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Chapter Events

See other SLA events at the Calendar of SLA Events at the SLA Headquarters site.

December

Annual Holiday Gathering
Meeting details to come

Wed, Nov 9, 2005

Fall Kickoff Meeting
Meeting details and registration

Competitive Intelligence - Industry Research practices
Nick Abbott, Lehman Brothers, Biotechnology Equities Research
Jerry P. Miller, Simmons College, Competitive Intelligence Center Director
Steve Storms, Weyerhaeuser Co., Competitive Analysis Project Director
fall dates

Dine-arounds
End of summer social events

Details of dine-arounds

North Seattle - Sept 21
Bellevue - Sept 21
Boise - Oct 6

Check here and on discussion list for additional dine-arounds.

Tues, Aug 2, 2005

Informal Summer Event
Happy Hour

Read report from event

Happy Hour at Pyramid Brewery Restaurant
Meet Dav Robertson, one of the national Presidential candidates on the next SLA slate
Time:       6:00-7:00
Location: 1201 First Avenue South, Seattle
http://www.pyramidbrew.com/alehouses/seattle.php

Wed, Jul 27, 2005

Informal Summer Event
Mariners game

Contact Julia Parker

Mariners vs. Detroit Tigers
Time:       7:05
Thursday, May 26, 2005

Annual Business Meeting
Meeting details and registration

Location: Harbor Steps Conference Center, Seattle

Friday, March 25, 2005

Chapter Meeting
Washington State Library

Meeting details and registration

Location: Washington State Library, Olympia

If you are willing to drive and carpool others, please contact Julia Parker (parkerj@amgen.com), so we can make arrangements to get everyone to Olympia who wants to go.

Wednesday, February 9, 2005

Joint Chapter and Student Night - SLA/ASIS/LLOPS/MLA
Career Checkpoint for Information Professionals

Meeting details and registration

Location: The Waterfront Activity Center, University of Washington campus
Speakers' bios
Wednesday, December 8, 2004

Holiday Party
Meeting details and registration

Location: Burke Museum, University of Washington campus
Thursday, October 14th, 2004

Fall Meeting
Meeting details and registration

Speaker: Michelle Wallace, senior curator, Science Fiction Museum @ the EMP
Location: Experience Music Project, Seattle

Wednesday
Sept. 8th, 2004

Informal Gathering

Join us for a glass of wine and/or a bite to eat for an informal gathering before our regular meeting calendar begins.

Time: 7:00 (after 6:00 p.m. boardmeeting)
Place: Impromptu Wine & Art Bar: http://www.impromptuwinebar.com/
4235 E Madison St, Seattle
Phone: (206) 860-1569

Located near the shore of Lake Washington, we'll be meeting on the patio. We hope this will bring together members from the East side AND greater Seattle area, in a casual atmosphere amenable to "catching-up" after the summer break.

May 18, 2004

Annual Meeting
Meeting details and registration

Annual chapter business meeting
Speaker: Nancy Pearl

Microsoft campus, Redmond

March 30, 2004

Happy Hour Get Together

Time: 6:00 p.m. – whenever
Place: Fado (an Irish pub and restaurant) in downtown Seattle on the NW corner of 1st and Columbia

Fado's: http://www.fadoirishpub.com/home.php

February 24, 2004

Student Night
Meeting details and registration

Panel: "Career Search: Tools, Tips, and Discussion with Practicing Professionals"
Moderator: Heidi Porth of Dialog Graduate Education Program.
The HUB at the University of Washington, Seattle
Speakers' bios
Report from event

December 17, 2003

Holiday Party
Meeting details and registration

Appetizers, drinks and conversation
ToST in Fremont

November 11, 2003

Fall Meeting - November
Meeting details and registration

An Overview of the U.S. Patriot Act and its Impact on Librarians and our Literary Freedom
Rachael Heade
Speaker's slides
May 21, 2003

Annual Meeting - May
Meeting details and registration

Annual chapter business meeting with officer elections
Museum of History and Industry
Report from event

Mar. 28, 2003

March Social
Meeting details

Chapter social event
Elliott Bay Brewery & Pub

Feb. 3, 2003

February Meeting
Meeting details and registration information

Things You Didn’t Learn in Library School
Cindy Romaine, Nike Inc., Portland
Joe Janes, UW iSchool faculty; Chair MLIS Program
Speakers' bios
Report from event

Report: Task Force on Branding
Cindy Romaine, Task Force member
Background documents

Dec. 16, 2002

Meeting and Holiday Event
Meeting details and registration information

Suzzallo Renovation Project
Paula Walker, Assistant Director of UW Libraries & Special Assistant to the Director
http://www.lib.washington.edu/about/suzzren/
Report from event

Sep 26, 2002

September Chapter Meeting
Meeting details and registration information

Organizing digital collections
Kody Janney, UW Libraries Digital Initiatives Coordinator

May 22, 2002

Annual Meeting - May
Meeting details and registration information

Annual chapter business meeting with officer elections

Microsoft library demo
Kjrsten Andersen

Microsoft Museum
Self-guided tours

Mar. 13, 2002

March Chapter Meeting

Disaster Recovery

See presentations by speakers: 

Co-hosted by the Law Librarians of Puget Sound, Washington Medical Librarians Association, and the local American Society of Information Science and Technology chapter

Feb. 7, 2002

February Chapter Meeting

Mentoring: A Tool for Success

Meesha Grinter, “Mentoring, a Tool for Success”
Associate Director, WISE (Women in Science and Engineering); UW College of Engineering

Dan Trefethen, “Models for Mentoring in SLA– Formal and Informal Mentoring, the SLA Way”
Boeing Inc. and SLA Fellow 

Lynnea Erickson, “Making Connections with Students at the Information School”
Student Services Administrator, the Information School

 Dec. 10, 2001

Holiday Social

Bungalow Wine Bar and Café in Wallingford

See pictures from the event.

 Oct. 9, 2001

October Chapter Meeting

Panel Discussion: Career Opportunities for Future Information Professionals

View Powerpoint slides from the speakers:

Vivian Bliss, Knowledge Management Analyst, Microsoft Corporation
Trish Camozzi-Ekberg, Knowledge Integrator, Weyerhaeuser Company
Katherine Foster, Legal Community Affairs Reference Librarian, Microsoft Corporation
Eleanor Fye, Corporate Memory Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation

 May 21, 2001

 Annual Meeting

Fran Fisher: "Living Your Vision", election of new officers, and Career Achievement awards

 Apr. 21, 2001 

 Professional Development Day

Joint Chapter meeting with Oregon and Western Canada

Mar. 29, 2001

 

 

Video Conference 

I Told You I'm Worth It: ROI and the Information Professional

 Feb. 2, 2001 

 Student Night

University of Washington Student Chapter Resume Review

 Dec. 7, 2000 

 Holiday event

Holiday Cheer and Simplification  

  • Summary of SLA Simplification discussion from Dec. 7 meeting
  • Dan Trefethen's report to SLA Simplification Task Force
 Oct. 4, 2000

 October Program

 "eBooks--From Molecules to Electrons."; Bill Hill, Microsoft Research

May 18, 2000

 Annual Meeting

Wait for me, I'm your Leader!; Roxanna Frost, Microsoft

Mar. 23, 2000

 March Program

Information Professionals as Vendors; Anthea Stratigos, President, Outsell, Inc.

 

 


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