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- The new SLA: conference report 2006.(Special Libraries Association partnering with Information Today Inc.)
- At last year's Internet Librarian meeting, one speaker asked the audience how many of them belonged to SLA. Almost every hand in the auditorium shot up. As a longtime SLA member, I found the results of that straw poll extremely disturbing. If all those high-tech librarians ...
- Research articles 2006-11-01
- Special Libraries Association.(noted & quoted)(Rebecca Vargha new president elected)(Brief Article)
- The Special Libraries Association announced the results of its 2005 board of directors elections. Rebecca Vargha is SLA's new president-elect. She will serve as SLA president beginning in June 2006. Currently, Vargha is the librarian at the School of Information and Library Science at...
- Research articles 2005-06-01
- The information industry revolution: implications for librarians.
- Ah, the "L" word. The profession has been debating whether or not to use the "L word"--librarian--for quite some time. The debate has found its way through the naming of graduate library schools, which have emerged with multiple permutations, including School of Information no L word,...
- Research articles 2003-11-01
- Competencies for Information Professionals of the 21st Century
- Introduction In 1991 the Special Libraries Association SLA started on a quest to define and refine our profession's competencies. A critical milestone was reached in 1996 with the publication of Competencies for Special Librarians of the 21st Century. With the demands on the profession continuing to change and increase,...
- Research articles 2003-10-01
- 94th annual SLA conference: a new beginning or same old?(Special Libraries Association )
- As the Special Libraries Association approached its 94th annual conference, its members faced several questions. Given the state of the world, would attendance suffer? Would the Association be without a new executive director when the conference began? Would the members vote to change the Association's name?...
- Research articles 2003-09-01
- SLA 2002: putting knowledge to work.
- Conference events held this year are being affected by economic shock waves rippling across the globe. Corporate downsizings, reduced budgets, and refocused agendas have led fewer people to attend workshops and conferences held outside of their geographic regions. Past justifications for attending a conference no longer...
- Research articles 2002-09-01
- Communicating competencies and collaboration
- PROFESSIONALISM LENDS ITSELF TO TEACHING. THE CONSUMMATE INFORMATION professional realizes he/she is part of a process, and endeavors to contribute to the cycle, not merely take from it. In librarianship, mentoring is highly regarded as a way to contribute and is encouraged by professional organizations such as the Special Libraries...
- Research articles 2002-09-01
- The Online Information conference celebrates a Silver Jubliee.
- The notion of a Silver Jubilee may be uniquely British. It's Brit-speak for a 25th anniversary. And that's what the Online Information conference celebrated in 2001 -- its 25th year of putting on the world's largest information conference. Yes, it's been held every December in London...
- Research articles 2002-03-01
- Continuing education courses - Special Libraries Association conference
- Saturday, June 08, 2002 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Let's Get Physical! Physical Science Reference Fundamentals for Non-scientists Ticketed Event #105 $199 member; $429 nonmember This course is designed to enhance the skills of students and librarians new to science librarianship. This half-day course will...
- Research articles 2002-02-01
- SLA 2001: An Information Odyssey.
- If it's June, then it must be time to journey to the Special Libraries Association SLA annual conference. SLA is an international association comprised of regional chapters and subject-oriented divisions with more than 14,000 members in 60 countries. The conference is programmed both by an overall...
- Research articles 2001-09-01
- Viola Furumoto, SLA Member Dies - Special Libraries Association - Brief Article - Obituary
- Viola Furumoto passed away on April 15th, 2001, at her home in Kona, Hawaii. Viola was a librarian at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Science Technology Reference Dept., and retired in 1988. She had been a member of SLA since 1973.
- Research articles 2001-07-01
- Professional Development Scholarships Available to Solo Librarians - Solo Division of the Special Libraries Association - Brief Article
- The Solo Division of the Special Libraries Association has announced the availability of scholarship monies for solo librarians wishing to attend SLA-sponsored programs or courses. If you are planning to attend a local, regional, or national SLA-sponsored program or course this year, plan also to apply for a scholarship....
- Research articles 2001-03-01
- A Global Association for a World of Information Professionals - Special Libraries Association - Brief Article
- The changing role of the information professional is a global phenomena. The global economy, the communications revolution, and the Internet have created common challenges and opportunities for information professionals that bind us together with a common interest. The large number of applications for the Global 2000 fellowships and the evolution...
- Research articles 2000-11-01
- Seabrooks Guest Lecturer at Michigan Chapter Gathering - Nettie Seabrooks; Michigan chapter of the Special Libraries Association - Brief Article
- The Michigan chapter of the Special Libraries Association was fortunate to have Nettie Seabrooks, chief operating officer and chief of staff of the city of Detroit, as guest lecturer on September 13, 2000, at Wayne State University in Detroit. Seabrooks began her career as a chemical librarian at the Detroit...
- Research articles 2000-11-01
- SLA Members Receive Press in Business Journals - Special libraries Association - Brief Article
- Three members of the San Diego Chapter were featured in the May 24, 1999, edition of the San Diego Business Journal in the article "Special Librarians: Bookish They're Not." Linda Coates, Kim Antrim, and Kim Laru were interviewed for the piece which focused on the ways special librarians save their...
- Research articles 1999-10-01
- Spotlight on SLA members: an interview with Heather Crump, NASA headquarters librarian - Special Libraries Association - Interview
- I've also worked with people that plan the Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Missions; direct the budget for the International Space Station, and others who have astronauts as friends. The second of our series of interviews with SEA members focuses on Heather Crump, the librarian at the National Aeronautics and...
- Research articles 1999-08-01
- SLA in Minneapolis: knowledge leaders for the new millennium - Special Libraries Association's Minnesota conference
- The theme of this year's conference anticipated and celebrated the information professionals' role as leaders of the information future. As members of knowledge teams - and now leaders of knowledge capital, information professionals from around the globe came to Minneapolis to affirm they have the skills, expertise, creativity, and savvy...
- Research articles 1999-08-01
- PEOPLE & PLACES.
- SilverPlatter Information, Inc. has announced that its corporate librarian, Gerry Hurley, has been elected chair of the Solo Librarian Division of the Special Libraries Association SLA. Hurley was nominated and elected in 1998, and will assume her duties following the 1999 SLA Conference in Minneapolis this...
- Research articles 1999-06-01
- PEOPLE & PLACES.((Special Libraries Association awardees and appointments))
- Several members of the Special Libraries Association SLA received awards for their work in SLA and the industry. The Montana Library Association also announced a leadership award. Library science appointments were made at Drexel University, CARL Corporation, the Des Plaines Public Library, and Johns Hopkins University Press. The University of...
- Research articles 1999-05-01
- SLA's brightest stars - 1999 Special Libraries Association's award winners
- This Year's Award Winners Reflect the Best the Profession Has to Offer Leadership, integrity, character, competency... these are just a few adjectives that describe any of SLA's award winners this year. The people outlined on the following pages have different names, faces, personalities, and backgrounds. But they all exemplify...
- Research articles 1999-05-01
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