Student Stipend for SLA 2010

The SLA annual conference will be in New Orleans this year and the Petroleum and Energy Resources Division is offering a student stipend. Please see below.

Student Stipend Award

The Petroleum & Energy Resources (PER) Division, SLA, is offering a Student Stipend award to help cover expenses at the 2010 SLA Conference in New Orleans The Stipend includes $1,000 plus student registration to the conference plus complimentary entrance to any PER ticketed events. The conference theme is "Entering SLA's Next Century: Let the Good Times Roll!" Eligibility All Applicants must be currently enrolled in an accredited graduate level library or information science program and be interested in a career in petroleum or energy librarianship. The 2010 Conference in New Orleans must be the first SLA conference attended. Applicants must be members of SLA by March 15, 2010 to be eligible. Students can access an SLA Membership Application form at: http://www.sla.org/membership/infomember.html and mail it to the address indicated on that form. The recipient may not accept a travel award for the 2010 SLA Annual Conference from any other SLA Division or Chapter. Application Procedures Prepare a written statement of approximately 500 words on the following topic: "How Good Times with DPER at NOLA will Roll my Professional Career" Essays should not include what you will do at the Conference. Rather, the essay must incorporate the conference theme and demonstrate the anticipated benefits. Please include a letter of recommendation from either a faculty advisor or the SLA Student Group Faculty Advisor. Submit the above documents, along with your address, telephone number and email address (if applicable), postmarked no later than March 15, 2010 to: Marlene Vogelsang DPER Awards Chair The Pacific Energy Center 851 Howard St. San Francisco, CA 94103 mxv6@pge.com 415-973-7206

SLA WI Mentorship Opportunity 3/11

The SLA WI chapter is having a mentorship program at UWM on March 11. I emailed the organizer and she would love to see a contingent from Madison coming. It's a great opportunity to network and meet some working special librarians in WI. If you are interested in attending please register as directed and contact Kirstin for information about car pooling.

You are invited to join information professionals from around
southeastern Wisconsin to learn more about the Library Council
mentorship program.

LM2, a free social event, will take place on Thursday, Thursday,
March 11, 2010, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the UWM Libraries Conference Center, 2311 E. Hartford Avenue, Milwaukee. Open to all professional and
paraprofessional library staff in southeastern Wisconsin and to SOIS
graduate students, the event will introduce the mentorship program that
will match professional librarians or staff with other librarians/staff
at local institutions or match a professional with a SOIS student.
Representing many areas of expertise in academic, public, school, and
special libraries, mentors will provide professional advice,
encouragement and guidance on various aspects of librarianship.

The event is free and open to all Library Council member institutions
and their staff; SOIS faculty, staff and students; AND the greater

library community of southeastern Wisconsin. Admission is free but
registration is required by Wednesday, March 3, 2010.

To register, send your name, institution, phone and email to ryan@librarycouncil.org.

Join us to learn more about the program, register to be a mentor or to
be mentored, sample tasty treats, and network with fellow professionals.

This event is sponsored by the Library Council of Southeastern
Wisconsin, Inc., UWM School of Information Studies, and UWM Libraries.

Make Suggestions for the Class Gift

There is a box in the SLIS Library for suggestions on what the graduating SLISers should get for the class gift. Once we get some ideas together we will get a few top good ones, and then see what we can afford after a collection. Past class gifts have been: extension cords for the library, board games for the commons, and the microwave in the kitchen area. Here is the official announcement.

Traditionally, each SLIS graduating class dedicates a gift to UW Madison SLIS. The purpose of this is to thank those that came before them for their contributions. Additionally, it shows that the graduating class appreciates the education and experiences they have gained and desire to give back to their alma mater.

Since this is a gift from the class, it is only fair that everyone gets a chance to voice their suggestions as to what the gift will be. To that end, a suggestion box has been placed in the SLIS library. Please add your suggestion(s) to this box so that your voice will be heard. This box will remain in the library until Wednesday March 3rd. These suggestions will then be put into a survey which will be sent out to the listserv for final vote.

Thank you for your participation!
~Easter Digangi (ALA-SC), LuMarie Guth (SLA-SC), & William Straub (SLIS LITA)

Meeting Minutes: February 10, 2010

2010'02 SLA-SC Meeting Minutes

Thanks again to Kirstin for writing up the minutes.

Library Legislative Day--Tuesday, Feb 16

A bit of short notice, but please let me take this opportunity to promote participation in Wisconsin's Library Legislative Day. This is an activity open to SLIS students where they attend a breakfast/information session to listen to presentations and learn talking points on current issues with libraries in our states. The students then shadow librarians from all over Wisconsin as they visit various state Congressmen and aides at the Capital and advocate for library issues.

Registration is still open and I urge anyone interested to go to the WLA's information page on this event.

I have included a synopsis of my experience at the event from last year below:

I started off the day by waking up earlier than I had all year in order to make the 7:30 am registration. I found the Green Bay group (I was put with them because it is my hometown) easily. My high school principal was there, so it was pretty easy to spot. That came as a surprise. There were also a few librarians from UWGB and the director of the Brown County Library, Lynn Stainbrook. I had heard the news about Green Bay that she was hired in part because she is a fund-raising ace, and it was wonderful to watch her in action. You bet I took notes!

We started off in a reception room with carbs and the promised free coffee. A couple people talked about the major issues at hand and led us through the literature in our packet. One phrase I heard repeated a few times was “The new increase is no cuts.” Libraries aren’t exactly a hard sell. In times of economic troubles usage statistics go up. More people take advantage of FREE books, cds, and dvds, and the library is pretty much the only place many people can get internet access. Most anything job related is online now. However, even though Wisconsin libraries return $4 for every dollar spent, with a budget deficit it is sometimes easier to see the benefits of investing in roads and public safety.

We didn’t actually visit the legislators themselves, but their aides, which is fine because the aides we visited specialized in libraries and education and such. There was a lot of emphasis on networking and establishing contacts. I was really impressed to see Ms. Stainbrook make an appointment for one of the state legislators to come take a tour of the library and talk about a possible project in the future. Like I said, it was a fantastic learning experience, and it made me glad I was at Madison so I had the chance to go to it.

Wednesday, February 10 Meeting Agenda

The next SLA-SC meeting will be held in the SLIS Commons from 12pm-12:30pm. The following agenda items will be discussed:

• Spring Tour Ideas (off-campus)--Possible Collaboration with ALA-SC???
• Spring Events--Brown Bag? Career Workshops
• New Music Library Student Group--How will it affect SLA-SC?
• Other New Business

Hope to see you there.