*Apologies for cross-posting* Dear Colleagues,
Registration is now open for the Special Libraries Association - San Diego Chapter Fall Seminar, scheduled for Friday, October 4! Please join us for what is sure to be an invigorating day of presentations and networking. Click here to register today: http://sandiego.sla.org/2013/09/sla-sd-2013-fall-seminar-registration-now-open/ Registration closes Sunday, September 29. ------------------------ SLA-SD 2013 Fall Seminar: Connecting the Dots of Creative Innovations… When: Friday, October 4, 2012, 8:00 AM – 4:15 PM Where: Marina Village Conference Center, 1936 Quivira Way, San Diego, CA 92109 Overview Are you eager to learn about creative projects and innovations pursued by colleagues in diverse facets of librarianship and information services? Do you find yourself looking for new ideas to spark your own workplace initiatives? If so, please join the Special Libraries Association San Diego chapter at our annual fall seminar. The seminar will include an invigorating day of presentations by speakers from a variety of information settings, who will share insights, real-life examples, and practical tips on how their innovations are making an impact in their organizations. Attendees will also have opportunities to explore a vendor showcase, hear short vendor presentations, and enjoy a delicious continental breakfast, box lunch, and snacks catered by Panera Bread. Agenda 8:00 – 8:30 Registration, Continental Breakfast 8:30 – 8:45 Welcome Talitha Matlin, SLA-SD President 8:45 – 9:30 KEYNOTE — Our Next Chapter: San Diego Public’s New Central Library Bruce Johnson, MLS, San Diego Public Library Deputy Director of the Branch Libraries Division Bruce Johnson will start off the day on a high note by introducing one of the latest big innovations in the San Diego library community: the San Diego Public Library Central Library Expansion Project. Attendees will hear an inside perspective on the planning, reorganizing, and re-envisioning of the new downtown Central Library. The next chapter in San Diego Public Library’s story is about leveraging, establishing partnership and working differently to provide superlative service. From the challenge of raising $65 million in private funds to securing and retaining a $20 million construction grant administered by the State Library and working with the San Diego Unified School District with the establishment of a new charter high school in the Library the New Central Library features a variety of technological innovations from automated materials handling to the Gigabyte Passive Optical Network (GPON). 9:30 – 10:00 Beyond the Needs Assessment: How a Knowledge Audit Informs Strategic Planning Cindy Shamel, MLS, President, Shamel Information Services A knowledge audit provides the kind of information an organization requires in order to address organizational goals. It includes an implementation plan and feeds into an overall strategy for knowledge management. This presentation provides background on the knowledge audit process and actual project outcomes, using real life examples. 10:00 – 10:30 Surfacing Information Seeking Trends with Search Logs and Library Usage Statistics Tim Gallati, MLIS, Senior Librarian, Qualcomm, Inc. This presentation will discuss a unique and ambitious initiative currently underway at the Qualcomm Library to analyze and report on the information seeking trends within the company. The presentation will detail particulars of the initiative (as inspired by the Google Zeitgeist) and it will discuss why the library is the ideal place to house this initiative due to the skillsets our profession brings to the table. Attention will be put to reviewing specific examples of methods and tools for analysis including text mining, taxonomies, data dashboards, and beyond. 10:30 – 11:00 Break, Vendor Showcase 11:00 – 11:45 Visually Connecting the Dots: Video Information Delivery at Qualcomm Scott Brown, MA, MLIS, Manager of Library Services, Qualcomm, Inc. Shannon Malcolm, JD, MLIS, Senior Librarian, Qualcomm, Inc. Librarians from Qualcomm, Inc. will demonstrate InfoHacks—Qualcomm’s innovative, on-demand videos teaching effective research skills to support learning unconstrained by location and time—and ResearchViews, which use video to enhance deliverables by providing a complete package of analysis, presentations, and video so users are able to focus quickly on the most relevant information. 11:45 – 12:45 Lunch, Vendor Showcase 12:45 – 1:30 Vendor Presentations, Chapter Update 1:30 – 2:15 The CSUB Faculty Excellence Showcase: Collaborative Information Sharing Johanna Alexander, MBA, MLIS, Librarian, California State University Bakersfield Attendees will learn about the CSUB Faculty Excellence Showcase, a collaborative information initiative developed at California State University, Bakersfield. The project was implemented to highlight the scholarship and achievements of CSUB faculty but is relevant and adaptable to many organizations. The presentation will cover Showcase features as well as design and implementation issues. 2:15 – 2:30 Break, Snacks, Vendor Showcase 2:30 – 3:15 Knowledge Creation and the Expanding Role of the 21st Century Library Kathlin Ray, MLIS, Dean of Libraries and Teaching & Learning Technologies, University of Nevada, Reno Learn how one library is rediscovering its relevance to its academic communities by removing over half of its print collections, radically redesigning user space and providing 3D printing services to the entire campus. Using the DeLaMare Engineering and Science Library at the University of Nevada, Reno as a case study, this presentation will discuss how UNR Libraries applied theoretical models of learning and innovation to a real world problem and transformed DeLaMare Library from a dusty little-used backwater into a lively incubator for collaboration, innovation and knowledge creation. 3:15 – 4:00 Cultural Intelligence: Are You Culturally Competent? Michele Lucero, MLS, MBA, Director of Client Development, LAC Group This presentation will discuss an overview of cultural intelligence (CQ), its four capabilities and how it may be applied within your organization. It is only recently that cultural intelligence has surfaced as an element that can increase job performance, personal well-being, cross-cultural adjustment, and profitability. It is essential that information professionals recognize their CQ level (a self-assessment will be provided) and how they can use it within their role as an information professional. 4:00 – 4:15 Closing, Evaluations Helene Idels & Amy Jankowski, SLA-SD Directors Cost Registration includes presentations, a vendor showcase, continental breakfast, lunch, and snacks. * SLA members: $65 ($70 after September 23) * Non-members: $80 ($85 after September 23) * Students/unemployed/retirees: $30 ($35 after September 23) Registration Please visit the SLA-SD Blog to register for the Fall Seminar: <http://sandiego.sla.org/2013/09/sla-sd-2013-fall-seminar-registration-now-open/> http://sandiego.sla.org/2013/09/sla-sd-2013-fall-seminar-registration-now-open/ The registration deadline is September 29, 2013. If you have any questions about registration, please contact Lauren Rasmussen at <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Contacts: Registration: Lauren Rasmussen, <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Seminar information: Helene Idels & Amy Jankowski, <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] ---List archives and other configuration options are available at https://lists.gseis.ucla.edu/sympa/info/calix
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