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Innovate, Create and Succeed: Thinking Big, Thinking Forward

WJIL Project Team — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:05:46 +0000

Register for Innovate, Create, and Succeed: Thinking Big, Thinking Forward before end of the day October 1, 2009 and be entered into a raffle to win an Amazon Kindle, furnished by Prenax Basch. This one day conference geared towards Special Librarians, takes place on Friday, November 6, 2009 at the MLS Burr Ridge office.

Anne Caputo, SLA President Elect will speak along with others on topics ranging from facilitating and incorporating creativity into your work, creative marketing, and use of tools and resources. A lunch-hour Expo will showcase vendors, demos of Second Life and the SLA Innovation Lab. Complete program descriptions and registration are on L2.

NOTE: Look for materials to be posted on WJIL after the conference.

LSTA Grant Update: Digitization of The Sentinal

WJIL Project Team — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:59:31 +0000

Thanks to a generous grant from the Illinois State Library, the Asher Library of Spertus Institute has digitized more than 2000 issues of The Sentinel, a long-running Jewish weekly published in Chicago. The project focused on the years 1911-1949, a span which includes the Depression and two world wars. The Sentinel was an important source of news –international, national and local–for the Jewish community, and remains a vital research tool.

The Sentinel issues will be available as searchable PDF files through the Illinois Digital Archive and through the Spertus website. The periodical will be part of the new Gateway to Asher Library Digital Collections, to be launched in January 2009. Spertus Institute is grateful to the Illinois State Library for funding the digitization of this important resource.

Aspirations, Realities, and Opportunities Conference for Special Librarians

WJIL Project Team — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:08:46 +0000

On Friday, November 2 at NSLS you can explore the changing role of the special librarian today, and how library professionals can navigate the chutes and ladders of their careers now and in the future. Hear from your colleagues, explore Illinois resources, and listen to Janice LaChance, Chief Executive Officer of SLA. Get in the conversation! Sessions include Library as Individual: Professionals Without Places; Managing Change: How To Make the Most of the Opportunities of Our Changing Workplaces in Challenging Times; and Information Professional as Technology Broker. View a flyer on the conference and register on the Dupage Library System site.

New Special Libraries Association Research Grant

WJIL Project Team — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:04:26 +0000

The Special Libraries Association (SLA) is offering a new SLA Research Grant supporting two types of proposals: research projects focused on the needs and concerns of information professionals in special libraries and related venues and projects which directly benefit the operations of SLA and its units by furthering the scientific, literary, and educational purpose for which the association is organized and operated. Deadline is Monday, October 29. For more information visit the SLA site.