SLA Student Night Event Report and Presentation Slides (May 6th 2009)

In collaboration with the SLA PNW professional chapter, the SLA UW student chapter hosted the annual SLA Student Night.

This year’s event took place at the UW Washington Activities Center overlooking the placid waters of Lake Washington on a warm May evening. The event drew a large

Presentation Slides
Our special thanks to for presenting and being kind enough to provide their slides so we can post them below:

• Michelle Goodwin, Medical Librarians
  Finding Water in a Drought (pdf)
• Nick Berry, Content Architect & Taxonomist, REI
  Alternative Careers for Librarians (SlideShare)
• Traci Timmons, Manager of Library Services, Seattle Art Museum
  The Museum Library and the Downturned Economy (pdf)

More about Student Night's program.

crowd, including UW students and faculty, along with a wide array of information professionals from the Seattle area. Tables were stocked with fine cuisine and a healthy supply of beverages. There was never a lull in conversation as the room was filled with the clamoring of enthusiastic voices from people mingling and sharing information.

The event’s main attraction was led by Medical Librarian, Michelle Goodwin, Nick Berry Content Architect & Taxonomist from REI, and Traci Timmons, Head Librarian at The Seattle Art Museum. The presenters spoke with candor regarding the challenges libraries and businesses are experiencing due to the current economic crisis. The insight and knowledge of how information professionals are coping with these challenges generated a lively Q & A discussion, leaving students that are soon to enter the job market with a more sound understanding of what’s to come! Overall, the evening was a resounding achievement and could not have happened without the guidance and leadership from the student chapter’s adviser, Nancy Gershenfeld and the diligent efforts of this year’s student officers! SLA UW thanks the PNW chapter for their support and contributions to making this year’s student night one to remember.

Annalisa Pesek
SLA UW student chapter, Chair
2008-2009