St. Catherine University: SLA

  SLA-MN is hosting their annual holiday gathering on December 4, 2020, from 4-5:00pm. There will be a virtual escape room via small breakout groups! This will be a good opportunity to network with local SLA members and learn how to adapt a Google form for your own escape room with family or friends. This event is free, though registration is required .  

The SLA Student Group is now accepting nominations for the Chair of Finance and Chair of Communications positions! If you are interested in participating in the Student Group leadership next year, please email us at stkatesla@gmail.com by November 25th. Officer positions for SLA are fairly fluid from year to year. As an SLA co-chair, you'll work with the other leaders to assign tasks, determine expectations, and set goals together.   Currently, the roles are defined as follows: Chair of Communications Reminder emails Blog Twitter posts Create flyers and marketing Represent SLA at orientation Chair of Finances Provide finance updates Make the agenda Take minutes Handle money Reimbursements Pizza coordinator! (when we can meet in person...)  

  On November 16th, St. Kate's SLA is hosting a virtual discussion with Peter Rachleff, the co-executive director of the East Side Freedom Library, and Marlin Heise, the curator of the Hmong Archives (housed at ESFL).  This will be an opportunity to talk with Peter and Marlin about the work they do to preserve labor, immigration, African and Asian American social movements and histories, and what they have done to make the ESFL building a gathering space for those communities.  Date: November 16, 2020 Time: 5:00pm central Meeting Link For more information, email us at stkatesla@gmail.com

  On October 4th at 7pm, SLA is hosting an informal panel with members of SLA MN. This is your chance to ask questions about special libraries as a career path, SLA as a professional organization, and really anything related to special libraries. No question is too weird! If you have a question or topic you'd like to discuss, feel free to submit them anonymously ahead of time HERE . When: Sunday, October 4th Time: 7pm - 8:30pm Place: Google Meet Our panelists: Jill Strand - Former SLA National & MN President, Senior Manager, Library & Knowledge Information Systems at Fish & Richardson P.C. Marilee Tuite - Current SLA MN President, Reference and Digital Services Librarian, Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota Kyunghye Yoon - SLA Student Group Advisor, Associate Professor, Master of Library and Information Science Program at St. Catherine University

Our first meeting of the semster is September 10th at 5:00 on Google Meet. We'll discuss our plans for the semester - events, professional development opportunities, & tours - and get to know one another!  Send us an email (stkatesla@gmail.com) if you'd like to be on our listserv. We regularly send out links to meetings, news about upcoming SLA events, professional development, and job opportunities.

  On August 27th, SLA's Students and New Professionals Advisory Council (SNPAC) has organized a FREE panel with SLA members in a variety of roles at different types of organization. They'll discuss what a “typical” day looks like for them, how their career path lead them to their current role, and what skills they deem essential for success.  Panelists: • Seema Rampersad, Senior Business Researcher & Service Manager, The British Library • JonLuc Christensen, Records Management Specialist/FOIA Liaison, NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory • Kat Siddle, Sample Librarian, Lululemon • Clara Williams, Library Manager, Atlanta Botanical Garden   Event details: Date: August 27 Time: 4:00pm Central time Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMrf-Cvpz0vGdSzhk3NAK2m1vQGsy7eOaAf

SLA-MN is hosting a discussion of the current One Book | One Minnesota selection,  A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota , edited by Sun Yung Shin on Monday, August 10 at 7:00 - 8:30 pm. There will be some time set aside for general networking and socializing. Registration is free though required in order to receive the Zoom link. Date : Monday, August 10 Time : 7:00 - 8:30 pm Location : Online - registration is free though required in order to receive a unique Zoom link Registration link : click here Book access : The ebook is made available to all Minnesotans this summer via Ebooks Minnesota. To access the ebook, simply visit https://library.biblioboard.com/module/one-book-one-minnesota/ and click the book cover image to start reading on your phone, computer, or other device. (Creating an account is NOT required on the biblioboard platform, unless you want to save favorites or add notes.)

Our final meeting of the semester is May 13th at 5:15 . We'll be meeting via Google Meet. Please contact us for the meeting link. We'll be announcing our new co-chair and discussing options for fall events. We hope you can join us!

Vote for SLA's new Chair of Events! We'll announce the winner during our meeting on Wednesday, May 13th. https://forms.gle/gifm2GFianCuA7yk6

Our SLA Professionals Info Panel is in just a few days! Come meet library professionals from a variety of workplaces, hear about their experiences, and ask questions. We hope you can join us! Monday, May 4th 6:30pm - 8:00pm Google Meet ( contact us for meeting link) Our panelists:     Mary Dolan O'Brien: Program Manager - American Academy of Neurology     Rachel Wangerin: Senior Technical Information Analyst - 3M     David Norris: Cataloging and Metadata Librarian, St. Catherine University

Following the announcement from St. Catherine that all classes will be moving online for the remainder of the semester, SLA will be working to do the same . We will still be holding our April 8th meeting at 5:15 online . More details will be coming via email. Don't forget, we are taking election nominations for our event chair! Send us an email or join the meeting to nominate someone. Our hope is to hold our scheduled April 6th Professionals Panel in some online form, possibly at a later date than previously scheduled. We are working with our panelists to find the best solution and will let you know as soon as we can. There is still time to submit essays for the Travel Stipend ! DEADLINE MARCH 25th! SLA has not yet cancelled its annual meeting and so we are still moving forward with travel stipend funding. As things are changing fast, often daily, we will work around whatever happens.  Networking is an important part of what we provide as a student group and we want...

Registration is open for the SLA Annual Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina June 6-9 and current St. Kate MLIS students are invited to apply for the $1,000 Special Libraries Association Student Travel Stipend! To apply, submit a 750-1,000 word essay to Konhe Yoon ( kyoon@stkate.edu ) answering: This year's conference theme is "Drive Forward Charlotte"; how will attending the 2020 conference help you "Drive your career forward"? How are you how involved with or committed to special libraries? How would attending benefit the SLA student group, MN SLA, or the MLIS program? APPLICATION DEADLINE: MARCH 25

Date: Saturday, March 7th Time: 1pm Location: Rochester, MN Follow this link to RSVP by Sunday, March 1st if you would like to attend. We will be viewing 3-4 of the libraries at the Mayo Clinic. There is a cap of 10 people. Once we reach that limit, we'll add names to a waiting list. We will have carpooling available for those with transportation needs. If you are willing to carpool or be a driver, please let us know when you RSVP. Street and ramp parking is free.  More information about where to park and meet will be forthcoming for those who respond. We hope you can join us! Feel free to email us with questions at stkatesla@gmail.com

Our first SLA meeting of Spring Semester 2020 is Feb. 12 at 5:15.  We'll talk about our plans for the semester - events, activities, & tours - and get to know one another!

Join colleagues, friends, and new acquaintances at the SLA-MN Winter Mixer on Thursday, January 30th.     7-9 pm at Urban Forage Winery & Cider House . No RSVP Required! Enjoy Urban Forage's wide menu of cider, mead and wine from locally sourced fruit, flowers and honey. Snacks provided by SLA-MN. The trivia theme for the evening is Disney movies from 1989-1999. Bring a friend! Non-members are welcome! Parking/Transit : Urban Forage is located at 3016 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55406 on the #21 bus line. There is free street parking.