Podcasts for PR Advisory Council Project: My SLA

Below are links to the latest interviews for the recent P.R. Advisory Council project, My SLA: The Podcast.
http://my.sla.org/?p=606 – David Cappoli
http://my.sla.org/?p=620 – Deb Hunt

Special attention is dedicated to:
· connecting with MLIS students and new information professionals,
· setting personal goals within SLA, and how working toward these goals contributes to increased energy in the workplace,
· the professional impact of being involved.

Health Libraries Webinar

Using 211 and Healthy City Data for Library Planning and Advocacy Webinar

Wednesday, August 3, 2011 Noon - 1:00 PM (Pacific Time)

This webinar is FREE of charge, however, pre-registration is required. Please reserve your webinar seat in advance at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/238820963. After you've registered, you'll receive a confirmation email with a unique link that will enable you to join the webinar on August 3rd. This one-hour webinar will review:
why the Healthy City database is of specific value to libraries and library users;
how consolidated data can help with library advocacy;
how to use and customize the Healthy City data for specific needs;
how to work with your local 211 to ensure consistent and robust library data; and
how to ensure library data is included even when no 211 system exists for your library jurisdiction.

This webinar will be of interest to librarians and library staff interested in understanding how to best utilize data for library planning and advocacy.

Speakers: Suzanne Flint, Shannon Ulrickson and Lilian Coral

Meet & Greet - August 13 - noon - Carl Strauss Brewery - Carlsbad

Come join your fellow So Cal Chapter members and members of the San Diego Chapter for a Saturday meet-and-greet August 13 around noon at the Karl Strauss Brewery-restaurant in Carlsbad.

We will do our best to be seated together, but look for me in a hopefully unique red-white-and-blue stovepipe hat (think Uncle Sam) to get a blank name tag so you may be identified as a librarian-attendee. We may not be able to get separate checks, so please bring small bills to facilitate making change.

Just so we can alert the restaurant to the number that might attend, please rsvp to mmlee@flash.net

More Karl Strauss info and a map is available at http://www.karlstrauss.com/PAGES/Eats/Carlsbad.html

August 24 - Houdini at the Skirball - 12 noon-5pm

What: Houdini and Masters of Illusion: Jewish magicians of the golden age

Where: Skirball Cultural Center

2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd. 90049

Date & Time: Wednesday, August 24 - come as you wish during the day.

Entry fee: None

The museum is open from 12 to 5 p.m.

If you would like to go on a docent-led tour, please e-mail your RSVP to

pjohnson@skirball.org Houdini starts promptly at 1:30 p.m.; Masters of

Illusion goes at 2:30.

Peter Johnson, our host, will plan to be in the lobby around 1:00pm to watch for SLA members coming for the tours.

However, SLA members who decide to do this on their own can gain entry simply by telling the admissions desk that they are here as part of the SLA group.

If you would like to see Noah's Ark, a child- based hands-on exhibit, it'll be crowded. Contact Peter Johnson for information about timed entry - (310) 440-4707.

Parking is free: Lot is across the street from the Skirball on Sepulveda; it's a right turn heading north, at the light at Bergreen (just north of Skirball Center Drive).

Dining: Lunch cart is available with salads, sandwiches, chips and drinks. If you'd like a sit-down meal, there's Zeidler's Cafe. Reservations strongly recommended: (310) 440-4515.

For even more information, including directions, please visit the Skirball website: http://www.skirball.org

August 21 - Gersten-Sternheim Memorial Scholarship Fundraiser - LA County Arboretum - 5:00pm

Join your chapter members to support the Gersten-Sternheim Memorial Scholarship Fundraiser. There will be food and drink, raffles, fun and conviviality! You can get all the important details by clicking here http://www.sla-scc.org/scholarship/scholarship.html If you have anything to donate for the raffles or if you can't attend and just want to donate, drop a note to Shawn Stamm, the fundraiser organizer in the e-mail questions section of the announcement. See you there!!

August 10 - between 11am and 1:30pm - Women in Spirit at Mt. St. Mary's

Join your chapter members for an exhibit at Mt. St. Mary's. We are set for Wednesday, August 10. It's "open house" between 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m,, although no one will mind some flexibility on either end. It'll be a self-paced event. Parking is $5. The cafeteria is open from 11 until 3 for a light, delicious and inexpensive lunch ($5-$8) by our food service, Bon Appetit. It's a short but steep hike up the hill from the exhibit, with ample signage. Anyone who can't negotiate stairs or slopes should let me know ahead of time and I'll arrange for the golf cart. vmccargar@MSMC.la.edu Exhibit info, directions to the Mount's Chalon Campus in Brentwood and so on are available at the college's website, http://www.MSMC.la.edu.

Virtually Bates

Join the Rocky Mountain SLA Chapter and Mary Ellen Bates on July 21st at Noon Mountain time for a Virtual Lunch webinar. Mary Ellen Bates will share a view of the future in, “Info Pros in 2021: Are We Virtual Yet?” This session is free to all SLA members.

Use this URL to register for the WebEx program:
https://jiu.webex.com/jiu/onstage/g.php?d=624858438&t=a
Hosting will be provided by Jones e-global library, http://www.e-globallibrary.com/.
Learn more about Mary Ellen Bates at http://batesinfo.com/.

Save the date - August 24 - Houdini at the Skirball

Save August 24th at either 11:30am or 2:00pm for touring the Houdini at the Skirball exhibit. Details will follow.......

New links for President-Elect podcasts

SLA Europe reports they have moved the SLA President-Elect podcasts to their server. If you had trouble before listening to the podcasts, here's new links

http://www.sla-europe.org/2011/06/10/new-podcast-interview-with-president-elect-candidate-deb-hunt/

http://www.sla-europe.org/2011/05/30/new-podcast-interview-with-president-elect-david-cappoli/