Thursday, September 29, 2011

Nov 5 @ 10:30am - Joint visit to Mayme Clayton Library with UCLA SLA

Come join the UCLA SLA Student Chapter for a Saturday visit to the Mayme Clayton Museum in Culver City.

The Clayton Collection is the largest and most academically substantial independently held assemblage of its kind in the world. It is second in size and scholarly scope to the renowned Schomburg Collection in the New York City Public Library. To learn more about the museum and collection, please visit their Website here

The tour will start at 10:30am on Saturday, November 5, 2011 and last about 90 minutes. This very special tour is limited to 25 people, so get your RSVP in early, no later than October 28, 2011, to assure your spot on the tour.

Please RSVP to mmlee@flash.net by October 28, 2011.

Here's a link <this is the link> to a map with directions to get to the museum. There are two free parking lots located at the Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum. Both parking lots (one near the entrance and the other directly behind the building) are available for us to park in.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

San Diego Fall PD Day

SLA-San Diego Fall Seminar October 14, 2011: Registration Now Open!!

Register by September 30 for an early-bird discount!
Please join us for an exciting, interactive, and informative day!!

The Future-Ready Information Professional: Adding Value through Agility, Innovation, and Collaboration

Topics include:
• The Future-Ready Librarian: Getting Current with New Technologies to Anticipate Your Users’ Needs
• Your Next Strategic Plan: Nine Future-Ready Principles to Make it Successful
• Measure Up: Using Six Sigma Tools for Continuous Library Improvement
• Copyright Issues and the Academic: Creating a Comfort Level in Librarian and Faculty Collaboration
• Creating and Using Your Own Peer Learning and Mentoring Community
• FutureReady 365 Blog: From Idea to Applied Science

Speakers:
➢ Marydee Ojala, Editor of ONLINE magazine
➢ Dave Harmeyer, Associate Dean of University Libraries, Azusa Pacific University
➢ Lesley Farmer and Alan Safer, California State University Long Beach
➢ Virginia C. Hire Damrauer, Systems Administrator, National University (San Diego) Library; Jack Hamlin, National University; Steven Fleisher, Law/Business Liaison, National University (San Diego) Library
➢ Nancy Angelo and Linda Garnets (Angelo-Garnets Consulting, Organizational Psychologists with specialization in organizational change); Amy Kautzman, Associate Librarian Humanities and Social Sciences, UC Davis; and Helen Henry, Associate Librarian Administrative Services, UC Davis
➢ Christian Gray, Atlas Consulting and Reprints Desk


Date: Friday, October 14, 2011, 8 am – 4 pm
Location: Marina Village, 1936 Quivira Way,San Diego, CA 92109
Plenty of free parking available.

Price:
Rates include breakfast, lunch, and mid-morning and afternoon refreshments!
Register by September 30 at these rates:
• SLA Members $65
• Non-members $80
• Students/Unemployed/Retirees $30

After September 30, registration rates increase by $5 in each category:
• SLA Members $70
• Non-members $85
• Students/Unemployed/Retirees $35

Registration closes October 8.

For details and registration, go to http://sla-divisions.typepad.com/sandiego/

Monday, September 12, 2011

An evening with the authors of Best Practices for Corporate LibrariesNovember 3 6pm at FIDM

Best Practices for Corporate Libraries: A panel with SLA SoCal chapter authors plus a special author visit from Lorri Zipperer, SLA
RioGrande chapter

Join us on November 03, 2011 at 6:00pm at FIDM for a very
special evening with the authors of several chapters of Best Practices
for Corporate Libraries


Sara Tompson, Sue Brewsaugh and Deb Schwarz are members of the Southern
California Chapter and Lorri Zipperer joins us from the Rio Grande Chapter
in New Mexico.

There will be a short panel discussion during which each will
speak for about 10 minutes about their chapter of the book, then a question and answer
period where you can ask them about writing and collaborating, editing and
publishing their book.

Here's a link with a map to FIDM http://fidm.edu/peripheral/assets/visit-fidm/pdfs/fidm-la-campus-dir.pdf
We will be meeting in Room 500, 5th floor.


Our chapter will provide dinner.

Please let me know if you have food allergies/restrictions/preferences when you rsvp to
mmlee@flash.net by October 20, 2011.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Newsletter July/August 2011



July / August 2011 VOLUME 36 NUMBER 4
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER

As elected leaders of the Southern California Chapter, your
Board is always working hard to make sure your
membership in SLA is worthwhile and valuable to you....

Read the full newsletter.