St. Catherine University: SLA

It's been a busy semester, and we're ready to wrap it up with our last SLA meeting of the year this Thursday, December 17th at 5:00pm - 5:45pm in CdC 17. Please join us to learn about a tour of the Walker Center Library coming up in January, a recap of the SLA-MN Holiday Party last Monday, and our search for a new VP. Cheers!

Date: Monday, December 7th Time: 5:30pm - 8:30pm Location: HGA Architects and Engineers (420 N 5th Street #100) Tomorrow is the much-anticipated SLA-MN Holiday Party and SLA Student Group silent auction. We have managed to acquire about 20-25 donations for the silent auction and are ready to put this thing into action. If you haven't yet, register for the party here and come join us for an evening of low-key mingling with information professionals in the Twin Cities (not to mention fancy food and an open bar!). Hope to see you there!

Letters asking for donations from around 25 local businesses were sent out today, with a round of about 25 more going out next Sunday to new businesses we've never contacted before. The letters introduce what the donation is for and encourage the businesses to donate for a good cause (scholarship) and to get visibility at an event attended by many local professionals and students.  We will be seeking volunteers for [scripted] follow-up calls soon, so get your dialing fingers ready! On the Information Professionals Panel front, our planning group is meeting next Tuesday to figure out contacting the panelists, marketing and food for the event. It should be a good one! Have a good week!

Image from hellogiggles.com Hey Hey SLA! The St. Kate's SLA group had another successful meeting last Thursday. If you couldn't make it, don't worry! You can read the meeting minutes  here , and there are still plenty of ways to help out. In brief, we talked about: Our special library tour. The two winners from our poll were  art and corporate libraries , so be looking for more information on that towards the end of this semester or possibly in spring. The information professional/special librarian panel is happening  Monday, November 30th at 6:00pm . We have EIGHT ideas for panelists right now, which is great! If you'd like to help with panel prep, shoot us an email. The SLA-MN Holiday Party is set for  Monday, December 7th , and we are in charge of putting on the silent auction. We will be sending out letters to businesses asking for donations in the last week of October and will be looking for volunteers to help with follow-up calls in the second

Our next meeting is this Thursday, October 15th @ 5:00pm in CdC 17. We'll be talking about: What type of special library we want to tour. If you haven't yet, please take our survey . I've now added an "Other" option so if you don't see the type of special library you want to tour you can write it in. The information professionals panel with ALA, which looks like it will be on November 30th. Want to get involved? Ideas for panelists? We'll be looking for students to help put this into motion soon. Attending an SLA-MN event. Their calendar looks pretty sparse right now, so this may get pushed to spring. They do have a book drive happening on October 19th, though, so consider volunteering if you're able, or donating your new or gently used young adult books! The SLA-MN Holiday Party, which looks like it will be on December 7th. We will be stuffing donation letters to email out to local businesses sometime in October.

Here is a link to the meeting minutes from our latest meeting. The main takeaways were: Krista Jacobson from MN-SLA outlined some of the ways we can get involved with the larger organization. We fished for suggestions on what type of special library to tour this semester and who we'd like to see come speak. We may coordinate with ALA on the latter. Please take our special library tour survey here . SLA Holiday Party in December - we are running the silent auction and will send out letters to local businesses soon asking for donations. More to come on that in October. Our next meeting date is Thursday, October 15th @ 5:00pm  in CdC 17. It is ok to be late! We understand you have work. Seriously, walk in any time. As an aside, if anyone is interested or think they might be interested in working in a law library and would consider a part time position at a local firm or company, shoot me an email. Also, if anyone is interested in a medical or health library class, email MLIS

Why a picture of pizza? Because that's what you'll get if you come to our first meeting on  Thursday, September 24 @ 5:15pm in CdC 17 . Whether you're ready for it or not, the 2015-2016 school year is upon us and we'll be looking for students to help us brainstorm new activities to do this semester, including: Possible tours of the Cargill and Mayo Clinic libraries. Hosting a professional from the field to come give a talk. Attending an SLA-MN meeting. The SLA-MN holiday party in December (we're in charge of the silent auction). Anything else we can think of! So come meet some fellow students and get involved in your profession. Hope to see you there! If nothing else, do it for the pizza.

Apply for a Scholarship to Attend the 2015 SLA Annual Conference in Boston, M A The 2015 SLA Conference will be held in Boston on June 14 through 16th.  The St. Catherine University's Special Library Association Student Group is offering a $1,200 scholarship for a student to attend the conference. Essays will be judged based on the following criteria: Evidence of involvement in SLA and the St. Kate's student group. How you will use your participation to promote and improve St. Kate's MLIS program. How attending the SLA conference will impact your career and/or education. Demonstration of commitment to the field of special librarianship. How to Apply: St. Kate's MLIS students are encouraged to apply for this scholarship by submitting an essay of no more than 1,500 words. Essays must be submitted to Assistant Professor Kyunghye Yoon by April 21, 2015. ______________________________________ Essays will be judged by the SLA Minnesota Chapter Aw