From the Archives ... April 1934

With SLA celebrating its centennial in 2009, the Southern California Chapter will periodically feature historical material from its 70+ years worth of archives.

The Southern California Chapter of the Special Libraries Association at Fox Studios, April 21, 1934. In the front row Miss Anna Frey, President is standing on the left of actor Charles Farrell.

Chapter Stipends to Attend the Centennial Conference

The Southern California Chapter is offering two stipends to help chapter members attend SLA’s June 2009 centennial conference in Washington, D.C.

The first stipend, not to exceed $1,300, will be awarded to a student enrolled in an ALA accredited Master’s degree program in Library and Information Science.

The second stipend, not to exceed $1,500, will be awarded to a professional librarian working in a special library.

Application deadline is January 31, 2009.

See the stipend announcement for more information.

The SLA Centennial Video Contest

The SLA Information Professional of the Future

John Cotton Dana ... 1909… Bretton Woods…

The founders of SLA had a vision for how to fill the networking and educational needs of special librarians. With the forming of SLA in 1909, these fabled past leaders created an amazing professional association. For 100 years SLA has grown and transformed itself, and the association that started as one idea, by one person, now serves a global market of over 11,000 information professionals, librarians, and their partners.

In 2009 SLA celebrates its 100th birthday and as we look toward a second century of service, we are asking the questions:

• What will the next 100 years of connecting people and information look like?

• Can you peer into the future and see SLA's leaders of tomorrow?

• Do you have an inspired vision of how SLA's members will change in 25, 50, or even 100 years?

Celebrate SLA's Centennial with your video representation of SLA's information professional of the future

Contest Theme

The SLA Information Professional of Tomorrow

Timeline

• Contest entry period November 1 - December 15, 2008
• Finalists announced at Leadership Summit, Savannah, Georgia, January 14 - 17, 2009
• Judging of finalists by SLA members January 14 - February 7, 2009
• Winners announced February 15, 2009
• Winners presented and all entries displayed at Annual Conference June 14 - 17, 2009

Prizes

There are two categories of entries: Student and Professional

The winning entry in each category will be awarded:

• $1,500 cash
• Up to $1,500 to attend the Centennial conference in Washington, DC, June 14-17, 2009
• Up to $1,000 for Chapter programming
• Up to $1,000 for Division programming

Complete Rules and Submission Information:

http://wiki.sla.org/display/CCWIKI/Centennial+Video+Contest

Promotional Video on YouTube:

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=yXR-e2tiDQs