St. Catherine University: SLA

On Tuesday, December 7, 2010, the St. Kate’s Special Library Association Student Group will host a Silent Auction fundraiser at the Holiday Party event sponsored by MALL and SLA at St. Kate's to raise funds for a scholarship. This scholarship will help to send a St. Kate’s MLIS student to the SLA Annual Conference being held in Philadelphia in June 2011. We would love your help with donations! Some of the most popular items include: Gift certificates – Gas Stations, Restaurants, coffee/tea shops, movie theaters, video stores, book retailers, pet stores, craft stores, Home Depot, Best Buy – any place you frequent. Gift baskets – wine/liquor, bath items, BBQ tools Tickets to sporting or cultural events – MN Wild, Vikings, Guthrie Memberships – museums, cultural Hand-crafted items – jewelry, purses, scarves, quilts, knitted items Photography or Artwork An invitation to dinner or a home-cooked meal An hour of housecleaning service or some babysitting Anything YOU WOULD li

The student group sponsored two events in October, the Plymouth Library Tour and Speed Networking event and Salon #4 – How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All .  Both events were in collaboration with the MN chapter and it was great to see so many students and MN chapter members at the events. On October 15, the student group hosted its first Salon series event for the Marilyn Johnson lecture, How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All , held at St. Catherine University.  Ms. Johnson spoke of how once she lost her research and IT department at Time magazine, she discovered the myriad of services available to her at her public library and how they have saved her personally and professionally.  She spoke the praises of librarians far and wide! Afterwards, the dinner, drinks and discussion at Geordies 454 Bistro was well attended by MN Chapter members and St. Kate’s students and faculty.  And, the best surprise of all, Marilyn Johnson joined us for dinner!  For the