WHEN & WHERE:  Wednesday  April  4th, 2012 – Victory Café  – 6:30pm WHO:  The discussion will be led by Jessica Darling , the Research Librarian at Devon Group, Toronto ABOUT:   As information professionals and librarians, we’re familiar with the reality that our profession is always in flux – new technologies, new services, new expectations – but [...]

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SLA Toronto Chapter and the SLA  Toronto Student Group are proud to present the first workshop in the Professional Development Series with Ulla de Stricker!  Details below are presented below with an attached poster.   COVER LETTER MAKEOVER Monday March 26, 2012 12:10 – 1:30pm Claude Bissell Building, 140 St. George St., Room 728   [...]

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Dear Colleagues, Welcome to another exciting year with the Special Libraries Association Toronto Chapter. I’ve always been a strong believer in professional associations. These social networks, particularly the SLA, are a catalyst for the successful information professional. They allow their members to connect, share ideas, and hone their skills. They compliment our professional positions, and [...]

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Welcome to the 2012 Winter issue of The Courier! Thank you to everyone who contributed articles for this issue. In addition to the recurring columns, this issue also introduces SLA Toronto’s 2012 Executive Board, and Laura Warner outlines her goals for the year in the President’s Letter. Peter de Jager has contributed an article outlining [...]

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Laura Warner and I just returned from beautiful Atlanta, Georgia for the SLA Leadership Summit. Not surprisingly, participating SLAers were tweeting up a storm! To see the conversation over the 2 days of meetings and discussion, visit Twitter and then search for the hashtag we used, #slaleads. In addition to reconnecting with old friends, making [...]

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Please join me in welcoming the following new members who joined our Chapter from November 2011 through January 2012. Sharon Bailey, Toronto Alisha Barron, Toronto Julia Chun, Toronto Isabelle Duford, Montreal Brooke Gardhouse, Toronto Eva Gavaris, Toronto Sandra Geddes, Toronto Maggie Kawalerczak, Toronto Makeda Marc-Ali, Toronto Geoffrey Milos, Toronto Patrick Mooney, Toronto Simone O’Byrne, Toronto [...]

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After four years as Senior Information Specialist with MaRS Market Intelligence, Helen Kula has accepted a new assignment with MaRS. She is now supporting a large-scale data initiative stewarded by MaRS on behalf of the Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation. In this new role, Helen will be helping to build out the infrastructure to [...]

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President | Laura Warner Laura is a Media Librarian in the Content Management department at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Since graduation with her MLIS and MPA degrees from Dalhousie in 2007 she has held several positions within CBC’s Libraries and Archives. She has also been the Business and Economics Liaison Librarian with Wilfrid Laurier University. [...]

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Kelly Butler Kelly is a recent graduate of the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information (2011) with a focus on media and research librarianship and government information. She is currently working as a Virtual Reference Intern with Knowledge Ontario’s askON and a Media Library Assistant in the Image Research Library at the Canadian Broadcasting Company. [...]

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Sooner or later in any career, perhaps especially in that of the meeting planner, you’re going to have to stand up in front of an audience and give a presentation. It might be to management or clients or even at the local Church group or PTA Meeting, but sooner or later you’ll be in front [...]

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