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Wired West: Volume 10, no. 1

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New Members

The Western Canada Chapter welcomes the following  new and returning members: Reegan D. Breu (CIER), Valerie Moore, Linda Scott (Alberta Government Library),  Sheila Meagher (TransCanada Pipeline, Regulatory Services), Denise McGeachy (Province of British Columbia, Corporate IT & Management Library).

Reegan D. Breu is the Manager of Information Services for the Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER), a national First Nations environmental non-profit organization. Since 1994, Reegan has worked primarily with Aboriginal and environmental non-profit organizations in the areas of community-based research, information services, and management. Reegan has a BA (Adv.) in Women's Studies/Native Studies from the University of Manitoba and an MLIS from the University of Alberta.

Valerie Moore is the new Manager, Research & Strategy in University Advancement at Simon Fraser University. Valerie graduated with an MLIS degree from the University of Western Ontario in 1994. For the past 11 years, she has been responsible for creating and implementing overall prospect research strategy at Advancement Services at the University of Western Ontario. Valerie also served on the Board of Directors of the Association of Prospect Researchers for Advancement. Having recently moved to BC and become an SLA WCC member, she is looking forward to meeting other members and participating in events.

Congratulations

Christina Struik, this year’s winner of the SLA Western Canada Chapter Student Scholarship. Christina is a first-year MLIS student at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver. She has a bachelor's degree in Zoology and has worked for Environment Canada, both as a field technician and as a library assistant. Currently she is Co-President of the SLA@SLAIS student group at UBC and works twice a week for the UBC Biomedical Branch Library, at Vancouver General Hospital. We wish her a bright future in librarianship.

Publications

Schachter, Debbie. "The True Value of Customer Service." Information Outlook 10.8 (2006): 8-9

-----. "The Rules of Negotiation." Information Outlook 10.9 (2006): 8-9

-----. "An Essential Function for Special Librarians." Information Outlook 10.10 (2006): 8-9

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