Orientation Update

It looks like Doug Mullin may also be coming to the orienation. Doug is a SLIS Alumnis who has participated in SLA-SC events in the past. He work for Fiskars now. His Linkedin can be seen here.

I will also be participating at the orientation earlier in the day helping students to check in and talking about the special libraries track.

About Kyle Naff

Just thought you might want a bit of his background when thinking about possible topics. For his undergrad he majored in Spanish and minored in business. He went to University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign for his MLIS. You can see his alumni page here. He is currently a business librarian at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. His Linkedin page is here and his website is here.

Orientation News and Student Outreach Night

I contacted Doug Mullin who came to some of the SLA-SC events last year and asked him if there were any handouts I could use at the orientation. He got me in contact with the woman who handles membership at headquarters (HQ!) and she sent me the two .pdf's that are in the previous post. The first is a membership brochure and the second is the SLA application form. There is no charge to be in the student chapter, but there is a formal application if you want to be a member of the SLA.

Doug also got me connected with Kyle Naff, who is the co-chair elect for the Wisconsin Chapter. He believes he will be able to come to the orientation, and is also interested in doing a student outreach night in October or November. Andrea Poehling is getting in touch with him to work out those details, and if the event happens then the SLA-SC will probably sponsor it. Please send in any suggestions for topics you would like to discuse with Mr. Naff. Ideas so far have included public speaking and how to best utilize that first job once you've gotten your MLIS.

Membership Application and Handout

SLA Member Handout
SLA Member App.