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• "I Like Change" by Kate Arnold

  
  SLA Blog — Authority: 511
  I’ve been a SLA member for 10 years now and it’s provided me with a superb network, learning opportunities, many new friends, a few challenges and some fun. In those 10 years I’ve had six different jobs in four different sectors all have enabled me to use the skills I learned at library school but none of the ...
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• Thoughts on a New Name from Tom Rink

  
  SLA Blog — Authority: 511
  So, What About The Association for Strategic Knowledge Professionals? I am strategic.  I am knowledge(able).  I am professional. For most of my library career, Ive been searching for my niche. Where is the best fit for me?  The easy answer . . . the Special Libraries Association.  But I hope you noticed my use ...
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• Getting in the Way by Anne Caputo, President-Elect

  
  SLA Blog — Authority: 511
  Two events happened to me in quick succession recently that illustrated in a very concrete reasons we need to vote for a name change: 1) I sat next to a lawyer and researcher at a recent conference on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act who told me she admired the NY Chapter of SLA so much, attended some of their ...
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• More Thoughts About Our Name by Terri Brooks

  
  SLA Blog — Authority: 511
  I’ve been a member of SLA and the DC Chapter for 30 years.  I’m currently serving as Chair of the Bu siness & Finance Division , and I am a member of LMD , IT , CI , and Advertising & Marketing .  For many good reasons, I retired from Investment Company Institute last month, but I’m NOT ...
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• Sclerosi laterale amiotrofica: Centro clinico Nemo al Niguarda di Milano

  
  SALUTE DOMANI ? IL PORTALE DEL BENESSERE — Authority: 150
  " Regione Lombardia è stata la prima sul territorio nazionale a farsi carico della persona con Sla  ( Sclerosi laterale amiotrofica)   e dei suoi familiari ; e inoltre permesso la creazione del primo centro di presa in carico globale del malato neuromuscolare e in particolare la Sla, il Centro ...
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• Are You Paid What You Are Worth?

  
  SLA Blog — Authority: 511
  How does your salary compare to that of other information professionals who perform the same functions? Find answers in SLAs 2009 Annual Salary Survey , now available for purchase . A Web-based salary questionnaire was distributed in July and August 2009 to SLA members in the United States, Canada, and Europe, ...
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• Why Are We Here and What Are We Trying to Accomplish?

  
  SLA Blog — Authority: 511
  This is frequent question asked by David Shumaker, a fellow member on the PR Advisory Council.  David is a clinical associate professor in the School of Library and Information Science at Catholic University and this year’s recipient of the Rose Vormelker Award. He usually poses this question just when we need to ...
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• Reminder: Name Change Discussion by Teleconference and in Somerville (Wednesday, Nov. 11)

  
  NJSLA Bulletin — Authority: 122
  The New Jersey Chapter will discuss SLAs name change proposal at a meeting to be held Wednesday, Nov. 11, in person (in Somerville) and by teleconference. Ruth Wolfish, SLAs Chapter Cabinet Chair-Elect and NJSLA President Emerita, will join us for the discussion. Schedule: 6:30 p.m.: Greetings and light ...
  5 days ago

• SLA Name Change Initiative: A Personal Perspective by Ann Sweeney

  
  SLA Blog — Authority: 511
  This year marks my 40th as a librarian. During that span, I’ve worked in international, federal, bi-state government; quasi-government; academic; solo; company; and public libraries—and have volunteered in elementary and high school libraries. Subject areas with which I’ve dealt include business, ...
  6 days ago

• Athletic Endeavors: Brace for World Series of Beer Pong

  
  Eater NY — Authority: 156
  We already have baseballs World Series and the World Series of Poker, so why not make room for the World Series of Beer Pong? You read that correctly. The World Series is being held in Las Vegas at the beginning of January, 2010, and New York City Beirut lovers have a chance to land a coveted spot in the tournament! ...
  6 days ago

• Acme Packet accelerates delivery of Rich Communication Suite services

  
  indonesia type approval — Authority: 139
  The leader in session border control solutions, today announced a series of new capabilities for its Net-Net® Session Director (SD) session border controller (SBC) in support of the GSMA Rich Communication Suite (RCS) and SIP-based interactive communication services for 3G mobile access networks. In addition, Acme ...
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• Free vs Fee – the Future of News – SLA Europe meeting 3 November

  
  In through the outfield — Authority: 112
  Another successful SLA Europe event this evening, this time at the swanky venue of the Crowne Plaza Hotel, five minutes away from Blackfriars station. The hot topic was Free vs Fee – the Future of News. And stemmed from the fact that most newspapers have offered their content via the Internet for free with the ...
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• SLA: PERCORSO DI ASSISTENZA NELLA REGIONE LAZIO

  
  SALUTE DOMANI ? IL PORTALE DEL BENESSERE — Authority: 150
  Dei circa 3.500 casi di Sla in Italia, attualmente nella Regione Lazio si stimano circa 330 pazienti, di cui 165 nel territorio del Comune di Roma. Il Vicepresidente Esterino Montino "Dopo la verifica dei risultati, lesperienza potrà essere estesa su scala regionale". La giunta della Regione Lazio ha ...
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• Survey About Information Outlook

  
  NJSLA Bulletin — Authority: 122
  Earlier this year, Gloria Zamora appointed eight SLA members to an advisory council charged with helping set the editorial content and direction of Information Outlook . Now, all SLA members are invited to answer a few questions to provide the advisory council and the editor with guidance on how to improve the ...
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• The SLA Name Change: A View from Germany... by Michael Fanning

  
  SLA Blog — Authority: 511
  I have recently taken over the role of SLA Representative for Germany and like many other colleagues I have been pondering the SLA name change. My thoughts on the matter have grown from being able to fit into a tidy e-mail, so I thought I would pen them as an open letter, which became a  brief paper , and ...
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• Anne Caputo: SLA Members Lead and Innovate, Including With the Alignment Project (and the Proposed Name Change)

  
  NJSLA Bulletin — Authority: 122
  SLAmembers are viewed as leaders and innovators in the informationprofessional field, but how we present ourselves may influence ouremployers and clients more than we think, Anne Caputo, SLAPresident-Elect, recently told New Jersey members. Caputo wasthe featured speaker at two SLA meetings on Oct. 7, one for ...
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• First Word: Community Board 3 has released their...

  
  Eater NY — Authority: 156
  Community Board 3 has released their November SLA applications calendar, and dare we say, it could be the tamest in recent memory. There are zero new license applications that appear to be contentious, and most of the newbs seem to be restaurants looking for permission to sling beer and wine. Has CB3 taught the ...
  2 weeks ago

• This Key Unlocks the Door to Our Future...Lets Use It!

  
  SLA Blog — Authority: 511
  If the Alignment were about nothing more than that "others" dont understand what we do and that we just need to try harder to prove value, then the prodigious effort thats gone into it (and continues with the name change brouhaha) would surely be ridiculously oversized for small gains.   Its not just a question that ...
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• SLA Recognizes Five Early-Career Information Professionals as Rising Stars

  
  SLA Blog — Authority: 511
  The  Centennial year of SLA  marks the first time that SLA has given this award. It is an annual association-level award that recognizes new members who show exceptional promise of leadership and contribution to the association and profession and is bestowed only on members who have one to five years of experience ...
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• Cynics in Libraries, or how I grew up.

  
  Library Attack — Authority: 106
  Did you know the #slaname debate is still raging? OK, that might not be the best word, but it’s still going on. There is still some chatter in the LSW FriendFeed room . I am pretty much over the whole thing. Not SLA , but the debate and the name. I don’t think there’s going to be any major changes because ...
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