Downtown Los Angeles Area Power Lunch March 12th at Noon

Come one, come all!

Everyone is invited to join us for lunch at the California African American Museum on Thursday, March 12th at noon. Network with librarians and information professionals in the Los Angeles area and find out what SLA membership can do for you! After lunch, you can check out the current museum exhibits for free: Black Chrome, Bingham's Black Panthers and Of Tulips and Shadows: The Visual Metaphors of Dewey Crumpler.

Host: Ann Shea, Librarian at CAAM

Program: Networking Lunch and SLA Leadership Summit Highlights

Speaker: Belinda Beardt, AIM Library & Information Staffing

Location: 600 State Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90037 (Exposition Park)
Take the F Dash for .25 cents or carpool and park your car for $8

Cost: $15 buffet lunch - variety of sandwiches, salads, cookies and beverages

RSVP to Belinda Beardt (bbeardt@aimusa.com or 877-965-7900 x102) by Monday, March 9th. Please bring cash or check and pay at the door.

We hope to see you there!
Belinda Beardt, SLA-SCC President-Elect

Fullerton Area Lunch Meeting at Beckman Coulter

Jill Foreman hosted the SLA-SCC's Fullerton area networking lunch meeting at Beckman Coulter. After lunch, Pat Ashton gave us an interesting and informative tour of the Heritage Center. Nineteen (19) librarians, information professionals and MLIS students attended the event. Thank you all for participating in this event!

SLA Leadership Summit Presentation Links

Check it out! The handouts and presentations made at the Leadership Summit are now available at http://www.sla.org/content/resources/leadcenter/LeadershipSummit/09leadsummit/handouts.cfm

Results of the Alignment Project

SLA President Gloria Zamora and CEO Janice Lachance made a presentation at the Leadership Summit on the results of the research from the alignment project. We’ve posted this presentation on the Web site at http://www.sla.org/content/SLA/alignment/index.cfm We’ve also posted Janice and Gloria’s presentation – a transcript of their conversation and the slide presentation. Here is that link http://www.sla.org/content/SLA/governance/bodsection/ceocorner/index.cfm

We hope that you will take this message forward and use these presentations for unit programming and continued dialogue. Then, let us hear from you.

Linda
Linda N. Broussard
Chief Community Officer
SLA
331 S. Patrick Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-3501 USA
Tel: +1.703.647.4938 Fax: +1.703.647.4901
Skype: lindabroussard
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Fullerton Area Lunch Meeting, February 23rd at Noon

You are invited to a networking luncheon and tour of the Beckman Coulter
Heritage Exhibit in Fullerton, CA. Librarians, information professionals and
library support staff who are currently employed, unemployed or retired and
library school students are all welcome to come.

Arnold O. Beckman, founder of Beckman Instruments was considered one of the top
five inventors of scientific instruments. Elected into the National Inventors
Hall of Fame in 1987, Dr. Beckman created devices that revolutionized the study
and understanding of human biology. The Heritage Exhibit is a unique showcase
of Beckman Coulter's contributions to industry, science and medicine spanning
nearly a century, of outstanding scientific achievements. It features a unique

collection of history-making analytical instruments and other products that
highlight Beckman Coulter's innovative advancements in science and medicine.
From electrodes to analyzers, from counters to chromatographs, experience the
treasures of science that have served mankind in countless ways since the
company's modest beginnings in a Pasadena garage in 1934. For more information:

http://www.beckman.com/hr/ourcompany/oc_beckman_bio.asp


Hosts: Jill Foreman, Librarian at Beckman Coulter and Pat Ashton, Heritage Center

Date: Monday, February 23rd

Time: 12 noon

Cost: Brown bag your own lunch or buy something at the cafeteria

Location: 4300 N Harbor Blvd D-14B, Fullerton, CA 92834

Directions: From the 57 Freeway: Exit on Imperial Highway and go west. Turn

right on Harbor Boulevard and turn right again on Beckman Drive. Free parking available on the lot. Meet in the lobby at noon and we will be escorted to the meeting room next to the
cafeteria.

RSVP: Belinda Beardt at AIM Library & Information Staffing by email
bbeardt@aimusa.com or call toll free at 877-965-7900 x102. The deadline to RSVP
is Friday, 2/20.

We hope to see you there!

Belinda Beardt, SLA-SCC President Elect 2009

Long Beach Area Lunch Meeting at Claire's Cafe

Claire's Cafe at the Long Beach Museum of Art was a beautiful venue for an area lunch meeting. Seventeen (17) librarians, information professionals and library school students took some time off to enjoy the warm and sunny weather and breathtaking oceanfront view from the patio to have lunch and network!

A big "thank you" to Hema Ramachandran, Engineering Librarian at CSU Long Beach, for hosting this successful event.