<<updated 4/22/2013>>

The Rocky Mountain Chapter hosted its April Third Thursday Virtual Lunch featuring Anne Hengehold! View the recorded program here.

Date: Thursday, April 18, 2013

Time: 12:00 PM, Mountain Standard Time

Are you wondering if you can trade the insecurity of your corporate gig for more control over your destiny? Or hoping to use an unemployed moment to discover work you love?

Hear the story of how one corporate library refugee is turning downsized into a right-sized job and life.

You’ll come away with a starter kit of questions, checklists and resources including:

• What to know about yourself before you start
• 5 essential team members
• 3 planning sketches you can’t do without
• Time, dirt and money
• Measuring gains along the way

About Anne:

While officially an “independent information professional” since 2011, Anne Hengehold has been on a trajectory leading to the founding of Clarify Information Services since the mid 80’s. By day, she was growing the production side of a fledgling audio services company. By night, prepping for radio interviews with authors and other intriguing thinkers allowed her inner info junky to run wild. Add one Masters in Library Science and Information degree, seven years in a fabulous library at an engineering firm, blend with one corporate implosion, and you have a recipe for the making of an independent info pro.

An SLA member since 2005, Anne currently serves as President of SLA Illinois.

View the slide deck here: From Corp to Inc

>>Updated 3/18/13 to link to slidedeck.

Join the Rocky Mountain Chapter and the First Five Years Council in March for a fabulous Third Thursday Virtual Breakfast featuring Lisa Chow and Sandra Sajonas!

Date: Thursday, March 21, 2013

Time: 8:00 AM, Mountain Standard Time

Cost:  Free to SLA members, and $10 for non-SLA members

Anyone can be a leader. You don’t need to be in a leadership position to develop leadership skills. In three simple and easy to remember concepts, participants will learn valuable tips, tricks and tools for paving the way to leadership and career success in the 21st century.

Objectives:

1. Participants will conduct an individualized career analysis.

2. Participants will receive an overview of useful tips and tools.

3. Participants will be equipped with practical career strategies that can be implemented immediately.

Check out the slide deck here:  http://peopleinteract.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/sla-webinar-leadership-career-21st-century-info-pro/

About Lisa:

Lisa Chow is an information professional with a few “library ribbons” including Special Libraries Association (SLA) SLA Rising Star, Library Journal (LJ) Mover & Shaker, American Library Association (ALA) Emerging Leader, and Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Diversity Scholar. Lisa is half of People Interact, a consultancy that works with libraries and nonprofits to implement creative solutions to effectively improve individual and organizational performance. Find out more at http://bit.ly/lisachow

About Sandra:

Sandra Sajonas is an independent information professional with 6 years experience at the Brooklyn Public Library in young adult, business, career/labor, education and employment services. Sandra has several special projects, presentations, publications and accolades under her belt including ALA Emerging Leader and Library Journal Mover & Shaker.  Learn more about Sandra at http://bit.ly/sajonas

>>Updated 2/19 to add slide deck

Join the Rocky Mountain Chapter in February for a fabulous Third Thursday Virtual Lunch!

Date: Thursday, February 21, 2013

Time: 12:00 noon, Mountain Standard Time

Cost:  Free to SLA members, and $10 for non-SLA members

Come and learn what science content is available through open access resources!   We will go over what is new with old favorites and discover some new tools as well.  Topics covered will include: federated search tools for open access science resources, major science publisher open access initiatives, subject specific resources, and open access data sharing efforts.   We will also touch on the status of open access science resources, discuss current issues and challenges, and predict future directions for this area.

Download the slides here:  RMSLA Virtual Lunch– Open Access Science Resources

About Matthew:

Matthew Von Hendy is the owner of Green Heron Information Services, a research and information services business that provides scientific, technical and environmental information to businesses, non-profits, and individual consultants and researchers. He is an accomplished research librarian with close to 20 years of professional experience working in a variety of science and technical libraries. He was a Research Librarian at the National Academies of Science, where he provided expert level research to teams of scientists and engineers; his work there was cited in 10 different National Academy reports. Von Hendy has also worked at the NASA Center for Aerospace Information, the EPA Public Access/Headquarters Information Center, and Strayer University. Von Hendy is also involved in the Special Library Association (SLA) and Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP). He has been chair of the Public Policy section of the SLA Social Science Division for the past 2 years.