Announcements

President: Kathy Berger

President-elect: Karen Graham

Secretary: Melissa Gough

Finance Director: Joan Cunningham

Communications Director: Kelli Costello

Programming Chairs:  Khalilah Gambrell and Ann Cullen

Archivist: Susan McGovern

Student Relations Chair: Molly Peters

The 2023 MLA|SLA National Program Committee invites abstract submissions that support the annual meeting theme “Looking back, forging ahead.” The MLA|SLA ’23 submission site for Poster and Lightning Talks is now open and will remain open until January 26, 2023.  Lightning Talks are virtual 5 minute presentations and posters are highly visual presentations that can be presented in-person or virtually.

We are looking for nominations for the following SLA NE community awards: 

• Community Achievement Award: Recognizing a community member for outstanding committee work, performance in office, or execution of event-related duties during this program year. 

• Distinguished Service Award: Recognizing a community member(s) for a sustained record of supporting community activities over the years. These may be for service on one or more committees, by holding various offices, or for managing different events, that when considered cumulatively have notably furthered the life of the community. 

• Special Recognition Award: Conferred on a longstanding community member(s) to cap a career and celebrate a well-deserved retirement, in recognition of what the member has done or meant to the community.

 NOTE: Nominees must be current SLA members.

Want to nominate someone? Please use this form to submit nominations by the end of day on Monday, December 5th. 

If you have any questions, please contact bergerkm@bu.edu.

You are invited to CLSA's Source Forward recap and Info Tools 2022! Join us on Friday, December 2 from 12:00 - 3:00 for an afternoon of learning together. To register, see the agenda, and volunteer to present, visit https://forms.gle/MgeaFSGUaRTod9Lb7

 You don’t want to miss it.

We are coming up on the 51st issue of the Taxonomy Times – now in our new format – and we're hoping to include more content from the taxonomy community. As quick background, Taxonomy Times is headed by our Bulletin Committee, and helps our community members feel connected and updated by providing four quarterly issues every year. With the introduction of our new format, we are able to bring more varied content, such as blogs and linked features, as well as provide a more flexible delivery system.

We welcome your help in all ways -- providing a short interesting feature, a book review, or any other content, or as a member of the Bulletin Committee. If you want to help, please reach out to Marisa Hughes.

Are you ready to make a difference in the transportation information community? Nominations are now open for the SLA Transportation Community board position of President-Elect.

You may nominate yourself by sending a short (maximum one-page) statement of interest to rachel.cole@northwestern.edu by July 18.

The term begins following the SLA Annual Conference in August 2022. The President-Elect's main duty is to plan and coordinate the Community's programming for the 2023 SLA Annual Conference, for which they will also be the community's Conference Chair.

The Presidential term begins following the 2023 Annual Conference. As President, the incumbent would lead any initiatives they would like the Community to accomplish.

Please email me with any questions at rachel.cole@northwestern.edu.


All my best,
Rachel Cole

SLA Transportation Community President
Reference Librarian and Interim Head, Northwestern University Transportation Library

Hey CSLA members! Are you going to be in or around Research Triangle Park on Thursday, April 28th? If so, don't forget to come by Boxyard RTP from 6-8 pm to catch up with your CSLA peers!

Get the full details on our events page: https://connect.sla.org/carolinas/events/event-description?CalendarEventKey=5102817e-8673-44f3-96b5-9bbc378595c9&CommunityKey=91d87fd6-d18e-40a3-884d-b1a19e055b03&Home=%2fcarolinas%2fevents%2fcalendar