solo Librarians group.

The Mark H. Baer Award serves to recognize an individual’s contributions to our chapter or our profession during either the current year or throughout their career. A description of this award and a list of past recipients can be found on the chapter web site here http://www.san-andreas-sla.org/archives/awards.html.  The Lucy Steelman Award recognizes one who mentors colleagues in any number of ways. To provide a sense of what Lucy was about, and what the award that bears her name is intended to celebrate, please read the tribute to Lucy found on the chapter web site here http://www.san-andreas-sla.org/archives/lucy.html.

Neighborhood Dinners in July - come and meet your neighbors!

Neighborhood Meetings 2007 - July 9-12

Please join one of our Neighborhood Meeting hosts for an evening of networking, held the same week as the Solos Librarians meeting on July 11th. Our hosts have selected a venue where you may share dinner (dutch treat) and lively conversation in a pleasant atmosphere. These meetings are also opportunities to talk with attendees of SLA Annual 2007 in Denver - find out more about Al Gore and/or Scott Adams, the Synergy Session, or the latest from Chapter Cabinet. Come to meet your colleagues in this more intimate dinner setting. With dutch treat, you pay-as-go and select what-you-want. (Suggested expectation for the cost of your dinner is $20-25.) Expand your network as you share your thoughts on personal, professional and/or social topics. Enjoy!!

Meeting restaurants have been selected throughout the Chapter region from mid-peninsula to Santa Clara. Meeting dates are variable also, from Monday through Thursday July 9th-12th. We hope that one (or more !) of the following Neighborhood Meetings fits in your calendar.

Please contact the host listed directly to RSVP for a meeting dinner.

Monday, 7/9 - Lisa Sammon ([email protected]) - Piatti, 3905 Rivermark Plaza, Santa Clara, CA - this dinner has been canceled
Monday, 7/9 - Lee Pharis ([email protected]) - Claim Jumper, 43330 Pacific Commons Blvd, Fremont
Tuesday, 7/10 - Cindy Hill ([email protected]) - Potluck at her home in Los Altos Hills
Thursday, 7/12 - Helen Losch ([email protected]) - PF Chang's, Stanford Shopping Center, 900 Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto

San Andreas Chapter Solo Librarians Upcoming Meetings

We are looking for topics for upcoming meetings that would be of interest to Solo Librarians. We were fortunate to have Nancy Blachman speak to us at our last meeting about her Google Guide. If you have suggestions about a topic or a speaker, please contact us.  If you have experience with a new service or technology (such as RSS feeds), and would be willing to make an informal presentation, that would be even better!
 
This is your organization and here is an opportunity for you to let us know what you would be interested in seeing in terms of networking, general meetings, vendor presentations, facility visits, sharing of experiences from national SLA meetings, etc.  Anyone with an interest in the small library environment is welcome to attend.
 
Call Eric at (408) 522-6697 or email him at [email protected].
 
Eric Kristofferson
Patricia Parsons

Track Your Volunteer Efforts!

Are you keeping your professional volunteer resume current? Hadn’t thought about it?

SLA tracks your commitments if you have an Executive Board position in a chapter or division, or at the association level, but not committee positions. In the chapter some of the committee work can be tracked on an as-need basis through our bulletin issues, especially if you chaired a committee, but not always if you were a member of the committee, and identifying committee members over time gets increasingly harder.

The Big Blog To Do List

With the blog launch party coming up, I wanted to put up a post with my To Do List. Over time, I'll come back and cross off things that get done and the status of various projects, but I thought it would be useful for our members to see that just because we're past the initial release, there's still lots of work to do be done both on the blog and the website. We definitely aren't done yet!

If you think you can help with any of this please drop me a line at [email protected]. At the bottom, I've even identified a very specific role any, or many, of our members could fill to help create content for our site.

Claudia and the rest of the Faultline team have their own list of what they want to see happen with the areas of the blog that are devoted to the Faultline so please also keep in mind that there many ways you can contribute to this new communications tool for our chapter.

We hope to see you on Wednesday! Please read on for more details...