By Suzanne Arist, Informant Committee and Reference Librarian

We all eagerly read Judy Alspach’s concise, informative weekly emails. She keeps us abreast of SLA Illinois Chapter events through the SLA-ILINFO mailing list. Recently she was the well-deserved recipient of the chapter’s Library Communications and Marketing Award for her committee work in Public Relations, principally the mailing list.

The Corporate Information Centers section of the Business & Finance division invites you to register for its Wednesday morning breakfast session in Seattle.

** Bridging the Border: A Corporate Library Wiki **
Long-distance teamwork can be challenging. The cross-border Business Research Group of a major bank employs a Wiki to pool its knowledge. The Canada-U.S. group has created an online space where team members can contribute information and collaborate on projects.

By Jennifer Borrell, Associate Information Scientist & Emmi Costello, Project Manager, Library Information Resources, Abbott

Knowledge Management (KM) initiatives can take many forms. One KM effort that is currently taking form at Abbott is "enterprise glossary management."

Christina Stoll, Library Services Consultant at the Metropolitan Library System, reports on the recent SLA Leadership Summit in the March 19, 2008 MLS E-nnounce.

By Bonnie Sebby, SLA Illinois Chapter Secretary and Knowledge Manager at Exelon Corporation
With a nod to St. Paddy’s Day, nine librarians met to trade tales and business cards at Emmet’s Ale House in Downer’s Grove for a DineAround. The DineAround is a regular event of the Chapter, where members and friends converge on a restaurant to talk shop and exhaust any other topic they may fancy. On this night, March 4, other Chapter DineArounds took place in Chicago, Homewood, and Skokie.

Lorene Kennard has opened her own research and consulting company, Walnut Avenue Research in Downers Grove after many years as solo librarian at Morningstar Inc. The upstart company, launched Jan. 21, offers research and services from competitive intelligence to long range planning.