SLA 2012: Practising Agility in an Open World Economy
All eyes and ears will be on Chicago from July 15 to 18 when SLA holds its annual conference at McCormick Place. All educational sessions have been planned around this year’s theme which is...
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Canadian Association of Law Libraries 2012 Conference
This year, the CALL 2012 Conference will be held in our own city, Toronto! The Canadian Association of Law Libraries may be legal in name, but our Conference has sessions planned that are geared to...
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SLA Toronto/T-SLIS Blue Winter Article Club Night
The SLA Facebook page for the Blue Winter Article Club describes January as a cold and dreary month, and true to form, this past month’s event featured rain and a notable subway delay that either...
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A History of the Toronto Desk Set
The Toronto Desk Set was the product of a raucous night at the Happy Village, a local bar close to the apartment where we lived while interning at two different libraries at the University of Chicago...
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Stop Annoying your Audience: Six Rules for Presenting
Sooner or later in any career, perhaps especially in that of the meeting planner, you’re going to have to stand up in front of an audience and give a presentation. It might be to management or clients...
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Meet the Editors
Kelly Butler Kelly is a recent graduate of the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information (2011) with a focus on media and research librarianship and government information. She is currently...
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Meet the Executive
President | Laura Warner Laura is a Media Librarian in the Content Management department at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Since graduation with her MLIS and MPA degrees from Dalhousie in 2007...
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People on the Move
After four years as Senior Information Specialist with MaRS Market Intelligence, Helen Kula has accepted a new assignment with MaRS. She is now supporting a large-scale data initiative stewarded by...
View ArticleReport from the Membership Director
Please join me in welcoming the following new members who joined our Chapter from November 2011 through January 2012. Sharon Bailey, Toronto Alisha Barron, Toronto Julia Chun, Toronto Isabelle Duford,...
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Laura Warner and I just returned from beautiful Atlanta, Georgia for the SLA Leadership Summit. Not surprisingly, participating SLAers were tweeting up a storm! To see the conversation over the 2 days...
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Welcome to the 2012 Winter issue of The Courier! Thank you to everyone who contributed articles for this issue. In addition to the recurring columns, this issue also introduces SLA Toronto’s 2012...
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Dear Colleagues, Welcome to another exciting year with the Special Libraries Association Toronto Chapter. I’ve always been a strong believer in professional associations. These social networks,...
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