SLA PAM Division Blog

PAM-wide Round Table Proposal

Here is what I propose for the PAM-wide RT.

See http://wiki.sla.org/display/SLAPAM/PAM-wide+Round+Table+2009
(If you don't feel like signing up for this wiki, just give me [jokraus at du dot edu] your text, and I will slap it onto the wiki for you.)

I would like to propose that we take a good amount of time to introduce ourselves at the beginning of the session. In past years, the names of people and institutions would just "fly by".

As librarians, we are affiliated with our institutions, but the institution and the job does not define who we are.

For each person, we would like to hear:

Your name
Where you happen to work
A hobby of yours
Something that is on your mind (maybe something you are worried about, thinking about, or something you would like to learn at this session/conference.)

Once the introductions are done, then we can start to discuss the challenges of the day. Please keep your "presentations" to 5 minutes or less. In order to keep the presentations short, I would like to recommend oral presentations of topics. I would like the session to be "conversational" instead of "presentational".

If you need to present some slides (3 slides or less) for visual enhancement of your topic, please post them to a website or to the SlideShare event page ahead of time. This way, the "computer jockey" (volunteers?) can display the slides or provide the URL.

Here are some proposed agenda items for the second half of the meeting.

E-Science
Institutional Repositories that are worth their expense
Science Library Services through Mobile Applications for iPhones and other smart phones.
Budget issues
Academic librarians reaching out to K-12 teachers
Put your topic here...
Etc., etc., etc.

How does all this sound?

Please let me know what other agenda items you think might be hot topics.

Joe

Labels: PAM, SLA, sla09

YouTube of candidate speeches

Here are the videos.

Labels: election, SLA

2009 SLA Board of Directors Election is now open

Evoting for the 2009 SLA Board of Directors Election is now open. You will be able to cast your online ballot through 5:00 p.m. EDT on 1 October 2008.

Please click on www.sla.org/eVote to vote. Use Your SLA UserID and Password.

If you have any questions regarding the election, or would like to request a print ballot, contact the eVote Information Center at evote@sla.org or call 1.703.647.4950.

We welcome your participation!

INSTRUCTIONS FOR VOTING

Go to the SLA eVote System at http://www.sla.org/evote
Log in to the system using your SLA UserID and Password
Click on the ballot name -- "2009 SLA Board of Directors Election"
Review the board candidates and positions up for election
At the bottom center of the ballot, click on the "Click to Continue" button
Review the choices for each position, then check the box for the candidate of your choice
Click the "Click to Continue" button
Review your selections, then click the "Vote" button
You have now completed the voting process. Congratulations!
You can view and print your receipt or exit the eVote System