Letter from the President,
November 2003
Happy Holidays, NCSLA members! The North Carolina Chapter of Special Libraries Association has had an interesting and busy year.
In February, more than 130 special librarians participated in seven "neighborhood networking" events around the state. Many of you took the time to tell me how much you enjoyed the informal, local networking opportunities and are looking forward to doing it again.
We had almost 70 people attend the annual awards banquet at the Environmental Protection Agency in Research Triangle Park in April. We honored Dr. Fred Roper with the Meritorious Achievement Award and Deborah Balsamo with the Horizon Award. In addition, the Information Management Award was presented to the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Library and Information Science.
President-elect Erin Knight arranged for our October meeting to be held at the North Carolina Zoological Park in Asheboro. "Negotiating with Library Vendors" was the topic for the day and we were fortunate to hear from four insightful and informative speakers: Carlton Brown, Nancy Gibbs, Selden Lamoureux and Rebecca Vargha. As a bonus, SLA's dynamic new Executive Director, Janice LaChance, attending the meeting and spoke during lunch.
We also started participating in SLA's Virtual Seminar series more regularly this year. Chapter members came together to view "An Organic Approach to Project Management" in April, "Information Research Strategies" by Barbara Quint in May, "Branding Master Class" by Chris Olson in September, and "Business Planning: Building the Plan and the Buy-in" by Jane Dysart and Rebecca Jones in December.
2004 should prove to have even more opportunities for us to network and learn from each other. Please take a moment to mark the following activities on your calendar:
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January 23, 2004 at Dialog in Cary
Building Communities of Practice (COPs) for Knowledge Exchange: Roles for Information Professionals by Deb Wallace and Linda Pauloski (SLA Virtual Learning Seminar)
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February 2004 at various locations around NC
Neighborhood networking dinners/lunches
Contact Erin Knight (919-558-1215 or knight@ciit.org) if you'd like to host, coordinate or sponsor an event. Here are a few networking events already in the works:
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Research Triangle Park - Networking lunch and SLA Virtual Seminar on February 18 at the NC Biotechnology Center. The Virtual Seminar, titled "Keeping Current: Info Pro Secrets," will be led by the ever-popular Gary Price.
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Winston-Salem - Ginny Hauswald has volunteered to organize a networking dinner for folks in the W-S area. Date, time and other details will be announced on the chapter listserv.
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April 29, 2004 at the Museum of Life & Science in Durham
Erin has arranged to have a very special annual meeting, dinner and awards ceremony on International Special Librarians Day. Cynthia Hill, president of SLA, will be our guest speaker for the event.
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May 19, 2004 at CIIT in Research Triangle Park.
Web Design & Usability: Tips, Techniques & Best Practices by Darlene Fichter (SLA Virtual Learning Seminar)
By the way, please remember that all chapter and group meetings will be announced on the chapter's discussion list. If you're not already on the list, please subscribe by sending a message with subscribe SLA-CNC firstname lastname in the message body to lists@lists.sla.org.
Have a wonderful holiday season. See you next year!
Sperry Krueger
President, NC/SLA
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