St. Catherine University: SLA

The Information Technology Division of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) is accepting submissions for its 2019 Joe Ann Clifton Student Award to help cover expenses at the 2019 SLA Annual Conference June 14-18, 2019, in Cleveland, OH, not to exceed $1,500.  This award is intended to promote participation in the SLA Annual Conference by an exceptional library science student (or field related to the IT Division's mission). The award also includes Student membership in SLA for one (1) year. The deadline for submission is March 25 , 2019. For information about this award, please go to the following URL: https://connect.sla.org/it/ awards/student-award

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The next SLA-MN Board Meeting is re-scheduled for Weds., March 13 from 6-7:30pm . They will be meeting in the community/meeting room at Peace Coffee on Minnehaha Ave in Minneapolis. All chapter members, and interested non-members, are welcome to attend. Among the usual business updates, they will discuss salons and programs/events for 2019. If you have any thoughts/ideas, or would like to host in 2019, please let Lindsey Dyer ( ldyer@jjhill.org ) know prior to the board meeting.

Our silent auction fundraiser was successful again this year! Thank you to all who made it happen! Many information professionals and students braved the snowy evening on Monday, January 28, to be at the SLA-MN's annual holiday party, where our fundraiser was hosted. Held at the beautiful, historic James J. Hill Center, we mingled with other professionals and dined on delicious hors d'oeuvrs. We raised $712, which will go towards funding a scholarship for one student to attend the SLA national conference this year. Thank you St. Kate's MLIS students for attending, and thank you SLA-MN and MALL for organizing! Janis Shearer and Maggie Parra Jessica Huffman, Marta Johnson, and Ann Arntson (from second to left) Jennifer Riestenberg, Sarah Stankus, and Laura Bell Dan Sustacek and Ann Arntson Photography taken by Jim Tchobanoff