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On December 8, 2011 SLA Boston officially changed its name to SLA New England.  Below are details regarding this change and what it means to our members.

Q1. What were the reasons for changing the name to SLA New England?

A. To better represent our current membership that spans Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut (with the exception of Fairfield County).   We want our members to know that we are committed to supporting all members.

 

Q.2  What does the name change mean to SLA  Rhode Island and SLA Fairfield County chapters?

A. We look forward to providing joint programming with SLA Rhode Island as we have in past.  We look forward to a future collaboration with Fairfield County as we both have a common goal:  support the professional development of the members in our respective chapters.

 

Q.3 I am a current subscriber to the SLA Boston listserv. Will I need to re-subscribe? What does it mean for archives?

A. We have changed our listserv address to the following sla-cne^at^sla.lyris.net. You should not need to do any action. For additional details please review discussion list guidelines.

 

Q.4 I am a current SLA Boston RSS News subscriber? Will I need to resubscribe?

A.  Yes, now that we have moved to the WordPress platform, you will need to subscribe to our new RSS feed.

 

Q5.  I need to submit a job to the Job board. What email address do I submit to?

A. The new address to send job postings is slanewengland.jobs AT gmail.com.

 

Q6. How can I get more involved with SLA New England?

A. Wonderful! There are several ways to become more involved with SLA New England, please check out one of the following:

 

Q7. As a vendor, what does the name change mean?

A. The name change denotes that we are a chapter that have a presence beyond Boston and that we have members that represent most of New England with the exception of Rhode Island and Fairfield County.

 

Q.8 I want to begin/renew my SLA membership with the chapter. What should I do?

A. If you mail in your new membership or renewal, please continue to select SLA Boston as SLA national is still updating materials.  If you join online, please select under Add Chapter Unit, New England.

 

Q9.  I have more more questions about the name change?  Who can I contact?

A.  Should you have more questions, please use the following contact options:

  • Contact a Board or Committee member
  • Email:  slanewengland AT gmail.com

 

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SLA NE Events

May  2012
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Events on May 17, 2012
  • Creating Customized Tools & Resources to Add Value at Your Organization - Event in Portland, Maine!
    Starts: 3:00 pm
    Ends: May 17, 2012 - 5:00 pm
    Location: Portland, ME
    Description: Join us for this afternoon event on May 17th from 3pm-5pm. The three speakers highlighted below will be discussing innovative and creative projects in which they have been involved within their companies. Coffee and refreshments provided!

    The event will be followed by a pay-your-own-way dinner at Flatbread Company

    Location:

    Pierce Atwood LLP
    254 Commercial St.
    Portland, ME

    Speakers:

    Emily Florio, the Manager of Libraries & Library Information Systems at Fish & Richardson will discuss how her department has used various types of technology and resources to support her firm’s strategic initiatives. Emily will show how her department has embraced SharePoint and other software, including APIs, CUIs and widgets to create customized tools. Come learn how you can offer customized access points to content that will drive resource utilization and deliver value to your firm in new and innovative ways.

    Tom Clark, the Knowledge Services Team Lead at the MITRE Corp., will dive into the modern news distribution world and discuss how the MITRE Information Services staff create and deliver 17 newsletters to MITRE staff. He’ll describe the platforms that MITRE uses and why and also talk about the future of news delivery and how social media, devices and apps are changing the way we look at the news.

    Betty Edwards, a Senior Research Analyst at Draper Lab in Cambridge, will discuss two major initiatives that have extended the scope of information services. The first is an innovative e-mail filtering service for hundreds of Google and Google Scholar alerts, which are distributed daily to Lab employees. Through programming and the creation of shell scripts, a new delivery mechanism was designed that bypasses Microsoft Outlook. The second initiative involves the investigation, implementation, roll-out, and marketing of the Lab’s membership in an R&D organization known as IRI – the Industrial Research Institute. It provides the Draper community with insights, solutions, and best practices in innovation management developed through collaborative knowledge creation.

    There is no charge for this event beyond what you eat and drink if you stay for dinner, but we would appreciate it if you could register by end of day on Monday May 14th.


    Questions? Contact Kami Bedard, kbedard@pierceatwood.com
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