A Special ORSLA Conversazione: SLA President Gloria Zamora Discusses the Alignment Project and Name Vote
ORSLA is pleased to host an evening with SLA President Gloria Zamora on November 20, where she will present the findings of the Alignment Project and discuss the upcoming name change vote. President-elect Cindy Romaine will also be in attendance.
Gloria's visit coincides with first week of voting on the proposed name change to the Association of Strategic Knowledge Professionals. No doubt many of you have been following the lively debates about the vote on this Chapter's listserv as well as your Divisions' forums. We believe this in-person event will afford an excellent opportunity for all ORSLA members to share their thoughts on this topic directly with the Association's leadership. All members are encouraged to attend!
Event Details
Location: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, 1211 SW 5th Ave Portland, OR 97204-3715
Time: Mingling begins at 5 PM, with Gloria's presentation starting at 5:30 PM.
This event will be free to all members.
Please RSVP today by writing to Meryl Cole. Please send your RSVP by November 17 at 5pm.
Here are some additional resources to help you understand the issues and concerns about the name change:
- Frequently Asked Questions about the name change
- List of members' concerns regarding the name change
- Naming Research Report (PPT)
Posted 06-Nov-09 by:
Kama Sue Siegel
Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt
Trends in Social Media and Usability That Work to Your Advantage
Date: Saturday, October 10th, 6-9 PM
Location: Elephant's Deli Garden Room, 115 NW 22nd, Portland, OR 97210
Presented by: ORSLA, with generous underwriting by Reprints Desk and IEEE
Cost: $30 students, $35 members, $40 non-members
7 reasons why you should attend:
Aaron Schmidt. As the Digital Initiatives Librarian for the District of Columbia Public Library, Aaron's insights will provide you with tools you can begin applying immediately.
Web 2.0: Can you really learn too much about it? Aaron's interactive talk will introduce trends in social media and usability that work to your advantage.
Career agility and collaboration. Not only will you learn from Aaron's insights, you'll also have the opportunity to share best practices with other attendees. Come collaborate and engage with your community of practitioners.
Students are always welcome. There are many career paths outside of public and academic libraries. Come learn about exciting opportunities in special librarianship. Financial support for students is available -- contact Cindy Romaine.
Meet leaders. Get introduced to the people who are working to make ORSLA an organization benefiting all information professionals. We'll be introducing the 2010 ORSLA board members. Use this opportunity to let them know your thoughts and concerns.
Networking. This will be an excellent opportunity to meet new people and catch up with colleagues. Remember to bring those business cards!
Meet SLA's newest President-Elect! Cindy Romaine, current ORSLA President, has just been elected SLA President-Elect for 2010. She will be in attendance at our banquet, and is excited to meet and talk to her constituents.
To RSVP, follow this link and answer a few questions about your Web 2.0 use (responses will be kept anonymous).
More about Aaron Schmidt:
Aaron Schmidt is the Digital Initiatives Librarian for the District of Columbia Public Library. He helps plan forward thinking, fun projects for the library, helping them connect to the community and teach them about the Read/Write Web. He also assists with website visioning, conducts usability testing, leads the library's Library 2.0 Interest Group and helps coordinate and generate ideas for the library's digital research and development project called DC Library Labs.
Aaron has published articles on social media and libraries in publications such as Library Journal and Online and has presented on the topic of library technology and usability throughout the United States, Canada, the UK, the Netherlands and Spain. In 2005 he was named a Library Journal "Mover & Shaker." You can find him online at his library technology and usability weblog Walking Paper.
Have you been frustrated because you couldn't attend NLM's TOXNET CE course at the SLA Annual Conference? Here is your chance to attend the course without the travel, from the comfort of your own desk! For the first time, the Sci-Tech division is offering an online CE course.
The course will be offered in 2 parts:
Part 1 - Oct. 13, 2009, 1:00-3:00pm Eastern /10:00am - noon Pacific
Part 2 - Oct. 20, 2009, 1:00-3:00pm Eastern /10:00am - noon Pacific
With this workshop, the Sci-Tech Division is piloting the delivery of continuing education instruction via webinar technology. Therefore, there is no registration fee for Sci-Tech Division members. The non-member fee is $20. (Hint: you'll save money by joining the Division.)
For more information and registration procedures, visit the Sci-Tech Division website.
Susan Shepherd
Professional Development Chair,
SLA Science-Technology Division
Head, Reference, Instruction & Outreach
UCSD Science & Engineering Library
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0175E
858-534-2480
sushepherd@ucsd.edu
http://scilib.ucsd.edu
Posted 31-Aug-09 by:
Kama Sue Siegel
Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt
Online Northwest is a one-day conference focusing on topics that intersect libraries, technology and culture. The conference is sponsored by the Oregon University System Library Council.
The 2010 conference will be held at CH2M Hill Alumni Center, Corvallis, Oregon (on the Oregon State University campus) on Friday, February 5, 2010.
The coordinating committee seeks presentations that discuss how technology is being applied within library settings and how technology is affecting library patrons and services. We strongly encourage academic, public, school, and special librarians to submit proposals.
All topics relating to technology and libraries are welcome,
including:
- Technology in tough economic times
- Tagging used in libraries (OPAC, librarything, flickr, etc.)
- Change/innovation & organizational culture (as it relates to technology)
- User interface design and evaluation
- Resource sharing (e.g. ILL, document delivery)
- Information literacy and instruction (distance ed. and technology use)
- Management of electronic resources, digital repositories, or digital archives
- Programming and development of computer applications to support delivery of library services
- Using social features in library technology
- Other topics related to technology in libraries are welcome
Submit proposals: (link).
Examples of past presentations (or more information).
Check out updates on our blog and subscribe to our twitter feed:
Blog link
Twitter feed
Posted 31-Jul-09 by:
Kama Sue Siegel
Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt
Mark your calendar... the third annual InfoCamp Seattle will be October 10 and 11, 2009!
InfoCamp is an unconference for anyone interested in librarianship, user experience, information architecture, user-centered design, information management, or related fields.
It features an egalitarian, community-driven format in which presentations are designed and delivered by participants. And it's a lot of fun!
Keep up with InfoCamp details and find out when tickets go on sale:
on Twitter
on Facebook
Website
See you in October!
Thanks,
Your InfoCamp Seattle 2009 organizers
infocampseattle@gmail.com
Posted 09-Jul-09 by:
Kama Sue Siegel
Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt
Where Do We Grow From Here?
Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association (PNC/MLA)
October 17-20, 2009 Annual Meeting
Washington Athletic Club, Seattle
http://www.pncmla.org/pncmla2009
Registration is now OPEN!
Please see our registration flyer and join us this fall for an exciting annual meeting in Seattle!
Continuing education classes include
a.. Marketing As If Your Library Depended On It
b.. Teaching About Evidence-Based Practice
c.. Copyright in the Electronic Age
d.. Screencasting: Creating Online Tutorials
Speakers include
a.. Lori Heim, MD, President of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
b.. Dianne McCutcheon, Chief of the National Library of Medicine's Technical Services Division
c.. Will Welton, MD, Program Director of the Masters in Health Administration at University of Washington
Special banquet guests are Bill Barnes & Gene Ambaum, creators of the popular library comic Unshelved
Posted on behalf of the PNC/MLA Annual Meeting planning committee,
Nikki Dettmar
Publicity Chair
17-Oct-09
Washington Athletic Club
1325 Sixth Avenue
Seattle, Washington
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Posted 03-Sep-09 by:
Sue Mecklem (for Nikki Dettmar
Davis Wright Tremaine
