Dine Around Event (March 20, 2012)

On Tuesday March 20, 2012, CUA/SLA hosted  DC/SLA Dine Around at Vapiano's restaurant in Washington, D.C. This was a great opportunity for SLIS students to chat with SLA professionals and for SLA members to let students know about current and future opportunities through SLA and within the field.

CUA/SLA was excited to participate in a DC/SLA event and we're looking forward to hosting another event soon! If you'd like to be kept in the loop on our events, email us at slacua@gmail.com. If you'd like to contribute to our event planning and are a current SLIS student please fill our survey!

Volunteer opportunity DC/SLA

Please join your DC/SLA colleagues for this fun and worthwhile service project!

What: The SEED School of Washington, D.C. (a Public Charter School) is a college-preparatory boarding school serving grades 6 through 12.  A small group of volunteers will assist the librarian with processing materials into the school's online catalog as well as help with other upkeep and maintenance of materials in the library and classrooms.

When: Saturday, February 5th from 9:00AM to 1:00PM

Where: 4300 C Street S.E., Washington, DC 20019.  Drive to the main gate and buzz for entry to the campus.   There is ample free parking on the gated campus. (Arrangements for carpooling or pick up at a Metro stop can be made--please contact us).

Points of Contact: Jessica Beauchamp jessicabeau@yahoo.com 703-472-0484 or Kenlee Ray kenleeray@gmail.com 202-483-2423.

Please let us know you plan to join us by going to SignUp Genius: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/chapter

DC/SLA visit to NPR Library

Well - I always dream of what it would be like to work at the NPR libraries.  Did not get to take this trip with our parent chapter DC/SLA, but if you want to read about it and live vicariously just like me, here's a link to the post about their trip.  Never enough days in the week!

http://dcslanew.blogspot.com/2010/09/dcsla-tour-of-npr-library-and-studio.html

Up and running

Welcome to the CUA/SLA Student group info center.  We are using this location to keep you in the loop about our activities, events, members, and information.   have a great suggestion?  Send it on to slacua@gmail.com

Thank you Kelly Cornett for whipping up our new virtual meeting info commons!  Some of those books look like they need your help with preservation, Kelly.  Just the kind we like!  Pass the wheat paste and the oyster shucker, please.

So now that you are here, don't leave until you ...

• bookmark or subscribe to our feed.
• Volunteering - we are dedicating a page here to be a collection point for information that we receive on places and people who are looking for volunteers.  If you want to get some hands on practical skills, this is the page for you.
• SLIS Alum Blogs: "Relationships Relationships Relationships" (Eileen Boswell at our Sept 13 SLA meeting): Check this page to get  to know SLIS alums by following their interests and activities.  
• Resources:  Well, it just wouldn't be an LIS site without these!  Look here for tutorials, resources, presentations or other items that we want to share.
• Twitter Feed :  Some like it short and to the point.  Need I say more?

Our new space is helping us to be keep up better with the rapid info flow around our community and that of the DC/SLA.  (getting access to updating our current web site is proving difficult, and content there has been overtaken by events).  Think of this space as a virtual folder for your CUA/SLA info.  Or, just let us know what you want it to be!

Also, don't forget to join SLA today to get up and running!

Liz McLean, President CUA/SLA Student Group