Tuesday, September 27, 2011

CBC Library Tour Confirmed!

Our tour of the CBC Library and Archive has been confirmed! If you would like to join us on this tour then please send an email to sla.tsg.1[at]gmail.com. There are only 30 spaces available so make sure you let us know if you would like to join us as soon as possible to guarantee yourself a space. CBC has requested a list of all attendees by Monday, October 3rd, at the latest.

Here are the details:

Where: 250 Front Street West. We will meet at the Front St. entrance.
Time: 9:45am.
Duration: 1.5 hours.
What: On this tour will we be visiting the following - Media Centre, Visual Research, Reference, Music, Image Research, Film, VTR, DIVA Deep Archive.

This promises to be an interesting, exciting and informative tour. We hope you can join us on our first event of the 2011-2012 season.


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Saturday, September 24, 2011

Thank You!

Thank you to everyone who visited us at the iSchool's Clubs and Associations Open House. We had a great time talking to everyone about the SLA-TSG and our plans for the year. Thank you as well for all of the wonderful suggestions!

Some of you expressed interest in joining the Special Libraries Association. The cost to join is $40 for students. The SLA maintains a very active listserv. Membership allows you access to webinars, SLA events and a host of other benefits.
Please visit the SLA Membership page for more information and to join.

Also, a reminder: You are not required to be a member of the SLA to participate in SLA-TSG events. We welcome everyone who is interest to participate in our tours and talks.

Thank you again to everyone who visited our booth! We look forward to seeing you soon on our tour of the CBC Library and Archive.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Welcome to the 2011-2012 School Year!

Welcome to the Special Libraries Association - Toronto Student Group (SLA-TSG). It's a new school year and that means we are ready to get back into the action.

Come meet us at the iSchool's Clubs and Associations Open House on Thursday, September 22nd from 4:00pm to 6:00pm in the student lounge (7th floor, Bissell Building, 140 St. George St.). Here you can sign up for our listserv and provide us with some input on potential library tours, panels of guest speakers, and any other events you think we should run.

Your SLA-TSG 2011-2012 Executive is:

  • Stephanie Quail
  • Jaclyn Derlatka
  • Shawna Delgaty
  • Lisa Detta Colli
  • Heather Buchansky
  • Kathryn Tippell

Stay tuned for a new blog, new professional profiles and details about our upcoming tour of the CBC Library and Archives!