Please join us for our guest speaker Dale Prince for his presentation on Public Displays: Web 2.0 and the Information Commons. Dale is known for his blog "The Gay Librarian: the anti-adventures of a gay male librarian" and currently works for the National Libraries of Medicine. Following the meeting we will be having our popular dinner at Sascha's, one of Baltimore's finest restaurants.

Speaker: Dale Prince, Technology Coordinator, National Network of Libraries of Medicine

SLA Units: Gay & Lesbian Issues Caucus

Minutes: GLIC now GLBTIC - SLA 2006 and beyond

SLA 2006 brought a great turnout of librarians to our annual meeting and we were quite fortunate to have Dale Prince speak to us on "Public Displays: Web 2.0 and the Information Commons.". He was witty and engaging and spoke to a packed room of about 40 people. If you haven't already checked out his blog, The anti-adventures of a gay mail librarian it's at: www.daleprince.com. Once again, thanks to Dale and for accepting our golden tiara as a memento.

Cy and Julie volunteered to continue to be Co-conveners for the 2006-2007 year. Concern had been expressed about the difficulties navigating the SLA hierarchy for new conveners, and to that end we solicited interest in being "mentored" into the role. During the meeting we also came to the decision to formally change the name from the Gay and Lesbian Issues Caucus to the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Issues Caucus, to be more reflective or our members.

During the meeting interest was voiced in honoring our history of 10+ years. We hope to write an article for Information Outlook commemorating this. We are also planning to have a speaker for next year and are in the process of getting co-sponsorship from a Division.

Julie

Julie Murphy, MLIS
Manager of Library and Information Services
Prevention Research Center

Join old friends and new at GLIC’s annual off-site dinner at Sascha’s (www.saschas.com/restaurant.html), “a Baltimore treasure” located in a glorious 19th Century Mt. Vernon townhouse, just minutes from the Convention Center.  The food is “creative American, with global touches from Asia, France, and Morocco.”  We’ll meet at the restaurant at 7:30 pm - from the Convention Center, it’s an easy 10-15 minute walk up Charles Street, or a 2-minute cab ride.  Please RSVP to Cy Behroozi at cbehroozi@brookings.edu.

SLA Units: Gay & Lesbian Issues Caucus

The weekend that SLA gets started in Baltimore is the same weekend as DC Pride (Capital Pride). Their parade will be on Saturday, June 10 in the evening evening and the festival will be on Sunday, June 11. The parade starts at P & 24th Streets, NW and winds its way to Dupont Circle, over to 17th Street and then over to 14th Street.  The festival opens around noon on Sunday on Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, roughly between 7th and 4th Streets.