SLA Contributed Papers Sessions

SLA’s Best Kept Secrets: The Contributed Papers Sessions
SLA is now accepting proposals for Contributed Papers to be presented at the 2012 Annual Conference and INFO-EXPO to be held 15-18 July 2012 in Chicago.
• Do ontologies, taxonomies and semantics make your tail wag?
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• Is social media your thing?
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In this era of a world economy, things are more interdependent than ever. Changes in one arena impact another, borders are blurring, and expectations are higher than ever. Technology is driving change forward at a dramatic speed, and what was impossible three years ago is now commonplace.

The Contributed Papers Sessions allow you to showcase your creative and innovative solutions to some of today’s pressing information issues. Share your successes with your colleagues and inspire your peers. We are particularly interested in hearing from our international members.

Topics for papers must be related to the conference theme of “Practicing Agility in an Open World Economy” and should focus on putting ideas into practice: don’t just think, ACT.

Every SLA member is encouraged to submit an abstract! Proposals will be evaluated by a panel of SLA members in a blind review and the strongest will be selected for development into full papers.

Requirements for Acceptance

Topics should be related to library or information science, information management, research, client services, technology or administration in special libraries. Proposals will be judged on their relevance to the conference theme “Practicing Agility in an Open World Economy.” Reviewers will be looking for novelty, creativity, scholarship, and applicability to an author-defined audience.

Proposed papers must also meet these requirements:
• At least one author is a member of SLA
• At least one author commits to presenting the paper at the Annual Conference
• The proposal is received by December 12, 2011 deadline
• The paper has not been published in or submitted to any other publication or conference planning group
• The author (and any co-authors) must be willing to sign a copyright assignment form that will permit SLA to use the paper in various formats
Deadlines

12 December 2011 – Proposals due. Submit an abstract of your paper via e-mail to Helen Losch at helenlosch@gmail.com. Abstracts should be between 250-300 words in length, or roughly one page in 12-point text. Please also identify your core audience (e.g. academic, web).

01 February 2012 – Notification. All applicants will be notified of the committee’s decision, and the strongest proposals will be invited to develop them into full papers.

01 June 2012 – Papers due. Authors submit their completed papers and copyright assignments to SLA.

15-18 July 2012 – Conference presentation. Authors will delivery a 15-minute presentation of their papers. Presentation should focus on the practical applications of the research conducted – what is really, really, really important about their topic and results. Authors may be asked to present in the Pecha Kucha format (20 slides with 20 seconds allowed for explanation of each slide).

More information about the 2012 conference is available at:
http://www.sla.org/content/Events/conference/ac2012/index.cfm

Holiday Party Special Guest Stephanie Chase

 

We are very excited to have Stephanie Chase join us at the PNW chapter holiday party!

Stephanie Chase currently serves as Multnomah County (OR) Library’s interim Reference, Adult Services, and Programming Coordinator. She’s spent more than a decade directing public libraries and creating connections and partnerships, earning recognition as a 2010 LJ Mover and Shaker as well as a Public Library Association Fellow. Stephanie is the founder and Past President of the Green Mountain (VT) Library Consortium, a statewide library consortium providing digital collections and partnership opportunities to 145 member libraries, and a member of the Public Library Association Leadership Development Task Force and the RUSA CODES Readers Advisory Committee.

2011 Holiday Party -- Join Us!

You are invited to attend the

SLA Pacific Northwest Chapter

2011 Holiday Party

Sponsored by FirstRain

With special guest Stephanie Chase,

2010 Library Journal Mover and Shaker

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

6:30pm-9pm

Dinner and drinks at

Library Bistro, 92 Madison St., Seattle

 

Online registration has closed. Bring cash or check to pay at the door.

SLA Member- $35 / Non-Member- $45 / Student/Unemployed- $20

Call for abstracts: MLA'12 in Seattle (deadline Nov 2, 2011)

The annual meeting of the Medical Library Association will be held in Seattle this spring. Please consider presenting a paper or poster, and do save the date.

Call for Abstracts
MLA'12: Medical Library Association Annual Meeting and Exhibit 2012
"Growing Opportunities Changing Our Game"
May 18-23, 2012
Seattle, WA

For MLA’12, the 2012 National Program Committee (NPC) invites you to focus on challenges, successes, and trends in “Growing Opportunities: Changing Our Game.” The theme represents a conscious decision from the 2012 NPC to examine the convergence of sustainability with sports metaphors, particularly baseball. This convergence of game changing with sustainability offers members and sections the flexibility to examine these issues individually or at their intersections.

Online submission for paper and poster abstracts is now open! The deadline for submission is November 2, 2011, 11:59PM CST.

Program themes, instructions, and more information can be found here: http://mlanet.org/am/am2012/sect_prog/themes.html

Webinar with Dr. Annie Green coming November 9, 2011

Annie Green D.Sc. Assistant Professorial Lecturer, George Washington University; Principal, Institute of Knowledge and Innovation; Adjunct Faculty, Kent State University.

Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Time: 12:00 to 1:00 pm Pacific

Dr. Green will talk briefly about the KM Education Forum which is an ongoing project to identify and grow consensus on the knowledge management body of knowledge, competencies, roles and curriculum. KMEF is co-sponsored by Kent State University's School of Library and Information Science and George Washington University.

For more information about Annie Green
http://www.gwuiki.org/content/profile/annie-green

Space is limited, please sign up at:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RRBR7NP

Webinar instructions will be sent out one day prior by email.
Hope you can join us.

Conference Report-Out on June 22

Once again, the PNW Chapter will be hosting a post-SLA conference, lunchtime virtual meeting to recap event and experiences from the SLA Annual Conference.

And as a bonus, we will have Claire D’Mura and Sarah Caldwell (UW students and Frost Gershenfeld SLA Travel Award winners) share their conference experiences!

When: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 12pm Pacific
Where: Online
What:
- Claire and Sarah share their experiences
- Cool sessions attended, posters seen
- Virtual attendees report back
- Business meeting and joint chapter/council sharing, SLA news

Everyone is welcome participate.
…More details coming soon.

Western States Reception at SLA

Western States Chapters Reception (formerly known as West Coast Chapters) Reception at SLA in Philadelphia


Date: Monday, June 13, 2011
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Where: Union League of Philadelphia
140 S. Broad Street (map)

Join us at the Union League of Philadelphia for a “taste of Philly” and tours of this captivating historic landmark at 120 South Broad Street. Come and talk with friends and colleagues you never find time to see when you are back home. Union League dress code: Business attire, please.

Exhibiting Sponsors: Elsevier, Plunkett Research Ltd., Reprints Desk, Wolters Kluwer Health - Ovid , Zubal Books

Lead Division/Unit: Oregon Chapter
Co-hosting Units : Arizona Chapter, Oregon Chapter, Pacific Northwest Chapter, Silicon Valley Chapter, San Diego Chapter, San Francisco Bay Region Chapter, Sierra Nevada Chapter, Southern California Chapter

Job and Career Information

SLA Pacific Northwest Area Job Postings
Compiled by the PNW Chapter SLA

Announcements maybe submitted to the Employment/Consultation Chair: Ken Wheaton at: wheaton.kr@gmail.com

For additional job postings see the SLA Career Center

SLA West Coast Chapters Reception in Philly

Save the date!

Going to SLA in Philadelphia this June?
A Reception is planned just for you.

The Western States Chapters Reception

Date: Monday, June 13, 2011
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Where: Union League of Philadelphia
140 S. Broad Street

Come join us for a Taste of Philly. A time to relax and enjoy the company of colleagues from all avenues of the information professions.

More details will be posted soon.

"Knowledge Management: A Leadership Imperative" presentation available

The slides from today's PNW SLA Virtual Speaker Series event, “Knowledge Management: A Leadership Imperative" by Ms. Jamie Muskopf, are available here. We thank Ms. Muskopf for her engaging presentation and generous offering of her time.

Washington Library Snapshot Day 2011

Special libraries are invited to participate in Washington Library Snapshot Day.

On April 12, 2011, hundreds of libraries throughout Washington State will join in the ALA's "Library Snapshot Day" effort.

It's a great way to share a glimpse of a day in the life your library while joining others across the Evergreen State.

How can you participate in Snapshot Day:

• Fill out a brief survey on April 12, 2011
• Collect testimonials from your library users
• Snap photos and share them to the Flickr account page (coming soon)
• Issue a press release about your library's activities
• Use quotes and comments from your annual report to share your library's unique value
• Pick one of 20 participation suggestions from ALA

Ready to participate? Submit your contact information now.

Please contact Emily Glenn with any questions.

Washington Medical Librarians Association conference, March 24-25

Communities and Health: Looking Forward
March 24-25, 2011
Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA

You are invited to attend the annual meeting of the Washington Medical Librarians Association. Meet the newest WMLA officers and enjoy the first signs of spring at the lovely Bastyr campus.

Registration, scholarship, and program information is available here: http://wmla.org/index.htm

Join colleagues from across the state to discuss the latest in communities and health information issues, present and future. Invited speakers will lead conversations about predictive and preventive medicine, gender and health information, and mandatory public reporting and our state’s Healthcare Associated Infections Program. We will also hear news about services and activities of the NN/LM Pacific Northwest Region, and an update on research and projects within the University of Washington iSchool community.

Be sure to check out continuing education courses, too: Third Party PubMed Tools and Lean and Six Sigma Foundations for Information Professionals in Healthcare Environments.

Register soon as class sizes are limited.

See you at WMLA this spring!

Knowledge Management: A Leadership Imperative: March 23

Please join us for our first installment of the PNW SLA Virtual Speaker Series.

Title: “Knowledge Management: A Leadership Imperative"
Date: Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Webinar time: 12:00 to 1:00 pm Pacific

To Register, please complete the following survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/N7S95F7
Webex and Teleconference details will be provided to those who RSVP no later than 3 days before the event.

Open to all PNW chapter members. Registration will close on Friday March 18, 2011.

About the presentation:
Ms. Jamie Muskopf will present a leadership-focused perspective of Knowledge Management that will highlight the key motivators and success factors for establishing a knowledge management function in any organization. She will explore knowledge management as an enabler of effective leadership and a necessary companion to any technology initiative, examine the role of the "Knowledge Manager" (what they do and what they do NOT do), highlight specific examples of how leaders can use KM professionals to support mission accomplishment, and demonstrate how to calculate project based return on investment for knowledge management activities.

About the speaker:
Please see the attached bio and visit Ms. Muskopf’s LinkedIn profile and blog for more information.

Open Board Position: Treasurer

The position of Treasurer is open, available immediately.

Enhance your career skills! Meet great people! Have fun while giving back to your profession!

Description
The Treasurer keeps the financial records for chapter, reports the current financial data at each Executive board meeting, and collects and processes attendee payments and disbursements for Chapter events.

SLA requires Chapter Treasurers to keep data and report chapter financial standings. The reporting functions for Treasurer are very important to the Chapter, and adhering to deadlines and requests for payments are critical.

Obligations
The position of Treasurer is a two year commitment. The treasurer attends Board meetings (most are conference calls) and Chapter programs, and assists with Chapter business. The term of office is two years.

The treasurer is not required to attend the SLA annual conference and/or the Leadership Summit, but all SLA volunteer chapter leaders are encouraged to do so. SLA frequently offers on-site training for Chapter Treasurers usually with other leadership training sessions on the Sunday when the annual conference begins.

(Additional information about the duties of the Chapter Treasurer is available on the SLA web page for Unit Treasurer’s Information.)

For more information, or to nominate yourself, please contact Emily Glenn, SLA PNW Chapter President

Open Board Position: Vendor Relations Chair

The position of Vendor Relations Chair is open, available immediately.

This vital role is crucial to the continuation of quality programs and services for the chapter.

Do you have contacts with vendors? Do you enjoy promoting the activities of libraries, our chapter, and our profession? If you're ready to develop your negotiation, sales and marketing skills in a new way, this may be the position for you!


Vendor Relations Committee Chair

The Vendor Relations Committee Chair is responsible for soliciting sponsors for Chapter programs to help recover the cost of the programs; and for soliciting advertisers/sponsors for the Chapter website.

Duties:

1. Committee Chair serves on Advisory Board.
2. Contacts library supply houses, book dealers, subscription agents, microfilm service companies, consultants, online vendors and other library-related vendors to make them aware of sponsorship opportunities and Bulletin advertising possibilities. Makes follow-up phone calls to sponsors to inquire if they will sponsor Chapter programs or advertising.
3. Obtains advertising copy from vendors and sees that it is included in the correct Bulletin issues and/or program, when appropriate. Sees that the vendor receives a copy of any issue in which their ad appears.
4. Sends confirmation communications to sponsors who have agreed to sponsor programs, outlining what recognition they will receive, how much money they have agreed to contribute and information on where to send the check. Ensures that program sponsor vendors are properly credited in program literature and the Bulletin.
5. Finalizes information of correct vendor name and spelling for preliminary program, final program, brochures, signs and obtains sponsor description if needed.
6. Invoices the vendors for the ads and sponsorship commitments. Invoices should be sent with the copy of the Bulletin soon after publication or twice a year if the vendor has committed to four issues.
7. Receives payment from vendor and forwards the payments to the Chapter Treasurer. If vendors do not pay promptly, follows up with reminders or past due invoices requesting payment. Adheres to SLA Unit Fund Development Practice.
8. Maintains and updates the listing of sponsor names and contacts.

For more information, or to nominate yourself, please contact Emily Glenn, SLA PNW Chapter President