SLA Europe
... bringing the Special Libraries Association (SLA) to information professionals across Europe
SLA Europe was founded in 1972. There is a growing enthusiasm in Europe for information specialists to work together. Not only is SLA Europe one of the few European organisations that can help you find colleagues in Europe, but it is the only one that can offer you a direct link to a very large and active network of information professionals working in more than 70 countries.
Join us now and help build an invaluable forum in Europe.
SLA Europe Blog
Introducing the SLA Europe Blog. In the next few months, we will be adding all sorts of content here reflecting our past, present and future activities. The intention of the blog is to be our main channel of communication in place of the newsletter on a day to day basis -it allows us to publish more regularly and more easily.
But the news, events and personalities of the past have not been lost. You can see them all at the SLA Europe Newsletters archive.
Events - Coming Up!
Tuesday 28 September Maximising Your Personal Impact The first of a series of events by SLA Europe focused on the image and impact of the Information Professional. This event is kindly sponsored by PI.
Details also on Events Page
Events - Just gone!
Wednesday 7 July 2010 Summer Soiree Our annual Summer Soiree was once again kindly sponsored by Alacra. It was another great success.
Monday 14 June 2010 SLA Conference New Orleans - International Session Our third International Session proved a great success with over 70 people in attendance. Full report coming soon.
Tuesday 18 May 2010 SLA(m) This was a great opportunity to build and cement relationships; find out more about what your fellow professionals are currently concerned with, how they and their employers are dealing with today’s market, and where they think Information is headed. See photos here and listen to the VoxPops.
16 March 2010 Tweeting While We WorkEveryone is talking about Twitter these days. Celebrities, politicians and the average person on the street are all posting tweets to keep their followers up to date on what they are doing, but is it also useful as a business information tool? What value can it provide to businesses and to you, as an information professional?
The evening was generously sponsored by Lexis Nexis
Photo Gallery of our past events
Congratulations to our SLA Europe Dissertation Award Winners for 2009!
Richard Lalleman of London Metropolitan University, Jill Rutt of the University of Sheffield and Hardy Schwamm of Loughborough University
Full details are here and more on our award winners and their dissertations will be coming soon.
For more information see the Early Career Page or contact Bethan and Lyndsay, your ECCA Co-Chairs
Congratulations Bethan!
Board member Bethan Ruddock received her Rising Star Award at SLA this month in New Orleans.
Now in its second year, the Rising Star Award is presented to SLA members who show exceptional promise of leadership and contribution to the association and the profession. Only information professionals who are in their first five years of SLA membership and have one to five years of experience are eligible to receive the Rising Star Award.
Full details are here
The 2010 Rising Stars with Anne Caputo. Bethan is second from left.
SLA Europe Information Professional 2010
An inspiring and innovative educator has won this year’s SLA Europe Information Professional Award (SLA Europe IP 2010).
Dr Geoff Walton (BA (Hons), MA, PhD PgCHPE, FHEA, MCLIP) is currently Academic Skills Tutor Librarian and Research-informed Teaching Project Co-ordinator at Staffordshire University in Stoke-in-Trent, England. In this joint role he is involved in identifying synergies between research, teaching, learning, and information literacy. His recent PhD thesis focused on a blended approach to fostering information literacy among undergraduates.
Full Press Release.
See also our Awards Page
Early Career Conference Awards 2010
The Board of SLA Europe is delighted to announce the two winners of the SLA Europe Early Career Conference Award (ECCA) 2010. The winners, who will attend the annual SLA Conference in New Orleans 13-16 June 2010, are Philip Gatzke and Christopher Rhodes.
Philip Gatzke is currently a student at the University of Brighton, enrolled on the M.Sc. in Information Management, which he will finish in 2010. Philip joined the University of Brighton following a BA in Media and Information Studies at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, in Germany.
Christopher Rhodes graduated from the University of Sheffield in 2007 with an M.A. Librarianship (distinction). During his time at Sheffield, Christopher was awarded prizes at both departmental and national level. Christopher currently works at the Statistics Resource Unit, House of Commons Library, and is the National Coordinator for New Professionals, Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals.
Please see the Press Release for full details. Contact our Early Careers Co-Chairs for further information and see our Early Career page.
Links to web sites for Information Professionals