Please join SCALA on a tour of the Research Library at the Oregon Historical Society on Saturday, November 14 at 11am.
This is a great opportunity to learn about a unique library with an extensive research collection that serves patrons from all over the world. The tour will be conducted by Scott Daniels, Research Librarian at OHS.

We will meet in the lobby of the Oregon Historical Society a little before
11am. The tour is expected to last approximately 30-45 min, with time afterwords for questions.

Address:
Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, OR 97205

Please let me know if you will be attending. To RSVP please e-mail Jennifer
Keyser at mjkeyser@gmail.com

Join SCALA and your fellow SLIMsters for a fun-filled evening at Ground Kontrol after class on Saturday, October 24.

What is Ground Kontrol? It is an arcade filled with classic games like Ms. Pacman, Centipides, Donkey Kong
Dr. Mario, and Street Fighter. Plus they have an amazing collection of pinball games. And of course, they do have DDR (Dance Dance Revolution). Not into video games? No worries! Just come and hang out. There is a bar that serves beer and wine (after 5pm no minors are allowed, so please bring your id).

When: Saturday, October 24 at 7pm

Where: Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade
511 NW Couch St. (a few blocks from the 6th and Davis stop
on the yellow or green Max line)
Portland, OR

Cost: No cover charge, just quarters for the games (they have change machines there).

Minutes from July 26, 2009 meeting are posted.

Thank you to everyone that attended the 2009 SCALA Library Prom. Good times were had by all and the event was, I believe, a great success. Thank you to all my fellow officers for doing a terrific job organizing the event, especially to Candise for tracking down the venue, running the Face Book page and DJing the actual event. Hopefully Library Prom will become a SCALA tradition for years to come.

The Emporia State University Student Government recently awarded SCALA $1,268 to assist select students with travel costs to national and regional conferences. In an email to the SLIM listserv, Dr. Cecilia Salvatore outlined the scholarship application process:

“Students should apply to receive these scholarships as soon as
possible. Students who will be presenting or who have formally signed
up to volunteer at these conferences will be given preference. A
committee will review the applications.

“To Apply:
Email Dr. Cecilia Salvatore (csalvato@emporia.edu) or Matt Upson
(mupson@emporia.edu) – Please label the email subject heading: “SCALA
Scholarships – Your Name”

“Provide:
1. Your contact information
2. A 2-page statement describing why you should receive financial
assistance to attend a specific conference and how attending that
conference can contribute to your professional growth
3. An abstract of your presentation (if you plan on presenting).
Remember, preference will be given to those who will be presenting.

“Deadline: If you are planning on attending the ALA annual conference
in July, please turn in your applications by June 1. All other
applicants please apply by August 15.”

Minutes from April, 04 2009 meeting are posted.

SLIM-OR SCALA is hosting a prom for librarians and library workers!

When? Saturday, May 16 from 7PM to 11PM.
Where? Liberty Hall, Portland, OR.
Cost: $12 a couple or $7 per person at the door. But if you RSVP, it’s a mere $10 per couple. Even with RSVP, payment is not due until day of event (please bring cash).

How do you RSVP? Email Eura at e.g.ryan@gmail.com with the names and number of people in your party.

Why should you attend? Remember those t-shirts you just bought? That’s when you can get them!

Need more reasons? There will be music and it will be lots of fun!

SCALA would like to thank Allie Flanary for braving the farmer’s market and making it out to PSU on Saturday to give an informal talk. Those that attended were treated to some great down-to-earth insights into the process of establishing a fledgling library career.

Because we convened outside, Allie was unable to make use of the slides she created. So for those who were unable attend, or if you want a refresher, here’s her presentation:

Have class this Saturday? You should stop by and hear OR6 graduate Allie speak! Currently she’s a faculty librarian (Web & Outreach specialist) at Portland Community College in Portland, Oregon. Also, she’s a past SLIM-OR SCALA president, ALA emerging leader and next-gen librarian extraordinaire. She’s a terrifically engaging speaker and so we really encourage you not to miss this event!

When? Saturday, April 4, 2009 from 12:15pm – 1:15pm.
Where? PSU Cramer 371

For more information, you can visit her PCC page http://www.pcc.edu/library/contact/profiles/allie_flanary.html and personal site http://shinylib.com/

ORDERS HAVE BEEN CLOSED! THANK YOU EVERYBODY!

Help support SCALA by purchasing a t-shirt!

Do your friends question your commitment to librarianship? Prove them wrong by adorning yourself with this t-shirt bearing the visage of library icon Ranganathan:

(Thanks to Aaron Schmidt for the original idea and the permission to use it)

Cost: $10 for students and $12 for non-students. Shipping is an additional $5 (Though if you’re in the Portland area we can probably figure out some way to get it to you).

How to procure such merchandise? Simply email Eura at e.g.ryan@gmail.com. Be sure to tell her your size and color.

We are doing this by taking pre-orders and then ordering the shirts from the printer, so it may be a little while until you get them, but this also means you can choose whatever color you want. We plan to send off our order March 16th, so please let us know by then.

The printer uses American Apparel (wholesale catalog at http://americanapparel.net/wholesaleresources/catalog/browse.html) or stuff distributed by Think Actionwear (http://thincactionwear.com/) If you want something other than a basic t-shirt be aware that we will have to charge you the added cost of the garment and a slight surcharge for anything we have to order in quantities less than a dozen.

And remember library people: tell your friends and co-workers about this great offer! The proceeds from this sale will help our club put on more events and activities for you.