SLA Arizona Chapter

SLA 2012 Early Bird Deadline is Friday!

Beth Gouwens — Tue, 08 May 2012 04:47:52 +0000

SLA 2012 Early Bird Deadline is Friday!

There’s still time to save some money if you register by 11 May for the SLA 2012 Annual Conference & INFO-EXPO.

New Meeting Date for Annual Meeting 6/15

tmertens — Thu, 03 May 2012 23:40:14 +0000

With regards to the SLA Arizona Chapter Business Meeting in May, I’ve learned the date conflicts with the Memorial Day weekend. Sorry about the oversight.

The new meeting date is Friday, June 15. We’re still holding it at Spinato’s at 4848 East Chandler Boulevard in Phoenix. Times are the same: 12-1 for networking, 1-3 for the business meeting. We will also be hosting it virtually through GoToMeeting with more details to follow.

Hope to see you all there, either in person or online.

Tracy V. Mertens, MLIS

President, SLA Arizona Chapter

Northern Arizona Meetup!

rkneale — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:56:33 +0000

Join us for a Northern Arizona SLA meet up event! We’ll be meeting at the Gurley Street Grill in downtown Prescott, Thursday April 12 between 5pm and 8pm. Spouses and S/Os are welcome!

http://www.gurleystreetgrill.com/ , 230 W. Gurley St., Prescott, AZ 86301. Please RSVP to Christine at cgearhart@ncu.edu.

INALJ (I Need a Library Job) Meet-Up in Phoenix! Wednesday, April 18, 5-7 pm.

tmertens — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:05:58 +0000

INALJ (I Need a Library Job) Meet-Up in Phoenix!

The hottest library job seeking network comes to Phoenix on Wednesday, April 18 when SLA Arizona hosts an INALJ (I Need a Library Job) meet-up. Join us at the trendy new restaurant, Cave & Ives, for networking with fellow library job seekers and HR personnel.

We’ve teamed up with INALJ to bring this meet-up to Phoenix, inspired by founder Naomi House and her Boston and DC meet-ups. Check out her site and check out the INALJ scene in Phoenix.

Who: Library job seekers, HR personnel, SLA members, and anyone in the AZ library community who wants a great new restaurant.

When: Wednesday, April 18, 5-7 pm.

Where: Cave and Ives, 4247 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix. We’ll be upstairs on the patio.

Happy Hour: 4-6 pm with premium draft beers and wines at $1.50 off by the glass and appetizers at 25% off.

Parking: Front or back of the building or in the neighborhood south of Indian School.

RSVP to Tracy Mertens, President of SLA Arizona Chapter. tracymertens.mlis@gmail.com

SLA members: Show your spirit and wear purple.

Welcome Christine Gearhart, Northern Arizona Relations Chair

tmertens — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:47:13 +0000

I am proud to announce our newest leader to SLA Arizona. Christine Gearhart will be serving as Northern Arizona Relations Chair. She works as a Reference/Instruction Librarian at Northcentral University in Prescott. Christine has some great ideas for events and networking opportunities. For our Northern Arizona members who want to get involved or who have questions about future plans, please contact Christine at cgearhart@ncu.edu
Tracy

SLA Arizona Chapter Update 2012

tmertens — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:59:22 +0000

Greetings to all members of SLA’s Arizona Chapter,

March is rapidly approaching and what a flurry of activity these past couple months have been! We sponsored The Power of Taxonomy event in January, which was a tremendous success! It was well attended and included people from as far away as Denver and Chicago. I specifically want to thank Noah Richman for spearheading this event, Katherine Bertolucci for being our mentor and guide, and the peerless Beth Gouwens for all things technical. Tucson was represented in January by a tour of the Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold archive conducted by Steven Jeffery and suggested by Ruth Kneale. This was the first for what I hope to be a series of tours of Special Libraries throughout the state. In February, Dale Steele provided a tour and lecture of Transportation Libraries at the Arizona Department of Transportation.

Coming up, Cindy Elliot will be hosting a SLA Happy Hour, Thursday, March 8, at Barrio Brewing Company from 5-8 pm. Details can be located in our Events section.

Our Yearly Meeting will be on Friday, May 25 at Spintato’s in Chandler from 12-3. I hope to see all of you there. For those unable to attend in person, web access will be available. More details will be sent closer to this event.

On a national level, the SLA Conference will be held in Chicago from July 15to 18. Complete details can be found at http://www.sla.org/content/Events/conference/ac2012/index.cfm

Here is the part where I get to ask you for your help. We have had an excellent start and many events are yet to come. But there is still so much more that we can do. I would like to continue the library tours and need volunteers to help with that. We are seeking your news and events for the Spring 2012 issue of the Bulletin. We still need a President Elect to serve as Vice President this year and President for 2013. We also need a Public Relations Liaison for the Northern Region as we have yet to hold any events there. If you are interested in helping out in any of these roles, please send me an email.

This is your Chapter and with your participation, we can have one of our best years ever!

Tracy V. Mertens

President, SLA Arizona Chapter

SLA Arizona Chapter Tucson Happy Hour on March 8

Beth Gouwens — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:18:55 +0000

You are invited to attend the SLA Arizona Chapter Tucson Happy Hour, Thursday, March 8 at the Barrio Brewing Co, 5-8 pm.

http://barriobrewing.com/

*Meet SLA Arizona Officers from Tucson

*Network with other SLA members

*Show your support for the local chapter

*Share ideas for future programming

*All librarians and library students welcome

For more information, contact Cindy Elliott, Membership Chair

Freeport-McMoRan Geosciences Library Tour

Beth Gouwens — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:29:20 +0000

Steve Jeffery will be conducting a tour of the geosciences library and records room of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (a global mining company). The library is within the exploration division and contains 20,000+ books, maps, and reports as well as records of exploration work and core samples.

The tour will be conducted on Friday, January 13th @ 10am. You must RSVP to Steve Jeffery (Steven_jeffery@fmi.com) by Wednesday, January 11th. Space is limited.

The library and records room is located in Oro Valley (~Oracle & 1st). Refreshments will be provided. When you RSVP directions will be provided.

Power of Taxonomy

Beth Gouwens — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:15:02 +0000

Organized information builds power. It demonstrates connections and shows the big picture, guiding us as that picture gets more complicated. Join pioneer taxonomist Katherine Bertolucci as she explores the power of taxonomy in its many permutations. Then hear a panel of practitioners describe their approaches to organized information, from veteran taxonomist Charles Simmons with his complex SRP initiative to library school student and United Nations intern, Ann Clark. Shannon Walker describes her archival contributions to the Arizona Memory Project, and Noah Richman tells about organizing SRP’s digital photos. You can continue the conversation during an additional dinner at Scottsdale’s healthy and imaginative restaurant, Nourish.

Speaker

Katherine Bertolucci
Isis Information Services, Taxonomy Consultant

Clients include poets, Fortune 50 corporations, and Snoopy.

Panel

Ann Clark
UN Office of Information & Communication Technology, Knowledge Management Intern

Noah Richman
Salt River Project (SRP), AV Services, Media Librarian
SLA AZ Chapter President, 2011

Charles Simmons
Salt River Project (SRP), Taxonomy Initiative, Information Consultant

Shannon Walker
Thunderbird School of Global Management, Archives & AZ Memory Project

Moderator

Tracy Mertens
Maricopa Community Colleges, Adjunct Librarian
SLA AZ Chapter President, 2012

Important Info

Date: Friday, January 20, 2012, 2:30 – 5 pm
Location: SRP PERA Club, Big Horn Terrace Building, 1 E. Continental Drive, Tempe, AZ 85281
Dinner: 5:30 pm at Nourish Restaurant near Highland Ave. & Scottsdale Rd. in Scottsdale, AZ

Nourish menu for Power of Taxonomy dinner

SLA Members, program with pre-registration, $10
Non-SLA Members, program with pre-registration, $15
Student rates available

Pre-register by Monday, January 16, 2012. Add $10 for at-the-door.

$25 for dinner

Dinner seating is limited. Please register early.

Get your tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/206568.

Download a printable flyer here.

“The Power of Taxonomy” is sponsored by DowJones and Safari Books Online.

Map to SRP’s PERA Club:

Google Search results

Beth Gouwens — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 04:08:35 +0000

I’ve seen several blog posts over the last few days relating to Google Search and the personalization they do – including some automatic personalization that you have no control over.

Mary Ellen Bates posted about a small informal survey she did. The results are in her blog entry, Is Google really filtering my search results?

What do you think? Have you noticed that you get different search results than your friends? Looking forward to your comments…