If you haven’t already, mark your calendars now for the SLA-SD chapter May program! We have a great panel lined up for our Thursday, May 23, 4:30-6 pm, discussion about some ways the MLIS has been applied in nontraditional career paths. Panelists include:

• Scott Brown, Manager, Library Services, Qualcomm and Owner at Social Information Group
• Tim Gallati, Data Analysis & Usability Librarian, Qualcomm
• Cristela Garcia-Spitz, Digital Library Program Project Manager, UC San Diego Library
• Jill Blaemers, information industry consultant
• Michelle Frost, Manager, Investigative Research Group, Grant Thornton LLP

The program will be held Thursday, May 23, 4:30-6 pm, at Grossmont District Office Conference Center Auditorium at the Herrick Community Health Care Library (http://www.herricklibrary.org/ ). This wonderful venue is easy to find at 9001 Wakarusa St, La Mesa, CA . If you’re interested in visiting the beautiful Herrick Library, come early!

Light refreshments will be served. Please contact Lauren Rasmussen at lauren.rasmussen.sla@gmail.com  to register! Members and  nonmembers welcome.

• As a reminder, there are also two additional chapter activities related to this event:
  • A happy/social/networking hour will follow the Nontraditional Career Opportunities panel discussion! Meet at the Claim Jumper (http://www.claimjumper.com/locations.aspx) in Grossmont Center in La Mesa, conveniently located near the Herrick Community Health Care Library.
  • If you can, please bring a new or gently used book in English or Spanish for ages 0 -18 (especially 0-5) for our SLA-SD Words Alive Book Drive.  We’ll have a collection box set up at Herrick Library and we’ll also be collecting at the social hour.  If you’re unable to attend but would still like to donate, please email Charlotte King-Mills, Student Liaison (c_king2@yahoo.com).

Jill Blaemers, SLA-SD President Elect, 2013

Hi San Diego information professionals,

Come and join us for a happy/social/networking hour on Thursday, May 23, 2013, immediately following the Nontraditional Career Opportunities panel discussion!  We’ll meet at 6(ish) at the Claim Jumper (http://www.claimjumper.com/locations.aspx) in Grossmont Center in La Mesa, conveniently located near the Herrick Community Health Care Library.  Directions here:  http://goo.gl/maps/ZeyO8  If you can’t make it to the panel discussion, just come by and join us after work!  Please RSVP to katevigderson@sbcglobal.net so we can get an idea of group size.

Since this is our last event before the big conference in June, let’s take this opportunity to compare notes on conference plans and find out what interesting sessions others are planning to attend!

And if you can, please bring a new or gently used book in English or Spanish for ages 0 -18 (especially 0-5) for our SLA-SD Words Alive Book Drive.  We’ll have a collection box set up at Herrick Library and we’ll also be collecting at the social hour.  If you’re unable to attend but would still like to donate, please email Charlotte King-Mills, Student Liaison (c_king2@yahoo.com).  Thanks for helping with this very worthy cause!

Kate Vigderson and Ali Hennessey, SLA-SD Membership Committee

Join us for a panel discussion on Thursday, May 23, 4:30-6 pm, to learn about some ways that the MLIS has been applied in nontraditional career paths. Panelists will include information professionals working as independent researchers, in the information industry, in SEO and data analytics, and more.

The program will be held Thursday, May 23, 4:30-6 pm, at Grossmont District Office Conference Center Auditorium at the Herrick Community Health Care Library (http://www.herricklibrary.org/ ). This wonderful venue is easy to find at 9001 Wakarusa St, La Mesa, CA . If you’re interested in visiting the beautiful Herrick Library, come early!

Light refreshments will be served. Please contact Lauren Rasmussen at lauren.rasmussen.sla@gmail.com  to register!

Some of those who are attending the Natural History Museum tour this Thursday, March 21, will be meeting up afterward at the Prado Restaurant in Balboa Park.  So if you’re attending the tour and you’d like to stay, or if you’d just like to stop by after work, feel free to come on by for a drink and some networking!  The tour is expected to end around 5 pm.

*Please note that this is an informal meet-up, so no tables will be reserved for this one.  The bar does tend to fill up with theatergoers, so get there as early as you can if you want a seat.*

Thanks!
Ali Hennessey and Kate Vigderson, SLA-SD Membership Committee

Margaret Dykens, Registrar and Library Director, will lead us on a tour of the Research Library at the San Diego Natural History Museum in Balboa Park on Thursday, March 21. Ms. Dykens will also discuss some of the interesting digitization and preservation projects undertaken at the library.

We will meet at the south entrance (nearest the fountain plaza) to the museum at 3:45 pm and head to the third floor library for the tour, which will run till approximately 5 pm. Admission is free, but donations to the museum are welcomed.

Reservations are required as the tour size is limited. First come, first in! Nonmembers are welcome but will be wait-listed until March 12 to allow chapter members adequate time to register. Please contact Lauren Rasmussen at lauren.rasmussen.sla@gmail.com with your reservation and indication of whether you are or are not an SLA-SD member.

For directions and parking information, please visit http://www.sdnhm.org/visit/parking-and-directions/ .

Join us for our year-end meeting and dinner – come network, enjoy lively conversation and re-unite with your library and information center colleagues.  We’ll review our year, announce the new Executive Board members, the student scholarship winner and more!  Register here.

Please join SLA-SD on December 6th for the 2012 Annual Business Meeting & Holiday Dinner!

SLA-SD is hosting its annual Business Meeting & Holiday dinner on Thursday, December 6th, at Apollonia Greek Bistro in La Jolla. Please join us to wrap-up 2012, catch up with both old and new colleagues, and meet our slate of Chapter Officers for 2013. There will also be a short awards ceremony to celebrate the accomplishments of an outstanding member and the latest SLA-SD scholarship recipient

Details:

      Where: Apollonia Greek Bistro, La Jolla
      Date: Thursday, Dec 6, 2012
      Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
      Directions: http://www.apolloniabistro.com/location.html

Both open parking and garage parking available.     

Cost: $21 per person (includes dinner, gratuity and tax)  

Space is limited. Register now!

Please email the Registrar, Lauren Rasmussen if you have any questions or trouble registering.

Dinner event price: $21

I hope you enjoy these pictures from the SLA-SD 2012 Fall Seminar, Spotlight on the User: Enhancing Value Through User-Centric Design and Innovation. If you couldn’t make the seminar this year, be sure to put it on your calendar for 2013! –Kathy Elliott