CITY VIEWS WITHOUT TICKETS

OLD POST OFFICE PAVILLION 12 and Pennsylvannia Ave NW 9-5 Mon-Friday/check for Saturdays
Take elevator to open bell tower for great view of city; OPP is the next tallest structure next to the other buildings where you can get views but need tickets or or not as convenient to access (Washington Monument (Capitol, National Cathedral)

Kennedy Center great for night views especially on top tier; Catch free program every evening at 6PM

Join the SLA-DC Young Professionals Group for an informal Happy Hour on Weds. June 17th!
Stop by after the SLA Closing Reception or after work if you aren't lucky enough to be attending SLA that day!  We'll be right in the Convention Center complex.

Date: Wednesday June 17th, Time: 5:00pm

Place:  Old Dominion Brewhouse, 1219 9th St. NW, Metro: Mt Vernon Square/Convention Center

RSVP and/or questions to cwidowski@gmail.com

Did you bring the kids along? Kids Restaurant Week offers a great opportunity to feed the kids and have a great meal yourself. From 5 to 7 p.m., the restaurants will offer a three-course, fixed-price meal for both kids and adults. Adults (and children over 12) pay $29; kids 11 and younger pay their age.

There are a number of upcoming festivals in the area on Saturday, June 13 and Sunday, June 14. If you are in DC for SLA's annual conference a few days early, you may want to mark your calendar for one or more of the following activities:

• Duke Ellington Jazz Festival on the Mall (PDF flyer) celebrating the music of New Orleans, the festival will feature TWO FREE all-day and all-star jazz celebrations and a very special, free sunset concert on the grounds of the National Mall on Saturday, June 13 and Sunday, June 14, 2009
• Garden Fest (WORD flyer) in the Smithsonian's Enid A. Haupt Garden on Saturday, June 13, 2009. This event is also FREE!

For additional options on places to visit while in the DC area, please see the following wiki pages for more options:

• Washington, DC's Visitor Guide: 100 Free (or Almost Free) Things to Do in DC
• Cultural Events including Theatre, Music
• Museums, Tours, & Attractions including Fun Things for Kids
• Off-the-Beaten Path & Day Trips Outside the Beltway

The DC Chapter is delighted to assist in hosting this historic conference.
Be sure to stop by the DC Information Booth located near the SLA Registration area in the Washington Convention Center. We have the "Official Visitors Guide" which is packed with information you want and need. Major areas cover Museums, Theatres, Restaurants, Shopping, Hotels, Special Events and Maps. There will be a special Restaurant Concierge located near our booth to assist in making reservations.

In the Guide you will find Special emphasis on the Lincoln Centennial, the Green Scene of parks and gardens, and Summer Spotlight which features Festivals, Concerts and Other Celebrations. Other items we'll provide include METRO Pocket Maps, other maps of DC, Special brochures of the National Mall as well as the SLA 2009 Conference Pin. Special Drawings held each day, so be sure to deposit your business card for great prizes. Drawings daily Sat-Tues at 4:45 p.m.; Wednesday 11:45 a.m. We promise the prizes will be easily portable!

Use this hospitality wiki developed by many DC/SLA Chapter members to learn specific things about the DC Neighborhoods, interesting things to do with kids - Toddlers to Teens using the "Our Kids" web site (many coupons for savings listed there!). Our Volunteers have been working on this page for more than a year....it is a real gold mine!

The DC Chapter Volunteers will be available to answer questions, make suggestions and generally welcome you to DC. DC Information Booth: Saturday - Tuesday staffed from 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.; Wednesday 7:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Looking forward to seeing you in DC!! Greta D. Ober, 2009 DC Chapter President

The blooms on our cherry blossom trees mark our shift to spring in the DC area. We look forward to you coming to celebrate SLA's centennial year at the annual conference in Washington, DC. We want to highlight some of what our hospitality wiki has to offer:

• SLA's selected conference hotels including an ability to locate roommates to help reduce conference costs;
• Information on getting to and around DC;
• Museums, tours, & attractions including special offerings for SLA members only from Our Kids as well as quick breaks and excursions;
• Favorite "Washington Eats";
• 12 virtual library tours illustration the wonderful collections managed by DC-area libraries;
• And more...

We hope you enjoy this collection of resources the local DC/SLA chapter members pulled together for you! In addition, if you would like to purchase a 2009 SLA Centennial polo shirt, please click here to order your souvenir shirt.

Wiki Highlights (view as slideshow)
	Indicators of Spring: Cherry blossom trees are blooming.		DC T-shirt sold at local street vendors.

Tours of National Public Radio for SLA Attendees

There will be a tour of NPR as part of the News Division's program, but it's already full. Since we know that many librarians are fans of NPR, and since we're right across the street from the DC Convention Center, we thought there might be others interested in visiting us.

So, our Audience Services Department has offered to conduct two tours for SLA attendees only:

Monday, June 15, at 2 p.m., and Tuesday, June 16, at 2 p.m.  This is a general tour of NPR, not just the Libraries, and it will take about an hour. (NPR runs a public tour every Thursday at 11 a.m. Anyone still in town then is welcome to join that tour.)

Space is limited, so please respond to me at kmalesky@npr.org  if you'd like to attend (and be sure to tell me which session you want!). We look forward to seeing you in June.

UPDATE APRIL 10: THE MONDAY AND TUESDAY TOURS ARE FILLED.

Curious to know more about the conference substantive dates in order to make a solid hotel reservation.  Is the conference full day / full force on Sunday, June 14th, for example which would mean it would be prudent to fly from the west coast to the east coast on Saturday?  Similarily, is the conference in full force or winding down on Wed., June 17th, which may impact a decision to add Wed. evening to the hotel room, or not....  With no program in place for public viewing, while timing appropriate to making hotel reservations, any input or insights would be appreciated.  MM

During the 2009 SLA Mid-Winter Leadership Summit, we received feedback from our SLA members who wanted to see information on our wiki for additional housing options like hostels and YMCA options as well as a map showing where the conference hotels are located. The conference hotel map is already available, and we will plan to add information on hostels/YMCA housing options. If you want to know something that you do not yet see, please leave us a comment on our conference blog to let us know! We look forward to seeing you in DC at the 2009 SLA Annual Conference!

C U N DC (view as slideshow)
	Nancy & Sharon posing with George.		Sharon & Susan working the marketing table.
	Sharon modeling the DC/SLA shirts.		See you in DC!
	Karen marketing 2009 Annual Conference in DC.		Members visiting the marketing table.

New book to be released in 2009!

Our very own Guy St. Clair, author of SLA at 100: From "Putting Knowledge to Work(c)" to Building the Knowledge Culture, reads an excerpt from the book from Chapter 6: 1940-1949 World War II and Its Aftermath.. Book was written in honor of SLA's centennial and will be available in 2009.

Click here to listen to the excerpt (MP3 format | length: 19:44 minutes). After listening, leave your comment on what impacted you the most.

SLA timeline 1909-2007 (selected items)

1909 SLA is officially established
1909 Membership count 57
1909 Dues $2 including subscription to Special Libraries
1910 Special Libraries begins publication. Subscription $2.
1915 "Putting Knowledge to Work" association slogan coined by John A. Lapp
1919-20 First Female President elected Maude A. Carabin Mann
1943 SLA opens headquarters library
1947 Salary Survey conducted and published in Special Libraries
1949 Divisions were formed from groups
1959 First presentation of SLA Hall of Fame
1967 Conventions renamed conferences to emphasize the professional program content
1978 Professional development department established
1981 Electronic mail communication between the board of Directors and Association Staff begin experimental basis
1985 SLA Headquarters moves from New York City to Washington, DC
1986 Fellows Award is established
1986 SLA initiates first annual State of the Art Institute
*1988 SLA introduces first computer assisted study program at 79th annual conference
1989 First Caucus established: Solo Librarian (which later became Solo Librarian Division)
1991 First annual International Special Librarians Day recognized
1993 SLA is connected to the Internet@ sla@capcon.net
1996 SLA launches its own World Wide Web site (www.sla.org)
1996 SLA publishes Competencies for Special Librarians of the 21st Century
1997 Information Outlook, the monthly four-color magazine is published
2000 SLA's Global 2000 Conference, held in Brighton, U.K.
2004 New SLA Strategic Plan identifies three areas of focus: education, networking, advocacy
2005 Click University founded, exclusive professional development benefit for SLA members
2005 SLA By-laws amended to permit e-mail voting and first e-mail vote for SLA leadership
2006 SLA launches Knowledge Management Division with over 500 members at end of first year

Sources:

• Latham, John. An association chronology prepared for SLA's 90^th anniversary year in 1999 and published in Information outlook, January-December, 1999.
• Simon, Fannie. "Special Libraries Association chronology 1909-1964," Special Libraries55 (6), June, 1964, pp.361-383. Also updated and published in "SLA Moves to Washington" (Washington, DC: Special Libraries Association, 1985).
• St. Clair, Guy. SLA at 100: From "Putting Knowledge to Work(c)" to Building the Knowledge Culture. (Washington, DC: Special Libraries Association, 2009.)

Below is a compiled list of questions and answers from SLA members who plan to attend next year's conference in Washington, DC!

What famous monument are you going to visit when you come to DC next year? Air & Space Museum American Indian Museum (opened in 2004) Arlington Cemetery The Awakening (moved in 2007 to the new Harbor Place) Carousel on the Mall Corcoran (free on Tuesdays) Crime & Punishment (new) DC Aquarium Duke Ellington Bridge Einstein statue FDR "Rooms" Hirschorn Museum IRS Jefferson Memorial Jefferson Memorial JFK Grave site Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens Library of Congress Lincoln Memorial National Archives National Gallery, East Wing National Law Enforcement Officers' Memorial  National Women's Art Museum National Zoo (especially the pandas) NCIS Newseum (just re-opened in April 2007) Paddle boats on the Tidal Basin Roosevelt Sackler Smithsonian Museums Spy Museum Supreme Court The Phillips The Portrait Gallery U.S. Naval Observatory U.S. Secret Service Vietnam Memorial Wax Museum White House Women's War Memorial WWII Memorial What's your favorite restaurant in Washington, DC? Belga Cafe (Capitol Hill) Ben's Chili Bowl (Shaw & Nats Stadium) Bistro Bis (Capitol Hill/Union Station) Cashion's Eat Place (Adams Morgan) Goldonis (Italian, K Street) Post Brasserie (Penn Quarter) Restaurant Nora (organic, near Dupont Circle) Vidalia (K Street Corridor) Zengo's (Penn Quarter) Which movies featured Washington, DC, as its star? All the Presidents Men Mr. Smith Goes to Washington View complete list...

DC Informational Booth (view as slideshow)       SLA members could have their picture taken with George Washington.           Many people stopped by our booth to learn more about next year's conference!           And... a few even kissed George on his cheek.

C U N DC = See You in DC for 2009 SLA Annual Conference & Centennial Celebration!!

DC/SLAers met near the registration desk on Sunday, June 15 at 12:45 PM to freeze in place as part of a promo for next year's 2009 SLA Annual Conference in Washington, DC. Check out YouTube for our "C U N DC" frozen in place video.

C U N DC Frozen in Place (view as slideshow)