CLA Talk - Careers Outside The Library

Come listen to our panel of speakers discuss the careers available to MLIS grads outside of the library. Speakers include:

Lisa Quinn, Acquisitions Editor
Wilfred Laurier University Press

Crystal Sharp, Grant Consultant,  Researcher & Writer
CD Sharp Information Systems, Ltd.

Yimin Chen, LIS Ph.D. Candidate
Teaching and Research Assistant, FIMS

Date: Thursday, July 12th, 12:00-1:30
Location: Back Room of the Grad Club

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!