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Insights from the SLA Fellows – Kate Arnold

New SLA Fellow Dennie Heye has started to interview other SLA Fellows to find out what we can learn from them. The fourth in this series is with Kate Arnold. Kate is the first non American president elect of the SLA and is also an SLA fellow.

Event: All Change at King’s Cross

Join SLA Europe on 19th June for a social event with a twist – a walking tour around Kings Cross – the site that everyone is flocking to since the arrival of the Eurostar. Join our Blue Badge Guide Rachel to explore the newly renovated St Pancras and King’s Cross stations and discover the secrets to the surrounding area, once London’s most notorious red light district.

Insights from the SLA Fellows – Wei Wei

This is the the third in a series of SLA Fellow interviews, featuring Wei Wei who is the Chair of SLA Information Outlook Advisory Council and former Engineering Librarian, specializing in the areas of computer science, computer engineering and information systems at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Event review: BIALL, CLSIG and SLA Europe Graduate Open Day

Sarah Bicknell, Research Librarian Assistant at Baker Tilly, kindly reviews the BIALL, CLISG and SLA Europe Graduate Open Day held on 17th April 2013. Information Professionals from all parts of the workplace sector spoke about their working day and offered tips on finding jobs in their area. If you are interested in what was said, you can view the slides of the speakers here.

Meet the ECCA 2013 winners

Earlier this month, we announced the winners of the SLA Europe Early Career Conference Awards 2013. The winners – Penny Andrews, Lizzie Caperon, Lauren Lawler, and Laura Williams – are co-sponsored by SLA Europe, Leadership & Management Division, Pharmaceutical & Health Technology Division, Legal Division (supported by Jones McClure), and Business & Finance Division. Each winner has been assigned a mentor from SLA Europe and a mentor from their Division to help them make the most of their SLA Conference experience. Meet the winners below and hear how attending the SLA Conference will impact them.

Early Career Conference Awards 2013 – winners announced!

The SLA Europe Board is delighted to announce the winners of the SLA Europe Early Career Conference Awards 2013. The winners, who will attend the SLA Conference & INFO-EXPO in San Diego from 9th-11th June 2013, are Penny Andrews, Lizzie Caperon, Lauren Lawler, and Laura Williams. We extend our congratulations to all four winners of this year’s awards.

Member interview: Robert Tomaszewski

Robert Tomaszewski, chemist turned librarian, recently moved from Canada to the UK. Robert tells us about what inspired him to change his career, how being an SLA member benefits him as an academic science librarian, and what excites him most about the information profession today.

Event: Meeting, Tweeting and FBing – Social media for information professionals

How useful is social media for libraries? Can Facebook really help me to promote what I do? What benefits can using LinkedIn bring me as an information professional? Come along to the National Library of Scotland and hear Bryan Christie and Nick Goldstein answer these and other questions as they talk about the use of social media and networking for information professionals.