St. Catherine University: SLA

Help the Friends support the MLIS accreditation process by reach their goal of $100,000 in the Sister Marie Inez Johnson Library Endowment. As of August the account has reached $95,567! Thursday, October 18 th 5:30 – 7:30 pm 409 Derham Hall, CSC The Saint John’s Bible Presented by Tim Ternes, Director of Programming & Exhibitions, St. John’s University Refreshments & Door Prizes RSVP to Rita Schultz 651-690-6649 or rischultz@stkate. edu

Don't forget to check out the full length documentary about librarians. Monday, October 1st at 7pm in Jeanne d'Arc Auditorium at St. Kate's. Students and librarians are FREE!

Join the St. Kate's SLA student group for a tour of Thomson libraries in Eagan. St. Kate's MLIS students are invited to tour the corporate library , the law library and the book manufacturing plant . It's not often that you get a chance to see inside a corporate library, but the Thomson librarians were kind enough to agree to stay late and keep the libraries open for us. They'll give us a tour and answer questions. After the tour, we'll all meet over at Jake's City Grille for happy hour and some casual networking. If you can't make it to the tour, feel free to meet us at Jake's. What: Tour Thomson's corporate library, law library & book plant plus Happy Hour Date: Monday, October 15th Time: Tour 6:00 - 7:00 pm (please arrive by 5:45), Networking to follow at 7:30 pm Place: Tour @ Thomson, 610 Opperman Drive, Eagan, MN 55123 ; Networking @ Jake's The book manufacturing tour requires that you wear n o open toed shoes , please . Watch out

Here are the official bios of the student leaders for 2007-2008. You may have already met one or more of us when we introduced the SLA in a few selected courses. Amy Gustafson Co-President (Fundraising & Marketing Coordinator) Amy is planning to graduate in May 2008 from the Dominican University/St. Kate’s MLIS program. Her studies have focused on special libraries, online database research and web design. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Amy will be responsible for the marketing of the group and organizing the fundraiser event. She will also support her fellow co-presidents with delegated assignments such as writing articles for the SLA MN Chapter newsletter and website projects. Amy currently works as a writer in corporate marketing and communications for Regis Corporation in Minneapolis, MN. Her goal is to work in an environment where she can combine her experience in marketing and writing with the knowledge she’s obt