Alhambra Area Lunch Meeting/Networking Opportunity

SLA-SCC would like to invite all librarians, information professionals, library support staff and students in the San Gabriel area for lunch at 12:30pm! Enjoy a delicious meal and meet/network with your colleagues in the area. Bring your co-workers with you! The more the merrier.

Charlotte Wixx-Daniel, Librarian/Learning Resources Manager at PLATT COLLEGE will be hosting this area lunch meeting at
Tony Roma's
68 W. Main Street
Alhambra, CA 91801

Separate checks will be issued for lunch. Questions? Email Belinda Beardt at bbeardt@aimusa.com.

Neighborhood Dinners

Join your colleagues at one of our informal Neighborhood Dinners. Take this opportunity to network, share knowledge, and have a little fun with your fellow SLAers. Choose a potluck or a dutch-treat dinner at a restaurant. Did you attend the Annual Conference last week? Please sign up for a dinner and share your impressions while sharing a meal.

Registration is easy. Choose a venue, note the deadline for the RSVP, then contact the Host to sign-up for the dinner.

Here are the options, for your delectation:

Menlo Park - Friday, June 26
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Place: Café Baronne
Next to Keplers on El Camino at Santa Cruz Avenue. Next to Menlo Park train station. Free parking in ramp next door/below.
http://www.cafeborrone.com/
http://www.keplers.com/
Host (contact her by COB 6/25) : Helen Losch Losch_Helen@gsb.stanford.edu
Comment: “Let’s get together for a relaxed early dinner or just drinks at Café Baronne on Friday. Hey afterwards you could go right next door and visit Kepler’s Bookstore to browse the shelves.”

Palo Alto - Monday, June 29
Time: 6:15 p.m.
Place: Jade Palace (Chinese haute cuisine)
151 S. California Avenue in Palo Alto 94306
http://bit.ly/IZTeO
Host (contact her by noon 6/29): Mary Beth Train - train@plsinfo.org or librarian@lincolnlawsj.edu
Comments: "I'm looking forward to seeing you again or meeting you! Good reviews on Yelp. If the food is half as good as the owners' families are nice, we're in for a treat!"

Redwood City - Tuesday June 30
Time: 6 p.m.
Place: Citrine Bistro
Located at the Redwood City train station. Parking at Sequoia station or in the Jefferson Garage (free for the first 1.5 hours).
http://www.citrinebistro.com/
Host (contact her by COB 6/29): Helen Losch, Losch_Helen@gsb.stanford.edu
Comment: "This casual restaurant is all about providing fresh organic food from fresh local ingredients, served in a relaxed atmosphere. You order and pay at the front and the food will be delivered to our table. Any tips are donated to the local food bank."

San Mateo - Wednesday, July 1
Time: 6 p.m.
Place: Kingfish
201 South B Street (at 2nd), downtown San Mateo, CA 94401. Street parking; parking garage across the street at 2nd and Main.
http://www.kingfish.net/kingfish.html
Host (contact her by COB 6/29): Leslie Fisher, Leslie.Fisher@gilead.com
Comments: "I'm 'jazzed' about you joining me at this almost New Orleans venue."

*And by decree, we've added July 7th to our week of San Andreas Chapter Neighborhood Dinners (talk about a long tail!):

Newark - Tuesday, July 7
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Place: BJ’s Restaurant Brewhouse
5699 Mowry Ave, Newark (the west side of Hwy 880, north of Newpark Mall)
510.456.3750 http://www.bjsbrewhouse.com/menu.aspx
Host (contact her by COB 7/6): Lee Pharis lpharis@exponent.com
Comments: "I am not going to SLA, so anyone who has gone who wants to join us to share would be especially welcome."

Are you LinkedIn? Personal Branding Best Practices and Social Networking Etiquette

Event: Are you LinkedIn? Personal Branding Best Practices and Social Networking Etiquette
Event Date: 07/08/2009
Location City: Los Angeles
Location State: California


Description:
SLA-SCC and SLA-UCLA Student Chapter proudly presents...

Are you LinkedIn? Personal Branding Best Practices and Social Networking Etiquette

* What is LinkedIn? How does it work?
* What are personal and professional uses of LinkedIn?
* How do you effectively use it?

Speaker: Christian Gray, Business Development at Reprints Desk Inc.

Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Time: 5:30 p.m. Registration/Networking
6:00 p.m. Greek Buffet
7:00 p.m. Program

Cost: $25 SLA/SCALL/LACASIS Members; $15 Student/Retired/Unemployed; $35 Non-Members

Location: UCLA GSEIS Bldg. Room 111

Parking and Directions: To park on the UCLA campus, one must buy a daily permit from a UCLA Parking Kiosk. The nearest kiosk is at the Westwood Plaza off of Sunset Boulevard. Occasionally, permits are sold at individual parking lots on campus. Daily parking at UCLA is $9.00. The closest parking structures to the GSE&IS Building are Lots 3 and 5.

From the North (San Fernando Valley, Burbank, Central California Valley): Take the 405 freeway south through the Sepulveda Pass. Take Sunset Boulevard east until Royce Drive on the UCLA campus. Take a right on Royce Drive (Stone Canyon Drive above. Royce is the new name for Stone Canyon Drive on the UCLA campus. The GSE&IS Building is on the corner of Royce Drive and Charles E. Young Drive North.

From the South (LAX, Orange County, San Diego):
Take the 405 freeway north until the Sunset Boulevard exit. Once on Sunset Boulevard heading east, follow the instructions above.

From the East (Downtown Los Angeles, the Inland Empire):
Take the 10 freeway east until the 405 freeway. Take the 405 freeway north until the Sunset Boulevard exit. Once on Sunset Boulevard heading east, follow the instructions above.


----------------------------------REGISTRATION FORM---------------------------------------------------

Please complete registration form and mail it with your check payable to SLA-SCC no later than July 3rd to:
Belinda Beardt
P.O. Box 548
Burbank, CA. 91503


Name: _____________________________________________________


Affiliation: __________________________________________________


Email/Phone: _______________________________________________


[ ] $25 SLA/SCALL/LACASIS Members
[ ] $15 Student/Retired/Unemployed
[ ] $35 Non-Members

Questions? Email Belinda Beardt at bbeardt@gmail.com.

SCALL’S ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING

Event: SCALL’S ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
Event Date: 06/30/2009
Location City: Pasadena
Location State: California


Description:
SCALL’S ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
JUNE 30, 2009
Join your fellow SCALL members at the
June Business Meeting!
TIME
5:30 Gather/Socialize (Please do not arrive before 5:00)
6:00 Dinner (Sandwiches, Salads, & Desserts from Corner Bakery)
7:00 Meeting
COST
$ 20.00
$ 10.00 (Students)
PLACE
Richard H. Chambers U.S. Court of Appeals Building
125 South Grand Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91105
Submit your registration and check payable to SCALL no later than
Thursday, June 25th to:
Paul Moorman
USC Gould School of Law Library
699 Exposition Blvd. MC 0072
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0072
Name:__________________________________________________________________
Affiliation:_______________________________________________________________
Address:________________________________________________________________
Telephone:_______________________Email:________________________
Questions? Contact the SCALL Programs Committee:
Paul Moorman, 213-740-2626/pmoorman@law.usc.edu;
Michal Saint-Onge, 323-662-8443/michael.saint-onge@lexisnexis.com;
Esther Eastman, 213-785-2532/eeastman@lalawlibrary.org; Kelsey Chrisley, 714-
834-3003/kchrisley@ocpll.org; or Galeen Roe, 213-615-1796/groe@winston.com

Margaret McKinley Student Scholarship Essay Competition

The Los Angeles Chapter of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (LACASIST) is sponsoring the 16th Annual Margaret McKinley Student Scholarship Essay Competition. This competition, first established in 1992, and renamed in memory of the late Margaret McKinley in 1993, is intended to encourage students in Library and Information Science programs to consider the benefits of participation in the activities of professional societies.

*AWARD:* The winner will receive reimbursement funding up to US $1,000 for:

* registration, airfare and hotel expenses to attend the ASIST 2009 Annual Meeting, “Thriving on Diversity - Information Opportunities in a Pluralistic World”, November 6-11, 2009, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
* a one-year membership in ASIST

Two runners-up will receive one-year memberships in ASIST.
*ELIGIBILITY:*
All students (including those graduating in spring 2009) enrolled in Library and Information Science programs (in-person or distance education) at universities within the areas represented by the Los Angeles Chapter of ASIST (Hawaii, California, Australia, and New Zealand) are eligible to enter. Students residing in one of the areas represented by LACASIST (Hawaii, California, Australia, and New Zealand) and attending Library and Information Science Programs (LIS) distance education programs outside of the areas represented by LACASIST are eligible to enter. Students enrolled in graduate programs (at universities within the areas represented by the Los Angeles Chapter of ASIST) not identified as LIS programs may be eligible. Interested students in non-LIS programs must include in the essay submission (in addition to other essay requirements below), a statement explaining how the program mission relates to ASIST and how ASIST membership and conference attendance would be beneficial.
Membership in ASIST is not required to enter the competition.
*TO ENTER:* Compose an essay that addresses the following:

* What specific benefits do I expect to derive from attending the ASIST 2009 Annual meeting?
* How will I integrate these benefits into the start of my new career?
* How might LACASIST or ASIST benefit from you receiving this scholarship?

For details about the theme of the ASIST 2009 Annual meeting, visit the ASIST website: http://www.asist.org/

Essays should not exceed 500 words or two typed, double spaced pages. Do not identify yourself or your school in the essay. Submit the essay with a separate cover sheet listing your name, address, email, telephone number, and school by the deadline of July 30, 2009. Essays may be submitted by email to: Bo-Gay Tong Salvador (bosalvador@gmail.com).
A panel of LACASIST members will judge the essays. Winners will be notified by September 1, 2009.