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It’s Your SLA
Jill Hurst-Wahl
Member, SLA Board of Directors
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What 3-5 areas or topics related to your work (or professional experience) could you teach others about?
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My Goal…
To make SLA more compelling to you.
If it is more compelling to you, then it will be more compelling to those that you touch!
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Who is SLA?
• ~9000 members from every continent• Library and information professionals• Students• Information consultants• Business partners
• 56 regional chapters• 26 divisions
• Organized by subject interests & fields
• 10 caucuses (more informal)
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My Story
• 1988 – Became a corporate librarian
• 1992 – Attended my 1st Annual Conference, San Francisco
• Have attended every Annual Conference
• Attended Leadership Summits in Reno, Louisville, D.C., and Atlanta
• Some years, I paid my own way entirely
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Roger Summit (middle)Founder of Dialog SLA 2006Baltimore
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Informal meetupSLA 2007Denver
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SLA IT Division Board MeetingSLA 2008Seattle
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Rt. Gen. Colin Powell and Neil deGrasse TysonSLA 2009Washington, DC
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Elaine DeanSLA 2010New Orleans
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Doug GlanvilleSLA 2011Philadelphia
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Guy KawasakiSLA 2012Chicago
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The Impact (1)
• Bigger network = more global resources
• New learning opportunities
• Knowledge I could put to work immediately
• Led to new volunteer and work opportunities
• Helped to build my leadership, project management, time management skills
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The Impact (2)
• Became a more well-known professional
• Positive impact on:• Publishing opportunities• Consulting work• Volunteer opportunities• Professional opportunities
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Downside?
• I haven’t found one yet!
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SLA 2012Chicago
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What Does SLA Offer to You?
• Professional Development
• Webinars from HQ, divisions & other chapters
• Sessions and CEs at the Annual Conference
• Leadership training at Leadership Summit & through SLA activities• What the Kentucky Chapter says…
• Publications & online resources
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What Does SLA Offer to You?
• Professional Development
• Employers want to know you are investing in yourself
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What Does SLA Offer to You?
• Advocacy
• Public Policy Advisory Council • Public Policy Platform
• Association advocates on our behalf
• Informs us when we need to raise our voices
• Provides relevant info through conference sessions, articles/blog posts, etc.
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What Does SLA Offer to You?
• Networking
• In all things, it is both what you know and who you know.
• Online and in person
• At events
• Through volunteer opportunities
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About Volunteering
• SLA survey (527 responses)
• Volunteering paid off in:
• Job / advancement (35%)
• Building connections, networking (30%)
• Career development, prof growth (30%)
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New Orleans
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What 3-5 areas or topics related to your work (or professional experience) could you teach others about?
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What 3-5 areas or topics related to your work (or professional experience) could you teach others about?
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• Write a blog post• Write for Information
Outlook• Give a f2f presentation• Give a webinar• Lead a discussion • Mentor a colleague• Talk to students• Get better known
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QUESTIONS?
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