St. Catherine University: SLA

MLIS/LIBS Alumnae Picnic When:  Thursday , June 7, 2012   Where: St. Catherine University Quad 5-7pm You are invited to a summer picnic for MLIS/LIBS  St. Kate’s/Dominican graduates (and MLIS current students) in the quad.  Rain site: Coeur de Catherine.  Enjoy food and refreshments as you reconnect with library friends and colleagues.  Play trivia!  Free!   RVSP to  alumnae@stkate.edu  or  651- 690-6666 .  Sponsored by the Friends of the St. Catherine University Libraries

MLIS Summer Picnic  Thursday, June 7th Time and locations TBD The evening of Thursday, June 7 th  is the date for the St. Kate’s/Dominican LIBS and MLIS graduate and students picnic.  Come hang out with current students and former classmates.  Also learn more about the Friends of the St. Kate Libraries, our refreshment sponsor. Watch for more information. Bring your boss to June 11 CI luncheon Monday, June 11 Land O'Lakes Inc. in Arden Hills Registration is open for the Monday, June 11 lunch event “LinkedIn and Social Media for Competitive and Market Intelligence” featuring Cynthia Barber, senior competitive intelligence specialist at Medtronic. This is a bring-your-boss program and your manager/supervisor attends for free. Please register on or by Friday, June 1 at  http://bit.ly/JjGk4X . The event will be at Land O'Lakes Inc. in Arden Hills. SLA-MN Salon Wednesday, June 13   Time, location and topic TBD. More at  http://bit.ly...

Do you like hearing about the latest legal cases or staying on top business and legal trends?  Then consider being a Law Librarian!   Law librarians work in many settings including law schools, law firms, government libraries and many public and private companies.  They go by many titles:  law librarian, researcher or information analyst.   If you’re interested in learning more about this exciting field, then join the SLA Legal Division.  SLA Legal Division offers a wide variety of online education opportunities designed to sharpen professional skills throughout your career.  Previous webinar topics have included using social media tools for research, business communication, and career development/job search.  You can also find a mentor to help you learn more about law librarianship. SLA Legal Division also offers several grants to attend the annual conference.  The conference creates an environment for network...

An announcement in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal promoting SLA-MN's Minnesota Department of Transportation Library program led to KSTP's report at  http://bit.ly/KR1a6w .

We are very excited to announce that Carol Lynn O'Gara is the winner of the 2012 SLA conference scholarship!!!    Carol Lynn is a very active co-leader of the St. Kate's student SLA group.   In fact she has done a great job coordinating the silent auction for the last couple of years.   She will graduate this fall so attending the conference this summer is perfect timing.    She is also active in the MN SLA chapter.   This scholarship is well-deserved after her years of service to the SLA student group.    Please join us in saying congratulations to Carol Lynn on this award and have fun in Chicago this summer.   We look forward to hearing about your experience when you return.