Advice for those investigating non-traditional career paths

Thanks to the commenter who pointed out that I forgot to say who wrote this – I’m Juliane Schneider, Candidate for Division Chair-Elect! This question poses two challenges: first, find [...] Read More »

Division Cabinet Chair Question 2 – What changes do we need to keep the annual conference …

This is from Pam Enrici, running for Division Cabinet Chair.  I’ve done division programming three times and these are my observations from over the years. Programming In my estimation programming needs [...] Read More »

2013 Loyalty Club Donations Fund Technology Improvements for SLA

SLA has received several donations to the Loyalty Club, our growing fundraising program now in its second year. The Loyalty Club was started to allow members to support programs that [...] Read More »

“Get on the Beach” Membership Campaign Winners!

Congratulations to SLA members William Cook and Sarah Young, the winners of President Deb Hunt’s “Get on the Beach” member recruitment campaign. William recruited ten members and was the grand [...] Read More »

Ed Strable Dies; Led SLA in 1972-1973

Ed Strable, a longtime information professional with the J. Walter Thompson Company in Chicago and president of SLA in 1972-1973, died 17 May at the age of 91. His library [...] Read More »

#SLAtalk on July 16: Taking a Vacation that Works

A vacation, especially to the right place (see question 4), can be a refreshing break from the daily grind. But nothing can dull the shine from a vacation like returning [...] Read More »

Thoughts on non-traditional career paths – aka “Innovate or Die!” – James King, Chapter Cabinet Chair candidate

As a poster child for a non-traditional path into librarianship, I firmly believe that our profession is full of information professionals who do not fall under the stereotype of librarian. [...] Read More »

Advice for Both Newly Minted & More Seasoned Professionals Who are Interested in Non-traditional Career Paths – Leslie Reynolds, Candidate for President-Elect

I’ve worked in a variety of positions in my career thus far:  engineering librarian, business & marketing librarian, manager of a fee-based research service, director of a management library, and [...] Read More »

What You Need to Know About Developing an Enterprise-Wide Knowledge Culture

Learn to develop the vision, mission, and values statements for aligning knowledge management and knowledge services with organizational priorities in KMKS103, an upcoming course from SLA’s Click University. Organizational effectiveness [...] Read More »

Keeping Our Conference Experiences Vibrant and Viable – Leslie Reynolds, Candidate for President-Elect

The best way to keep our conference vibrant and viable is to listen to our members on ways to improve what we do.  This year, SLA implemented the “Feedback Pack” [...] Read More »

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