SLA San Diego Chapter

Fall Seminar Addresses SLA Alignment Project

Have you heard of the Alignment Project?  If not, you'll want to attend the Fall Seminar in order to learn more and find out how you can use these findings to help you Conveying Your Value.  Debbie Hunt, SLA Board Member and owner of Information Edge will help us understand the groundbreaking significance of Alignment Project findings.

In advance of the Fall Seminar visit the Alignment Portal for a preview.  Alignment Project findings will assist us all in conveying our value.

Note that as a result of Alignment Project findings, SLA is examining alternatives for a name change.  To have a look at related discussion, visit the Name Change Wiki.

Seminar space is limited.  Register today.

Mary Ellen Bates Keynotes the Fall Seminar on Conveying Your Value

When Mary Ellen Bates presents at the SLA Annual Conference each year, the venue fills up fast.  Conference rooms with more than 250 seats are typically standing-room-only.

Right now you have a chance to beat the crowd, enjoy the comfort and convenience of a local venue, and hear from one of the most widely respected and best known info pros in the business.

Mary Ellen will Keynote the Fall Seminar on Friday October 9, 2009.  Her topic is Wanted: Information Revolutionaries - The Info-Pro Manifesto.  Mary Ellen's style includes humor and straight-to-the-heart-of-the-matter insights into how to knock the socks off of our clients and customers. 

Don't miss this opportunity.  Enjoy the tremendous savings of this local meeting, and sign up today.  Space is limited, so use the PayPal link on this page or contact Vani Inampudi to register.

Opportunity to Assist with Program Planning

I am happy to announce the formation of an SLA San Diego Chapter Program Committee.  Carla Hernandez at Pfizer has agreed to chair the 2010 Program Committee.  Carla and the rest of the committee will work under the guidance of the Chapter President Elect to develop and implement program ideas for 2010.

Committee Members will have the opportunity to work with experienced leaders in event planning, speaker recruitment, venue arrangements, and promotion.

Excellent programming is one of the greatest benefits that San Diego Chapter members receive from their SLA membership.  Volunteering for this initiative will help you expand your professional network, gain useful professional skills, and influence chapter programming all at once.

For more information, contact Carla Hernandez.

SLA-SD 2009 Scholarship

The San Diego Chapter of the Special Libraries Association (SLA-SD) is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for its 2009 scholarship. The scholarship is $1000 plus a one-year student membership in SLA-SD.

In order to qualify, applicants must:

• be a resident of San Diego County
• be enrolled in an ALA-accredited Master's degree program
• have an interest in pursuing a career in special libraries

To be considered, applicants must submit:

• A personal statement of 500-1000 words discussing their interest in special libraries and future career goals
• A current resume, which should include MLIS coursework completed to date and anticipated graduation date

Upon selection, the recipient will also be required to submit proof of enrollment in an ALA-accredited Master's degree program (unofficial transcript) and proof of residency in San Diego County (copy of driver's license or voter registration card).

Membership in SLA-SD is encouraged, but not required, and the award includes a one-year student membership in the organization.

To submit an application, send your personal statement and resume as .doc (NOT .docx) attachments to [email protected] by October 10, 2009. Please use the subject line "SLA-SD Scholarship application".

The winner will be notified by November 1, 2009. The scholarship will be officially awarded at the chapter's Annual Business Meeting and Holiday Dinner on December 3, 2009.

Current Job Openings

Head of Reference Services, National University's Spectrum Library, San Diego

Knowledge Management/Electronic Records Administrator, Booz Allen Hamilton, San Diego

Performing Arts Librarian, American Musical and Dramatic Academy, Los Angeles

Assistant Law Librarian, Southern California Edison, Rosemead

Best of luck with your search!

Free Subscription to execuBooks

Your annual dues and SLA membership includes access to execuBooks.  I just finished reading the book summary of the week - Know What You Don't Know by Michael Roberto.  It took me about 10 minutes, and I learned why managers have trouble identifying problems in an organization and what to do about it.  Ten minutes well spent. 

You can subscribe to the weekly execuBooks email by way of the SLA web site.

Go for it.  Remember, it's free.  It's yours.  It comes with your membership in SLA.

Don't forget about tomorrow's SLA-SD Networking Event at Rock Bottom Brewery!

Come join your fellow information professionals for an evening of networking and spirits on Thursday, Sept. 17^th at 5:30 at  Rock Bottom Brewery in La Jolla.

 

There’s no need to RSVP; just show up.  We hope to see you there!

 

 

 

Posted by Elizabeth Grossman, SLA-SD Membership Chair

La Roca Library project connected learners and resources

 

When SLA-SD kindly provided a donation last spring to help support the La Roca Library project, chapter members asked to be informed later about the project's impacts.

During the 2008-2009 school year, the project provided professional staffing and enhanced resources (including an improved computer lab with Web access) for the small onsite library at La Roca - a homeless shelter and community center in Tijuana.

At the end of the project last May, librarian Maria Luisa Mendez Lozada, who headed up the project on the ground, reported metrics including:

• 2,169 library visitors (this figure includes some folks who were counted more than once, as they visited on multiple occasions) during the course of the project.
• 1,317 books consulted in the La Roca Library.
• 157 learning activities (e.g., story hours, literacy games) delivered in the La Roca Library and in La Roca Primary School classrooms and reaching 1,140 youngsters aged 3-12.
• 125 computer classes delivered in the library and reaching 863 students including youth and adults.

Through the project, many youth and adults gained skills, including library skills and computer literacy skills. In the photo, you can see two La Roca community members enjoying the La Roca Library computer lab.

A fuller account of the impacts of the La Roca Library project is available at http://libraryconnect.blogspot.com/2009/09/la-roca-library-project-touched-many.html.

"Why I like the library" thank-you notes from La Roca youth and adults are available on the Library Connect Facebook page at www.facebook.com/libraryconnect.

Again, a big thanks goes to SLA-SD for its kind support of the project.

Even though the La Roca Library project has concluded, Elsevier San Diego's support of La Roca continues.

Elsevier San Diego continues to partner with the nonprofit Corazon de Vida to support education for Tijuana youth. In September 2009, Elsevier's philanthropic program RE Cares awarded Corazon de Vida a $13,000 grant to cover tuition, uniforms and school  transportation for 100 students from the Hacienda, La Roca and Casa de Paz shelters during the 2009-2010 school year.

For updates on how Elsevier San Diego is partnering with Corazon de Vida to support vulnerable youth and orphans in Tijuana, please visit www.projectlaroca.blogspot.com/.

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Article written by Daria DeCooman

Current Job Openings

Information Specialist, California Lutheran University/Pearson Library, Thousand Oaks

Librarian, New York Film Academy, Universal City, CA

Part-Time Legal Reference Librarian, San Diego County Public Law Library

Senior Manager, Competitive Intelligence, Baxter BioScience, Westlake Village, CA

Librarian/Archivist, American Film Institute, Louis B. Mayer Library, Los Angeles

Best of luck with your search!

Welcome New Members

 

A warm welcome to our new and returning members!  We hope to see you at one of our upcoming events.

• Tina Jagerson 
• Sabrina Nespeca 

 

 

Posted by Elizabeth Grossman, SLA-SD Membership Chair