Minnesota Chapter

Ben Hoganson wins $250 grant

Ben Hoganson is the recipient of the SLA-MN Spring 2013 Professional Development Grant.

Ben, an independent information professional who owns Autumn Elm Information, will use the $250 award to attend the June 9-11 Annual Conference in San Diego, where he hopes to learn more about text mining, taxonomies, big data and CI.

Ben joined the Minnesota Chapter in 2012 and has been busy this year identifying and sharing job openings with us as part of his work with the Communications & Technology Committee.

A big thank you goes to Awards Committee members Brenda Carriere, Pamela Enrici and Noelle Lowrie for their work selecting a winner.

Please consider applying for the chapter’s $250 Fall 2013 Professional Development Grant that will be announced in time for the Oct. 28-30 Internet Librarian Conference in Monterey, Calif., and the Oct. 10-11 Minnesota Library Association Annual Conference in St. Cloud!

Jill Strand wins ProQuest Dialog Member Achievement Award

Jill Strand continues to make SLA-MN proud!

Today SLA announced Jill has won the ProQuest Dialog Member Achievement Award. She’ll be recognized during the General Session & Awards Presentation that kicks off the Annual Conference June 9 in San Diego.

The honor is presented to an SLA member for raising the visibility, awareness, and appreciation of the information profession, an SLA unit, or the association at large. Learn more about SLA awards at www.sla.org/get-involved/awards.  

Jill is also currently a candidate for president-elect of SLA, which means if she wins she’ll be the organization’s president in 2015! The election will take place electronically in September. More at www.sla.org/governance/board-of-directors/board-candidate-election.

Jill, who is the 2008-09 Minnesota Chapter president, is the director of the Knowledge Management Library at Maslon Edelman Borman Brand, LLP in Minneapolis.

Congratulations, Jill! Let’s celebrate in San Diego!

May 3 Lunch: Data Tools for Visualization & Insight

 

SLA-Minnesota invites you to attend:

Data Tools for Visualization & Insight

A Bring-Your-Boss Event!

 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Join us for a “double-feature” learning lunch with presentations on data tools from both the Wilder Foundation and East View Geospatial. SLA members may bring their boss for free!

Jane Tigan from the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation will present Minnesota Compass, a social indicators project that measures progress statewide. Compass provides data and tracks trends in topic areas such as education, economy, workforce, health and immigration. Tigan will discuss the trends impacting our state, introduce the data and resources available on Minnesota Compass and explore ways this free tool can help you in your work.

Rodney Buhrsmith and Tony Monsour from East View Geospatial will focus on visualizing and using data in a geospatial framework. Tabular and unstructured data are being exploited by GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and increasingly, non-GIS professionals, thanks to the explosion of the Geospatial Industry. Buhrsmith and Monsour will demonstrate how to visualize and manipulate data on a common GIS platform, ArcGIS, as well as on their web-based EVGeoCloud platform built for non-GIS professionals.

 

WHEN

Friday, May 3, 2013

11:30 am – 1:30 pm (Presentations begin at noon)

 

WHERE

Amherst H. Wilder Foundation

Auditorium A

451 Lexington Parkway North

Saint Paul, MN 55104

    Directions: https://www.wilder.org/AboutUs/Locations/Pages/Directions.aspx

    Free parking is available in the ramp immediately outside the building

 

COST

$25 for SLA members (may bring your boss at no charge – be sure to include details in your registration)

$20 for students, unemployed & retired

$35 for guests

$40 for anyone registering after April 26 deadline

 

REGISTRATION

Register and send payment no later than Friday, April 26. 

Please Note: Late registration for ANY attendee is $40.  If you register, you are expected to pay, even if you’re unable to attend.

STEP ONE: Register

Email the following to minnesota.sla@gmail.com:

    Name:

    Employer or School:

    Boss’ name, if he or she is accompanying you:

    Phone number:

    Are you an SLA member?

    Is this your first SLA event?

    Are you a past president?

    Payment: PayPal or check?

    Do you need a receipt?

    Please include a sandwich choice for EACH attendee (Box lunches from Cossetta Eventi):

        ___ Tom Turkey   

        ___ Smoked Ham   

        ___ Grilled Vegetable  

        ___ Beef Brisket

 

STEP TWO: Make Payment

Make payment through PayPal, or mail check payment to Kerry Walsh.

Registration Options

SLA Members $25.00 USD Students, Unemployed, and Retired $20.00 USD Guests $35.00 USD Anyone Registering after April 26th $40.00 USD

 

Mail checks payable to SLA-Minnesota Chapter to:

    Kerry Walsh

    Amherst H. Wilder Foundation

    451 Lexington Parkway North

    Saint Paul, MN 55104

(Please include a copy of your registration email if possible.)

 

CONTACT WITH QUESTIONS 

Karen Mackey, Chapter President: karen.mackey@donaldson.com / 952.887.3018

Renee Weddle, Chapter President-Elect: renee_weddle@cargill.com / 952.742.0195

 

THANK YOU 

Thank you to the Wilder Foundation, our host, and to East View, our generous sponsor, and to both organizations for sharing their knowledge with us!

The Amherst H. Wilder Foundation is a nonprofit organization that helps children, families and older adults in the greater Saint Paul area through direct service programs, research, leadership development and community building. Wilder Research, part of the Wilder Foundation, gathers and interprets facts and trends in order to help families and communities thrive, get at the core of community concerns, and uncover issues that are overlooked or poorly understood. For more information, visit www.wilder.org.

East View was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Minneapolis. East View is comprised of East View Information Services (www.eastview.com), East View Geospatial (www.geospatial.com) and East View Map Link (www.maplink.com). East View manages a data center, library and warehouse where it hosts and stores dozens of foreign language databases, hundreds of thousands of maps and atlases and millions of geospatial, Russian, Chinese and Arabic metadata records.

 

 

Beth Northcutt wins conference grant

Beth Northcutt is the winner of the 2013 SLA-MN Annual Conference Grant, which will provide her up to $1,000 to attend the June 9-11 conference in San Diego.

Beth joined SLA and the Minnesota Chapter in 2012. This year she is a member of the Communications & Technology Committee, managing the discussion list and helping to update the website. Beth completed her MLIS in December and works as a library specialist for the law firm Maslon Edelman Borman Brand, LLP.

She wrote in her application, “I fear that because of my current salary and the student loans I am paying, that I would be unable to attend the conference without being awarded this grant. The benefits of attending the SLA conference are many. This is an opportunity to show to my new employer my commitment to this career and to my personal development. My position was recently added to the library so it is important that not only I, but also the library team can quantify our value to the company. This conference will allow me to learn new ideas and solutions which I can bring back to the workplace, which will hopefully enhance the library’s value to the company.”

Please join me in congratulating Beth, and I hope many of us will join her in San Diego! Also, a BIG THANK YOU to our Awards Committee members Brenda Carriere, Pam Enrici, Noelle Lowrie and Carol Lynn O’Gara.

The committee will soon seek applications for the $250 Spring Professional Development Grant. Stay tuned!

Congratulations President's Award winner Molly Dinneen

Molly Dinneen received SLA-MN’s 2012 President’s Award for Lifetime Achievement during last week’s Night of Honors.

Molly, who serves as the chapter’s loyalty adviser, is a senior scientist at General Mills Inc. where she has worked 14 years.

Conceived in 2007, the award has only been given to three other esteemed members: Jerry Baldwin in 2007, Virginia Ferestad in 2008 and Jim Tchobanoff in 2010. The President’s Award honors a member for their significant achievement over the course of a career that includes being:

• A longstanding active member
• One who is dedicated to the chapter, SLA and furthering the profession
• Someone who demonstrates leadership, excellence and service
• A professional known for notable innovations in the workplace
• One who provides mentoring to encourage others in the profession
• And whose activities bring recognition and acclaim to the chapter

Molly joined SLA and the Minnesota Chapter in 1997. She has chaired international relations, membership, professional development and most recently she’s been our strategic planning director from 2010-2012. In addition, Molly was awarded the chapter’s 2006 Innovation in Action Award.

Molly went beyond the call of duty as our strategic planning director. It’s because of Molly the chapter was among a handful of units selected to participate in SLA’s Loyalty Project. As a result, the chapter’s leadership and board structure was evaluated, re-envisioned and realigned. Molly led these efforts, representing the chapter at the national level, designing and making presentations, conducting interviews, providing analysis, offering recommendations and working towards a consensus.

Molly’s manager Fred Hulting, knowledge services leader and statistician, attended the Feb. 21 ceremony where he also saw coworker Noelle Lowrie win the Innovation in Action Award.

Congratulations to our 2012 award winners! Learn more about the chapter’s awards at http://units.sla.org/chapter/cmn/awards/PALA.htm.

Get $1,000 for SLA Annual Conference; apply by March 11

Early-bird registration is open for the SLA Annual Conference and applications are being accepted for the SLA-MN conference grant through Monday, March 11.

This is your chance to get a lot of bang from your Minnesota Chapter affiliation. The grant provides a nonstudent chapter member with financial need up to $1,000 to attend the June 9-11 conference and Info-Expo in San Diego.

A winner will be announced Monday, March 25, in time to take advantage of early-bird registration that ends Friday, April 12. Conference  information and registration is at http://bit.ly/XQlFIj.     

Eligibility:

1. Applicants may not be current students, as they would be eligible for the student group scholarship.
2. Applicants should be current SLA members with a Minnesota Chapter affiliation.
3. Applicant must demonstrate that attending the conference would be a financial burden otherwise.
4. Applicant must agree to share their experience with chapter members using the chapter’s social media channels, website and/or newsletter.
5. Applicant must be able to serve on the awards committee for the entire year following receipt of the award.

Judging criteria:

1. The award will be given to the person in need of financial support who best demonstrates how they would benefit from attending the conference.
2. Preference will be given to applicants who have demonstrated a history of involvement in the chapter and in the field of special librarianship.
3. The award will not be granted if no applicant adequately expresses their interest and need.

Application process:

Applications should be emailed to Dru Frykberg (dru.frykberg@state.mn.us) on or by Monday, March 11. In 500 words or less, please describe how you would benefit from the conference and demonstrate your financial need.

Register for Dec. 12 holiday party

SLA-MN and the Minnesota Association of Law Libraries (MALL) invite you to:

SLA-MALL Holiday Party 2012
Celebrate the season with colleagues during the annual SLA-MALL event. Enjoy refreshments, music, an exhibitors fair and the always popular silent auction by the St. Catherine University SLA Student Group. Students attend for free! There will also be a drawing for a free student SLA membership, courtesy of SLA-MN member Pamela Enrici.                                          

WHEN & WHERE
5:30–8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012
Rauenhorst Ballroom in the Coeur de Catherine building
St. Catherine University
2004 Randolph Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55105
Directions and parking information at http://bit.ly/TS6FaZ

COST
$15 for SLA members
$30 for guests
FREE for library/information science students (please register, though)
Includes appetizers, drink ticket, dessert & coffee. Cash bar available.

REGISTRATION
Registration is a two-part process. Please register and send payment by Tuesday, Dec. 4. If you register, we expect you to pay – even if you are unable to attend.

STEP ONE (Students, please just do this step):
Email the following to minnesota.sla@gmail.com:

Name
Are you an SLA member?
Are you a library/information science student?
Is this your first SLA event?
Are you a past president?
Payment (PayPal or Check)?
Do you need a receipt?

STEP TWO:
Make payment through PayPal

Registration Options

Members $15.00 USD Guests $30.00 USD

Or send a check payable to SLA-Minnesota Chapter to:

Becky Steindorf
59 Langer Circle
West St. Paul, MN 55118
(Please include a copy of your registration email if possible.)

CONTACT WITH QUESTIONS
Dru Frykberg – dru.frykberg@state.mn.us – 651-259-7177
Karen Mackey – karen.mackey@donaldson.com – 952-887-3018
Carol Lynn O'Gara – clogara@stkate.edu (silent auction donations & inquiries)
Catherine Kratochvil – cckratochvil@stkate.edu (silent auction donations & inquiries)

THANKS
Thanks to our event sponsors who will be featured in the exhibitors fair. You’ll meet representatives and learn more about Bloomberg, Business Monitor International, Datamyne, Factiva, Finance & Commerce, InfoNOW, ProQuest Dialog, and West, a Thomson Reuters Business. We are grateful for their participation!

Learn to influence others at Oct. 9 CE

SLA-Minnesota invites all to attend:

Use your influence! Crafting your message
to achieve awareness & support
A continuing education event!

WHEN
Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012
1-1:30 p.m. Registration & lunch
1:30-5:30 p.m. Program (includes a refreshment break)

WHERE
Hennepin County Library’s Southdale Branch
Ethel Berry Room
7001 York Ave. S.
Edina, MN 55435
www.hclib.org

PROGRAM
You MUST use your expertise to influence others, especially when promoting your value and the importance of your services to your organization’s decision makers.

Plan to attend this interactive workshop to learn to influence others through a communication styles assessment, exercises and an introduction to powerful influence tools. You will leave with a personal influencing plan that fits your style and the needs unique to your work environment. Presented by Cheryl Leitschuh, a leadership development consultant. Learn more about Leitschuh at http://career-future.com/.

COST
$50 for SLA members
$40 for student and unemployed SLA members       
$60 for guests and members registering after Tuesday, Oct. 2

REGISTRATION
Registration is a two-part process. Please register and send payment on or by Tuesday, Oct. 2. Late registration is $60. Please don’t delay – program is limited to 48 participants.

STEP ONE:
Email the following to minnesota.sla@gmail.com:
Name
Phone number
Are you an SLA member?
Is this your first SLA event?
Are you a past president?
Payment (PayPal or Check)?
Do you need a receipt?

STEP TWO:
Make payment through PayPal

REGISTRATION

SLA members $50.00 USD Students/Unemployed/Retired members $40.00 USD Non-members $60.00 USD

Or send a check payable to SLA-Minnesota Chapter to:

Becky Steindorf
59 Langer Circle
West St. Paul, MN 55118
(Please include a copy of your registration email if possible.)

CONTACT WITH QUESTIONS

• Elizabeth Meylor – emeylor.hga.com – 612-758-4588
• Julie Weston – jweston@hga.com – 612-758-4624

THANK YOU!
This event is sponsored by Elsevier.

Explore the special library as an information commons Sept. 20 at MIA

SLA-Minnesota invites all to attend:

The Special Library as an Information Commons &
Minneapolis Institute of Arts Museum Library tour
A membership recruitment event!

WHEN
Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012
4:30-5:30 p.m.  Registration, networking & refreshments
5:30-6:30 p.m.  Program: The Special Library as an Information Commons
6:30-7:15 p.m. Museum library tour & networking
*The museum is open to 9 p.m. and general admission is free

WHERE
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Target Wing, First Floor
2400 Third Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55404
www.artsmia.org

COST
$25 for SLA members (members may bring a nonmember guest for free)
$20 for student and unemployed SLA members       
$35 for guests and members registering after Monday, Sept. 10

PROGRAM
Three librarians from markedly different special library settings—an art museum, a law firm, and an arboretum within a university—will profile their library and discuss how the special library as an “information commons” can contribute to an organization’s mission and financial success while being a catalyst for institutional advancement. Presenters are Kathy Allen of Andersen Horticultural Library at the University of Minnesota, Janice Lea Lurie of MIA, and Jill Strand of Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP. The program will conclude with a tour of the MIA Art Research & Reference Library.

REGISTRATION
Registration is a two-part process. Please register and send payment on or by Monday, Sept. 10 (event is limited to 50 registrants). Late registration is $35.

STEP ONE:
Email the following to minnesota.sla@gmail.com:
Name
Name of nonmember guest
Phone number
Are you an SLA member?
Is this your first SLA event?
Are you a past president?

STEP TWO:
Make payment through PayPal

Registration Options

SLA Members $25.00 USD Students & Unemployed Members $20.00 USD Guests $35.00 USD

Or send a check payable to SLA-Minnesota Chapter to:

Becky Steindorf
59 Langer Circle
West St. Paul, MN 55118
(Please include a copy of your registration email if possible.)

CONTACT WITH QUESTIONS

• Dru Frykberg – dru.frykberg@state.mn.us – 651.259.7177
• Karen Mackey – karen.mackey@donaldson.com – 952.887.3018
• Renee Weddle – Renee_Weddle@cargill.com – 952-742-0195

THANK YOU!
This event is sponsored by Gale Cengage Learning.

Bring your boss to June 11 CI luncheon

SLA-MN invites all to attend:
LinkedIn and Social Media for Competitive and Market Intelligence
A Manager’s Appreciation Event!

WHEN
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Monday, June 11, 2012

WHERE
Land O'Lakes Inc. Corporate Office
4001 Lexington Ave. N
Arden Hills, MN 55126
Click here for map or Download LOLMap.
**Please allow extra drive time due to road construction in the area.

COST
$15 for Students & Unemployed
$20 for SLA members (members bring your boss for FREE!)
$30 for Guests

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Join us for a learning lunch featuring Cynthia Barber, senior competitive intelligence specialist at Medtronic. SLA members are invited to bring their boss or supervisor at no extra charge! 

Barber will show how LinkedIn is a tremendous resource that can help businesses learn more about their customers, the marketplace and the competition.

As an attendee, you will:

• Participate in an interactive session on using LinkedIn and other social media resources to better help customers as well as identify competing company organization structures, initiatives, marketing efforts, connections and developments.
• Learn expert tips and tricks to expand your resources and insights on virtually every industry around the globe.
• Identify counterintelligence opportunities to protect your company and clients from exposure.

Barber works with medical technology firm Medtronic. As a principal competitive intelligence manager she works to provide strategic information to support Medtronic’s effort to alleviate pain, restore health and extend lives. Social media plays an integral part in communicating and transforming the face of chronic disease. Using a resource like LinkedIn can be a great way for companies to better understand competitors’ plans and competition, better understand customers, explore partner opportunities and new markets, look at supplier backgrounds and recruit new talent. With over 20 years of experience in research, Barber provides a unique view into using social media as a powerful resource, ally and enemy.

REGISTRATION
Registration is a two-part process. Please register and send payment on or by Friday, June 1 (register early as space is limited).

STEP ONE:
Email the following to minnesota.sla@gmail.com:

• Name
• Member of which library association, if any
• Phone number
• Is this your first SLA event?
• Are you a student?
• Are you a past president?
• Boss’ name if they are attending with you?

STEP TWO:
Make payment through PayPal

Registration Options

SLA Members (Bring your boss for FREE!)$20.00 USD Students & Unemployed Members$15.00 USD Guests$30.00 USD

Send a check payable to SLA Minnesota Chapter to:

Becky Steindorf
59 Langer Circle
West St. Paul, MN 55118
(Please include a copy of your registration email)
If you register, we expect you to pay – even if you are unable to attend.

CONTACT WITH QUESTIONS

• Dru Frykberg – dru.frykberg@state.mn.us – 651-259-7177
• Karen Mackey – karen.mackey@donaldson.com – 952-887-3018
• Renee Weddle – Renee_Weddle@cargill.com – 952-742-0195

THANK YOU
Thanks and appreciation to Donna Koenig, our host and a former chapter president.