Meeting Minutes: 02/12/2007

Upcoming tour possibilities, Marshall Erdman, CUNA Mutual Group, and the Lawrence Jacobsen Library

  • Marshall Erdman, http://www.erdman.com/index.php
  • CUNA Mutual Group, http://www.cunamutual.com/cmg/home/
    The staff (an archivist plus one reference and one technical services librarian) would be willingly to speak with us, this would be a good example of a corporate library.
  • Lawrence Jacobsen Library, http://library.primate.wisc.edu/
    The Jacobsen library serves the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center and employs two full time librarians (The Director and reference librarian as well as the public services and ILL/DDS coordinator) and one 80% percent time Technical Services Librarian. The library may be of extra interest because it has a fairly large presence on the web and most of its patron base is remote. The library created and updates the Primate Info Net: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/, which includes PrimateLit a free database maintained by the library.
  • If there is a tour that particularly interests you please let us know by Feb.19! *slasc-officers@googlegroups.com*

Other suggestions for activities

  • Document depository trip or a brown bag with the librarian there.
  • Panel talk on how to set your curriculum; area special librarians will be invited to speak about how they structured their curriculum to fit the type of special libraries work they wanted.
    Possible Panelists: Jamie Stoltenberg the Map and GIS librarian at the Robinson Map Library, Sunil Rao from the UW Law Library, Bob Koechly at Promega, Nancy Mulern the Government publications librarian at the Wisconsin State historical society library.
    Would also either have panelist from SLIS to discuss options for designing your curriculum or a printed sheet with that information.
    Suggestions for other panelists are welcome, please let us know.

Upcoming Career building event: SLA-SC and ALA-SC will be co-sponsoring a job application mentoring sessions.

  • Area professionals from all different kinds of settings will meet with individual students. They are being asked to sit with students for 30 minutes each; to look over a job ad, draft cover letter and resume to match; discuss it with them; and give them advice.
  • Dates: Monday, March 3, 4-6
    Thursday, March 6, 11-1
    Saturday, March 8, 10-12
  • E-mail Michele to make a reservation: mbes...@library.wisc.edu

SLA-SC is looking for new members to fill officer positions for next year. Secretary and webmaster are still open.

We're welcoming Brett Rohlwing as our Publicity Manager for next year (hurrah!)

We are looking at any changes or updates the SLA-SC website might need. http://slisweb.lis.wisc.edu/%7ESLA/index.html. Any suggestions? Please take a look at the site and let us know.

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