Plans Include:

• Comprehensive Major Medical Insurance for Individuals
• Comprehensive Health Insurance for Groups of all sizes
• Short-Term Health Insurance(30 days up to 2 years)
• Student Health Insurance
• International Travel Insurance
• Medicare Supplements & Prescription Part D
• Dental Insurance
• Health Savings Accounts for Individuals & Companies

The available options allow members to access doctors and hospitals nationwide with local and national PPO networks and the availability to see any doctor or hospital of your choice. Compare your current coverage and obtain enhanced health coverage at lower costs.

For more information, link to the Association website.

This annual award recognizes a new program or service that demonstrates an innovative approach to academic librarianship. Please feel free to distribute to all innovative academic libraries you may know.

Award

A certificate and a $500 US award, donated by Springshare, are presented during the Academic Library Division Business Meeting at the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Annual Conference. The winning library is also recognized through the Academic Division’s various public relations outlets.

Criteria

Projects nominated for the award should demonstrate recognized innovation, creativity and quality. Nominated programs or services can have been developed in any facet of the library’s activities, including but not limited to:

• reference and research assistance;
• information literacy and library instruction;
• collection development;
• cataloging and/or technical services;
• space planning; or
• marketing and public relations

Eligibility

Academic or research libraries in a higher education institution are eligible to receive the award. Recipients must have implemented their program or service in an academic or research library no more than two years prior to the nomination submission deadline. Nominated libraries do not have to have a SLA or an SLA-Academic Division member on staff.

Submissions

Nominations must include a 500-1000 words description of the innovative program or service and must demonstrate usage and/or success of implementation using accepted assessment methods. Include any other supporting print or electronic documentation that would assist the committee in evaluating the purpose, content, impact, and innovative aspects of the program or service.

Send nominations to the Academic Division Awards Committee Chair, Catherine Lavallée-Welch, Director, University of South Florida Polytechnic Library,clw@poly.usf.edu.

Note: Electronic submissions are required.  Submission Deadline: April 1^st, 2012

http://www.youtube.com/slasiliconvalley

We have presentations by Special Libraries Association 2011 President Cindy Romaine and by 2012 President Elect Deb Hunt among others and will continue to add more of our events in the future.

The Internet Librarian Conference (http://www.infotoday.com/il2011/default.asp) took place in Monterey from October 17 – 19. We will have a panel of librarians on hand who attended the conference and will be discussing their impressions and experiences.

Sonia Dorfman will be hosting the meeting at 6 P.M. on Wednesday, November 16th at NeuroPace, 1375 Shorebird Way, Mountain View. The map link is below.

Anyone with an interest in libraries is welcome, including students and recent grads of the MLIS programs. You are welcome to bring a snack or dinner to the meeting. There will be soft drinks available.

Those who are planning to attend need to contact Sonia Dorfman by November 11th at sdorfman@neuropace.com or (650) 237-2784. If you have already contacted Sonia, there is no need to do so again.

Sonia Dorfman

Eric Kristofferson

Silicon Valley Solo Librarians

Location map & directions: http://www.neuropace.com/about/contact/map.html

Here is an added tip for locating NeuroPace: Once you are on Shorebird Way, turn right into the driveway at the Accuray sign. The parking lot and building on the left are NeuroPace.

SLA Silicon Valley Chapter & IT Division Joint Event

Hosted by Gilead

Sponsored by Springer and CRC Press

This is a premier event you don’t want to miss! 

Thursday Oct. 6, 2011

Attend in person or virtually

Last chance to register: Please register online by Friday, Sept. 30

Choose  either the onsite or virtual attendee option on the second page.

(Note: Virtual attendance registration is limited to 100)

Cloud Computing is the hot new technology bandwagon that everyone is trying to climb aboard. Yet, like any new technology, early adopters have hit some bumps in the road, including deployment issues, lack of standards, and security holes that have been widely reported in the press.

As Cloud Computing moves from early adopter stage to mainstream deployment, it’s time for those in the library and digital curation fields to assess how they can make use of this promising new technology. What is Cloud Computing? How can it improve current practices? What new opportunities does it enable? Philip Gust will help librarians and digital curators understand the technology, discuss some ways that they can begin using it now, and provide a road map for realizing its full potential in the future.

Philip Gust is a member of the LOCKSS digital preservation project at the Stanford University Libraries. He has been a CTO, VP, and Engineering Director at several early stage companies. He was a Principal Investigator and R&D Manager at HP Labs, and managed the development of over a dozen products. At the Jet Propulsion Laboratories, he worked on unmanned spacecraft missions to every planet in the Solar System. He also taught Computer Science and Systems Engineering at the University of Arizona. Mr. Gust is a Senior Member of the IEEE, a Senior Life Member of the ACM, and treasurer of the Silicon Valley chapter of SLA. He earned a BS in Mathematics and Psychology and a MS in Computer and Information Sciences from the University of Arizona.

You may participate in person at Gilead:

When:   Thursday Oct. 6, 2011
Where:  Gilead, 333 Lakeside Dr, Foster City, CA 94404., Bldg. 300, Foster City, CA 94404 Gilead Map
Registration: 5:30pm-6:30pm
Dinner:  6pm-7pm  (Deli Stacks Buffet incl. vegetarian)
Presentation:  7pm-7:45pm PDT followed by Q/A

Fee:

SLA Members $18
Non-members/Guests $25
SLA Student Members $15
SLA Retired Members $15
SLA Members Between Jobs $15
Vendor/Sponsor/Speaker (no charge)

Or you may participate virtually:

When: Thursday Oct. 6, 2011, 7pm-7:45pm (PDT), followed by Q/A

Fee:

SLA Silicon Valley Chapter or IT Division members: $5
SLA student members: $5
Other SLA members: $10
Student non-members: $10
Non-members: $20

SLA IT Division in conjunction with  Silicon Valley Chapter will broadcast the presentation via SLA’s GoToWebinar. To attend, you will need to download the GoToWebinar applet to your computer. Please make sure that you can download software to the computer and check system requirements before registering.  

Our Sponsors and Host:

Thank you to Springer and CRC Press for their generous sponsorship and to
Gileadfor hosting this event.

Thanks also go to SLA’s IT Division and the Silicon Valley Chapter for working together to provide this premier virtual event.

Vicki Garlow & Lisa Sewell                                                  Daphne Chang
Program Directors 2011                                &                     Chair 2011
SLA Silicon Valley Chapter                                                  Virtual Events Committee
SLA IT Division

The meeting will be held at the Adobe Library (http://www.adobe.com) located 345 Park Avenue (West Tower), San Jose, CA. A map and directions to the library can be found below.

We will have both a tour of the library and a demonstration of Goldmine, Adobe’s information portal. Adobe’s library is a self-service center open to all employees 24/7. It holds over 6,000 books, DVDs and CD-ROMs, over 150 periodicals and 5 daily newspapers. There is also access to ebooks and online journals. The information portal, Goldmine, provides access to databases and handpicked reports on topics relevant to Adobe. Goldmine has been recognized as a best-practice for market intelligence portals by the Market Research Executive Board, IDC and Forrester Research.

The meeting will be hosted by Emily Shem-Tov and Meira Chefitz. Emily Shem-Tov is a Senior Analyst in Adobe’s Information Resources Group and has managed the company’s research portal (“Goldmine”) for the past 6 years. In addition to managing the portal, Emily assists with training, marketing, research synthesis and custom inquiry – providing research assistance to employees throughout the company. Meira Chefitz, currently completing her MLIS at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, is an intern in the group, helping to identify relevant content for Goldmine from our third-party market research vendors, participating in analyst sessions, and answering inquiries.

Anyone with an interest in libraries is welcome, including students and recent grads of the MLIS programs.

Those who are planning to attend need to contact Sonia Dorfman by Friday, October 7th at sdorfman@neuropace.com or (650) 237-2784.

Sonia Dorfman

Eric Kristofferson

Silicon Valley Solo Librarians

The lobby is on the 2nd floor. Visitors will need to show an ID to receive their temporary badge. A map can be found at: http://g.co/maps/xe7pz

Directions

101 Southbound

Take 101 South. Take Guadalupe Parkway/87 South toward downtown San Jose. Exit at Park Avenue/San Carlos, turn Left onto Park Avenue. Go one block and at Almaden Blvd, make a U-turn. Turn Right into the Adobe parking lot (West Tower).

87 Northbound

Northbound on 87, take Santa Clara St. /Downtown exit. Turn Right on Santa Clara St. Turn Right onto Almaden. Turn Right onto Park Ave and make a right turn into the Adobe garage.

880 Southbound

Head southeast on I-880 S. toward Exit 22.

Take exit 4A for N.1st St.

Turn Right at W. Julian St.

Turn Left at N. Market St.

Turn Right at Park Ave and make a right turn into the Adobe garage.

From Highway 280 or Highway 85

Take Guadalupe Parkway/87 North toward San Jose. Exit at Santa Clara Street, turn Right onto Santa Clara Street. Take the first Right onto Almaden Boulevard. Turn Right onto Park Ave. Turn Right into the Adobe parking lot (West Tower) just before the Guadalupe River.

Sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Chapter of SLA, August 18, 2011

Constance discussed the value of information professionals, methods used promoting value through conversations with management and clients and other types of communication and direct strategic partnerships with senior management and organizations.
In her presentation, she stressed how the skills and experiences that are required for a CEO position—education, knowledge, experience and accomplishments are similar to those skills needed for today’s information professional/knowledge manager.

Highlights from her informative presentation:

“Developing self is a powerful tool” and “Communication is the Key”

• Learning and using the organization’s verbiage to promote value
• Communicating library’s value in every way possible–marketing, discussing accomplishments in the elevator, becoming strategic partners within departments to assist in strategic goals)
• Communicating value through strategic alignment—aligning library’s goals to organizational goals
• Asking how the professional can improve or enhance a process—e.g., research, internal workflow process
• Asking customers to give credit to the informational professional–receiving credit for accomplishments
• Promoting the library as a value rather than a cost center where only transactional duties occur
• Provide success stories during weekly meetings—Show what problems were solved.
• How do you carry it?

Measuring Value

•  What do you measure?
• How often do you measure?
• Concentrate on value when measuring?
• Measuring internal transactions are necessary for the daily operations, but are not enough when showing value. Show that transaction was necessary to get to the results—value.
• Provide Cost Benefit Analysis/Return on Investment—cost of resource vs. what benefit is and contingent value—cost/time effort.

Opportunities for the Information Professional

• Ask organizations if they have anyone collecting or organizing data internally
• Show companies the advantages of librarians/knowledge management
• Concentrate on what problems can be solved
• Identify your tools—using technology can be a double edged sword–some good/some bad and partner with IT professionals
• “Working relationships and technology are the tools needed to create, carry, and deliver the message.”

Core Message–End Game for Information Professionals

•  Show value, not cost
• Know who should hear message of value—everyone should.

References:

• SLA Alignment Wiki http://wiki.sla.org/display/align/SLA+Alignment+Wiki
• Changing Your Game Through Alignment http://www.sla.org/io/2009/11/770.cfm
• Measuring Your Impact: Using Evaluation for Library Advocacy http://nnlm.gov/evaluation/workshops/measuring_your_impact/
• Transformational Librarianship: Creating Value and Delivering It http://quantum.dialog.com/q2_resources/tools/librarianship/

Constance Ard has an extensive background in content management, research, and law librarianship. She is the author of Next Generation Corporate Libraries and Information Centers, published in 2009 by ARK, and is currently working on a new untitled book addressing “Adding Value in Corporate Libraries and Information Services.”

 She was a founding member of The Seed 2020, a grassroots business networking organization in Louisville, Kentucky, that fosters the development of women and minority owned business. She is a past Chair of the Legal Division of the SLA and Chair of the Kentucky Virtual Library Advisory Committee. She may be reached through the following:

Constance Ard

Answer Maven (www.answermaven.com)

Twitter @answermaven

Answer Maven Solutions

tungle.me/answermaven

Janis Patellaro

janis.patellaro@kla-tencor.com

Please contact me directly or anyone on the SLA Silicon Valley Board if you are interested in volunteering or just want to know more about open positions…

• President-elect
• Program Chair (Junior)
• Secretary
• Solos Librarians
• Hospitality
• Governance
• Professional Development
• Student Relations
• Alignment Ambassador
• Ethics Ambassador

You would be joining a great group of professionals who enjoy working together and connecting.

Dates:  Oct. 17-18, 2011
Theme: Library Directors Digital Strategy Summit
Discounted price: $599 for two day summit
Deadline for discount through Silicon Valley Chapter:  Friday, September 9

This 2-day summit provides an interactive forum for library directors, CEOs, and CIOs of academic, public, government and special libraries to problem-solve, discuss, and network with colleagues. It features a mix of high level presentations, expert panels, roundtable and facilitated discussions with lots of networking/peer engagement time.

Top-notch keynotes such as John Seely Brown (Chief of Confusion; Visiting Scholar at USC), Dan Rasmus (Strategist, Futurist) and Lee Rainie (Director, Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project)   Check out the *program* and *faculty* !

Our Chapter has received an offer from Information Today, Inc. for discounted registration prices for the Internet Library Directors Digital Strategy Summit taking place Oct. 17-18, 2011 at the Monterey Conference Center. The conference web site is: http://www.librarysummit.com/ .

This special group discount, which covers both SLA members and “friends,” is:
· $599 for the Summit Oct  17-18, (full price $699 before Sept. 16)

To qualify for the group discount, chapter registrations must be submitted together in a single batch. It is my turn this year to collect the registrations and submit them together to Information Today. In order to submit the registrations by the deadline, please send your registration with payment to me by FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9. Group registration is due to Information Today on Friday, September 16.

If you choose to take part in this offer, please:
· Print out and complete the conference registration form attached to the Chapter blog message:
http://siliconvalley.sla.org/wp-content/uploads/NewIL2011RegForm-SLASV.pdf

· Then, either
· · fax your completed registration form to me at 650-723- 0281 making sure that you have included your credit card information for billing purposes,

· · or mail the completed registration to me via USPS using my work address, with payment by check (payable to Information Today, Inc.) or credit card information. It would be especially helpful if you noted *SLA* in the lower left-hand corner of the envelope.

Please include your email address so that I can confirm with you that I received your registration. Should you have questions about this offer or process, or have not heard from me after you sent in your registration, please contact me.

Enjoy the rest of the summer!

Helen Keil Losch
650-724-0720

This is the official call for presentations.

Subject Strands
There are six subject strands including the changing roles of libraries in today’s world, digital age learning cultures, and changes in accessing and organizing information. To view the complete list of conference strands, click here.

Presentation Proposals
Presentations shall be noncommercial and between 20 and 60 minutes including Q&A. Sessions will be held in the web conferencing platform Blackboard Collaborate (previously Elluminate/Wimba). Sessions will be recorded and released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, and presenters will automatically agree to these terms when submitting their presentations.

Presentation proposals are due September 15, and presentation acceptances will be communicated by September 30.

Click here for submission instructions.

Get Involved
In addition to presenting, there are many other opportunities to participate in this global event.

Volunteer – Join the volunteer group at http://www.library20.com/group/library2011conferencemoderatorvolunteers. Volunteers will assist in promoting the conference as broadly as possible. Moderators for conference sessions are also needed.

Advisory Board Member – Sign up for the international advisory board at http://www.library20.com/page/international-advisory-board. The advisory board members will promote conference participation and attendance, find partner organizations in their regions, train and support presenters in their geographical region and local languages, and if possible, moderate sessions during the conference.

Partner – Apply to be a conference partner at http://www.library20.com/page/conference-partners. Noncommercial organizations that are primarily or substantively focused on libraries, librarians, librarianship, or library programs are encouraged to become conference partners. Organizations will be listed with a link, logo, and a short description and will be provided with a “spotlight” speaker session in the conference. Conference partnership is free.

We are very excited about this conference and look forward to your participation!

Thank you,

Dr. Sandra Hirsh
Professor and Director
School of Library and Information Science
San José State University
More Information: http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/people/faculty/hirshs/hirshs.php

Steve Hargadon
Web 2.0 Labs
Email: steve@hargadon.com
Phone: 916-283-7901
More Information: http://www.stevehargadon.com