Program: SLA Philadelphia Annual Holiday Party & Knower Fund Silent Auction

Date: December 4, 2008

Location: Bryn Mawr College, 101 North Merion Ave, Bryn Mawr PA

Event Information: Annual holiday party with a silent auction to benefit the Knower Fund and a book drive to benefit the Lubuto Library Project.

Program: Defining the Value of Information: Beyond ROI

Date: October 29, 2008

Location: Hamilton Building, Room 224/225, Thomas Jefferson University, 11th & Locust St., Philadelphia, PA

Event Information: Information Professionals are constantly being challenged to produce "ROI" statements on their expenditures for information. Upper management may ask, "Why should we spend all this money for information services, when everything we need is available on the internet for free?" This session, presented by Betty Jo Hibberd, Quantum, Dialog, went beyond traditional "soft" metrics to take a hard look at the business value information expenditures bring to those who pay for them.

Program: SLA Philadelphia Annual Wine & Cheese Event

Date: September 24, 2008

Location: Brantwyn, DE (part of the Dupont Country Club), 600 Rockland Road, Wilmington, DE 19803

Event Information: Donations to the Knower Fund were accepted. Beverly M. Knower worked as a librarian at the Sun Oil Company and was active in SLA. The memorial fund honors Beverly's interest for support of students. The Knower Fund supports students who wish to explore areas of special librarianship by subsidizing their opportunities to attend meetings with special librarians, attend relevant conference or training and get acquainted with SLA.

Program: SLA Central PA - Hershey Meeting

Date: Friday, August 1, 2008

Location: The Hershey Pantry in Hershey, PA

Event Information: The program included a speaker from Hershey Company on a chocolate-centric topic and a chocolate tasting.

Program: SLA Philadelphia Annual Banquet

Date: Thursday, May 15, 2008

Location: Blue Bell Inn, 601 Skippack Pike, Blue Bell PA 19422

Event Information: Gems from South Africa - What's Happening in Libraries and Information Centers. Enjoy learning about libraries and information centers in South Africa from Rebecca Vargha, Immediate Past President of SLA and Librarian, School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Program: March Dinner Meeting at QVC

Date: Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Location: QVC, 1200 Wilson Drive in West Chester, PA

Event Information: Mark your calendars for Wednesday, March 26, 2008 for an opportunity for a behind the scenes view of the QVC studios. Dinner, smoozing with your colleagues and a presentation from QVC's Information Services staff, titled Sorting things out at QVC: Taxonomy and Metadata Development, will also be featured. The program will begin a bit earlier than usual in order to include the studio tour. Please note that you can choose to come just to the dinner and program.