Networking Dinners

February 18 - NCSLA Networking dinner at the Robertsons' home, and ***Happy Retirement*** for Larry Wright
RSVP to me at robert11@niehs.nih.gov or call me at (919) 541-1386.
Eliza and I invite you to a potluck dinner at our new home in Fearrington Village, about eight miles south of Chapel Hill, just off of Hwy 15-501.
Date: Thursday, Feb. 18Time: 6:00 pm --8:00 pm
We will provide vegetarian lasagna and vino. Since we can only accommodate about 20, please RSVP to me to let me know you're coming and what you'll bring. Suggestions: salad, dessert, appetizers, or something out-of-the blue!
Larry Wright, my longtime colleague at the NIEHS Library, retired the first of January. Come give him your BEST WISHES and find out what he's going to do now! Let's convince him to stay active in NCSLA!
Directions:
DON'T TRUST GOOGLE MAPS OR ANY OTHER ONLINE MAP SERVICE to find us! We're too new for our address to be reflected accurately on these maps.
RSVP to me at robert11@niehs.nih.gov or call me at (919) 541-1386.


February 25 - Durham
The Durham area networking dinner is scheduled for Thursday, February 25th, 6:30 PM at California Pizza Kitchen at Southpoint Mall. To participate please contact Jill Robinson at jill@nclive.org


February 27 - Greensboro
Networking Potluck dinner on Saturday February 27th at 7:00 will be hosted by Mary and Rick Lane . They will provide wine and beverages. Others can let Mary know what they'd like to bring or ask what's needed to fill in. Please RSVP to Mary Lane at MLane@lortobco.com

Networking Dinners

I hope that each of you had a great Holiday season!

Once again it is time to get ready for the annual neighborhood networking dinners in February. This fun and relaxing event has become one of the most popular events of the chapter. This is a time to informally meet and greet with colleagues and students that live and/or work in your city. If you would like to volunteer to host a dinner (breakfast or lunch are also options), please let me know by January 22nd.

I will need to know a date in February, time, place (home or name of restaurant), and your contact information for people to RSVP. I will compile and send out all networking opportunities to the discussion list.

I look forward to getting representatives from across the state.

If you have any questions about the networking dinners or suggestions for future events, please contact me at tbmccollough@gmail.com

I look forward to serving all of you this year.

NCSLA's Annual Award Ceremony and Officer Installation Dinner

On December 3rd, NCSLA held its annual Award Ceremony and Officer Installation Dinner at Biaggi's in Cary. Mary Schwarz kicked off the proceedings with opening comments and words of thanks for those with whom she worked closely during 2009. The 2010 officers were then announced and a short board meeting took place thereafter. Later in the evening, the following awards were presented:

• Horizon Award: Given to Jennifer Evans, this award recognizes a chapter member who shows promise of becoming an outstanding member of the profession.
• Meritorious Achievement Award: Given to Tamika Barnes, this award honors a chapter member for notable and enduring contributions to the chapter and to the profession.
• Sarah Aull Award: Presented to C. Vinson, this award is given to the winner of a contest rewarding excellence in student papers related to the field of special librarianship.

The evening was brought to a close by Jamal Cromity who took time to thank and recognize fellow board members for their individual contributions in 2009 and shared his enthusiasm and vision for an exciting 2010!

Chemistry Librarianship Student Scholarship

Call for Applications: 2010 Lucille M. Wert Scholarship –
Deadline: February 1, 2010

Designed to help persons with an interest in the fields of Chemistry and Information to pursue graduate study in Library, Information, or Computer Science, the Scholarship consists of a $1,500 honorarium. This scholarship is given yearly by the Division of Chemical Information of the American Chemical Society.

The applicant must have a bachelor’s degree with a major in Chemistry or related disciplines (related disciplines are for example Biochemistry or Chemical Informatics). The applicant must have been accepted (or currently enrolled) into a graduate Library, Information, or Computer Science program in an accredited institution. Work experience in Library, Information or Computer Science preferred.

The deadline to apply for the 2010 Lucille M. Wert Scholarship is February 1, 2010. Details on the application procedures can be found at http://www.acscinf.org and once there click on “Awards” and then click on “Lucille M. Wert Student Scholarship”.

Applications (email preferred) can be sent to: margaret.matthews@thomsonreuters.com

Contact address:
Marge Matthews

CINF Awards Committee
633 Dayton Rd.
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-3801
Phone: 215-823-3922

Web Integration Webinar

On Friday November 13th, Jamal Cromity hosted a well-attended webinar entitled "Web Integration". Topics covered included the integration of tools such as Google Ajax RSS Feeds Displayer, Share Point RSS Reader, Image embeds via Facebook and Flickr. LinkedIn and Twitter. The webinar provided basic information on each of these resources as well as tips for using them in special libraries' work. The webinar concluded with an in-depth discussion of the SLA initiative for choosing a new name. Jamal reviewed comments received back on the proposed name from chapter members and walked participants through a report highlighting SLA's research findings on various aspects of the effort to determine the new name.

Changing the way we state our business

My latest LMD post is now available:
http://sla-divisions.typepad.com/sla_lmd/

Check it out when you can!

Jamal

JAMAL CROMITY WINS REMCO ROADBUILDERS' AWARD IN SPECIAL LIBRARIES

At this year’s 58th Biennial NCLA conference, during the REMCo's Author Luncheon on October 8th in Greenville, N.C., our very own President – Elect, Jamal Cromity accepted an award by the North Carolina Library Round Table of Ethic Minority Concerns. The award recognizes ethnic minority librarians and scholars in library education, academic librarianship, special librarianship and public librarianship, who have served as pioneers in librarianship and who also represent a positive role model in the field. Further, recipients are recognizing as ethnic minority librarians who exemplify courage, integrity, perseverance and who have contributed to the field of librarianship for their specific category.