St. Catherine University: SLA

  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

  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 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! 

Please save the date for SLA-MN's upcoming event "Tips from the Hiring Committee" ! Tuesday, May 24, 2016 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM Sweeney's Saloon (96 Dale Street North | Saint Paul, MN 55102) Are you new the library job market?  Are you curious to know if your well-developed information skills will translate into a different library setting?  Are you looking for insights on how to successfully navigate the library job market? SLA-MN is pleased to offer the opportunity to meet with managers from around the Twin Cities who have been directly responsible for hiring new members of their library and research teams.  Join us to reconnect with your SLA colleagues, gather tips for refreshing your resume, practice your interviewing and networking skills, and have a professional photograph taken that you can use for your social media profiles. Agenda 5:00-5:30 Sign-in/Networking. 5:30-6:15 Panel Discussion: Our hiring managers will share their experiences about w...

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!

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!

Letters asking for donations from around 25 local businesses were sent out today, with a round of about 25 more going out next Sunday to new businesses we've never contacted before. The letters introduce what the donation is for and encourage the businesses to donate for a good cause (scholarship) and to get visibility at an event attended by many local professionals and students.  We will be seeking volunteers for [scripted] follow-up calls soon, so get your dialing fingers ready! On the Information Professionals Panel front, our planning group is meeting next Tuesday to figure out contacting the panelists, marketing and food for the event. It should be a good one! Have a good week!

Our next meeting is this Thursday, October 15th @ 5:00pm in CdC 17. We'll be talking about: What type of special library we want to tour. If you haven't yet, please take our survey . I've now added an "Other" option so if you don't see the type of special library you want to tour you can write it in. The information professionals panel with ALA, which looks like it will be on November 30th. Want to get involved? Ideas for panelists? We'll be looking for students to help put this into motion soon. Attending an SLA-MN event. Their calendar looks pretty sparse right now, so this may get pushed to spring. They do have a book drive happening on October 19th, though, so consider volunteering if you're able, or donating your new or gently used young adult books! The SLA-MN Holiday Party, which looks like it will be on December 7th. We will be stuffing donation letters to email out to local businesses sometime in October.