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San Diego Chapter Meetings & Other Local Events

   

Thursday
December 3, 2009

6:30-8:30 pm

Grossmont Trolley Center

Annual Business Meeting and Holiday Celebration

Sammy's Woodfired Pizza in La MesapizzaRegistration, including food and soft drinks, $20.

Special Notice:  Registration will open with a posting to the Chapter
Blog at 10:00 AM on Monday, November 9.  The first 25 people to visit
the blog and register through PayPal will be automatically entered into
a drawing to win Greg Notess' book Teaching Web Search Skills:
Techniques and Strategies of Top Trainers donated by Cindy Shamel.
http://sla-sd.typepad.com/

   

Saturday
November 14, 2009

1:00 - 4:00 pm

11 SLA-SD volunteers have already signed up for a special one-time project to give back to the San Diego Public Library. The needed number of volunteers has been filled. If you are interested in volunteering through SLA-SD, keep your eyes on this page and the chapter blog for announcements about future volunteer opportunities.

LOCATION: 820 E St., San Diego, CA

   

Thursday
November 12, 2009

5:30pm

SLA-SD Networking Happy Hour

Our last happy hour was so successful that we decided to schedule another one!

Come join your fellow information professionals/librarians/strategic knowledge professionals for an evening of networking and spirits on Thursday, Nov. 12th at 5:30 at Chevy’s in Mission Valley.

There’s no need to RSVP; just show up.  We hope to see you there!

   

Thursday
November 5, 2009

2:00-4:00 pm

 

 

Taking Care of Business in China and India: Resources for Researching New Financial Powerhouses

Speakers:

--Victoria Chu, China Studies Librarian, International Relations and Pacific Studies Library, UCSD Chinese urls presentation and Chinese Business presentation

--Dolly Goulart, Manager, Library & Information Services, Qualcomm India Business presentation

--Bobbi Weaver, Foreign & International Law Reference Librarian, California Western School of Law China and India Legal presentation

To view Presentations: Taking Care of Business in China and India

Lemon Grove Public Library
3131 School Lane, Lemon Grove, CA

Admission is free.  Please RSVP to Vani at vanii@qualcomm.com, if you will be attending the program.  Please RSVP Bobbi Weaver at baw@cwsl.edu, if you are interested in joining us at Por Favor afterwards for drinks and appetizers.
   

FRIDAY
OCT 9, 2009

8:30-3:30 (arrive at 8:00 a.m. for check-in & networking)

Amylin Pharmaceuticals

9360 Towne Centre Dr.; San Diego, CA

SLA-SD Fall Seminar on Conveying Your Value

Keynote Speaker: Mary Ellen Bates presented
Wanted: Information Revolutionaries – the Info Pro Manifesto

Dolly Goulart, Qualcomm
Expanding the Value of the Library Beyond the Research Deliverable

Kira Cooper, Elsevier
Research to Identify the Organization's Return on Investment for the Library

Deborah Hunt, SLA Board
The SLA Alignment Project

Linda Coates, San Diego Zoological Society
The Weekly Roar from the San Diego Zoo Library: A value-added news service

Photos from Conveying Your Value Event

   

Thursday
September 17, 2009

5:30 p.m.

wineglassCome to Our SLA-SD Networking Event on September 17th

Come join your fellow information professionals for an evening of networking and spirits at RockBottom Brewery in La Jolla.

There’s no need to RSVP; just show up.  We hope to see you there!

   

Saturday
April 18, 2009

9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Getting the Job Done in a Down Economy
SANDALL-SLA Spring Workshop

Handouts from Saturday's workshop:

LOCATION:
University of San Diego Legal Research Center (Room 132)
5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92110

Economics professor Alan Gin will start the morning with his perspective on how the economy failed and what we can expect financially in the future, nationally and locally. Professor Gin is best known for developing and publishing the University of San Diego’s Index of Leading Economic Indicators for San Diego County, a monthly report on the outlook for the local economy. A panel discussion will follow on the topic of budget cuts in the library world and how librarians at various institutions, including legal, business and academic, are coping.

Breakfast & Lunch Included.
Members: $10 Non-members: $15

   

Wednesday
February 18, 2009

5:30-7:00 p.m.

Members Going to DC for Annual Conference -
Informal Meeting & Pizza Party!

Wednesday, Feb. 18, 5:30 p.m.

LOCATION:
California Western School of Law
350 Cedar St., Rm LH-1; San Diego, CA 92101

We'll show short films and have literature available about our nation's capital.

See flyer for details.

   
   

Thursday
November 13, 2008


6:00-8:00 p.m.

Annual Business Meeting
Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008 6:00 pm

GUEST: Gloria Zamora, SLA President Elect

LOCATION:
Karl Strauss Brewery in Sorrento Mesa
9675 Scranton Rd, San Diego, CA - (858) 587-2739

For dinner, choose from: Flame Broiled Salmon Salad, Cajun Chicken Pasta, Fish Taco Plate or vegetarian Portobello Mushroom. Includes New York Cheesecake dessert, coffee, tea, or soda. Bar is cash and carry.

Total cost, including tax, and gratuity only $32.

Registration via the SLA-SD blog

   
October 3, 2008  
Friday
8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

SLA-SD CHAPTER FALL SEMINAR
"Embracing the Web as the Library's Core Service Space"

LOCATION:
Amylin Pharmaceuticals
9360 Towne Centre Drive, #110, San Diego, CA 92121

Presentation slides from the SLA-SD Fall Seminar

Allgood, Tammy: Design Library Websites for Usability 2.0

Ho, SuHui: Strategies to Make Library Resources Discoverable

Lisewski, Amy: Bringing Sharepoint to Life

McQuillen, Karen: From Content Management to Knowledge Management

Ojala, Marydee: Evaluating New Technologies - Getting Mangement Buy-in

Wang, Zheng: Successfully Implementing Actionable Web Analytics

June 25, 2008  
Wednesday
3:00-5:00 p.m.

Library & Archives Overview
Includes library automation project at the San Diego Air & Space Museum
hosted by Kathy Wright and Katrina Pescador

Visit the SLA-SD Blog and register online!
or Contact Vani Inampudi, Hospitality Chair

May 13, 2008  
Tuesday
3:00-5:00 p.m.

Bibliographic Searching and Managing Results
with Vicki Crom & Daniel Fitz-Enz, Amylin Pharmaceuticals

Contact Vani Inampudi, Hospitality Chair, to register, or visit the SLA-SD Blog and register online: http://sla-sd.typepad.com/ .

April 10, 2008

Thursday
3:00-5:00 p.m.

Creating a Knowledge Sharing Culture: How to Thrive on Change
With Patricia Currie

Contact Vani Inampudi, Hospitality Chair, to register, or visit the SLA-SD Blog and register online: http://sla-sd.typepad.com/ .

February 20, 2008

Wednesday
3:00-5:00 p.m.

Power Networking for Introverts with Marcy Phelps

Contact Vani Inampudi, Hospitality Chair, to register, or visit the SLA-SD Blog and register online: http://sla-sd.typepad.com/ .

   
  2007
December 7, 2007

Friday
5:30-8:30 p.m.

Holiday Party!
Greet old SLA friends and meet new ones at the home of Daria DeCooman, with optional tour of Kimball Museum from 6-6:30 p.m.

Contact Vani Inampudi, Hospitality Chair, by Dec 4th. See flyer for details!

November 8, 2007

Thursday
3:00-5:00 p.m.

Beyond the U.S.:Border and Sister Library Initiatives

Contact Vani Inampudi, Hospitality Chair, to register. See flyer for details!

October 12, 2007

Friday
8:30 am-3:30 pm
SLA-San Diego FALL SEMINAR
The Library as Velcro: Embedding the Library into the Larger Organization
(Location: Qualcomm, San Diego)

Seminar Handouts

Contact Carol Hyne, Director, or Elizabeth Grossman, Director, for questions.

August 29, 2007

Wednesday
3:00-5:00 pm
Presenting ... The San Diego Chapter Blog:
Learn how to be an active member right from your desktop
Location: UCSD Biomedical Library, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla

Contact Vani Inampudi, Hospitality Chair, to register.

May 15, 2007

Tuesday
3:00-5:00 p.m.
Firefox: Another Web Browser Option

Contact Hospitality Chair, Vani Inampudi, by May 11th to register. See flyer for details.

April 21, 2007

Saturday
All Day
A Day at the Getty!

Contact Hospitality Chair, Vani Inampudi, to register. See flyer for details.

March 6, 2007

Tuesday
3:00-5:00 p.m.
Competitive Intelligence Research / CI Basics: Research and Presentation

Contact Hospitality Chair, Vani Inampudi, to register

   
  2006
December 9, 2006

Saturday
6:00 p.m.
SLA Holiday Party

Contact Elizabeth Grossman egrossma@qualcomm.com to RSVP

November 3, 2006

Friday
3:00-5:00 p.m.
Surveys - Serious Monkey Business

Contact Elizabeth Grossman egrossma@qualcomm.com before October 31 to register

October 6, 2006

Friday
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Beyond the Buzz: Hot New Technologies and How We can Use Them
-- San Diego SLA Fall Seminar

Seminar Planners:
Susan Shepherd sushepherd@ucsd, Penny Coppernoll-Blach pblach@ucsd.edu, and Teri Vogel tmvogel@ucsd.edu

September 8, 2006

Friday
3:00-5:00 p.m.
Google - Behind the Homepage

***Betsy Chessler's presentation

***Anne Turhollow's presentation

Contact Elizabeth Grossman egrossma@qualcomm.com before September 1 to register

May 26, 2006

Friday
3:30-5:30 p.m.
Interview Skills and Resumes - Dos and Don'ts
SLA / SANDALL Joint Meeting

Contact Elizabeth Grossman egrossma@qualcomm.com before May 24th to register

April 11, 2006

Tuesday
4:00-5:30 p.m

All that Glitters
R.T. Liddicoat Gemological Library and Information Center.

February 15, 2006

Friday
3:00 p.m.

Marketing Potpourri
Marketing, Branding, and Revitalizing your Library or Information Center

November 4, 2005

Friday
3:00-5:00 p.m.

Start-Ups
Establishing a New Information Center

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