SLA 2020 Annual Conference for $50 Registration

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Hi colleagues!

SLA has a limited amount of $50 conference registration for students, so ACT FAST!

The SLA conference is a great way to connect with professionals, learn new skills, and build career opportunities. Typically, student registration is $275, but if you act fast, you can attend the conference for $50!

To take advantage of this offer, please select “Register with your SLA record” or “Register and create record”. When you complete the registration application, you will see the registration rate of $50.

SLA’S 2020 Annual Conference will be hosted in Charlotte from June 6-9.

SLA Winter Happy Hour

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We are excited to announce that SLA will be hosting a Happy Hour event next Friday at a new location. We reserved a spot on the patio so be sure to bring a sweater/jacket in case it gets chilly. The food there looks great and has lots of vegan (and non-vegan) options. RSVP if you can make it. See below for more details. See ya there!

Date: Friday, February 28th

Time: 6-9pm

Location: The Stalking Horse Brewery & Freehouse

Address: 10543 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064

Parking: Street Parking on both sides of Pico (if you want to try to carpool let us know in RSVP form and we’ll see if we can hook you up. Also bus accessible.)

RSVP : https://forms.gle/WF6DCeD88SYE1a4d8

Lunch @ Tender Greens Westwood on Friday, Feb 7 at 11:30am

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The UCLA Student Chapter of SLA invites local information professionals & students from all programs to connect at a casual no-host lunch.

And while there will not be an agenda, there will be door prizes!

When: Friday, February 7, 2020 – 11:30am-1:00pm
Where: Tender Greens, 1109 Glendon Ave., Westwood
Parking: Metered street parking or park at the Broxton Public Parking Lot, 1036 Broxton Av. (first two hours free and a five minute walk from the restaurant)
Map – http://bit.ly/2ljbijy

Note that the UCLA student chapter of SLA has arranged for the separate Library room at Tender Greens for all those attending the lunch.

Complete the RSVP form no later than February 6, 2020, 11:00am (PST) – The form will include instructions for pre-ordering your lunch.

Questions? Contact David Cappoli – dcappoli@ucla.edu

On Campus Tour Alert!

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SLA Chicano Library Tour (3)Hello IS Students!

Please join us for an on-campus tour at the Chicano Studies Research Center Library on Friday, January 22th! CSRC’S Librarian and Archivist, Xaviera Flores, will be showing us around the library’s exhibitions and collections. The tour will begin at 12pm at Haines Hall Room 144, so please arrive 15 minutes before it starts. We don’t want you to miss out!

If you have any questions, feel free to comment on this post or email our Co-President Natalie at natalie.selzer@gmail.com

See you there!

P.S. Also, be on a look out for a survey on future tours. We are currently in the works of booking more tours for you all and would like to hear from you! We should be releasing that survey soon.

 

Southern California’s Professional Chapter of SLA’s 2019 Professional Development Day

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Hi all,

The Southern California Chapter of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) is hosting it’s Professional Development Day on Saturday, 9/28/19 at the Peninsula Center Library from 10am-3pm. This is a great opportunity for MLIS students to learn about special libraries and to network and meet people in the library field. More details about the event are below.

Also, please note that the UCLA Student Chapter of SLA is planning to sponsor a few free MLIS student registration spots. So, if you are interested in attending, please email Joanna Smith at joanna.smith@ucla.edu to find out more. Thanks!

Event Details:

  • Event: SLA Southern California Professional Development Day
  • Date and Time: Saturday 9/28/19 @ 10am – 3pm
  • Location: Peninsula Center Library (701 Silver Spur Rd, Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274)
  • Topics:
    •     Information preservation, curation, and accessibility – in 3D! (3D = tour)
    •     The intersection of Library Science/Information Science/Archives/Knowledge Management/Records Management
    •     Career opportunities in the Information Profession, and tips for successfully navigating them
    •     Understanding how the employees/audience you serve do their work, and what they need from you to do it
    •     Pulling it all together with self-awareness, self-management, social-awareness, and perspective – so you excel as an information professional across the board.
    • PLUS…
      •     Stories from the trenches!
      •     Networking time built in for more in-depth conversations
      •     Delicious breakfast and lunch!
      •     Optional visit to South Coast Botanic Garden after the event
  • Cost: Members: $30 – Non-members: $40 – Students and new professionals: $20. If you are in need of sponsorship or subsidized registration, please EMAIL US. Examples include students, professionals in transition, or other unique circumstances.

 

Event Agenda Below:

9:45am – Arrival & Breakfast

10:00am – Preserving Local History and Making it Accessible / Library &  Archive Tour by Monique Leahey Sugimoto (Archivist and local history librarian, Palos Verdes Library District)

11:00am – Where Archives and Records Collide! by JonLuc Christensen (Records Management Specialist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

1:00pm – Understanding Knowledge Workers’ Document Creation, Description, and Storage (CDS) Conventions by Camille Mathieu (Information Science Specialist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

2:00pm – Emotional Intelligence: The Special Sauce for LS/IS/RM/KS Leadership by Julia Mewboure (Manager of Records Management & Imaging Services, Metropolitan Water District) and Shelly Ray (Senior Departmental Systems Analyst, LA Metro)

3:00pm –  (Optional) Visit to South Coast Botanic Garden