SLA CEO reports on visit to the UK and SLA Europe
Janice R. Lachance, Chief Executive Officer of SLA, speaks about her recent trip to the UK and her experience as the guest of honour at SLA Europe’s networking event in February.
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.
Wednesday 17th April – SLA Europe, BIALL and CLSIG Open Day with SLA Europe speakers
SLA Europe is proud to announce that SLA Europe Board members Simon Barron, Marie Grace Cannon and Sam Wiggins will be speaking at the SLA Europe, BIALL and CLSIG Open Day. Simon and Marie have given brief tasters as to what topics they will be speaking on to aid new professionals.
Event review: SLA 60 Apps and Sites in 60 Minutes
SLA Europe member Claire Lucas has kindly reviewed the SLA event 60 Apps and Sites in 60 Minutes, presented by Anneli Sarkanen and Simon Barron.
Insights from the SLA Fellows – Martha Foote
This the second in a series of SLA Fellow interviews featuring Martha Foote, the Board General Manager at LibraryCo Inc. in Toronto, Canada, providing central management of the 48 county and district law libraries in Ontario.
SLA Europe member wins bursary to San Diego
We are very excited to announce that our own Sam Wiggins is the 2013 recipient of the Legal Division’s Non-U.S. Law Librarian bursary to attend the annual conference in San Diego!
Wednesday 17th April – SLA Europe, BIALL and CLSIG Open Day
SLA Europe, BIALL, CLSIG and invite graduate trainees, first jobbers and student librarians to their joint annual Open Day on Wednesday 17th April, 9:00 am – 5:00pm.
Insights from the SLA Fellows – Marlene Vogelsang
Interview with Marlene Vogelsang, Resource Specialist at the Pacific Energy Center since 1992, and SLA Fellow since 2011. Since 1987 she has been active in SLA, playing crucial roles in the division of Petroleum and Energy Resources and the Baseball caucus amongst others.
From the President’s chair – January and February 2013
This year we are excited to announce that we will have a regular column by the SLA Europe President Stephen Phillips, with the first of Stephen’s letters reflecting on the opening months of 2013 and the activities of SLA Europe.
New Site Additions: YouTube and Events Calendar
In a rare, from behind the curtains post, I come bearing news of two new additions to the SLA Europe site. We’re pleased to announce …