St. Catherine University: SLA

  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

  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

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...

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 !

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 ...

The Information Professionals Panel is coming up on  Monday, November 28, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. in CdC 19 ! Our panelists include:  Kristin Cooper, Plant Sciences Librarian, Magrath Library, University of Minnesota  Adrian Fischer, Instrument Coordinator, Bakken Museum Shannon Farrell, Natural Resources Librarian, Natural Resources Library, University of Minnesota Helen Walden-Fodge, American Swedish Institute  Janelle Beitz, Research Librarian, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. The panelists will share their experience and offer some advice - and we'll have treats! We hope to see you all there!

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!