St. Catherine University: SLA

  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

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!

SLA will be touring the James K. Hosmer Special Collections this May! The collections include historic and rare materials, and are located at the Minneapolis Central library. Click here for more information . Please let us know if you're coming here: RSVP .

The event is postponed and the rescheduled date will be announced later. Join us tomorrow, April 10 , at The Happy Gnome in St. Paul for a happy hour! We've invited other information professionals, so come and spend time with others in the field, or catch up with your fellow classmates. There is on-site parking. Date: Wednesday, April 10 TBA Time: 5 - 8 pm Place: The Happy Gnome

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

Join us for a night of celebrating and connecting with fellow information professionals! This is SLA-MN's popular annual holiday event that includes excellent hors d'oeuvres, opportunities to connect with other local special librarians and information professionals, and a silent auction organized by us, the MLIS Program's SLA Student Chapter. Proceeds from the auction support a Travel Award for one MLIS student to attend the Annual National SLA Conference, to be determined by an essay contest. We are currently in the process of soliciting donations from alumni, professionals, and businesses. We will need volunteers to help set up the silent auction on the day of the event! Please let us know if you are interested in helping with the silent auction. This year the event will be held at the beautiful James J. Hill Center in downtown St. Paul. Whether it's to support SLA, network, or enjoy the amazing setting, we hope to see you there! Click HERE to get tick...

You're invited! Join us for an informational professionals panel next Monday, October 29! 

Our Spring Information Professionals Panel is on Monday, March 19, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. in CdC Room 128 (in the library). We have a great panel lined up for you: Jo Holcomb, Librarian at The Guthrie  Peter Tomlinson, Librarian at The Minneapolis Valley Library Kathy Allen, Librarian at The Andersen Horticultural Library Lindsey Dyer, Librarian at James J. Hill Center Our panelists will share about their career paths and advice for students. We will record the panel in case you can't make it. We hope to see you there! 

Hey SLA! We hope you will join us for a tour of the James J. Hill Center on February 26, 2018 at 5:30 p.m. See the flyer for additional details about the tour. Space is limited, so please RSVP . We hope you will join us!

Our Fall 2017 Information Professionals Panel is fast approaching! We will hear from an incredible variety of professionals who work in special libraries or non-traditional information roles. The lineup is still being finalized, but currently includes: Leslie Hunter-Larson, Librarian, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Dr. Tim Senapatiratne, Reference Librarian, Bethel Seminary  Beth Christensen, Music Librarian, St. Olaf College Samantha Stepp, Document Management Specialist, Metro Transit We'll keep updating this page as we finalize our panelists, but we hope you will save the date and join us Monday, October 30, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. in CdC Room 17!

Thanks to everyone who came to our rescheduled meeting today! We have a couple of action items to think about in the next few weeks:  Information Professionals Panel -  April 10, 2017 at 6:00 p.m.  in CdC 19 ! Our panelists are confirmed and we've got a great lineup. Come hear about a variety of MLIS careers you might not have thought about before! Elections : The SLA Student Group is now accepting nominations for next year's leadership positions. If you are interested in participating in the Student Group leadership next year, please email  stkatesla@gmail.com  by  April 17 . We'll hear from the nominees at the next meeting and hold elections after that.  MLIS Summit Student Fair:  The SLA Student Group will have a poster at the MLIS Summit on  April 24 . If you are interested in helping put together our poster, please contact  stkatesla@gmail.com  ASAP! SLA Annual Conference Stipend:  Applications for the $1,000 ...

We had a great first SLA Student Group meeting and we're looking forward to a lot of fantastic events this fall: Ramsey County Law Library is celebrating its 80th Anniversary on September 26, 2016 !  There will be an open house, presentations, and programs. For more information, please see this flyer for the event:  https://www.ramseycounty.us/ sites/default/files/Libraries/ RamseyLibraryFlyer.pdf We are working with SAA to arrange a tour of  the Minnesota Historical Society Library and Archives . SAA has set up a poll to determine interest and availability. The tour will be held on a Tuesday evening in November. If you are interested and haven't taken the poll yet, please do so here:  http://doodle.com/poll/hann6qt 6xvgsyges Our Fall 2016 Information Professionals Panel will be held November 28 at 6:00 p.m. ! We will pass along more details as they are available. We are still in the process of contacting potential participants - so if you know of someone wh...

Hey everyone, come meet some MLIS-holders in alternative careers at our second information professional panel of the semester! The panel will be held on Saturday, April 30 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm in CdC 355. Our panelists are: Dru Frykberg, Librarian at DEED (government) Rachel Howell, Curator of Books at The Bakken Museum (non-profit/science/archiving) Phil Seibel, Digital Media Manager at Aldis Systems (digital asset management/archiving) Refreshments will be provided. The panel is joint-hosted by the St. Kate's SLA and ALA student groups.

The SLA/ALA Information Professional Panel that was rescheduled from fall will now take place later this month. Here is the event information: Information Professionals Panel Monday, February 29 6:00pm to 7:30/8:00pm CdC 362 From prison librarians to digital media managers, come here five professionals currently working in "alternative" careers in library science. Hear their stories, get their advice, have your questions answered. The event is free. Complimentary refreshments will be provided. Our panelists are: Mary Wittenbreer (Regions Hospital) Robert Nicholl (American Swedish Institute) Sarah Quimby (MN Historical Society) Phil Seibel (Aldis Systems) Jean Anderson (Minnesota State Law Library) Hope to see you there!

Dear SLA Members, On Monday, December 8, 2014 , the St. Kate's Special Library Association Student Group will be hosting a Silent Auction fundraiser at the SLA Holiday Party to raise funds for a scholarship. This scholarship will help send a St. Kate's MLIS student to the 2015 SLA Annual Conference in Boston. We would love your help with donations! We are looking for a variety of items, including: Hand-crafted items - jewelry, purses, scarves, quilt Gift baskets - wine/liquor, bath items, BBQ tools Tickets to sporting or cultural events - MN Wild, MN Twins, Guthrie Memberships - museums, cultural Photography or Artwork An hour of housecleaning service or some babysitting Gift certificates - gas stations, restaurants, coffee/tea shops, movie theaters, book retailers, pet stores, craft stores, Home Depot, Best Buy, any place you frequent Anything YOU WOULD like to bid on! Keep in mind friends or relatives with a c...

This is a free event that all MLIS students are able to register for and attend. ProQuest Day Featuring Mary Ellen Bates – October 23, 2014 Mary Ellen Bates is renowned in the information industry and one of the nation’s leading experts in customized information research (information brokering). She is the author of seven books, most recently The Reluctant Entrepreneur: Making a Living Doing What You Love, and she has by-lined nearly 300 articles and white papers on various aspects of research and information gathering.  A frequent speaker around the world, Mary Ellen is passionate about finding ways for info pros to effectively and compellingly communicate their strategic value to their organizations. Please join ProQuest on October 23 for lunch and an exciting afternoon featuring an exclusive presentation by special guest and info pro Mary Ellen Bates. You’ll also have the opportunity to learn more about ProQuest’s solutions for the corporate market, inclu...

Join us for a tour of the Walker Art Center Archives....   Saturday, March 15th 2:00 - 3:00 pm   Space is limited! To secure your spot for the tour, email Lori Donovan .