New Jersey Chapter of the Special Libraries Association

 

 

 

 

 

 

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NJSLA 2012 Scholarship information

 

Hold the Date!

Join New Jersey Chapter - Special Libraries Association

For A Presentation and Dinner Meeting with

Seth Earley

“Information Architecture: Wine, Cheese and SharePoint”

WHERE:
Hilton Woodbridge
120 Wood Avenue South
Iselin, NJ 08830		 WHEN:
Thursday June 14, 2012
5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

 

 

 Seth is a popular speaker and workshop leader at conferences throughout North America speaking on intranet design, knowledge management, content management systems and strategy, taxonomy development and other related topics.

The Chapter gratefully acknowledges our sponsor for making this event possible.

 

LibraryLinkNJ - The New Jersey Library Cooperative

   

 

flyer coming soon
 

Hold the Date!

Thursday September 20, 2012

Joint meeting with the NJSLA and Princeton-Trenton Chapters

Rutgers University/New Brunswick

Brian Kernighan

from Princeton University’s Computer Science Department

http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~bwk/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Kernighan
http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/bwk/index.html

 

 

We Need Your Help!

Career Guidance/Employment Chair



We are looking for someone to serve as NJ SLA's Employment Chair.

Below are descriptions of what the job entails. Please let me know if you are interested in this position. If you are, we can provide more details on the position. This will be an ideal job if you are thinking of getting involved in NJ SLA and serving on our Board.

These are the details of the job as written in our Chapter Practices

The Career Guidance/Employment Chair assists Chapter members with career guidance and employment.

Duties:

1. Chair serves as a member of the Advisory Board.

2. Informs interested job seekers of employment positions of which the person is currently aware, in the geographic area. The Chair will be made aware of the NJ SLA Chapter Practices Approved 8/17/2005 available jobs by subscribing to SLA’s job List, receiving inquires from headhunters and obtaining job postings from employers.

3. Gathers, edits and formats job notices for publication on the Chapter’s web site and discussion list.

4. Works with the Chapter’s webmaster to have job announcements maintained on the web site.

5. Prepares a report of activities for each Board meeting.

6. Acts as a liaison between the Chapter members and the employment services offered by the Association offices.

         Another facet of the job is to proactively monitor employment feeds.


Sherry Markowitz
2012 NJ SLA President
sherrymarkowitz@gmail.com 

973 285-1490

Check it out!  alt-librarian-careers 

http://alt-librarian-careers.blogspot.com 

 

Future plans for this blog:

- opening it up to several other contributors, who have had similar experiences

- using it as a forum for posting non-traditional job posts, that a librarian could do

- side discussion regarding what 'information science' is (and it's subset, information management), and how the field of information science can be applied in a wide variety of positions

 

Previous Meetings

 

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

35th Alice Rankin Distinguished Lecture and Dinner Meeting

Joanne Lustig

“Info Pros in 2012: Eyes Wide Open”

Monday, April 2nd 2012
A Lecture and Dinner Meeting with  

Eli Beitzuri

“Simple Strategies for a Killer UX”

Tuesday, March 13 2012
Webinar

 Scott Brown

Advanced LinkedIn Tips and Techniques for Business and Career Use

 Here's the link to the archive: http://db.tt/80yAptu5 

and the slides

12/7/11 - Annual Business Meeting & Buffet Dinner -  flyer - photos

Pictures from the NJSLA 2011 Holiday Party

 

Pictures from our November 2011 Copyright Complexities Meeting

 

 

Presentations from

Thursday May 12th, 2011

NJSLA eBook Discussion & Vendor Fair

Supported by: CRC NetBase (Taylor & Francis), eBrary, EBSCO, Elsevier/MD Consult, Inspec, Morgan & Claypool, Ovid, Rittenhouse, and Springer

Distinguished Librarian Panel (slides attached):
note that the slides are 1-2 Meg pdf files and take a minute to download

Elizabeth Sosnowska, Electronic Resources Librarian, UMDNJ - University Libraries 
Electronic Books - The UMDNJ Experience

 Mei Ling Lo, Math/Computer Science Librarian, Rutgers University Libraries, New Brunswick
Evolving Landscape of Collection Development

Mary Mallery, Associate Dean for Technical Services, Harry A. Sprague Library, Montclair State University
The Battle of the ebooks

 

SLA's 23 Things Revisited: Fresh Learning Opportunities

When SLA's 23 Things premiered at the SLA 2008 Annual Conference & INFO-EXPO in Seattle, it became one of the most popular benefits of membership in SLA. In 2010, it was time to re-establish the opportunity for collaborative learning, and I, who chaired the original effort, worked with graduate MLIS student Kim McGrath to rejuvenate the package. 

Now, 23 Things is making a new debut.

Some outdated links and resources have been removed, existing lessons have been updated, and completely new material has been added to the package.

A few highlights: Week 6 was remodeled to introduce "Social Media and Networking." Now included are Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, and how each one can be used to help you find a job, advertise your business, or gain competitive intelligence. Read articles and watch videos that point you to valuable resources you can put to use right away! If you’re a seasoned veteran, we’ve got next steps covered too.


With the Future Ready 365 blog in full swing, try out a few of the weeks, learn something new, and become Future Ready yourself. Spend as little as an hour a week, and reinvigorate yourself with fresh ideas and a mastery of tools like RSS,Tagging and Folksonomies, and more. If you're new to 23 Things, all you need to do is create a username in SLA's wiki dashboard to get started.

So what are you waiting for? 
Jump in and try out all 23 Things, sample a baker’s dozen, or just start with Week 6. 
No need to go in order, but it helps you experience the full effect. 
There is something here for everyone to increase employability and career skills, so don’t delay!

-- 
Deborah Hunt
dhunt@information-edge.comhttp

www.information-edge.com 
http://blog.information-edge.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/informationedge

510-506-1541(GMT -8)

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Chapter Jobs Blog

Looking for a new job in the area? Check out the NJSLA Jobs Blog for current job postings.  View it online at: http://sla-divisions.typepad.com/njslajobs/ or sign up for email updates using this link: http://feeds.feedburner.com/njslajobs

 

You can also follow us on:

LinkedIn (link: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=100309&trk=fulpro_grplogo&goback=%2Emid_I2277827031*42) ,

Facebook (link: http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=7513252791&ref=ts), or 

Twitter (link: http://twitter.com/NJSLA) to see our latest postings and events. 

Contact us (newjersey.sla@gmail.com ) if you have any questions or want to get involved. Some of the best ideas for career development and personal networking connections happen at NJ-SLA meetings.  We welcome and encourage you to join a committee, chair an event, contribute to our blog, or participate any way that you can .  

       

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