“I’ve been wandering sideways
I’ve stared straight into the sun
Still I don’t know why you’re dying
Long before your time has come
Your time has come”
–Audioslave, Your Time Has Come
This post came to me in a rush while walking the dogs this evening and I’ve taken care of hours of online chores before coming back to write it, [...]
There’s been a lot of talk among the Special Libraries Association News Division about the state of our profession because of all the job cuts. Yesterday, another announcement on our discussion list brought bad news of workforce reductions that will impact some of our colleagues. We’ve been discussing the low turnout and missing many of [...]
Amy Disch sent out a note asking for suggestions for an open forum Derek Willis and I are moderating about technology at the Special Libraries Association Annual Conference. Want to discuss something nifty? Have a favorite tool we should mention?
“We want this to be a high-energy, interactive session that will, as Derek put so well, [...]
Don’t forget the Vormelker-Thomas SLA Student Stipend Deadline is Today (4/16)!
Hey LIS graduate students and recent grads interested in news librarianship: want $1500 to help fund your first trip to the Special Libraries Association Annual Conference? Members of the Vormelker-Thomas Student Stipend Award Committee eagerly await your applications! Complete application instructions are at: http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/about/vormelker2008.htm.
Selection Criteria:
Applicants must be members of the Special Libraries Association when they [...]
Talking in the SLIS Commons before then about things to do with library degrees.
As you might imagine, Amy Disch, fearless Webmaster for the Special Libraries Association News Division, is hard at work posting News Division sessions on the News Division Web site.
Thanks, Amy!
I did not present at SLA this year.
My credit card company flagged my recent Special Libraries Association membership renewal and conference registration costs as suspicious activity because they didn’t believe such an organization existed. I had to call them and authorize the purchases so they would go through. It cracked me up.
I’m glad my credit card company is being careful, but, really, [...]
I’ve claimed before that fame and fortune can belong to an aspiring news librarian currently studying or recently graduated from a program in library and information science simply by applying for the Vormelker-Thomas Student Award sponsored by the Special Libraries Association News Division and ProQuest. The stipend offers about $1500 to a first-time Special Libraries [...]
Newseum, the interactive museum of news, will open this fall in Washington, D.C. The Newseum, a 250,000 square foot museum of news, will offer visitors five centuries of news history with up to the second
technology abd hands-on exhibits, according to their website.
http://www.newseum.org/index.aspx
There’s one section on the front pages of newspapers from around the world.
link [...]