May 20, 2013
The Social Science Division invites you to attend the International Reception at the 2013 SLA Annual Conference and INFO-EXPO in San Diego, CA. This reception is for all attendees to celebrate the international presence in our diverse organization. Meet information professionals from different countries and take a culinary trip around the world with a sampling of [...]
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May 20, 2013
A place to read the newspaper in peace. A place to make copies. A place to play Legos. Public libraries are different things to different users. Successful libraries are often ones who identify different user groups, then design spaces and services specifically for those user groups. The Social Science Division is partnering with the Business [...]
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May 14, 2013
In this monthly series, student members of SLA from library and information science programs across the United States share their thoughts and experiences in response to a themed prompt. See posts about our backgrounds, our library projects, our classes, balancing school and work, our favorite productivity tools and apps, or our take on conferences to get to know us better. This [...]
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April 30, 2013
This post was written by Larry Guthrie, Chair of the Labor Section and librarian at Covington & Burling. Program info: Organizing Disney: The Challenges of Unionizing the Happiest Place on Earth Monday June 10th at 10am From teachers to Twinkies, labor unions have made major headlines in the US this past year. This year’s program from [...]
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April 29, 2013
SOLD OUT TICKETED EVENT: Walking tour of the Gaslamp Historic District Sunday, June 9th from 3:30 to 5:00 The tour will begin at the Davis house located at 410 Island Avenue. The Gaslamp District of San Diego is near the Convention Center and features many shops, restaurants, pubs, and galleries as described in the Visitor [...]
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April 24, 2013
Greetings DSOC members! Happy April! Here are a couple of interesting things that are going on with SLA that I thought you would want to know about…. Website Redesign You have probably heard that the SLA website has undergone a major overhaul. If you haven’t been to the site in a while – take a [...]
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April 23, 2013
As part of our ongoing effort to connect you our Social Science members with a community of likeminded colleagues, we present a DSOC member profile. Linda is a new DSOC member located in San Diego, CA. Curious to see who might be out there with similar experiences, interests, project in mind? Join the conversation, consider submitting a member [...]
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April 2, 2013
In this monthly series, student members of SLA from library and information science programs across the United States share their thoughts and experiences in response to a themed prompt. See posts about our backgrounds, our library projects, our classes, balancing school and work, or our favorite productivity tools and apps to get to know us better. This month’s prompt was: How [...]
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April 2, 2013
This post was written by Matt von Hendy, Chair of the Public Policy Section and owner of Green Heron Information Services. Here in DC, The National Park Service is predicting that the Cherry Blossoms will be at peak bloom this week. The Public Policy section of DSOC is also going through a period of rejuvenation [...]
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March 26, 2013
Have you heard? SLA President Deb Hunt has a member recruitment campaign called Get On The Beach! Essentially, if you recruit at least one new member to SLA or one former member (lapsed 90 days or more), and the new member gives your name as the referral, you are eligible to join President Deb Hunt [...]
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