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Date / Time	Event	Speaker	Additional Information
November 19, 2009 6pm SLT/PT	Library Buzz: Panel - Are LIS Programs on Target for Today's Workplace? Come hear from four panelists, a librarian, a recent LIS graduate, a current LIS student, and an LIS professor discuss the state of LIS education and how well it prepares graduates for work in today's libraries. Moderator: Sydney Delphin (Cindy Hill in RL). Join the discussion!	Cindy Hill - moderator LIS student - Chris Nelson, student at SJSU LIS recent grad - Ben Hoganson, graduated from UW Madison LIS professor - Dr. Andrew Wertheimer, currently teaching at UH-Manoa Librarian - Pat Alderman, National Defense University Library	Info Island Auditorium SLURL:http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/112/106/33 NOTE: This session is in Second Life, please get a Second Life avatar and the client software here: http://www.secondlife.com
November 17, 2009 5pm SLT/PT	SLA Alignment Project Chat Have you been wanting to find time to understand the research process and results underlying the SLA Alignment Project? Take the opportunity to meet members of the SLA Public Relations Advisory Council in Second Life and get a guided tour of the alignment portal, plus a look at some of the information in the Alignment wiki. Find out more about these available tools, and how they will help us in communicating our value as information professionals within our organizations. More info on the SLA Alignment Project here.	Join several folks involved in the SLA Alignment project for a lively discussion: Jill Strand, Libby Trudell, David Shumaker, Cara Schatz
November 10, 2009 6pm SLT/PT	Library Buzz: New Look at ROI in Corporate Libraries Needing to justify their existence is no new topic for any corporate library. Even as corporate libraries are being challenged, now more than ever corporations are looking to accelerate the innovation process, improve productivity, support knowledge-based decision-making, and realize innovation. Learn through new case studies how real corporations are providing positive return on investment in corporate libraries right now.	George Scotti currently manages Channel Marketing and Account Development for Springer. Most notably, George has been working very closely with librarians all over the world through Springer's Library Advisory Board program. Through the program, Springer's executive team has the ability to receive direct feedback from academic, corporate and government librarians. The innovation being driven at Springer is a direct result of the LAB and the partnerships it is has forged. One such outcome is the Return on Investment white paper that was suggested at our last Corporate LAB. The results of which George will present during the session. Previously to his current role, George worked as a Global Marketing Manager for Kluwer Academic Publishers and held marketing positions at Lucent, Verizon and W.R. Grace & Co. He also has an MBA in international business from Bentley College.	This session was part of the AVL Library Buzz series Slides and pictures available here
October 6, 2009 6pm SLT/PT	Library Buzz: Getting the most out of vendor partnerships and negotiations Slides and pictures available here. Now more than ever we are challenged with providing information services with dwindling budgets and time. Join Richard (Cybrarian Mondschein in Second Life) to learn how to initiate and strengthen partnerships with vendors and content services providers and optimize use of their products and services in your organization. We'll talk about how to determine what makes a good vendor partnership for you, and best practices to take the negative out of negotiations with some examples and scenarios that can make the negotiation process productive and fun.	Richard Hulser Richard Hulser is principal, Richard P. Hulser Consulting, providing services for clients regarding content licensing and management, vendor partnerships and negotiation, technology strategy planning, and digital library implementation. He has always explored future trends and often an early adopter of new technologies, including involvement in Second Life. He was founder of the SLA Information Futurists Caucus, is an SIIA Certified Contents Rights Manager, a Fellow of SLA, and has served on the SLA Board of Directors. Hulser holds a B.S. in earth & space sciences, M.Ed. in instructional media, and M.A. in librarianship & information management.	This session was part of the AVL Library Buzz series Slides and pictures available here
September 24, 2009 6pm SLT/PT	Library Buzz: Career Agility: The brand is YOU! Slides and pictures available here. Christian and Cindy will discuss the value of creating a personal brand with special attention to using LinkedIn. Learn how a personal brand can work within your organization and externally. Even if -- or especially if -- you are an INTROVERT, this program is for you! Cindy and Christian suggest you take a quick look at Kim Dority's article "LinkedIn: Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell You, but Was Too Shy/Modest/Embarrassed to Say..." http://www.liscareer.com/dority_linkedin.htm  &nbsp Volunteer for a LinkedIn make-up! Christian Gray will choose 2 volunteers to go through their LinkedIn profiles a few days prior to the event and make changes/suggestions for their profiles. If you are interested, please email Christian at mailto:%20cgray@reprintsdesk.com Information professionals are uniquely qualified to deploy and leverage Enterprise Social Software. Yet, we are often unable to use similar software to promote, network and extend our own value in our work environments and in our professional sphere. We will share information, technology and processes that will enable you to: 1. Build your visibility - promote yourself in your current organization 2. Build your community & explore options - expand the number of scope and number of opportunities for employment 3. Build your portfolio - multipurpose your projects, share the knowledge and the value 4. Consider many ways to use your LIS skills - it is not always in a library or information center 5. Add social media tools as part of your research toolkit	Cindy Hill and Christian Gray Christian Gray, Head of Business Development at Reprints Desk. Christian recently published a series of articles for Searcher Magazine on Enterprise Social Software. Christian also assisted in building an alumni-networking capability founded on social web principles for Ernest and Young in 1997. He is currently using Web 2.0 tools to contribute to Cindy Romaine's "un-campaign" for SLA President Elect. An active member of the Special Libraries Association, Christian has spoken at a number of chapters including Southern California, San Andreas, Rocky Mountains and Portland. He has has moderated or presented at KM World, Internet World, Internet Librarian, Sun Microsystems and Qualcomm. Cindy Hill (Sydney Delphin in Second Life) is a Fellow and past-president of SLA and a longtime and active member of the San Andreas and San Francisco chapters. She currently serves as the Chair for the SLA Virtual Worlds Council, advising the Board on the potential of virtual worlds in learning, collaboration and networking for its members. Cindy is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences on the information profession, innovation, the impact of technology and its potential, trends and issues, and leadership and management topics. Cindy has worked as an information professional in a variety of industries including environmental, engineering consulting, and executive recruiting and high-technology. Cindy's two most recent positions include Vice President of Outsell's Information Management Service and prior to that, leading Sun's Digital Libraries & Research team. She has her own consulting firm, Hill Information Consulting Group. She enjoys exploring the potential of new and emerging technologies to connect people, content, and knowledge. Her favorite country is Iceland because its rugged terrain was used by US astronauts to train for their Moon landings. Cindy has been to NASA's Space Camp twice	This session was part of the AVL Library Buzz series.Slides and pictures available here.
August 25, 2009 6pm SLT/PT	Library Buzz: What Doors Did You Leave Open? Slides available here. A look at security issues in social media Social networking tools like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn are fabulous! However, what doors did you leave open? You'll see real examples, and we'll discuss issues and best practices around security and privacy when using these tools and also how to find information using these tools.	Marcia Rodney has been with Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. for more than six years, initially as senior analyst in library services reporting to strategic intelligence, and also supporting the scientific and engineering staff. She now works as an operations analyst, reporting to the Albuquerque office of Ball's Systems Engineering Solutions business unit. Marcia both tracks and teaches social networking for her team. Prior to her work with Ball, Marcia was part of the competitive intelligence team at Qwest, supported technical research at Maxtor (now Seagate), worked at the Earth Sciences and Maps Libraries at CU-Boulder, and in long ago chapters was librarian for Communication Arts and a researcher at CBS News. As principal analyst for her own firm, RSL Research Group, she works on survey design and analysis, primarily in the library field, as well as supporting small business clients. Marcia is looking forward to more time on her bike and a different kind of searching.	This session was part of the AVL Library Buzz series. Slides available here.
July 30, 2009 6pm SLT/PT	Libary Buzz session: Putting Social to Work: Real-Life Examples of Organizations and Info Pros Using Social Networking Tools Slides and pictures available here. Social networking tools like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and others can be fun to use, but how are organizations and information professionals actually using them to connect, share and find information effectively? How do they find the time to do it? In this session we will look at the real-life practical applications of social networking tools, both inside and outside of the information organization. You'll see real examples, and we'll discuss issues and best practices around security, privacy and implementation.	Scott Brown, recently started an independent information practice, Social Information Group, dedicated to helping individuals and organizations effectively use social networking tools for information sharing, networking and marketing. For the previous nine years he was a Senior Information Specialist with Digital Libraries & Research, the library and information organization at Sun Microsystems.	This session was part of the AVL Library Buzz series. Slides and pictures available here.
June 26, 2009 8am PT / 11am E	SLA 2009 Post-Conference unconference in Second Life View Pictures	Join SLA's Janice Lachance, CEO of SLA, and Gloria Zamora, SLA President, for a post-conference unconference at the SLA space in Second Life! Chat with them and other SLA members about the highlights of the SLA 2009 Conference. Here's a chance to share what you learned at the conference, and ask questions about the conference if you were not able to attend!	We will be using SL Voice for the presenation, please enable your SL Voice (edit>preferences>voice chat>enable>push talk to toggle box>apply>ok)
Nov. 21, 8:00 a.m. SLT	Talking, looking, flying, searching: A research report on information seeking behavior in Second Life	Does a 3D immersive environment suggest new models of information seeking behavior? Just how are people getting at information in virtual worlds? What does this mean for libraries and librarians? At this event, Margaret Ostrander (SL: Testy Outlander) will outline five key information seeking factors from her research in Second Life. Margaret's research was ethnographic in nature and involved in-depth interviews of everyday Second Life users, as well an ethnographic approach involving in-world observation of how avatars interacted with the information environment. Margaret will also discuss her research methodology, challenges and process.	We will be using SL Voice for the presenation, please enable your SL Voice (edit>preferences>voice chat>enable>push talk to toggle box>apply>ok)
Nov. 20, 5 p.m. SLT	Introduction to Second Life - Part 2	Scott Brown, Senior Information Specialist, Sun Microsystems (SL: Steven Source) Christy Confetti Higgins, Digital Libraries Program Lead, Sun Microsystems (SL: Violet Portola)	Register
Dec. 3, 8 a.m. SLT	Introduction to Second Life - Part 2	Scott Brown, Senior Information Specialist, Sun Microsystems (SL: Steven Source) Christy Confetti Higgins, Digital Libraries Program Lead, Sun Microsystems (SL: Violet Portola)	Register
Dec. 10, 5 p.m. SLT	Introduction to Second Life - Part 2	Scott Brown, Senior Information Specialist, Sun Microsystems (SL: Steven Source) Christy Confetti Higgins, Digital Libraries Program Lead, Sun Microsystems (SL: Violet Portola)	Register
Dec. 18, 11 a.m. SLT	Introduction to Second Life - Part 1	Scott Brown, Senior Information Specialist, Sun Microsystems (SL: Steven Source) Christy Confetti Higgins, Digital Libraries Program Lead, Sun Microsystems (SL: Violet Portola)	Register
Dec. 3, 8:00 - 8:20 a.m. SLT	Economic Education and Second Life (Videos and PowerPoint Presentations)	Ms. Melita V. Podesta, Project Coordinator, New England Economic Adventure, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston	Both sessions on Dec. 3 will be followed by Q&A
Dec. 3, 8:20 - 8:50 a.m. SLT	Economic Education/Research and Virtual Worlds (Videos and PowerPoint Presentations)	Dr. David E. Altig, Senior Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta	Both sessions on Dec. 3 will be followed by Q&A
Dec. 17, 5 p.m. SLT	Developing an Global Innovation Culture in SL	Stephen Abram, President, Special Libraries Association & Vice President of Innovation, SirsiDynix	Stephen plans on using voice chat for his presentation.
July 31, 8 - 9 am. SLT (11 a.m. - 12 noon ET)	Discussion: What SLA is doing with/in Second Life?	Jill Hurst-Wahl (Jillianna Suisei)	Come and hear what SLA is doing currently and its plans for the future in Second Life. Also share your ideas about what we should be doing.
Oct. 3, 5 p.m. SLT	Real Worlds, Virtual Libraries	Lori Bell, Director of Innovation, Alliance Library System, and Rhonda Trueman, Reference Librarian, Johnson and Wales University
Oct. 17, 4:30 p.m. SLT	Engaging with LIS Students in Second Life	Join us on SLA's space in Second Life for an event for LIS graduate students. 4:30pm SLT SLA welcoming and tour of the SLA space (Jill), 5:00pm SLT Panel discussion with Q&A, 6:00pm SLT concert at INKA's on Eduisland 4 with Suzen Jeul Resistance	See photo gallery from the session.
Oct. 23, 11 a.m. SLT	Introduction to Second Life - Part 1	Scott Brown, Senior Information Specialist, Sun Microsystems Christy Confetti Higgins, Digital Libraries Program Lead, Sun Microsystems
Nov. 4, 8 a.m. SLT	Introduction to Second Life - Part 2	Scott Brown, Senior Information Specialist, Sun Microsystems (SL: Steven Source) Christy Confetti Higgins, Digital Libraries Program Lead, Sun Microsystems (SL: Violet Portola)
Nov. 11, 8 a.m. SLT	Introduction to Second Life - Part 2	Scott Brown, Senior Information Specialist, Sun Microsystems (SL: Steven Source) Christy Confetti Higgins, Digital Libraries Program Lead, Sun Microsystems (SL: Violet Portola)
Nov. 13, 11 a.m. SLT	Introduction to Second Life - Part 1	Scott Brown, Senior Information Specialist, Sun Microsystems (SL: Steven Source) Christy Confetti Higgins, Digital Libraries Program Lead, Sun Microsystems (SL: Violet Portola)

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