Visit your fellow members at http://www.flickr.com/photos/34642745@N07/sets/72157625489606993/
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Sunday, December 19, 2010
Pictures from 2010 Holiday Event are here
Did you go to the Holiday event at the Skirball? Wanna see some pictures? Mostly from the camera of our very own SLA Director, Sara Tompson, we've got some pictures "hot from the hill".
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Holiday Social wrap-up.
If you missed the Holiday Social at the Skirball, you missed a really fantastic event. After a lively networking hour, we sat down to a delicious dinner and two informative presentations, masterfully emceed by Keith Gurtzweiler of LAC Group.
Peter Derycz, CEO of Reprints Desk, gave us an overview of their new social responsibility program, partnering with Room to Read to build a library in Nepal and to support global literacy. The way the program is structured, Reprints Desk customers play a vital role, since a donation is made for every article delivered. More information about the partnership is here: http://www2.reprintsdesk.com/News/PressReleaseDetail.aspx?prid=62
Jody Turner, founder of Culture of Future, discussed the transition our culture is making from an industrial to a social model. In the new social model the end user is important and top-down hierarchy is not as relevant anymore. End users want to be involved and want to do for themselves. They want meaningful interactions with comanies that are socially responsible, and they want a voice in how the social responsibility projects are handled. They're taking everything into their own hands, including education (look up EduPunks if you haven't already heard of them). She gave us so much food for thought that it's impossible to cover it all here, but you can get a small portion of the total picture from this site: http://trendwatching.com/trends/generationg/.
She also had a few book recommendations:
Drive by Daniel Pink
A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink
Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh
The Power of Pull by John Hagel
Unstuck by Keith Yamashita
The Art of Innovation by Thomas Kelley
Librarians and information professionals seem to be in a unique position to put this information to use to connect with the next generation.
Speaking of a social model of doing business, it took a small army of volunteers and supporters to put together the Holiday Social. Many thanks to our Holiday Social Committee:
Robin Dodge
Christian Gray
Peter Johnson
Jim Rochford
Amy Wallace
And to all of our volunteers:
Belinda Beardt
Eric Bryan
David Cappoli
Lesley Farmer
Jackie Gortman
Keith Gurtzweiler
Kris Kasianovitz
Kristen LaBonte
Grace Lau
Bill Lee
Grace Rosales
Carol Siu
Sara Tompson
Meggie Zamora
And to countless others who helped promote the event far and wide, including SoCalTech.com, Convergence Technology Council, and Technology Council of Southern California.
We are also very appreciative of our sponsors:
Reprints Desk
Elsevier
LexisNexis
LAC Group
Cuadra
IEEE
Thomson Reuters
And our raffle sponsors
AIM
EOS
LAC Group
Thank you to all of our volunteers and sponsors and attendees for making it a truly memorable event. Keep your eye on the Chapter Flickr site. Photos will be posted soon.
-Robin
Peter Derycz, CEO of Reprints Desk, gave us an overview of their new social responsibility program, partnering with Room to Read to build a library in Nepal and to support global literacy. The way the program is structured, Reprints Desk customers play a vital role, since a donation is made for every article delivered. More information about the partnership is here: http://www2.reprintsdesk.com/News/PressReleaseDetail.aspx?prid=62
Jody Turner, founder of Culture of Future, discussed the transition our culture is making from an industrial to a social model. In the new social model the end user is important and top-down hierarchy is not as relevant anymore. End users want to be involved and want to do for themselves. They want meaningful interactions with comanies that are socially responsible, and they want a voice in how the social responsibility projects are handled. They're taking everything into their own hands, including education (look up EduPunks if you haven't already heard of them). She gave us so much food for thought that it's impossible to cover it all here, but you can get a small portion of the total picture from this site: http://trendwatching.com/trends/generationg/.
She also had a few book recommendations:
Drive by Daniel Pink
A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink
Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh
The Power of Pull by John Hagel
Unstuck by Keith Yamashita
The Art of Innovation by Thomas Kelley
Librarians and information professionals seem to be in a unique position to put this information to use to connect with the next generation.
Speaking of a social model of doing business, it took a small army of volunteers and supporters to put together the Holiday Social. Many thanks to our Holiday Social Committee:
Robin Dodge
Christian Gray
Peter Johnson
Jim Rochford
Amy Wallace
And to all of our volunteers:
Belinda Beardt
Eric Bryan
David Cappoli
Lesley Farmer
Jackie Gortman
Keith Gurtzweiler
Kris Kasianovitz
Kristen LaBonte
Grace Lau
Bill Lee
Grace Rosales
Carol Siu
Sara Tompson
Meggie Zamora
And to countless others who helped promote the event far and wide, including SoCalTech.com, Convergence Technology Council, and Technology Council of Southern California.
We are also very appreciative of our sponsors:
Reprints Desk
Elsevier
LexisNexis
LAC Group
Cuadra
IEEE
Thomson Reuters
And our raffle sponsors
AIM
EOS
LAC Group
Thank you to all of our volunteers and sponsors and attendees for making it a truly memorable event. Keep your eye on the Chapter Flickr site. Photos will be posted soon.
-Robin
Thursday, December 9, 2010
New!! Photos from Natural History Museum Lunch 12/09/2010
Photos from the Natural History Museum Luncheon, held December 9, 2010 and hosted by NHM Librarian Richard Hulser are available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/34642745@N07/sets/72157625567686286/
Saturday, December 4, 2010
2010 SLA-SCC Award winners and Award dinner recap
By 2010 Awards Chair, Lynn Lewis
Wednesday, Nov. 10th was our Chapter’s 2010 Annual Business Meeting and Awards Dinner held at the LA84 Foundation in Los Angeles. The theme for the evening, “A celebration of librarianship and the information profession,” was most appropriate as we came together to celebrate the special accomplishments of members for service to the Chapter.
Incoming 2011 SLA-SCC board members were introduced; Peter Johnson, SCC Sternheim Scholarship Chair, introduced this year’s scholarship recipient, Ashley Sands; and the SLA national award winners for Outstanding Leadership (UNT/CSUN student chapter) and Innovative Programming (UCLA student chapter) were also recognized.
Richard Hulser led a panel discussion with Jean Crampon, Associate University Librarian, Science and Engineering Library, USC, Dorothy McGarry, Librarian Emerita, UCLA, and Cindy Mediavilla, Library Programs Consultant, California State Library and Lecturer, UCLA Dept. of Information Studies as panelists. What struck me most about their discussion was that, for all of the debate on the role and title librarians or information professionals should hold today, the core definition and purpose of the librarian/information professional is still very much the same as it was in the past: namely, that we use our expertise and knowledge to gather, organize, evaluate and share the right information to the right people in a timely manner.
Thank you to all of the evening’s participants, including SLA-SCC President Belinda Beardt, Peter Johnson, Richard Hulser, Jean Crampon, Dorothy McGarry and Cindy Mediavilla. Thank you to SLA-SCC President Elect Robin Dodge for planning and organizing the event. And thank you, especially, to Awards Committee member Sue Brewsaugh for her assistance in selecting and presenting the awards.
Following are the 2010 SLA-SCC Award winners; Certificates of Appreciation will be announced at the end of the year.
There were 2 recipients of the 2010 Billie Connor Award, Southern California Chapter, Special Libraries Associations. They are:
David Cappoli – for his knowledge of the Chapter and its operations; for the many offices he as held, including Chapter President, Treasurer, UCLA Student Liaison, as well as his work with the UCLA Student Chapter; for service to SLA Headquarters Committees, including the Nominations Committee and the New Visions Task Force; for his willingness to help anyone, anytime; for his thoughtful, steady way of conducting Chapter business; for simply being the giant whose shoulders we all stand on.
Barbara Amago – for her service as a guiding light through her many years of service to the Chapter; for overseeing the beginnings of the Chapter’s activities on the web, including the establishment of the discussion list; for nurturing many Chapter officials; and for helping to maintain stability in the Chapter through the ups and downs within the profession.
The 2010 Meritorious Service Award, Southern California Chapter, Special Libraries Association recipients are:
Eric C. Bryan - for his efforts the last few years in designing, managing and maintaining the SLA Southern California Chapter Web Site, Blog & Newsletter.
Teresa Bailey - for her efforts at organizing the West Coast Chapter Reception for the annual SLA conference in New Orleans; for making connections and organizing all of the different logistics resulting in one of the best receptions ever.
WCCR Team (Teresa Bailey, David Cappoli, Sara Tompson, and Kathy Quinn [consulting San Diego member]) – for organizing the West Coast Chapter Reception for the annual SLA Conference, held in New Orleans this year
Christian Gray - for his work overhauling the system we had in place for soliciting support from vendors; for bringing in quite a bit of support for the West Coast Chapter Reception in New Orleans; and for his help and advice as a part of the Holiday Party Planning Committee. He's been bringing in substantial financial support, and he's also been lending us his extensive network to get us help with marketing, planning, and promotion
Jackie Prentice - for resurrecting the Chapter newsletter; for creating a publication schedule, seeking content from Chapter members and beyond, and publishing 6 issues of the Chapter newsletter. This task was challenging because the newsletter had not been published for several years and Jackie had to re-establish publication guidelines for obtaining content from members and SLA headquarters
Doris Helfer - for her work mentoring the UNT/CSUN student group into forming a SLA-SCC Student Chapter, and guiding them into setting up Chapter practices and goals
***************************************
Further Notes on the Panel Discussion
By Robin Dodge
Many thanks to Chapter Secretary Drea Douglas for her attentive note-taking that made this post possible.
The panel discussion about our core values and skills was interesting and timely. I took the liberty of condensing this important conversation down to the bare-bones bullet points:
Our Core Skills:
• The organization of information
• Reference
• Research
• Acquisition
• Instruction
• Management of information
• Communication and collaboration
• Ability to motivate others and ability to make decisions
• Cataloging or the organization of information
• Evaluation of resources and understanding the breadth of resources
• Enthusiasm and willingness to share what you know
• Adaptability, and continuous learning
• Ability to work in groups and lead them (which is not the same skill)
• Ability to assemble a collection
• An understanding of future formats
On forming partnerships for the greater good:
We should identify the true needs of our patrons, then work with agencies/communities with similar goals and priorities. We should keep our minds open as to what that partnership looks like. Cross-disciplinary, cross-country/world partnerships need to be formed. Not everyone gets to go to the conference/training. If we're the ones who go, we should share what we learn with the others. Educate our colleagues. Find a place to volunteer to leverage your skills beyond your organization. Our skills are transferable, and others who don't have those skills might be trained and brought into the profession.
Our Core Values:
• Service to the users (whether end user or colleague)
• Material selection in an unbiased manner
• Providing access to information
• Supporting intellectual freedom, literacy, and reading
• Protecting patron privacy.
• Providing unbiased information that is timely and valid
• Leading by example
• Our commitment to provide a service that allows people to have a better life
What do you think should have made the list? How might we continue to adapt our core values and skills to keep our profession relevant into the future?
Wednesday, Nov. 10th was our Chapter’s 2010 Annual Business Meeting and Awards Dinner held at the LA84 Foundation in Los Angeles. The theme for the evening, “A celebration of librarianship and the information profession,” was most appropriate as we came together to celebrate the special accomplishments of members for service to the Chapter.
Incoming 2011 SLA-SCC board members were introduced; Peter Johnson, SCC Sternheim Scholarship Chair, introduced this year’s scholarship recipient, Ashley Sands; and the SLA national award winners for Outstanding Leadership (UNT/CSUN student chapter) and Innovative Programming (UCLA student chapter) were also recognized.
Richard Hulser led a panel discussion with Jean Crampon, Associate University Librarian, Science and Engineering Library, USC, Dorothy McGarry, Librarian Emerita, UCLA, and Cindy Mediavilla, Library Programs Consultant, California State Library and Lecturer, UCLA Dept. of Information Studies as panelists. What struck me most about their discussion was that, for all of the debate on the role and title librarians or information professionals should hold today, the core definition and purpose of the librarian/information professional is still very much the same as it was in the past: namely, that we use our expertise and knowledge to gather, organize, evaluate and share the right information to the right people in a timely manner.
Thank you to all of the evening’s participants, including SLA-SCC President Belinda Beardt, Peter Johnson, Richard Hulser, Jean Crampon, Dorothy McGarry and Cindy Mediavilla. Thank you to SLA-SCC President Elect Robin Dodge for planning and organizing the event. And thank you, especially, to Awards Committee member Sue Brewsaugh for her assistance in selecting and presenting the awards.
Following are the 2010 SLA-SCC Award winners; Certificates of Appreciation will be announced at the end of the year.
There were 2 recipients of the 2010 Billie Connor Award, Southern California Chapter, Special Libraries Associations. They are:
David Cappoli – for his knowledge of the Chapter and its operations; for the many offices he as held, including Chapter President, Treasurer, UCLA Student Liaison, as well as his work with the UCLA Student Chapter; for service to SLA Headquarters Committees, including the Nominations Committee and the New Visions Task Force; for his willingness to help anyone, anytime; for his thoughtful, steady way of conducting Chapter business; for simply being the giant whose shoulders we all stand on.
Barbara Amago – for her service as a guiding light through her many years of service to the Chapter; for overseeing the beginnings of the Chapter’s activities on the web, including the establishment of the discussion list; for nurturing many Chapter officials; and for helping to maintain stability in the Chapter through the ups and downs within the profession.
The 2010 Meritorious Service Award, Southern California Chapter, Special Libraries Association recipients are:
Eric C. Bryan - for his efforts the last few years in designing, managing and maintaining the SLA Southern California Chapter Web Site, Blog & Newsletter.
Teresa Bailey - for her efforts at organizing the West Coast Chapter Reception for the annual SLA conference in New Orleans; for making connections and organizing all of the different logistics resulting in one of the best receptions ever.
WCCR Team (Teresa Bailey, David Cappoli, Sara Tompson, and Kathy Quinn [consulting San Diego member]) – for organizing the West Coast Chapter Reception for the annual SLA Conference, held in New Orleans this year
Christian Gray - for his work overhauling the system we had in place for soliciting support from vendors; for bringing in quite a bit of support for the West Coast Chapter Reception in New Orleans; and for his help and advice as a part of the Holiday Party Planning Committee. He's been bringing in substantial financial support, and he's also been lending us his extensive network to get us help with marketing, planning, and promotion
Jackie Prentice - for resurrecting the Chapter newsletter; for creating a publication schedule, seeking content from Chapter members and beyond, and publishing 6 issues of the Chapter newsletter. This task was challenging because the newsletter had not been published for several years and Jackie had to re-establish publication guidelines for obtaining content from members and SLA headquarters
Doris Helfer - for her work mentoring the UNT/CSUN student group into forming a SLA-SCC Student Chapter, and guiding them into setting up Chapter practices and goals
***************************************
Further Notes on the Panel Discussion
By Robin Dodge
Many thanks to Chapter Secretary Drea Douglas for her attentive note-taking that made this post possible.
The panel discussion about our core values and skills was interesting and timely. I took the liberty of condensing this important conversation down to the bare-bones bullet points:
Our Core Skills:
• The organization of information
• Reference
• Research
• Acquisition
• Instruction
• Management of information
• Communication and collaboration
• Ability to motivate others and ability to make decisions
• Cataloging or the organization of information
• Evaluation of resources and understanding the breadth of resources
• Enthusiasm and willingness to share what you know
• Adaptability, and continuous learning
• Ability to work in groups and lead them (which is not the same skill)
• Ability to assemble a collection
• An understanding of future formats
On forming partnerships for the greater good:
We should identify the true needs of our patrons, then work with agencies/communities with similar goals and priorities. We should keep our minds open as to what that partnership looks like. Cross-disciplinary, cross-country/world partnerships need to be formed. Not everyone gets to go to the conference/training. If we're the ones who go, we should share what we learn with the others. Educate our colleagues. Find a place to volunteer to leverage your skills beyond your organization. Our skills are transferable, and others who don't have those skills might be trained and brought into the profession.
Our Core Values:
• Service to the users (whether end user or colleague)
• Material selection in an unbiased manner
• Providing access to information
• Supporting intellectual freedom, literacy, and reading
• Protecting patron privacy.
• Providing unbiased information that is timely and valid
• Leading by example
• Our commitment to provide a service that allows people to have a better life
What do you think should have made the list? How might we continue to adapt our core values and skills to keep our profession relevant into the future?
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