For membership questions, please contact:
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana
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Chi Chapter Fall Career Forum |
An opportunity for current SLIS students to ask questions and hear from high-achieving SLIS grads about their careers and job-hunting advice.
Wednesday, September 23:
Wednesday, September 30: The 2009 forum is co-sponsored by the following SLIS student organizations: American Library Association, Student Chapter; American Society for Information Science & Technology, Student Chapter; Association for Computing Machinery, Student Chapter; Progressive Librarians Guild, Student Chapter; Society of American Archivists, Student Chapter; Special Librarians Association, Student Chapter |
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Chi Chapter Fall Career Forum |
Featuring three distinguished alumni speakers: Dr. James (Jim) Fish, Baltimore County Public Library; Dr. William (Bill) Crowe, Special Assistant to the Dean of Libraries at the University of Kansas and former Dean of Libraries, University of Kansas; and Brian Kleber, Chief Operations Officer, Predictive Physiology and Medicine, Inc., Vice President at Canopy Group Inc., Bloomington. An opportunity for current SLIS students to hear high-achieving SLIS grads talk about their careers, hear career and job hunting advice, and to ask questions. |
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Chi Chapter Career Forum, SLIS, Indianapolis: Friday afternoon, Oct 24, 2008, 12:15-1:15 p.m., UL1126 |
Featuring Dr. James Fish and Dr. William Crowe. |
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Career Exploration Forum Friday, November 3 2:00 p.m. IU School of Library and Information Science SLIS Auditorium |
The 2006 forum is co-sponsored by the following SLIS student organizations: the American Library Association, the American Society for Information Science and Technology, the Association for Computer Machinery, the Society of American Archivists, and the Special Libraries Association. The featured speakers are:
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The speakers will address the qualities necessary to succeed in the library profession, what they valued most from their library and information science education, what contributed to their success post-graduation, what challenges they now face, and what can current students do to better position themselves for success.
Refreshments will be served and there will be opportunities for meeting and talking with the speakers on an individual basis.
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Career Exploration Forum Friday, October 28 2 - 4 p.m. IU School of Library and Information Science SLIS Auditorium |
Sponsors of this event include the IU Bloomington student chapters of ACM, ALA, ASIST, SAA, and SLA. The following speakers will be featured:
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Panelists will discuss topics such as: suggestions on coursework, what library search committees and hiring managers look for in job candidates, and what panelists find particularly satisfying about their positions. After the formal discussion, the group will adjourn for refreshments, and there will be a chance for students and the panelists to talk one-on-one.
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Career Exploration Forum Friday, October 15 3 - 5 p.m. IU School of Library and Information Science SLIS Auditorium |
The 2004 Forum is
co-sponsored by these SLIS student organizations: ALA, ACM, SLA,
and ASIST. The following speakers will be featured:
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Speakers will address changes in the job market, including new career opportunities, and what skill sets will best serve the library and information professional of the future. Where will the best jobs for SLIS graduates be found in the years ahead? Find out at the Career Forum! Refreshments following.
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Career Exploration Forum Friday, October 24 2 - 4 p.m. IU School of Library and Information Science Room 001 |
The 2003 Forum,
co-sponsored by the SLIS ALA student chapter, will feature the following speakers:
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Career Exploration Forum Friday, October 11 2:45 - 4:30 p.m. IU School of Library and Information Science |
The 2002 Forum:
Building your LIS Resume and Job Hunt Tips as well as What to Do When You Are Offered the Job will feature the following panelists:
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There are plenty of resources that offer advice on how to run
your job search, shine at interviews, and write killer resumes.
The panelists at this forum will offer tips on these topics too,
but they will especially address what happens when the phone call
comes that says, "The job is yours!"
Space is limited. Sign up for the forum by sending an email to:
amartins@indiana.edu
Co-sponsored by SLIS Student Chapters of: ALA (American Library Association), ASIST (American Society for Information Science and Technology), ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), and SAA (Society of American Archivists).
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nCareer Exploration Forum Friday, November 2 2 - 4 p.m. IU School of Library and Information Science SLIS Auditorium |
The 2001 Forum: What to
Do When You Are Offered the Job (Plus, Tips on How to Land the Job Offer) will feature the following panelists:
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There are plenty of resources that offer advice on how to run
your job search, shine at interviews, and write killer resumes.
The panelists at this forum will offer tips on these topics too,
but they will especially address what happens when the phone call
comes that says, "The job is yours!"
Space is limited. Sign up for the forum by Friday, October 26 by
sending an email to: amartins@indiana.edu
Co-Sponsored by the Indiana Library Federation.
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Career Exploration Forum Friday, October 13 1:30 - 5 p.m. IU School of Library and Information Science |
The 2000 forum will feature
the following panelists:
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Jeremy
Fisher, Director - Systems (Unix) Kiva
Networking
As Director of the Kiva
Networking Systems Department, Jeremy Fischer both leads Unix
system administrators and programmers and does system
administration and programming work. He has been working in the
IT field for about seven years, spending several years in
technical support jobs before becoming a full time Unix system
administrator for IU in 1996.
In early 1999, he went to work for Kiva Networking, a
Bloomington-based Internet and network service provider. Jeremy
has worked on many different kinds of computer systems and is
proficient with Novell Netware 3 & 4, Dos, and all forms of
Windows, but is most comfortable on Unix systems, especially
Solaris, HP-UX (v10.x), Digital Unix, and Linux. He holds an A.S.
in Audio Technology, a Bachelor's in General Studies, both from
Indiana University and is pursuing the MIS degree from SLIS.
When he's not at work, you can usually find Jeremy reading,
watching movies or tweaking his home theater, working on a
computer somewhere, or spending time with friends and family.
Cynthia
Monnier, Director of Business Research and Information
Center for the Indiana Chamber of Commerce
The Immediate Past-president of the Indiana chapter of the
Special Libraries Association, Cindy started her position as
Director of the Business Research & Information Center for the
Indiana Chamber of
Commerce in 1995. Previously, she worked as the Indianapolis
Business Journal "Top 25" list researcher and editor of 900 page
book on 900 Indianapolis companies and non-profits: Business
in Indianapolis, 1995.
Before receiving her Master of Library Science, from IU's School
of Library & Information Science, Bloomington in August 1993, she
owned her own market research consulting firm in Fort Wayne, IN.
Between 1976-1989 she held various market research and merger &
acquisition analysis positions for Fortune 100 auto parts
supplier. And for seven years before that, she was a teacher of
science and math for junior high school students.
A native of Detroit Michigan, Cindy also holds a Masters in
Business Administration, with a concentration in finance, from
Wayne State University and a BS in Biology from Michigan State
University. Business history is one of her special interests.
Judy Pask,
Undergraduate Librarian, Purdue University
Judy has been an academic librarian for more than 28 years.
Although she planned to use her bachelor's degree in biology from
Allegheny College as a medical librarian, her first job, after
completing her MLS at Columbia University, was as a science
librarian at Rochester Institute of Technology.
Since in the Dewey Decimal System, the pure sciences are followed
by the applied sciences - including management - she was able to
morph into a business librarian for her next two positions. She
has worked as Assistant Commerce Librarian at University of
Illinois and as Assistant Management and Economics Librarian at
Purdue University, West Lafayette.
Currently she is professor of library science, Undergraduate
Librarian, and User Instruction Coordinator at Purdue. She is
active in the instruction sections of ACRL and ILF, and the
author of articles and bibliographies on library instruction.
Sarah
Wright, School Media Specialist for Plainfield Central
Elementary School
Sarah Wright earned an undergraduate degree in History from
Indiana University, followed by a Master's Degree in Library
Science, also from IU. After working for several years in public
libraries, she returned to Indiana University to become certified
as a school librarian.
Sarah has worked in a professional or para-professional capacity
in many different types of libraries. Some of the specialty
libraries for which she has worked include the Business Library
at the Eli Lilly Corporate Center, the Indiana Historical Society
Library, and the Indiana University Law Library. She has been a
reference librarian for the Brownsburg Public Library, and a
children's librarian at the Allen County Public Library and the
Monroe County Public Library. Having finally found her niche,
Sarah is now the librarian/media specialist at Plainfield
Central Elementary School.
A member of the K-3 Young Hoosier Book Award Committee, Sarah is
an avid mystery reader, a hockey fan, a dedicated traveler, and
aunt to two beautiful nieces.
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Career Exploration Forum Friday, October 8 2 - 5 p.m. in the IU School of Library and Information Science |
The 1999 forum featured the following
panelists:
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Joel
Berger, Acting Director Client Services for C. Berger
Group
Joel Patrick Berger rejoined C. Berger Group, Inc.
as a Contract Specialist in January 1998 and was promoted to
acting Director of Client Services in January, 1999. His
responsibilities include selecting staff for teams and special
projects nationwide, oversight of personnel assigned to long term
projects, maintaining contract requirements, and acting as client
liaison. As acting Director, he oversees department's client
related and administrative activities, which support the
temporary placement, loose-leaf filing and project staffing lines
of business. He also interviews and screens potential field
workers, explaining company policies and procedures to them and
advises clients in their staffing needs.
Joel was employed at the National Association of REALTORS®
(NAR) in their Chicago headquarters from 1991 to 1997. As a
policy consultant of the Board Policy and Programs Division for
three years, he was responsible for the communication,
interpretation, and implementation of NAR policies to the over
1800 state and local level associations, as well as to the
750,000 members at large. He counseled and assisted these boards
in effectively managing their day to day operations (including
enforcement of the Code of Ethics, Bylaws, Rules and Regulations,
and Policies and Procedures). He also assisted NAR leaders and
staff in developing policies and organizational structures to
meet the changing needs of the Association membership.
From 1991 to 1994, Joel was a Reference Specialist in the
Association’s Library, providing research assistance on
demand to members and the public using the in-house STAR system
and a variety of external search vehicles including the Internet,
LEXIS-NEXIS, DIALOG, and Vu-text. He also compiled standard and
on demand bibliographies, established a collection of ready
reference packets for frequently requested materials, and
indexed, cataloged and maintained other special collections.
Prior to these positions, Joel accepted a variety of assignments
with CBG clients in law, association, advertising, and public
relations firms in positions ranging from researcher, technical
services assistant, data-entry person to loose-leaf filer.
Mr. Berger holds a Bachelor of Arts in History to Teach from the
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and received an Masters
of Library Science from Dominican University in 1999. Joel is a
member of the Special Libraries Association.
Dana
Burton, MCPL Young Adult Librarian, Youth Services
Manager
Flying books and rubber chickens, balloon sculpture, candy, and
personality surveys. What's the gimmick? To engage young people
in dialogs or experiences that support their interests, learning,
and potential.
With the advice and involvement of middle school students, high
school students, and community partners, Dana Burton designs,
markets, and stages teen programs at the Monroe County Public
Library.
During her tenure as the library's first full-time YA librarian,
a number of these programs have been recognized for excellence by
the American Library Association, Indiana Youth Institute, the
Indiana Commission on Community Service, the Indiana Youth
Commission, and the Lilly Endowment's Indiana Reading Initiatives
for Young Adults. In recent years, ALA cited MCPL for one of the
nations top 10 programs for Young Adults.
Dana also works with the MCPL Adult Services Department as a
reference librarian. The mother of two young adults, she holds a
BFA and an MLS from Indiana University, and relies on her one and
only full-time colleague and unit staff member, a rubber chicken,
to maintain a level of sanity amidst the chaos.
Cathy
Collins, IU-SLIS Visiting Lecturer and Ph.D.
candidate
http://php.indiana.edu/~cdcollin/page.html
Cathy Collins earned an undergraduate degree in English
Literature, with a minor in Psychology, from Boston University
and a Master's degree in Library and Information Science from
Simmons College.
She has worked as a Music Branch Supervisor, a copy cataloger and
a reference librarian at the University of Massachusetts at
Amherst and has taught English literature and Rhetoric at Beijing
Normal University. She also has been an administrative assistant,
research assistant, Music Retrospective conversion librarian and
anthropology library cataloger at Harvard University, as well as
a branch librarian for Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
branch library in Nakajo, Japan.
Cathy was an ALA Library Fellow for 1.5 years at the University
of Malawi teaching cataloging and computer literacy. In 1994 she
came to Indiana University as a doctoral student. At IU she has
served as a technology consultant, adjunct professor and now a
visiting lecturer for the School of Library and Information
Science.
Karen
Cook, Product Manager, Sirsi Corporation
Before heading to SIRSI, a recognized
leader in the development of client/server integrated library
systems, Karen worked as the Head of Technical Services/Systems
Librarian for Alexandrian Public Library in Mt. Vernon, Indiana.
She holds a J.D. from the University of Texas, Austin, and
received her M.L.S. from IUB-SLIS.
Karen has served on a variety of ALA committees. Currently, she
is the chair of the New Members Round Table Handbook Committee, a
member of the Library Information Technology Association
Leadership Development Committee and secretary for the ALA
Exhibits Round Table.
A hearts card game addict, mystery reader, Blues lover, hockey
fan, nomad (she has lived in 9 states, England and Japan), Karen
also is mother to six children.
Robert
Logsdon, Associate Director for State Library Planning
and Development, Indiana State Library
In his current position, Robert is responsible for developing and
coordinating the long range and strategic planning initiatives
for the Indiana State
Library, overseeing the training and development needs of the
staff, and coordinating the public relations activities of the
library. He also serves as a special assistant to the State
Librarian, assisting him with special projects and activities,
and serves as the Coordinator for the Indiana Center for the
Book. Before joining the Indiana State Library, where he has held
several positions, Robert was a Branch Librarian with the
Evansville-Vanderburgh County (Indiana) Public Library.
Robert also teaches courses for IUPUI-SLIS and the School of
Environmental and Public Affairs, and is the author of several
articles in various professional publications.