Welcome to a new year of programming for the chapter. I have a fabulous group of program planners backed by our logistics team. We met at Olin College in July to brainstorm the coming year over pizza and salad. What were the results? Check out our list below! We are in for an exciting and dynamic year, with programming covering a range of topics, geographies, and times. This is our preliminary list. As programming is fleshed out or added to, check the chapter web site at http://www.sla.org/chapter/cbos/events.htm. Look for a young professional’s program this year, as well as the development of an advanced topics seminar for senior management.

Our very first program has already come and gone. Sixteen of us met in Portland, Maine, to listen to Cynthia Cheng Correia tell us about the competitive intelligence process. The seminar was so popular that we will be turning it into a full day program and building more advanced topics into future sessions. Thanks, Cynthia for sharing your expertise. The Portland location received such an enthusiastic response that we will be returning there next summer, hopefully developing Maine into an annual tradition. The group also had a Dutch treat dinner following the seminar, which was also a great success. This could be an idea to continue with future evening events. The camaraderie and idea swapping were priceless.

August 19 – Competitive Intelligence in Portland, Maine.

Speaker Cynthia Cheng Correia

September 22 – Annual Kick-off event at Kennedy Library & Museum, Boston.

6 – 10 PM
Special thanks to Elsevier for sponsoring this event.
http://www.sla.org/chapter/cbos/meetings/fy05/kickoffsept2004.html

October – Communities of Practice Virtual Programming

Month of October using SLA’s CoP platform
Speaker Debra Wallace

October 26 – “Beyond Competencies: Information Professional to Information Pioneer.”

5:30 – 8:30 PM
Simmons College
Speakers Michele Cloonan and Janice LaChance

October 30 – RSS / technology topic in Western Massachusetts.

1:00 – 4:00 PM
Speaker Jessica Baumgart

November 8 – Digitization and metadata creation for projects at MBLWHOI Library in Woods Hole, MA

9:30 AM – 3:00 PM
Woods Hole Speakers:
Amy Stout & Joe DeVeer on the MBLWHOI Library Digital Herbarium
David Remsen on uBIO (Universal Biological Indexer & Organizer)
Ann Devenish on the Woods Hole Open Access Server (WHOAS)

December 1 or 2 – Strategic Alignment.

Full day or ½ day to be determined
Speakers Mary Lee Kennedy and Stephen Abram
Thanks to Thomson ISI for providing space and breakfast

January – Technology program around ALA winter meeting.

February – Let’s celebrate Groundhog Day!

February 15, 16, or 17 – Copyright in the digital world.

9:30 – 3:00 PM
Olin College

March – Full day technology learning event, including invisible web, digital repositories, et al.

April – Taxonomies and ontologies.

April – Digital serials in New Hampshire.

May – Annual program TBA.

I’d love to hear ideas from members. What other sorts of programming would people like to see? Stay tuned for a number of virtual programs that will be added via SLA’s Communities of Practice and new learning platforms. Millie Gonzalez is spearheading the CoP initiatives. Look for her column elsewhere in the bulletin. We want to reach all of our members, and these programs are a step in the right direction. Please also check out the Professional Development column.

I look forward to seeing everyone throughout the year!

Dee

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