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Thursday, December 2, 2004 – 6:00 - 10:30 p.m. Happiness Is Taxonomy: How to Build Hierarchies that Support Enterprise Goals (Cleveland Yachting Club). Join us at the Cleveland Yachting Club for a special evening-dinner and a speaker from Phoenix. A national presenter accustomed to standing-room only events, Katherine Bertolucci speaks to customizing and organizing content for your client. As she notes, special libraries are not necessarily well-served by using LC or Dewey...or in her case, Linnaeus, when working for a famous company with a beagle we've all seen and loved. Join your colleagues for a lovely dinner and to find out more! Our thanks to Knovel, Inc. for sponsorship of this meeting. Registration Deadline: November 25th. Details and registration: PDF. Friday, November 5, 2004 – 6:00 - 8:30 p.m. Competitive Intelligence: What It is and How Do you Develop your Skills to Conduct It (FirstEnergy Corp.). Plan to attend our annual student/practitioner get-together to learn about SLA's new division from Jerry P. Miller, Chair of the SLA's new Competitive Intelligence Division, and to meet some regular members of SLA and ASIST. This is a great opportunity to hear from a leader in the field how your colleagues are using competitive intelligence today and to make new contacts in two active local professional societies. Our thanks to Alacra for helping us to bring Jerry Miller to Cleveland information professionals. Registration Deadline: Friday, October 29. Details and registration: PDF. Thursday, October 7, 2004 – 6:00 - 8:15 p.m.
Don't miss a stellar opportunity to meet
SLA Executive Director, the Honorable Janice Lachance Cleveland SLA has an extraordinary opportunity for you--personal time to meet and talk with the Association's Executive Director, the Honorable Janice Lachance. One of 6 chapter visits, Cleveland SLA will experience Janice's exuberant nature as she talks about how she's putting her stamp on such a large organization, what she thinks about information 'specialists', and what she sees in her new role at the helm of SLA. And more, much more! Registration Deadline: Noon - Monday, October 4th. Details and registration: PDF or MS Word. Thursday, September 16, 2004 – 6:00 - 8:15 p.m. Focus: Content! Finding Proprietary Information on the Web and, Focus: Unusual Career Path & How I Got There! (Strongsville Branch Library). Ruth Wolfish, 2004-05 President-Elect of the New Jersey SLA Chapter, presents a two-for-one evening on September 16th. As a representative of IEEE Explore™, she'll demonstrate a new trend in information access, from one of the industry's most respected research content providers. Ruth also will speak from her own SLA chapter experiences. You'll learn what's new from a chapter celebrating its 65th anniversary…and hear about her most unusual career path, something that has or may touch all of us. Come and hear how she views today's MLS and how she proves it's not limited to traditional librarianship. Registration Deadline: Thursday, September 9th. Details and registration: PDF or MS Word. Wednesday, June 2, 2004 – 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. State of the Chapter – From Today to "Tomorrow" (Annual Business Meeting). (U.S. Coast Guard Club, Cleveland). An evening to relax with lake and city skyline views at the U.S. Coast Guard Club. News on name change survey, national news, awards, elections, and more. Join us! Registration Deadline: Saturday, May 29th. Details and registration: PDF or MS Word. 2004 Betty Burrows Seminar: Plus a tour of the Mohler Fashion Library and Museum at Kent State University Friday, April 23, 2004 – 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Kent State University (Kent, OH). View the invitation and details (MS Word or PDF). Registration Deadline: Monday, April 19, 2004. March 25, 2004 – 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. Information Communication Technology: Enhanced Access and Policy Making (Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland). Amit Maitra, President and CEO of Dynamic States, Inc., and currently with The Department of Homeland Security, brings another perspective to how information is efficiently distributed to various lines of business for law, research, government, and individuals. Interested in innovation and organizational leadership, his perspective on technologies for information sharing and the policies to support them will be thought-provoking and worthwhile. An exceptional opportunity-reserve by 4 pm Friday, March 19th. We' re grateful to Central Business Group for sponsorship of this meeting. Details and registration (PDF). Kent State University SLIS-sponsored program (not a Cleveland SLA meeting): Thursday, March 18, 2004 – 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. Library Careers' Night, Kent State University SLIS (Kent Student Center). View the invitation and details (MS Word). RSVP to Rhonda Filipan, SLIS Academic Program Coordinator, at respond@slis.kent.edu Tuesday, February 17, 2004 – 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. Perception is Reality: Creating Your Elevator Talk and Nine Other Practical Ideas to Promote Your Information Functions (GrafTech International in Cleveland). Barbara Burton, Factiva, presenter. Dinner buffet by Trifles Catering and Wine Cafe, Ltd. of Chagrin Falls. Have you ever thought "I wish I could go over there and introduce myself to the [vice president]..." but you didn't have a great opening line? Raise your visibility and hone your skills with an interactive, fun session with expert Barbara Burton, as she shows you how to perfect your elevator talk and opening line. Details and registration form (PDF). Reserve by 3 pm on Friday, Feb. 13th. Thursday, December 11, 2003 – 5:30 - 7:15 p.m. Effective Communications: Benefits for You & Your Organization (Juniper Grille in Cleveland). Linda Reese, presenter, plus a holiday party at the fabulous Juniper Grille, 1332 Carnegie (free parking). Details and registration form (PDF). Reservations Essential & Limited: RSVP by Monday Noon, Dec. 8th Friday, November 14, 2003 – 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Work: A Way of Life, or in the Way of Life? Planning the Life/Work Satisfaction (Kent State University). Martin Jaffe, InfoPLACE, presenter. Annual Career Night for Library Science students, co-sponsored with NORASIST. Students, professionals, vendors, and friends – join us for this year’s popular Annual Career Night. Trade personal information, tips & advice, seek out a partner for a special project and share expertise! Details and registration form (PDF). Register by noon on Wednesday, November 12th. Wednesday, October 29, 2003 – 5:30 - 8:15 p.m. Annual George Mandel Technology Lecture at The Dolan Center for Science and Technology (John Carroll University, University Heights). Joint meeting with NORASIST. Join us for dinner and a private tour of the new Dolan Center for Science and Technology in University Heights. Our annual meeting on technology, partially supported by the George Mandel Lecture fund, has 3 featured speakers for your enjoyment, with lots of show-and-straight-talk. Read more about the wide variety of topics-planning for tomorrow, using today's technologies in an innovative and productive way, and experiencing our inaugural meeting feature "Mind-Break." Read more about it all and find detailed maps to the meeting (PDF). Tell a friend, as well! Register by noon on October 27. Wednesday, September 24, 2003 – 5:45 - 8:30 p.m. Meeting at Kelvin Smith Library, Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland). Join us for a Dialog Quantum2 program on September 24th! Featured speaker Pat Currie will present "Assessing User Needs: Mapping the Information Flow." This mini-workshop with presentations and exercises will stretch your mind and spark your imagination. Instead of planning travel and training, plan to attend this first meeting of the year right here in Cleveland. Catch up on news, meet new colleagues, and hear more about the upcoming year's meetings - with local experts as well as national [and possibly international] presenters! More details, map, and registration information. (PDF)Register by September 22.
September 17-19, 2003 – SLA Great Lakes Regional Conference V
(Grand Rapids, MI). "Navigating the Information Rapids". See details at
http://www.sla.org/conf/grtlks/ Spring 2003
Please Note New Date and Place: Wednesday, May 28 – 6 - 8 p.m. Meeting at US Coast Guard Club (Cleveland, OH). Participate in Annual Chapter Meeting, network with colleagues, hear election results, learn about proposed name changes for SLA, and enjoy views of Lake Erie! Meeting Announcement/ Details/Registration form (PDF)
“Story Telling: A Time-Tested Communication Strategy,” presented by Richard Stone of the StoryWork Institute. Mr. Stone is a consultant in the area of Communications via story telling and has developed training programs for team building, leadership development, and diversity training for such corporate clients as Walt Disney Imagineering, Eastman Chemical Company and Lucent Technologies. Meeting Announcement/Details/Registration form (PDF) Wednesday, March 26 – 6 - 8 p.m. Meeting at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation Library. Dinner meeting and tour. Special thanks to Gretchen Hallerberg, our host for this event. The Library's mission is to be a liaison between Cleveland Clinic personnel and information sources that support patient care, research and education. CCF library staff facilitates timely access to information in relevant formats from internal and external resources, and teaches information management skills to enable their users to keep pace with the rapidly evolving health sciences literature. Join us for an update on Special Libraries Association activities and an interesting tour of the Cleveland Clinic Medical Library! Meeting Announcement/Registration form (PDF) Friday, February 28, 2003 – 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. at Hilton Garden Inn,
Cleveland Airport. SLA is poised for substantial brand changes as it moves forward in the 21st century. Understanding the importance of branding and its impact will enable SLA members to help establish the future direction of their organization. As manager of payment solutions, corporate product management and wholesale banking, Mary Ann Francis knows the value and power of branding. Join your SLA colleagues in learning more about branding and its impact. Meeting Announcement/Registration form (MSWord) PowerPoint presentation by MA Francis December 4, 2002 – 6-8 p.m. Holiday party at Great Lakes Brewing Co. (Cleveland). Check your stress at the door and share the holiday spirit with your colleagues. Hear the latest from Swets Blackwell (our sponsor) and get tips for surviving the holiday season. Meeting Announcement/Registration form (PDF) November 7, 2002 – 5-7 p.m. Career night at KSU. Marty Jaffe of InfoPlace (CCPL) will review the latest resources and trends in job searching. Also, a panel of speakers will talk about their jobs in technical, business and nontraditional research fields. Meeting Announcement/Registration form (PDF)
in Downtown Cleveland. Spring 2002
Friday, April 19, 2002
, Betty Burrows
Seminar (full day professional development workshop).
Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2002,
Networking 5:30pm , Dinner 6:00, Program
6:45-8 pm. Location:
Maple Heights Regional Library (Cuyahoga County Public Library)
April 27, 2001 Betty Burrows Annual
Professional Development Seminar (8-4:30pm)
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September 21 - Search Engine Serengeti:
Charting a Route Through the Wild Web |
March 16 - Non-Library Careers with
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October 19 - The Thompson Group: Integration,
Diversification, Combination |
April 7- 25th Annual Betty Burrows
Seminar: Information Professionals as Knowledge Navigators |
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November 30- Bring Your Favorite
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VIDEOCONFERENCE May - Business Meeting |
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Spring 1999 |
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September 16 - Hot Internet Legal Issues |
February 24 - Pediatric Learning Center & Videoconferencing
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October 14 - Student-Member Career Forum |
March 31 - Electronic Content: Issues & Lessons
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November 11 - Dialog Pricing Issues |
April 16 - Information Architecture (24th Annual
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May 19 - Business Meeting / Information Needs Analysis
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Spring 1998 |
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September - Why I Wrote the Solo Librarians Handbook
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October - Student-Member Career Forum |
April - Accelerating Change (23rd Annual Betty
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May - Business Meeting / Tour of Western Reserve
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Last Update: July, 25 2007
Page Author: Kristen Kirchgesler
Page Owner: SLA Cleveland Chapter