St. Catherine University: SLA

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

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! 

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!

We had an excellent panel for our Spring 2017 Information Professionals Panel. Our panelists offered great insights and advice to St. Kate's students. For those of you who weren't able to make it to the event, Amy W. has graciously put together this summary of the discussion:  Information Professionals Panel 4/10/17 Marilee Tuite, Librarian, Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota and Minnesota Department of Transportation   Janice Aida Lurie, Head Librarian, Minneapolis Institute of Art Lindsey Kobow, Taxonomic Analyst, Target Jessica Huffman, Research Associate at the American Transportation Research Institute Janelle Beltz, Law Librarian, Fredrikson & Byron

The SLA Student Group is hosting the Spring 2017 Information Professionals Panel on  Monday April 10 at 6:00 p.m.  in CdC 19 . We have a really great group of panelists lined up for you, including:  Jessica Huffman, Research Associate at the American Transportation Research Institute Lindsey Kobow, Taxonomic Analyst Janice Alda Lurie, Head Librarian, Minneapolis Institute of Art Janelle Beitz, Law Librarian, Frederickson & Bryon Marilee Tuite, Librarian, Minnesota Department of Transportation and University of Minnesota The panelists will talk about their job experience and share advice and insights with students. Bring your questions and your appetite - we will have treats, too! We hope to see you all there on Monday !

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.

Our next SLA meeting is this Thursday, April 7 at 5:15pm in CdC 20. Since it's nearing the end of the semester, we'll be talking about elections for next year. In addition, we'll be talking about the SLA scholarship and the next information professional panel. For more detail, check out our meeting agenda Hope to see you all there!