St. Catherine University: SLA

St. Kate's Student SLA chapter is looking for 3-4 advisory committee members.  The student chapter has a long history of presenting great events throughout the year on campus or working in conjunction with the MN SLA chapter.  We are looking for students to join our advisory committee – we welcome first year students too! We would like to continue this tradition by expanding our advisory committee.   We are looking for individuals to help plan a couple of events a year and expect the time commitment to be very minimal   We work via email with short quick meetings as needed.      Here are some details on some of our upcoming events:  Every December we host a silent auction at the MN SLA chapter holiday party.    These funds send a student member to the SLA conference every year.   And this is a great fun opportunity to network with chapter members.   We would like to host a career development type event and would love to work with our advisory committee to pl

SLA-Minnesota is hosting an continuing education event: Use your influence! Crafting your message  to achieve awareness & support PROGRAM (From SLA-Minnesota's blog post ) You MUST use your expertise to influence others, especially when promoting your value and the importance of your services to your organization’s decision makers. Plan to attend this interactive workshop to learn to influence others through a communication styles assessment, exercises and an introduction to powerful influence tools. You will leave with a personal influencing plan that fits your style and the needs unique to your work environment. Presented by Cheryl Leitschuh, a leadership development consultant. Learn more about Leitschuh at http://career-future.com/ . When: October 9th at 1:00 Where: Hennepin County Library’s Southdale Branch Register by: Tuesday, October 2 For more information about the event and to register visit SLA-Minnesota's blog .

Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center (MIWRC)  has a position available for a Library and Media Specialist.  Please see the posting from Minnesota Council of Nonprofits   or visit the MIWRC website .

Congratulations to Allison Spies.  Allison won the free registration to MN-SLA Chapter event: The Special Library as an Information Commons at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts on September 20th. You can still register this weekend and take advantage of the early bird student rate of $20. This student rate increases to $35 after 9/10.   Register Now !

Are you interested in attending  The Special Library as an Information Commons at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts? We are raffling off one free registration to this event for a St. Kate's MLIS student courtesy of a SLA-Minnesota member . To enter in the raffle, send the following information to imdept@stkate.edu  by Friday, September 7 at 3:30 pm CST: Subject Line: Entry to SLA Event Raffle  Name Phone Number E-mail address See the event information included below. Note: You must be a current MLIS student at St. Kate's to be eligible for this free registration! _____________________________________________________________ Registration is open for the MN SLA Chapter  Sept. 20 program, “The Special Library as an Information Commons,” at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Member Jill Strand and her co-presenters will discuss how the special library as an “information commons” can contribute to an organization’s mission and financial success. Their session

Registration is open for the MN SLA Chapter  Sept. 20 program, “The Special Library as an Information Commons,” at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Member Jill Strand and her co-presenters will discuss how the special library as an “information commons” can contribute to an organization’s mission and financial success. Their session was featured at last year’s Minnesota Library Association Annual Conference. In addition, we’ll tour the museum library. Wait, it gets better. This is a membership recruitment event so members can bring nonmember guests for free! Learn more and register by Monday, Sept. 10 at  http://bit.ly/OrxRvn .