Federal Librarian Event!

Next week Tuesday, February 16th, during the lunch hour there will be a Federal Librarian event in 411.

Details will be sent out soon in an e-mail.

Also, look out for another e-mail regarding a tour of Special Collection’s Papyrology on March 24th!

General Meeting Sept. 22, 7pm!

We’re having our first general meeting of the semester on Tuesday, September 22, at 7pm in rooms 405 A & B!

Come hear what SLA is all about and give your input on what sorts of tours, panels, events you’d like SLA to put on this year.

Free pizza provided!

Map Library Tour

Hello students, new and old!

The officers for the student chapter of the Special Libraries Association would like to invite you to tour the map library at:

10AM, Tuesday, September 1st. (one week from today!)
Map Library
8th Floor, Hatcher Graduate Library

You can have a chance to interview our Map Librarians, find out what it is like to work in a specialized collection, find out about the fascinating collection of maps here at U of M, and get away from your unpacking for a short break to get to meet others interested in special collections.

http://www.lib.umich.edu/map-library

RSVP’s are helpful, direct your RSVP’s and questions to:

Colleen Theisen
theisenc@umich.edu
President, SLA- U of M Chapter

P.S. Rumors of donuts and coffee to be provided!!

MUGS FOR SALE!!

Don’t wait – percolate!

Mug showcases almost-funny XML and the SI logo - only $7!

Then, enjoy your freshly-brewed coffee in one of our XML-themed coffee mugs bearing the lovely SI logo!  Only $7 gets you a great gift for that special caffeine or SI-merchandise addict in your life, or just a classy way to show your school pride and geek-speak simultaneously!  Comment here or email Kate Hutchens (khutch at the U-sual domain) if you’d like to arrange a swapping of goods for money somewhere/sometime in West Hall.  Cash or check (checks payable to the University of Michigan).

SLA Panel -Corporate, Law, Health Science Library Professionals! 11/19, noon to 1 pm

Summary:

Panel of Special Libraries Professionals

Wednesday, November 19, 12-1pm

409 West Hall

Pizza!

Blurb:

SLA is bringing together a panel of professionals in the varied fields of special librarianship next week, Wednesday November 19, from 12-1 pm in West Hall 409. We will be fortunate enough to be joined by professionals working in law, health sciences, and corporate libraries. And, pizza will be provided! This is a great opportunity to learn about the different careers and career paths of professionals who work in varied library settings -ask questions, learn more about their current jobs and how they came to work in their current environment.

Michigan SLA Fall Newsletter

The Fall issue of the SLA Bulletin – Michigan Chapter is now online at http://units.sla.org/chapter/cmi/bulletins/2008/FallBulletin2008.pdf

SLA@WSU Beaumont Hospital Library tour

Please comment below to discuss transportation, or just to talk about your interest in this event.

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All LISP students are invited to attend the SLA@WSU tour of the Beaumont Hospital Library, Royal Oak campus:

When: Wednesday, November 12th
Tour at 6 pm

Where:
Beaumont Hospitals
3601 W. Thirteen Mile Rd.
1st Floor, Central Tower
Royal Oak, MI 48073-6769
248-898-1751

What:
“Beaumont Hospital Libraries serve the physicians, nurses and all employees of one of the largest healthcare systems in the metropolitan Detroit area.  There are 3 libraries located at the Royal Oak, Troy and Grosse Pointe campuses.  Holdings include an extensive electronic library of medical and health resources available on the hospital intranet.  The staff of 13 provides many services to our users such as literature searching, article retrieval, bibliography management and much more.”
-Janet Zimmerman, Director
Library Information Services

RSVP: Please e-mail gladyssantiago@wayne.edu if you plan to attend.

Hope to see you at an event!

Gladys Santiago
President, SLA@WSU

UM-SLA/SLA@WSU Pumpkin Carving Fun!

Hello SLAers -

Need to get your pumpkin ready for Halloween – here’s your opportunity!

I thought it would be nice to get the UofM SLA chapter and the Wayne State SLA chapter together for a mixer.  A good chance to meet some fellow library students, and see what cool things everyone has been doing in their library programs and internships.

What: Pumpkin Carving!
When: Saturday October 25th: 6:00pm if you want to get a pumpkin, 7:00pm pumpkin carving commences!
Where: Elaine Engstrom’s house

Here’s the plan:
We’ll meet at my house, then travel about a 1/2 mile to the Pumpkin Factory located at 48651 Harris Rd., Belleville, MI 48111 (1 country block south of my house). We’ll get our pumpkins, some cider and some donuts and head back to my house for pumpkin carving.  If everyone could pitch in a few bucks (maybe $2) for some goodies that would be great.

Just FYI, I have a very sweet German Shepherd dog named Riley, and a grumpy cat named Pfeffer if you are allergic or just plain don’t like pets. I have some pumpkin carving tools and knives, but you might want to bring your favorite pumpkin design ideas and any carving tools you need.

Hope to see you all there!

Elaine Engstrom
(on behalf of UofM SLA student chapter)

SAA/SLA Lansing Trip Update

Things have finally been solidified for the Lansing trip!

What: Tours of the Archives of Michigan, MSU Comic Art Collection, and the MSU Vincent Voice Library.

When: Saturday, October 18, at 10am, 12noon, and 1pm respectively.

Where: Lansing, MHAL complex; East Lansing, Michigan State University Library.

RSVP: Please respond to this post if you’re interested in going!  This way we can coordinate rides.  Please include in your reply whether you can drive and, if so, how many seats are available in your car.

BYO lunch (bring or buy), as we’ll be eating between the first and second tours.

Also, bring maybe $4 (just to be safe) for bus fare.  Due to the MSU home football game, parking could get hairy, and we’ll want to be able to take public transit between wherever we end up parking and campus.

This event is bound to be plenty of fun and really illuminating regarding these three very different collections.

SAA/SLA Trip: Archives of Michigan and MSU Comic Collection

Dear all,

On Saturday, October 18, SAA and SLA will be joining forces to bring you a day of Lansing-area excitement!  In the morning, we’ll be visiting the Archives of Michigan on a personal tour led by the state archivist (tour starting at 10am).  In the afternoon, we’ll be visiting the MSU Special Collections to get a tour of the Comic Collection (time TBA).  We’ll update later on how best to coordinate ride-sharing (Lance and I have to coordinate amongst ourselves, first).

- Kate