Summer Speed Networking

CLA will be holding Summer Speed Networking on July 18th at the Masonville branch of London Public Library. Currently, the following professionals will be there:

• Kevin Moore, Supervisor, Pond Mills Branch, London Public Library
• Maria Forte, Supervisor, Beacock Branch, London Public Library
• Fran Gray, Research and Instructional Services Librarian, LIS Librarian, Western University Library
• Debbie Meert-Williston, Head of Research and Instruction, Taylor Library, Western University Library
• Tracy Church, National Director, Prospect Research, CNIB
• Robert Craig, Learning and Development Specialist, London Life Insurance
• Karen Hine, Reference Librarian, University Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre

Tickets will be on sale soon - stay tuned!

CLA Conference

This year's CLA National Conference and Trade Show took place in Ottawa on May 30 to June 2. Our chair, Sarah Felkar, was there, and wrote several blog posts detailing the sessions she attended.

Day 0.5
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3

You can read Twitter responses to the conference here.

CLA Student Bursaries Awarded

The CLA Student Chapter is pleased to announce the three recipients of the the $100 Conference Bursaries. This money has been raised through the group's fundraising efforts in order to assist students with conference expenses.

CLA Student Bursary Recipients:

• Christine Walde
• Mark-Shane Scale
• Sarah Simpkin

Congratulations to them, and we hope that they all have successful conference experiences.

A Thank-You

Sophia Apostol's Talk

Thanks to everyone who came out to Sophia Apostol's talk today about negotiating a job offer.  We hope it was informative and helps you advocate for yourself once you land the job.

Sophia's slides can be found here.

Guest Speaker - Sophia Apostol on negotiating an employment contract

Sophia Apostol (University of Guelph) will be presenting her crowd-pleasing talk from OLA 2012 "Negotiate? Who Me? Yes, You!" to FIMS Faculty and Students on Thursday, March 15 from 12-1pm in the Social Sciences Center (SSC) Room 2020. No sign-up, but we will meet in front of the GRC on Thursday at 1150am before walking over to the session.

Hope to see you there!

Thinking about attending the CLA Conference in May? And other CLA news

Links for the upcoming CLA 2012 National Conference and Trade Show in Ottawa:

Check out the CLA Conference Program Highlights.

Take a look at these tips on attending the conference when you have a tight budget.

Interested in volunteering for the conference? The application form and the volunteer job descriptions are available on the CLA website here. The deadline for applications is Friday, March 23, 2012.


In addition to the upcoming conference, consider these items of note:

Career Development Webinar Series

CLA Student Article Award

CLA Awards (there are some scholarship opportunities)