WLA Annual Conference: Create Adventure

The Wisconsin Library Association's annual conference began yesterday at Kalahari in Wisconsin Dells. The theme of this year's conference is "Create Adventure." The conference will run through Friday at noon, and offers many interesting sessions for attendees. A full schedule is available on the WLA Conference website. The book cart drill team from SLIS will be competing.

This year's conference will also feature a special focus on technology, including web 2.0, geocoding and social networking. WLA's blog features a post detailing the related sessions.

WLA is sponsoring a food drive for the Wisconsin Dells-Lake Delton Community Food Pantry. Non-perishables will be collected for the duration of the conference near the registration desk.

Photo courtesy of Kalahari Resorts.

Abbott Laboratories Offers Summer Records Management Internship

If you a full-time student interested in a Records Management Internship with Abbott Laboratories, please join us Thursday, October 14, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. in the SLIS Commons for an informative presentation. An early lunch will be provided at 11:00 a.m. and interviews for candidates interested in a summer internship with Abbott Corporate Records will be conducted throughout the day.

If you are interested in attending lunch and/or signing up for a 30-minute interview slot, please RSVP to donald.berhorst@abbott.com or call (847) 937-7490. Interviews will be scheduled on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Abbott Corporate Records offers summer interns opportunities to work in a variety of areas, such as: Records Policy and Procedure, Information Analysis and Retrieval and eRecords Management. The facility is located near Abbott’s global headquarters just north of Chicago, with easy access to expressways, railways and airports.

Abbott Internships can offer students:
• Paid, relevant work experience
• 12-week assignment (average)
• Subsidized housing and transportation available for eligible students
• Networking opportunities for future employment
• Access to industry experts and senior leaders
• Career development, social and philanthropic activity opportunities

Abbott is a global, broad-based health care company with products that span the continuum of care, from nutritional products and laboratory diagnostics to medical devices and pharmaceutical therapies.

For more information about Abbott, visit www.abbott.com.

SLA-SC Library Tour: Special Collections

We are starting off this semester with a tour of Special Collections (Rare Books) on the ninth floor of Memorial Library. Jill Rosenshield, curator and librarian of the collections, will be talking to us about the collection, her role as a librarian in the rare book world, and setting up a special show and tell just for SLA-SC! This is a rare chance to view (and touch!) one of the most valuable collections on campus:

Where: Special Collections -- 9th Floor of Memorial Library (take the designated elevator, to the right of the regular stacks elevator on the first floor, up to floor 9).
When: Monday, October 4 : meet in the lobby (near the elevators on floor 1) of Memorial Library at 11:50 am.

SLA-SC's Awesome Upcoming Events!

1. SLA Wisconsin Chapter Meeting - Prospect Research: It’s Not All About the Money

Wednesday, September 15th - 5:30pm at Francesca's Al Lago

Networking and Dinner Meeting

This food is mouthwatering. See the menu and evening description here.
RSVP by Sep. 10th


2. Cover Letter Writing Workshop

Tuesday, September 28 - 11:45-1:00 in the SLIS Commons (Pizza!!)

Hosted by Brad Hughes, Director of the Writing Center, and Louise Robbins, previous SLIS director, with special guest, Chelsea Couillard, Youth Services Librarian at the Baraboo Public Library, a recent SLIS grad, this workshop is aimed to help students improve their cover letters. Besides some general tips, there will be a packet of sample resumes and cover letters to view, including Chelsea's. This is an excellent opportunity to speak to some professionals and get personal advice on your cover letter.

Meeting Minutes: July 30, 2010

2010'07 SLA-SC Meeting Minutes

SLA UW Library Speed Tour

Swing by the Southside with SLA
Wednesday, April 19 12:15-2:30p
Meet 12:15 PM in the SLIS Commons
The Walking Tour will include:

MERIT-->Geology and Geophysics-->Primate Center-->Space Sciences-->Wendt

Meeting Minutes: April 21, 2010

Below are the minutes from the final SLA-SC meeting of the year. Please keep in mind that we will be doing the UW library walking tour on Wednesday, April 21 from 12:15 to 2:30. Further details will be published shortly. Thanks again to Kirstin for writing up the minutes.

2010'04 SLA-SC Meeting Minutes