- SLA-NY Midtown Lunch @Thalia (April 27, 2010): Great Eats with Extraordinary Company
Winter Shanck SLA-NY Midtown Lunch Chair l shanck@thirteen.org - 2010 Skill Share Fair at Pratt
Jaclyn Morales l Slideshow on Flickr - 1st Spring Happy Hour Held on April 1st: Six SLA-NY Members Receive Scholarships To Attend Annual Conference in New Orleans
Leigh Hallingby, SLA NY Chapter President l lhallingby@sorosny.org - 2010 Skill Share Fair at Pratt Manhattan Center
Photographs © Krissa Corbett Cavouras, SLA@Pratt Secretary - Clare Hart on Navigating Transition
Will Bottinick l http://twitter.com/willbottinick - LGBT@NYPL: Raising Funds for Your Collections in Hard Times
Bacilio Mendez II, SLA-NY Diversity Chair - April Happy Hour
Toby Lyles - Message from the President: Theme and Goals for a New Year, a New Decade, and a New Century
Leigh Hallingby, SLA NY Chapter President l lhallingby@sorosny.org - Report to Members - 2009
Michelle Dollinger, SLA NY Chapter Past-President l md@michelledollinger.com - The American Numismatic Society Library
Elizabeth Hahn l hahn@numismatics.org l http://www.numismatics.org/Library - Metro's Career Transition Sig Moves Ahead
Richard Reid l richard1977@optimum.net - Midtown Executive Club NewsSarah Warner l swarner@wontawk.com l http://www.midtownexecutiveclub.com/
- SLA Employment Task Force, Factset and Capital IQ
Richard Reid l richard1977@optimum.net - Employment Task Force Responds to Member Needs with Programs and Training
Seth J. Bookey SLA-NY Webmaster l sbookey@gmail.com - Summer Study Programs for Info Pros & Library Students
Leigh Hallingby, SLA NY Chapter President l lhallingby@sorosny.org
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ChapterNews - Spring 2010
SLA-NY Midtown Lunch @Thalia (April 27, 2010): Great Eats with Extraordinary Company
Winter Shanck | SLA-NY Midtown Lunch Chair | shanck@thirteen.org
I enjoy entertaining people in my home, at my office, and just about anywhere a small or large group can be gathered. That’s why in 2008, when I learned that the President of the New York Chapter was looking for a midtown lunch planner to complement the downtown lunches being planned by Maggie Smith, I jumped at the opportunity to fill the position. I’ve been planning the midtown lunches ever sense then.
The last midtown lunch was held on April 27th, 2010 at Thalia’s on 8th Ave and 50th Street. This was the fourth lunch that I successfully planned and executed since taking over in 2008. Twenty-four people attended the noon time meal and based on popular opinion, this was the most well received lunch. In speaking to each person at the lunch I learned that the food and service was outstanding and several people alluded to the fact that they wouldn’t mind attending a future lunch hosted at Thalia.
So, what goes into planning a SLA-NY lunch?
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| Photos by Winter Shanck © 2010. |
I enjoy entertaining people in my home, at my office, and just about anywhere a small or large group can be gathered. That’s why in 2008, when I learned that the President of the New York Chapter was looking for a midtown lunch planner to complement the downtown lunches being planned by Maggie Smith, I jumped at the opportunity to fill the position. I’ve been planning the midtown lunches ever sense then.
The last midtown lunch was held on April 27th, 2010 at Thalia’s on 8th Ave and 50th Street. This was the fourth lunch that I successfully planned and executed since taking over in 2008. Twenty-four people attended the noon time meal and based on popular opinion, this was the most well received lunch. In speaking to each person at the lunch I learned that the food and service was outstanding and several people alluded to the fact that they wouldn’t mind attending a future lunch hosted at Thalia.
So, what goes into planning a SLA-NY lunch?
2010 Skill Share Fair at Pratt
Jaclyn Morales | Slideshow on Flickr
Graduates, library professionals, and master degree candidates filled the halls and classrooms at the School of Information and Library Science at the Pratt Institute, in lower Manhattan, on April 23, 2010, to attend the 2010 Skill Share Fair.
Presenters ranged from recent Pratt Institute graduates to multiple professionals who are members of the Special Library Association, New York Chapter.
Highlights included a resume workshop led by Tom Nielson of the Metropolitan New York Library Council and an introduction to federal librarianship and USAJobs.com by long time participant and presenter Carol Jacobson, Deputy Director of Information Science and Technology of DTIC. Other lectures discussed the process of digitalization and consortia and the role of librarianship in correctional facilities.
The talk of the evening, however, was the speed mentoring sessions, which were arranged by appointment by the SLA student members of Pratt. Attendees lined up one by one to meet with presenters in their areas of interest, while recruiters walked the floors meeting job seekers face to face and critiquing resumes.
Serving up the best ways to network and gain access to jobs in the field, the 15 minute speed meeting enlightened attendees to what is available in their particular areas of interest, as well as opened their eyes to new areas of librarianship.
"I loved the event. It provided everything a new graduate or job seeker would need," Keisha Manning, a recent graduate of the Palmer School of Library & Information Science said. "The most valuable information was validation that I am on the right track and that there are opportunities in the areas I am
considering."
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| Photos by Krissa Corbett Cavouras © 2010. |
Graduates, library professionals, and master degree candidates filled the halls and classrooms at the School of Information and Library Science at the Pratt Institute, in lower Manhattan, on April 23, 2010, to attend the 2010 Skill Share Fair.
Presenters ranged from recent Pratt Institute graduates to multiple professionals who are members of the Special Library Association, New York Chapter.
Highlights included a resume workshop led by Tom Nielson of the Metropolitan New York Library Council and an introduction to federal librarianship and USAJobs.com by long time participant and presenter Carol Jacobson, Deputy Director of Information Science and Technology of DTIC. Other lectures discussed the process of digitalization and consortia and the role of librarianship in correctional facilities.
The talk of the evening, however, was the speed mentoring sessions, which were arranged by appointment by the SLA student members of Pratt. Attendees lined up one by one to meet with presenters in their areas of interest, while recruiters walked the floors meeting job seekers face to face and critiquing resumes.
Serving up the best ways to network and gain access to jobs in the field, the 15 minute speed meeting enlightened attendees to what is available in their particular areas of interest, as well as opened their eyes to new areas of librarianship.
"I loved the event. It provided everything a new graduate or job seeker would need," Keisha Manning, a recent graduate of the Palmer School of Library & Information Science said. "The most valuable information was validation that I am on the right track and that there are opportunities in the areas I am
considering."
1st Spring Happy Hour Held on April 1st: Six SLA-NY Members Receive Scholarships To Attend Annual Conference in New Orleans
Leigh Hallingby, SLA NY Chapter President | lhallingby@sorosny.org
The Spring Happy Hour on Thursday, April 1, 2010, was the perfect occasion for presenting the SLA-NY scholarships for attending the New Orleans conference to the four recipients who were able to be present. Sponsored by Leadership Directories, this was already a special Happy Hour with an open bar, lots of appetizers, and, in honor of April Fool's Day, a tarot card reader! Actually the Happy Hour also fell on National Census Day, when all Americans were supposed to mail in our census forms. What could be a more auspicious day for a group of information professionals to get together than this most important of all days for gathering information?
After a brief introduction by President Elect Pam Rollo and a short presentation by Leadership Directories, SLA-NY President Leigh Hallingby presented four Chapter members with checks to cover most of their conference-related expenses. As far as anyone currently active in SLA-NY can remember, the Chapter has not previously awarded scholarships for attendance at any of the annual conferences. SLA-NY’s ability to do this at this time is due to the grand job of fundraising that John Ganly and Bill Noorlander did in honor ofthe SLA Centennial in 2009. Many thanks are due to them.
Each recipient was asked to say a few words about what s/he is doing in the information profession now and what s/he hopes to get out of the conference:
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| SLA-NY 2010 Conference Scholarship Winners with Leigh Hallingby, Chapter President: Robert Drzewicki, Seth Bookey, Leigh, Kerry Prendergast, and Moy McIntosh. |
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| Leadership Directories Sponsors Jim Marcus and Adam Bernacki with Leigh Hallingby, SLA-NY President, and Pam Rollo, SLA-NY President Elect. |
After a brief introduction by President Elect Pam Rollo and a short presentation by Leadership Directories, SLA-NY President Leigh Hallingby presented four Chapter members with checks to cover most of their conference-related expenses. As far as anyone currently active in SLA-NY can remember, the Chapter has not previously awarded scholarships for attendance at any of the annual conferences. SLA-NY’s ability to do this at this time is due to the grand job of fundraising that John Ganly and Bill Noorlander did in honor ofthe SLA Centennial in 2009. Many thanks are due to them.
Each recipient was asked to say a few words about what s/he is doing in the information profession now and what s/he hopes to get out of the conference:
SLA@Pratt 2010 Skill Share Fair at Pratt Manhattan Center
Photographs © Krissa Corbett Cavouras, SLA@Pratt Secretary
Clare Hart on Navigating Transition
Will Bottinick | http://twitter.com/willbottinick
Clare Hart spoke of personal and professional transitions Wednesday, April 15, at the SLA-NY event hosted by Thompson Reuters in lower Manhattan.
The professional focused on the changes taking place in how we obtain and view information, from millennials who share links to news sources on Facebook to baby boomers who are more comfortable using traditional media. In illustrating user media preferences and attitudes, Hart referenced Deloitte’s December 2009 study, "State of the Media Democracy Survey," now in its fourth edition of gauging user media attitudes and preferences.
Clare Hart spoke of personal and professional transitions Wednesday, April 15, at the SLA-NY event hosted by Thompson Reuters in lower Manhattan.
The professional focused on the changes taking place in how we obtain and view information, from millennials who share links to news sources on Facebook to baby boomers who are more comfortable using traditional media. In illustrating user media preferences and attitudes, Hart referenced Deloitte’s December 2009 study, "State of the Media Democracy Survey," now in its fourth edition of gauging user media attitudes and preferences.
LGBT@NYPL: Raising Funds for Your Collections in Hard Times
Bacilio Mendez II, SLA-NY Diversity Chair
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"When it comes to fundraising," Baumann affirmed, "we're essentially all in the same uncomfortable boat of convincing people with money, in a recession, that what we do is great and posing the question 'Don't you want to be a part of something great?' We are all in the business of no less than making history and, while it seems daunting, convincing people that they want to make history right along with you, isn't all that hard. Recession or not."
Message from the President: Theme and Goals for a New Year, a New Decade, and a New Century
Thank you so much for entrusting me with the office of President of SLA-NY for 2010. I am especially honored to be the first Chapter President of a new decade (2010) and even a new century (SLA’s 101st year).
Each President usually selects a theme for the year, and mine for 2010 is "Forging a New Identity." I was actually originally inspired to choose this theme by our 2009 Centennial Year program meetings, so capably planned by Carol Ginsberg. The programs focused on various aspects of New York.
Report to Members - 2009
2009 was a tough year for many of our members who saw their libraries closed, colleagues laid off and perhaps questioned their future. Those of us who kept our jobs often have taken on additional roles and responsibilities. The recession has forced us all to be savvy and innovative and many members find themselves on entirely new career paths.
Though the association members did not vote to change the name to "Association for Strategic Knowledge Professionals," the Chapter has been hard at work to deliver the messages of the alignment study and provide members the tools to apply those messages to their work.
The American Numismatic Society Library
"How much is this coin I found worth?" "What is the oldest/most valuable coin in your collections?" "How can I find out more about ancient Greek coinage?" "Does your collection also have stamps?" "What exactly is 'numismatics'?"
These are some of the many reference questions that arrive daily in the inbox and voicemail of the American Numismatic Society Library. Located in a large building on the corner of Varick and Canal Streets, the American Numismatic Society (ANS) is home to a collection of some 800,000 coins and related objects and more than 100,000 library items. The word "numismatic" is best described in the Society's mission, which is to create and maintain "the preeminent national institution advancing the study and public appreciation of coins, currency, medals, orders and decorations, and related objects of all cultures as historical and artistic documents and artifacts; by maintaining the foremost numismatic collection, museum, and library…" (And as a result, this does not include stamps, which is left to the world of philately).
Metro's Career Transition Sig Moves Ahead
In this continuing period of economic downturn and limited opportunities, it's nice to have support from one's professional colleagues. Last fall, METRO, the Metropolitan New York Library Council, formed a Career Transition Special Interest Group (SIG) which met just before Thanksgiving. Its second meeting was February 18, but thanks to the interest of the 24 participants, the next meeting will be much sooner later this spring.
I was one of the attendees at the February 18th session, which was held at METRO’s office on 57 East 11th Street from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Here's a short summary about the SIG and the program. Sure, it's one more meeting to go to and we've got so much going on in our lives now, but perhaps this group is too important for you not to consider participating.
Midtown Executive Club News
Sarah Warner | swarner@wontawk.com | http://www.midtownexecutiveclub.com/
It is now March and in just a short time it will be time to renew the Chapter’s membership in the Midtown Executive Club (MEC) located at 40 West 45th Street for April 2010/ May 2011. Your invitation to join or renew will go out in a couple of weeks. This is a unique opportunity to join a private New York Club and enjoy all its benefits. The New York Chapter has been a member of the MEC since 2002. Our members have taken advantage of a variety of activities. One of the most popular is the Chapter Happy Hours networking event. Locally the club is popular for delicious breakfasts, lunches and dinners. MEC is great to enjoy a drink after work with a colleague. There is use of reciprocal clubs worldwide including low cost hotel rooms at the Club Quarters network of private, full service hotels at 12 additional prime locations in New York City, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, London, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco and Houston.
SLA Employment Task Force, Factset and Capital IQ
Richard Reid| richard1977@optimum.net
Although there is ample evidence of the beginnings of economic recovery in much of the country, recovering jobs lost in the Great Recession continues to prove challenging for many industries. The SLA’s New York Chapter, through its Employment Task Force, is doing its part towards that end with a free series of professional training programs focusing on essential electronic information resources.
On Tuesday, March 23, the Task Force will be sponsoring a training session on Factset, which will complement its Capital IQ session that was held on Tuesday, March 3, 2010 at Capital IQ’s offices at 55 Water Street in lower Manhattan. That training was held in two parts: a basics session from 9:45 to 11:00 a.m. and an intermediate offering from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Although there is ample evidence of the beginnings of economic recovery in much of the country, recovering jobs lost in the Great Recession continues to prove challenging for many industries. The SLA’s New York Chapter, through its Employment Task Force, is doing its part towards that end with a free series of professional training programs focusing on essential electronic information resources.
On Tuesday, March 23, the Task Force will be sponsoring a training session on Factset, which will complement its Capital IQ session that was held on Tuesday, March 3, 2010 at Capital IQ’s offices at 55 Water Street in lower Manhattan. That training was held in two parts: a basics session from 9:45 to 11:00 a.m. and an intermediate offering from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Employment Task Force Responds to Member Needs with Programs and Training
Seth J. Bookey | SLA-NY Webmaster | sbookey@gmail.com
In response to the economic crisis, the SLA New York Chapter created the Employment Task Force (ETF) in 2009. The mission of the ETF is to assess what help the chapter could provide to members seeking new jobs, anticipating the loss of a job, or wanting to change jobs.
In response to the economic crisis, the SLA New York Chapter created the Employment Task Force (ETF) in 2009. The mission of the ETF is to assess what help the chapter could provide to members seeking new jobs, anticipating the loss of a job, or wanting to change jobs.
Summer Study Programs for Info Pros & Library Students
By Leigh Hallingby, SLA NY Chapter President | lhallingby@sorosny.org
The following summer study programs for information professionals and library school students do not seem to be well known among special librarians. So I thought it might be helpful to compile information about these programs in one place. Despite the difficult economic times, they may be of interest to some of our SLA-NY members, both professionals and students. The two programs sponsored by University of North Carolina (UNC) offer library school credit for one course to students from all library schools . All of these programs take place annually.
The following summer study programs for information professionals and library school students do not seem to be well known among special librarians. So I thought it might be helpful to compile information about these programs in one place. Despite the difficult economic times, they may be of interest to some of our SLA-NY members, both professionals and students. The two programs sponsored by University of North Carolina (UNC) offer library school credit for one course to students from all library schools . All of these programs take place annually.
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