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!

Link to full newsletter

SLA UCLA Student Chapter Meeting

Janice Lachance, CEO of Special Libraries Association (SLA), spoke to the SLA UCLA Student Chapter about opportunities available in special libraries, job market outlook, skills needed to become a special librarian and importance of professional associations over free pizza!

SLA-SCC Professional Development

A great big "THANK YOU" to Sara Tompson, Associate Dean for Public Services at USC Libraries, for putting together and moderating an outstanding SLA-SCC Professional Development program, Doing More With Less: Creative Ways To Provide Outstanding Service In Tough Economic Times on May 19th at the USC University Club.

Panel presenters included Sue Brewsaugh, Library Manager at The Boeing Company, Doris Helfer, Chair, Technical Services at CSU Northridge, Janice Lachance, CEO of Special Libraries Association (SLA), Brian Raphael, Assistant Director at USC Gould Law Library, and Chris Schneider, Senior Account Manager at Elsevier.

The event was generously sponsored by Elsevier, USC Libraries and Thompson.

Check out USC Libraries news blog report on the SLA-SCC Professional Development Program Featuring Janice Lachance http://www.sla.org/content/SLA/governance/bodsection/ceocorner/09speeches/051909socali.cfm

SLA-SCC Century City Area Power Lunch

A great big "thank you" to William Holmes, Library Public Services Manager at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips and Library Associates for hosting the SLA-SCC Century City area lunch meeting on Thursday, April 9th. William went above and beyond the call of duty as a host when he gave a 30-minute presentation about his duties and responsibilities as a law librarian. He also gave us a tour of Manatt's beautiful and spacious law library. It was a successful and productive power lunch!

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!

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.

Holiday Party Photos

Enjoy photos from the 2008 joint SLA Southern California / LACASIS Holiday party featuring writer and environmental historian Jenny Price.