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SLA Illinois Email Lists

Thu, 07/15/2010 - 9:50am — dwiggins

It has come to our attention that many of our chapter members are not signed up for chapter discussion lists. This means that those folks are also not receiving notices about meetings, webinars and fun events!

Sobering Realities Pave Way for New, Innovative Models

Wed, 06/23/2010 - 3:59pm — dwiggins

At the Closing General Session on June 16th, SLA Treasurer Dan Trefethen shared some sobering statistics with membership, citing unparalleled participation in reduced membership renewal rates and vendors' reduced ability to subsidize the association as reasons why the Association must begin seeking new revenue models and to re-examine the structure of SLA.

Combined Midwest Chapters Open House Was a Success

Mon, 06/21/2010 - 6:04pm — dwiggins

Despite a dose of New Orleans' daily rain which seemed to be an offshoot of the high humidity, the attendance at the Midwest Chapters Open House held on Monday, June 14th at the Sheraton Hotel spoke well for the future of combined endeavors. Though we can't claim an exact total, an eyeball estimate would seem to be over 100 people in the room at any given time.This proved to be a great way for people to sort of meet up, share a bite or a drink on common turf, gather in groups for dinner or head back to rest their feet and brains for the next day.

2010 Annual Conference Leadership Institute Sheds Light on Challenges, Opportunities

Sun, 06/20/2010 - 5:43pm — dwiggins

SLA's 2010 Annual Conference has drawn to a close, bringing those who attended back to Illinois with lots of good food, both for the brain and the belly. For the first time, those of us attending sessions live could see our own members Tweeting about them from virtual classroom access as they attended from home base. This was a powerful demonstration of the connective powers of today's enabling technologies, and perhaps a foreshadowing of things to come. I'll begin by sharing my notes from  last Sunday, and update you on other events throughout this week.

Ways to be Connected to Learnings from New Orleans Conference

Tue, 06/08/2010 - 5:34pm — dwiggins

If you just can't make it to the Annual Conference this year in New Orleans, and you weren't even able to sign up for the SLA Virtual Connections portion of the conference, we are going to do our best to keep you in the loop and provide you with some professional development back at home! If you aren't already signed up for Twitter, go ahead and do so and follow the conference hashtag, #SLA2010, or our chapter hashtag, #SLAIL to  see what those who are attending and tweeting are reporting about.

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