2013 Events:
March 12, 2013:
Professional Development Webinar: Taxonomies: What are they and how are they useful?
January 30, 2013:
Joint Meeting with BayNet Featuring Tasha Bergson-Michelson
2012 Events:
December 18, 2012:
Chapter Holiday Party and Annual Awards Ceremony
November 29, 2012:
Behind the Scenes Joint Chapter Tour of the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
November 13, 2012:
Expanding Your Career Potential – Part 2
October 2, 2012:
Expanding Your Career Potential – Part 1
September 13, 2012:
Rediscovering the New Deal — In Libraries and in the Field
August 30, 2012:
New Member Happy Hour
June 21, 2012:
Tour of the Asian Art Museum’s Library Center
May 31, 2012:
Joint Meeting: SLA International Leadership
April 2012:
Neighborhood Dinners
April 3, 2012:
Citizens United – A Local Sunshine Week Program
February 28, 2012:
Quick & Dirty Strategic Planning
January 19, 2012:
Google + = ?
2011 Events:
December, 8, 2011:
2011 Holiday Party
November 10, 2011:
New Member Dessert Reception
October 20, 2011:
The Struggle for Freedom in Cuba’s Libraries
September 21, 2011:
Chapter Tour of The Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley
August 18, 2011:
Socializing Yourself and Your Organization
May 3, 2011:
Joint Chapter Meeting: Silicon Valley & San Francisco Bay Region Chapters with SLA President, Cindy Romaine
April, 2011:
Neighborhood Dinners
March 30, 2011:
SLA-SF and NOCALL Sunshine Week joint event
March 23, 2011:
Leaping Off the Edge: Success Stories You Can Replicate
February 23, 2011:
Explore Your Career Potential with Deb Hunt and David Grossman
February 16, 2011:
Stepping into the Future: Perspectives on a Changing Profession
Dr. Sandra Hirsh’s PowerPoint presentation
2010 Events:
December 9, 2010:
SLA-SF Holiday Party
November 9, 2010:
Tour: Lafayette Library and Learning Center
October 19, 2010:
Net Neutrality: Getting it Right
August 11, 2010:
Program: Developing Access to Moving Image Collections
July 16, 2010:
Tour: San Francisco Center for the Book
June 14, 2010:
2010 West Coast Chapters Reception
May 11, 2010:
Quick and Easy Mobile Services for Libraries
Sarah Houghton-Jan’s PowerPoint presentation
May 4, 2010:
SLA-SF New Member Reception and Dessert Party
April 28, 2010:
Joint SLA-SF and NOCALL Happy Hour Event at Tosca Cafe
April 2010:
2010 Neighborhood Dinners
April 8, 2010:
Open Office Tour: Nossaman LLP
March 26, 2010:
SLA-SF and NOCALL Sunshine Week joint event
February 24, 2010:
Professional Development Event #4: Social Media Tools and Proven Tips with Rebecca Martin
February 2, 2010:
George Oates of the Internet Archive: What is an Open Library?
January 27, 2010:
Professional Development Event #3: The Fearless Resume with Rebecca Martin
2009 Events:
December 3, 2009:
SLA-SF Holiday Party at The Thirsty Bear in San Francisco.
December 1, 2009:
Open Office Tour: NORCAL Library.
November 19, 2009:
Chapter Tour of the Wine Institute Library
September 23, 2009:
Professional Development Event #2: Power Networking with Rebecca Martin and Julie Youngblood.
September 16, 2009:
The State of the News Media: Challenges and Strategies. Presentation by Ward Bushee, Executive Vice President and Editor, San Francisco Chronicle.
September 2, 2009:
Professional Development Event #1: Power Networking with Rebecca Martin and Julie Youngblood
August 4, 2009:
The Role of Information in Failure in the Economic Crisis. Presentation by Yale M. Braustein, Professor at UC Berkeley’s School of Information
June 29, 2009:
Cal Academy Tour – California Academy of Sciences
June 3, 2009:
Money and Politics: Presentation by MapLight.org
May 21, 2009:
Special Event at The San Francisco International Airport Museum.
Honoring the SLA Centennial and the tradition of regional joint chapter meetings, the San Andreas and SF Chapters hosted a joint meeting with a thematic focus on the SLA 100th anniversary.
April 20, 2009:
Successful Contract Strategies and Negotiation Tips for Electronic Content Purchase
February 11, 2009:
“Google Book Search Settlement: Impact and Implications”
Calter’s presentation in PowerPoint and PDF
Follow-up review summarizing the blog-based discussion of the Google settlement, recommended by Mimi: Cites & Insights: Crawford at Large
2008 Events:
December 11, 2008:
SLA-SF holiday party and year-end wrap-up
September 17, 2008:
SLA-SF and SLA San Andreas joint dinner meeting featuring SLA CEO Janice Lachance
July 22, 2008:
New member reception and dessert party
July 15, 2008:
Tour of the Internet Archive
June 25, 2008:
Dinner meeting featuring Don Bain on 360-degree virtual reality landscapes
April 2008:
2008 Neighborhood Dinners
March 25, 2008:
Tour of Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Research Library and Fed Center
March 21, 2008:
Sunshine Week Webcast and local panel
February 6, 2008:
Mary Madden from the Pew Internet and American Life Project
Madden’s PowerPoint presentation
2007 Events:
December 5, 2007:
SLA-SF holiday party and year-end wrap-up
November 7, 2007:
Tour of San Francisco Conservatory of Music Library
October 25, 2007:
SLA-SF and SLA San Andreas joint dinner meeting featuring SLA President-elect Stephen Abrams
September 6, 2007:
“Wikipedia: Past, Present & Future” with Phoebe Ayers
Ayers’ handout on “Getting Started with Wikipedia”
August 4, 2007:
SLA-SF Summer Picnic
March 26, 2007:
Professional development workshop on “Thriving in the New Information Profession: The Fundamentals of Knowledge Services” by Guy St. Clair
PowerPoint presentation from workshop
March 21, 2007:
“Is There Such a Thing as Free Money? A Tour of the Foundation Center Library”
March 12, 2007:
SLA-SF and NOCALL Sunshine Week national webcast and local lunchtime program
February 22, 2007:
Joint meeting with San Andreas Chapter of SLA, featuring Mia Garlick from Creative Commons
January 16, 2007:
Dinner meeting featuring Jodi Healy of the Google Librarian Relations Team
2006 Events:
December 7, 2006:
SLA-SF Holiday
November 4, 2006:
Tour of the Charles Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa
October 18, 2006:
SLA-SF dinner meeting featuring California State Archivist Nancy Zimmelman
September 19, 2006:
SLA-SF dinner meeting featuring San Jose State University School of Library Science Director Ken Haycock
March 15, 2006:
“Speed-Networking with Information Professionals,” an event for students presented by the SLA-SF Academic Relations Committee
March 9, 2006:
SLA-SF and San Andreas joint meeting at SFO International Airport Museum featuring SLA President Pam Rollo
February 7, 2006:
“Teaching Old Media Some New Media Tricks: How Newspapers Are Adapting to the Digital Age,” co-presented by SLA-SF and Baynet
January 9, 2006:
“Image Libraries: Best Practices and Pitfalls”, featuring Natalie K. Munn, M.A., M.L.IS., Principle of Content Innovations, LLC, and Robert MacKimmie of Sandbox Studio
Summary of sources provided by Munn and MacKimmie
2005 Events:
December 7, 2005:
“Librarians as Authors – what it’s like to be an author in the Bay Area.”
November 9, 2005:
Internet Archive Tour
October 31, 2005:
“Beyond Google: Web Search Tricks and Treats.” with Gary Price
October 11, 2005:
“New Technologies And Libraries From The Outside In” by Marc Strohlein of Outsell
Click here for a PDF version.
The SLA-SF Chapter Professional Achievement Award was also presented to Rita Evans; click here for a copy of her speech.
May 7, 2005:
Sonoma County Wine Tour
April 27, 2005:
Information Management Careers: Multi-industry perspectives and tips for career development
April 11-13, 2005:
2005 Neighborhood Dinners
March 22, 2005:
Will Digital Information Last Forever? Will Society Ever Return to Long Term Thinking and Planning?
February 23, 2005:
Sisters in Crime: Authors Rhys Bowen and Cara Black
2004 Events:
November 12, 2004:
Update your Web Research Skills with Mary Ellen Bates
November 4, 2004:
Q: How do you move an ant collection? A: Very carefully. A tour of the California Academy of Sciences
October 19, 2004:
Who Knows What’s Hidden in the Vaults of the Bancroft? Dr. Faulhaber Knows!
September 23, 2004:
SF SLA 80th Anniversary Celebration
Program Brochure
SF Bay Region Chapter by the Numbers
April 23, 2004:
Weblogs 101: What You Need to Know about Blogging
PowerPoint presentations by Terrence K. Huwe and Lincoln Cushing, Inst. of Industrial Relations, UC Berkeley
The Big Picture
Blogging Nuts and Bolts
April 7, 2004:
Careers in Special Libraries: Tips for job hunting and choosing a career path in today’s market
March 18, 2004:
Playing It by Ear: A Tour of the California Library of Natural Sounds
March 3, 2004:
Grokker 2 – A Picture is Worth 30 Billion Web Pages! How to Grok the Web
February 5, 2004:
SLA “Inside Edition” – Meeting with the Executive Director and the Board President of SLA
January 15, 2004:
The Art of Communication and Negotiation
2003 Events:
November 18, 2003:
Arbus and the Art of Librarianship
November 3, 2003:
Where’s Nina? A Tour of the San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum and AL Hirschfeld Exhibit
October 8, 2003:
Batter Up! A League of Their Own Fundraising event
September 24, 2003:
Presidio Vision: Plans for a New Kind of Park
May 16, 2003:
A Culinary and Luminary Evening with Phil Bronstein
April 10, 2003:
2003 Neighborhood Dinners
March 26, 2003:
Library Rock: How we organize and switch information in a matter of seconds. An evening with Rosalie Howarth of KFOG Radio
February 28, 2003:
Virtual Reference — The 24/7 Answer to Global Information Needs?
February 25, 2003:
Tour of CBS MarketWatch.com
January 30, 2003:
What’s Hot and Not Google:
SurfWax
FAST
TEOMA
