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

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

Welcome to our most recent new member, Heather Heen.  We are very glad to have you as part of our chapter and we look forward to meeting you at an event soon!

SLA-SD Membership Committee

By subscribing to our chapter listserve, you’ll receive information about upcoming events and other important announcements.  If you’re not currently receiving these messages and you would like to subscribe, there are two ways to do so:

1. Go to Subscription Instructions on the SLA website and follow the directions there.  Please note that the subscription address is lists@lists.sla.org and our list address is SLA-SD@lists.sla.org
2. Contact Kate Vigderson (katevigderson@sbcglobal.net) or Ali Hennessey (alilhennessey@gmail.com) on the SLA-SD Membership Committee and we will get you added to the list!

We do try to get new members added to the list as soon as they join, but if we’ve missed you please let us know!

With 2013 well underway, we’d like to take a moment to officially welcome all of the new members who joined our chapter in 2012.  A big welcome to all of you!  We’re very happy to have you in SLA-SD!

• Eileen Schnur
• Christopher Mundy
• Lisa Foster
• Alison Hennessey
• Laura Laslo
• Hoan-vu Do
• Tiffany ONeil
• Kira Cooper
• Jennifer Silverman
• Shannon Lane
• Isabelle Garcia
• Svetlana Pucillo
• Patricia Short
• Billy Duckworth

–Kate Vigderson and Ali Hennessey, SLA-SD Membership Committee

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.

The SLA-SD Fall 2012 Newsletter is now available!  Read a message from our president, get all the details if you missed the fall seminar, and view information on our upcoming annual meeting.

It is my pleasure to announce that

Laura McMahon is  our new Employment Chair  

 Laura has an MLIS from San Jose State University and a BA in English from San Diego State University and is currently Assistant Librarian at Hologic Gen-Probe.  Laura will be keeping you up to date with employment postings and news.  Please send job or position announcements or employment related information to Laura to post on SLA-SD Employment or Career Connections pages.  Welcome, Laura, and thank you!
Posted by Carla Hernandez, SLA-SD Chapter President

New SLA-SD Archivist – Kate Vigderson

I am happy to announce that Kate Vigderson has volunteered to take on the role of Chapter Archivist.  Kate will replace Marisela LaPlante, who has very capably filled this role since May of 2010.  Thank you for your service, Marisela and thank you, Kate!  Kate graduated from the San Jose State University – School of Library Science with an emphasis in archival studies. Please contact Kate if you have any chapter-related documents that she can place in the archives, including officer correspondence, meeting minutes, financial records, program handouts, etc. or if you have specific questions about what types of materials should be archived. Kate will continue to serve in her role as Membership Committee Co-Chair until the end of the year.

Ali Hennessy has volunteered to be co-chair of the Membership Committee and will work with Kate on our membership drive initiative and support member relations activities.  Ali was profiled in our Spring edition of the SLA San Diego Newsletter.  Thank you for stepping up and welcome, Ali!

Employment Chair  - Vacant

Katie Frey, has recently accepted a position in the Boston area and has resigned as Employment Chair.   We wish Katie all the best and thank her for serving our Chapter the last 15 months or so.   If you or anyone you know would be interested in filling this role, please contact me.  This is a great way to network with other librarians and information specialists and MAKE A DIFFERENCE!  The role requires no previous experience .  Interested?  Email me to find out more….

Wanted!  Chapter Treasurer

The Nominating Committee is looking to fill several key Executive Board Member positions: Treasurer, and President-Elect (among others) with term start of January 2013.  Adele Barsh – our current Treasurer – shared her insights about this position in our Spring Newsletter.  Please contact Britt Mueller, SLA-SD Past President, to find out more or to nominate yourself or to recommend a colleague.

Posted by Carla Hernandez