Please meet at the restaurant for this member-paid event. Contact Jill Postma at (708.539.8612) if you have any questions.
Interested in taxonomies? Join us for a no-host dinner with others working in the field. We'll meet for drinks at 6:30 with dinner to follow. This session is open to all; but RSVP to Janice Keeler at janice.keeler@nera.com is required. Please RSVP before July 11th at 5pm.
Out-of-town members: Please include your hotel information if you would like to coordinate rides with other members.
Get your conference off to a great start by meeting and networking with your colleagues over dinner.
Details: Cash is required since there are no separate checks. Meet at 6:15 in the Essex Inn lobby to walk together.
Join the Chemistry Division for a no-host dinner at an exciting local restaurant.
FAN members old and new will meet at Flo and Santo's for cocktails and dinner to reconnect before the conference gets under way. The restaurant is located in the South Loop neighborhood.
Please RSVP to Pat Alpine by July 6th.
The Business & Finance Division welcomes you to Chicago. All conference attendees are invited to stop by to begin the 2012 conference by greeting old friends and making new ones.
Please meet at the restaurant for this event. Please contact Ruth Kneale at 520.471.1319 with any questions.
Lunch for those who are new to the division or first-time conference attendees. Meet each other and the Sci-Tech Division leadership. RSVP to Sarah Oelker at soelker@mtholyoke.edu by 6 July 2012.
Learn about the latest products and developments from four companies selected for their forward-thinking products in the areas of biomedical, life and natural sciences. Lunch will be provided at no charge to attendees.
MODERATING:
Janet Weiss, Daiichi Sankyo Pharma Development
SPEAKING:
Paul Cappuzzello, OCLC; Moshe Pritsker, JoVE; Sara Rouhi, ACS Publications; Mary Vasica, Elsevier
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/DBIOVendorRelationsLunchMoshePritsker.pdf
Invitation only event. This Lunch Event is for new members of the Chemistry Division or MRM Section. New members can find out more about our activities and how to get involved.
SLA's Fellows welcome first-timers to the conference with food, networking and conference wisdom. This is an ideal opportunity to meet association leaders and veterans, as well as those new to the conference.
Come learn more about the Competitive Intelligence Division! Let's network for a bit and then head out for authentic Chicago deep-dish pizza at Lou Malnati's!
The News Division will hold its annual Silent Auction and Open House in the News Division Suite. Join us for an evening of fun with your colleagues.
The Legal Division raises a glass to toast our valued vendor sponsor partnerships. Legal Division members can meet and mingle while enjoying a libation or two.
MODERATING:
Tracy Maleeff, Duane Morris LLP
Join fellow SLA members as they sing their way into Chicago! This fun-filled party will have more than just the blues—there will be music for all, from show tunes to 1980s to Lady Gaga. So, come out and show us your talents or lack thereof. No singing skills are required!
Join your SLA colleagues for a networking reception that will be second to none!
MODERATING:
Rebecca Vargha, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Greet old friends and make new ones while honoring the division's published authors.
Opportunity for attendees to share experiences, collaborate, and make new contacts at the beginning of the conference day.
Technologies in Insurance & Employee Benefits libraries. Join us for breakfast and a lively discussion on the technologies being used by your colleagues for information services.
MODERATING:
Margaret Hauler, The Institutes
Stop by and meet the candidates for the 2013 SLA Board of Directors.
Come see what's new with Liberty version 5 and network with other Liberty users and Softlink staff. By invitation only.
Canadians attending the conference, friends, and colleagues are welcome to the Canadian Reception. This year’s reception is hosted by the Western Canada Chapter and will be held at The Berghoff. Visit our chapter Website (wcanada.sla.org )for more information and to learn about our reception sponsor, Eureka.cc. This is not a ticketed event but space is limited. Please e-mail slacanadianreception@wcanada.sla.org if you plan to attend the reception.
MODERATING:
Richard Matiachuk
This event will be held in the PAM Division's Hospitality Suite at McCormick Place. Please contact Elizabeth Brown at 607.237.2917 with any questions.
MODERATING:
Elizabeth Brown, Binghamton University
Winners of DBF's annual awards will be honored
Join the CID for our second annual Open House featuring snacks, drinks and "edutainment.” Open to all SLA members.
MODERATING:
Barbara Fullerton; Morningstar
A hosted reception for members of SLA’s "western" chapters, their colleagues and friends. Please meet at the Newberry Library and contact Philip Gust (cell: 650.367.-7652; e-mail: pgust@stanford.edu) with any questions you may have.
Dinner at a local restaurant.
It has been said that "the world is a global village," and the library and information professions are becoming more globally networked day by day. All conference attendees are invited to this reception (yes, food and drinks!) to celebrate the international activities of our association.
Held off-site, this joyous event is highlighted by the presentation of the European Information Professional of the Year Award.
PRICE: $55.00 Member/ $55.00 Student Member/ $55.00 Non-Member
The News Division's annual Awards Reception and Banquet will honor our award recipients for 2012. Location TBA via the DNWS listserv and on the web site.
Sponsored by the AIP Publishing.
Have you ever asked yourself, "Am I a Solo Librarian?" or "Am I a Solo Librarian if I have any staff at all?" To answer these questions and more, meet and greet with the Solo Librarians Division at their annual open house.
Continue a wonderful day of sessions and activities by connecting with colleagues while enjoying offerings of delectable chocolate.
MODERATING:
Richard Hulser; Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
PRICE: $20.00 Member/ $20.00 Student Member/ $20.00 Non-Member
Academic libraries are being challenged to find new, more efficient ways to approach almost every aspect of their work. Some libraries are implementing changes--occasionally major ones--to incorporate agile practices into their operations and to make agility part of their culture. Librarians who have contributed to such changes within their organizations can offer valuable insights to the rest of us. Please join us to learn from the experiences of our presenters as they discuss "Transforming the 21st Century Academic Business Library," "Action-Based Learning Means Action-Based Reference at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business," and "Insights from a Business Library Re-organization.
MODERATING:
Carissa Holler Phillips, University of Illinois at Urbana
SPEAKING:
Alex Caracuzzo, MIT Libraries; Tomalee Doan, Purdue University; Hal Kirkwood, Purdue University; Celia Ross, University of Michigan Ross School of Business; Nathan Rupp, University of Michigan
PRICE: $20.00 Member/ $20.00 Student Member/ $20.00 Non-Member
Nalco recently upgraded its knowledge management environment to incorporate enterprise search and integrated a social layer. The methodology used to manage the project was SCRUM, a form of Agile. This presentation, "Building a Knowledge Environment Utilizing Agile Methodology," will discuss Nalco’s approach and the application of Agile in the process to develop and implement a world class knowledge system designed to be utilized in 150 countries around the globe and by its 12,500 employees.
MODERATING:
Marcella Dulka, Nalco
SPEAKING:
Daniel Flynn, Nalco
PRICE: $20.00 Member/ $20.00 Student Member/ $20.00 Non-Member
The Intellectual Property Exchange International, the world’s first financial exchange focusing on intellectual property rights, plans to begin issuing the first unit license rights contracts in 2012. The Chicago-based exchange will allow intellectual property to be licensed more efficiently and with more transparency. Unit license right™ (ULR) contracts allow patent owners to license select technology in a non-discriminatory manner via standard form licenses on publicly disclosed terms. Each ULR contract purchased will give the buyer the right to use an agreed-upon unit of intellectual property--for example, the right to make and/or sell up to an established quantity of products covered by the patents. Gerard J. Pannekoek, president and CEO of the Exchange, will discuss the organization’s activities and answer questions from attendees.
MODERATING:
Rita Ormsby, Baruch College CUNY
SPEAKING:
Gerard J. Pannekoek, Intellectual Property Exchange International
“Research Clients Behaving Badly: Tales of Dilemmas and How They Were Resolved.” A C-suite executive asks you to use work time to conduct research supporting his hobby as a novelist. A research client makes claims that are the opposite of what your research actually found. Another client, a rising executive, takes credit for your research work and ideas. What would you do in these situations? In the first part of this session, we’ll share some true stories of dilemmas faced by corporate information professionals and explain how they were successfully resolved. (Names, places and dates will be changed to protect the guilty.) Next, audience members will be invited to participate by sharing their own true tales of clients or other stakeholders behaving badly and describing how each situation was handled. Join us to laugh, commiserate, learn from the experiences of your colleagues, and maybe share a story of your own.
SPEAKING:
Kathleen Fischer, Northwestern Mutual
Opportunity for attendees to share experiences, collaborate, and make new contacts at the beginning of the conference day.
Publishers and vendors, especially in physics, astronomy, and mathematics, will present on agility in changing times.
MODERATING:
Julie Arendt, Southern Illinois University; Kim Hukill, American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library and Archives
SPEAKING:
John Haynes, AIP; David Marshall, SIAM; Eric Pepper, SPIE; Olaf Ernst, IOP Publishing
This event highlights multiple themes representing innovation, creativity, and change, with support from multiple divisions. Join your colleagues for food, drink, and networking, and learn new ideas to take back to your library.
What's better than an event designed to help you build your network within your SLA division? One that helps you build it within two! The Pharmaceutical & Health Technology Division and the Legal Division invite our members to interact with colleagues, discuss the latest industry trends, meet new friends, and explore the increasing overlap between our divisions.
Please join the Competitive Intelligence Division for a fine dining experience at a unique restaurant in downtown Chicago.
Meet in the lobby of the Chicago Hilton at 7:00 p.m. under the Got CI sign!
Please join the Government Information, Solo Librarians, and Transportation Divisions for a lively joint open house. Speak with members from a variety of fields and experiences, all in one place.
Please meet at the event location: 312 Chicago, Downtown Loop.
Join us for the opportunity to network with people who are involved with or interested in creating, managing or using taxonomies and other forms of controlled vocabularies. We will have a fun ice-breaker activity and a cash bar, but the main focus is the opportunity to meet and talk to others in this field.
Annual IT Division Open House and networking event, sponsored by Dow Jones.
Opportunity for attendees to share experiences, collaborate, and make new contacts at the beginning of the conference day.
PRICE: $20.00 Member/ $5.00 Student Member/ $20.00 Non-Member
The Kentucky Chapter invites all conference attendees to join us in putting the icing on the cake of another successful conference. We hope you will take this chance to bid adieu to your friends and colleagues before you travel back to your place of origin. We also hope to ease your parting tears by including a drink ticket and a chance to win a little taste of Kentucky.
Batter Up! Wear your home team cap and jersey for (an almost) major league baseball experience. Military Libraries Division will host a baseball themed Open House - complete with Chicago hot dogs and beer - to wrap up SLA 2012.
