May / June 2011 VOLUME 36 NUMBER 3
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER

Everyone at the Western Chapters SLA reception has been looking forward to reading the SCC newsletter -- and here it is!

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ACRL News

Women's Leadership Institute
ACRL and several higher education associations are holding the 2011 Women's Leadership Institute Nov. 29-Dec. 2 in Dana Point (CA) and Dec. 4-7 in Amelia Island (FL). Details are found at http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/womensleadership.cfm

2010 Environmental Scan
ACRL's 2010 environmental scane provides a broad review of the higher education landscape, focusing on academic and reserach libraries. It was available at http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/publications/whitepapers/EnvironmentalScan201.pdf

Free webinars from Wyoming

The American Management Association, Booklist, Common Knowledge, GrantSpace, Infopeople, insynctraining, LE@D, Library Journal, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Nebraska Library Commission, Texas State Library & Archives Commission, WebJunction, and the Wyoming State Library will be webcasting the following FREE programs during July. These programs and others are listed on the Wyoming Libraries Planning Calendar:

http://will.state.wy.us/ldo/planningcalendar.html

TITLES OF JULY PROGRAMS:

Social Networking with Seniors;Five Secrets for Delivering Engaging Online Presentations; The Future of Library Technology: How Trends in Scholarly Communication and Technology are Impacting Academic Libraries; The Ideal Accessible Community Computer Lab; Speaking with Sizzle, Substance and Style; Ten Tips for Basic Cataloging with Melissa Powell; Your Board and Fundraising; What's Happening with Genre Headings?; Connecting with your Community via Facebook - They already Like you!;

Discover resources for Wyoming Information and History; Breezing Along with the RML; How to Identify and Manage Critical Project Risks; Information Cartographer: Social Media Librarians of the Future; Outreach to Seniors; Killer Collections: Libraries Beyond Books; Brain Bandwidth: Reducing Cognitive Load; Book Group Buzzing; I Didn’t Know the Census Bureau Did That! Finding and Using Data from Lesser Known Censuses and Surveys; Voice of the Customer: Designing Library Services to Meet User Expectations; Finding a Legal Comfort Zone on the Web; Howdy Partners! Don’t Be a Lone Ranger: Building Community Partnerships to Augment Adult Services; Spotlight! on National Library of Medicine Resources

Tour the Autry Museum July 30 at 10:30am....FREE!

Join your chapter members for a very special and unique event. Not only will you be able to tour the Autry Museum at no cost, but we have gained special access to their library, including a guided tour. Parking is free as well.

In addition, Deb Hunt and David Cappoli, candidates for the SLA International office of President-Elect in the upcoming September 2011 election, will make an appearance and participate in a question-and-answer session.

A special thanks to Cameron Trowbridge for arranging this event with the Autry.

The day will begin when the museum opens at 11:00am with the President-elect candidates making their presentation. Please arrive around 10:30am so the presentation can start promptly and allow for a question-and-answer period, as it will be a full day. We will plan to congregate in the Plaza area in front of the museum entrance where we will be provided with stickers that will distinguish us as Autry guests.

After the presentation you may purchase lunch in the Autry Golden Spur Café, or in groups of fifteen, tour the library.

After the tour, you are free to visit the museum and see the exhibits and collection. The Autry Museum is featuring an exhibit of the development of aviation in Southern California featuring dirigibles and zeppelins called Skydreamers. More info on this exhibit is available at http://theautry.org/exhibitions/skydreamers

There are six ongoing exhibitions in addition to the Museum collection. You may view the descriptions of the ongoing exhibitions at http://theautry.org/exhibitions

The museum closes at 5:00pm on Saturdays

Attendance is limited to fifty, so please RSVP to mmlee@flash.net

Here’s a link to a map of how to get to the Autry

http://theautry.org/plan-your-visit/maps-and-directions

Info Lit Feedback Wanted

Dr. Woody Horton (forestwoodyhorton@gmail.com) and Dr. Albert Boekhorst (albertkb@gmail.com) would like to disseminate and receive comments on a new UNESCO publication, “Media and Information Literacy Curriculum for Teachers.” They say,“Our group would undoubtedly appreciate your reactions to this document, so Professor Boekhorst and I encourage your reactions, and urge you to consider replying after you had an opportunity to read and digest the report.”

UNESCO, 2011. http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CI/CI/pdf/publications/Media%20and%20information%20literacy%20curriculum%20for%20teachers.pdf

ACRL Online PD

Looking to expand your professional development horizons this summer? Then these upcoming ACRL e-Learning opportunities are just the place for you. Stretch your professional development budget by registering now for these affordable online seminars and Webcasts! Click on each event title for more information, including a link to online registration and registration fees. Space is limited, so register now to reserve your seat! Group rates are available for live Webcasts.

Registration for all online seminars and Webcasts qualifies for the ACRL Frequent Learner Program. Register for three, get one free.

Don't miss out on these exciting learning opportunities!

July

Instructional Design for Online Teaching and Learning (Online Seminar: July 11-29, 2011): Focus on using good instructional design and Web page design principles. Participants will also be introduced to Web-based Teaching techniques and materials using standard Web pages and the Moodle LMS.

The Library's Role in Ensuring the Success of International Efforts on Campus (Webcast: July 12, 2011): Learn about the complexities and additional requirements for conducting orientation, outreach, and information literacy instruction to international students studying in the U.S. Discover innovative ways to stimulate international student engagement with the academic library.

Classroom Assessment For Information Literacy Instruction: Are they Learning What You Are Teaching? (Webcast: July 19, 2011): This webcast will compare a typical teaching evaluation with an easy-to-implement classroom assessment technique, known as the "minute paper," with a focus on what each tool reveals about what students are learning.

August

Re-engineering Academic Libraries for Digital Natives and Beyond: Digital Learning Materials and the 'Teaching Machine' of the Future (Webcast: August 9, 2011): This webcast will focus on the capability of digital learning materials (DLMs - i.e. interactive tutorials, simulations, and games) to engage learners and be essential resources for enhancing student learning across all disciplines, both in the classroom and online.

Winning Library Grants (Online Seminar: August 15 - September 2, 2011): This course will introduce participants to the grant process from beginning to end with an emphasis on planning successful grant projects, funding sources for libraries, researching grant opportunities, proposal writing basics, and grant-winning tips and techniques useful for all types of librarians.

Complete details are available on the ACRL e-Learning Web site. For more information about ACRL e-Learning opportunities, contact Margot Conahan at (312) 280-2522 or mconahan@ala.org.

Gersten-Sternheim Memorial Scholarship deadline is June 30

Just a reminder that the deadline for applications to the 2011 Karen Gersten-Sternheim Memorial Scholarship is June 30, 2011.

For more information please visit the Karen Gersten-Sternheim Memorial Scholarship page on the SLA-SCC website by following this link www.sla-scc.org/web_pages/student_programs_section/sternheim_scholarship.html

The $3,000 Karen Gersten-Sternheim Memorial Scholarship is awarded annually by, and at the discretion of, the Southern California Chapter of the Special Libraries Association [SLA], and provides assistance to a student who is pursuing a career in special librarianship.

Deb Hunt podcast now available

Courtesy of SLA Europe, a fifteen minute interview with SLA President-Elect candidate is available as a podcast at http://www.sla-europe.org/2011/06/10/new-podcast-interview-with-president-elect-candidate-deb-hunt/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sla-europe%2FAEYb+%28SLA+Europe%29

Student scholarship applications open

The SLA Southern California Chapter Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for the 2011 Karen Gersten-Sternheim Memorial Scholarship. Deadline for application receipt is June 30, 2011.

For more information please visit the Karen Gersten-Sternheim Memorial Scholarship page on the SLA-SCC website, by following the link.
Karen Gersten-Sternheim Memorial Scholarship
www.sla-scc.org
The $3,000 Karen Gersten-Sternheim Memorial Scholarship is awarded annually by, and at the discretion of, the Southern California Chapter of the Special Libraries Association [SLA], and provides assistance to a student who is pursuing a career in special librarianship.

Big Time Nominees

David Cappoli and Deb Hunt are running for SLA. Find their statements on the SLA blog: http://slablogger.typepad.com/sla_blog/.

Social Responsible Survey

Some of you participated in the kernel of this conversation at the SCC Professional Development day at Boeing. Well, I’m working hard on expanding the research and data gathering, then I plan to share the results and promote some lessons learned… Can you take five to complete the survey and/or share it with some info pros?

Corporate Social Responsibility Session, description from the SLA conference planner – Tuesday June 14th 2:00 – 3:30 pm
Ready to join a conversation about something greater than ourselves? Want to help create transformational change in your community—or your world? Join this exploration of social responsibility to see how collaboration among info pros, their enterprises, vendors, professional associations, and nonprofits/NGOs/community groups can start small, but achieve big. Come for ideas, stories, strategies, and resources plus connections with others who share your passion for positive change. Since the is a non-ticketed event and we expect the room to be at capacity, please RSVP via LinkedIn Events: http://events.linkedin.com/SLA-Corporate-Social-Responsibility/pub/595181

Promotion of the SLA CSR & Info Pros Survey –
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dG5EQVFnSHBGYjNBN2pTaXNEYTROenc6MQ#gid=

Christian Gray, Sales & Business Development at Reprints Desk, Inc.
+1 (323) 806-5856 | cgray@reprintsdesk.com | www.reprintsdesk.com

The Voice of Early Career Professionals and Students

The SLA First Five Years Advisory Council is surveying early career professionals and students to better understand their needs and concerns. We'd like to use this information to help guide SLA's programming and support for early career professionals. Please take 20-30 minutes to thoughtfully answer these questions. Feel free to be as candid as possible. The more details you can give, the better.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SLA_FFY_2011

Please feel free to contact me with any questions. Also, please send this along to any of our student members as we would very much appreciate their input as well. Thank you so much!

Grace Rosales, SLA First Five Years Ambassador, Southern California Chapter

Get Ready for the Future Ready Toolkit

A team of SLA members and staff have collaborated to produce an extremely valuable deliverable for the SLA community. This group has taken the rich data gleaned from the SLA Alignment Project and translated it into a set of tried-and-true best practices that they have personally used to successfully meet professional challenges. The result is a new benefit of your SLA membership: The Future Ready Toolkit. These tools are focused and specific, and updated to include Web 2.0 technologies. Add to your own skillset by utilizing tools such as:
- Marketing and Branding Your Services
- 5 Ways to Use Social Media or Other Emerging Technologies in Your Job Search
- Build a Network to Engage and Partner with Stakeholders
- Planning, Writing, and Presenting a Budget
How to access the toolkit: Do you have a username and password in SLA's Wiki Spaces? If not, you'll have to sign up first (see link below). It takes a few seconds. Then, click on "Future Ready Toolkit" in the left-hand column, and start utilizing!

Want to learn more? Hear from the Toolkit coordinator, Amy Affelt, at the SLA Leadership Development Institute, Sunday, 7:30 a.m - 12 noon in Philadelphia at the SLA Annual Conference.

FutureReady Toolkit: http://wiki.sla.org/display/future/Home
SLA's wiki spaces: http://wiki.sla.org
Conference information: http://sla2011.tornado1.com/

Info Lit Standards for Teacher Education

The Information Literacy Standards for Teacher Education have been officially approved by the ACRL Executive Committee. The Standards will be posted on the ACRL website soon, and will also appear in an upcoming issue of C&RL News, ACRL's publication of record.

Cultural competence for academic librarians

ACRL Racial and Ethnic Diversity Committee(REDC) has developed cultural competencies standards for academic libraries. We want your feedback to improve these association standards now in the draft stage listed on the ACRL Standards Page, http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/standards/index.cfm. SCC member Lesley Farmer edited the standards.

Please send your feedback to maxeyharris@gmail.com before June 8th. There will also be a panel discussion about these standards on Saturday, June 25, 4:00-5:30 p.m. Convention Center, Rm 338. Please come and share!

President-elect Candidate podcast available

Courtesy of SLA Europe, you are able to view a short biography and hear a 20 minute podcast during which SLA Europe interviews David Cappoli, candidate for SLA President-elect. David has been Treasurer and chapter President of the Southern California chapter. The podcast is available at http://www.sla-europe.org/2011/05/30/new-podcast-interview-with-president-elect-david-cappoli/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sla-europe%2FAEYb+%28SLA+Europe%29 Next week, SLA Europe will interview Deb Hunt, also running for SLA President-elect. We will post that link when available.