Early Bird registration ends this Friday, April 19 for the SLA 2013 Annual Conference in San Diego June 9-11.
Come network with colleagues, learn about the newest industry trends and find out how news research and archive centers just like yours are surviving and even thriving in 2013.
NEWS DIVISION PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Sunday, June 9
11:45am Google and Beyond! Gathering Competitive Intelligence
Speaker: Sean Campbell, Co-owner, Cascade Insights
Moderator: Michel Bernaiche, Director – Program Development, Aurora WDC
(Convention Center, Room 14A)
11:45am SPOTLIGHT SESSION: Position your Career and your Library for The Next Information Boom
Speaker: Jack Plunkett, CEO, Plunkett Research, Ltd
Moderator: Karen MacDonald, Business Librarian, Kent State University Libraries
(Convention Center, Room 6AB)
Monday, June 10
10:00am SPOTLIGHT SESSION: Organizing Knowledge
Speaker: Patrick Lambe, Principal Consultant, Straits Knowledge
Moderator: Janice Keeler, Manager, Knowledge Management, NERA Economic Consulting
(Convention Center, Room 6A)
12:00pm Storytelling across Multiple Platforms
Panelists include Talitha Baker from Invisible Children and InsideClimate News Executive Editor Susan White, whose team just won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting and who has edited three Pulitzer-winning packages in the past few years.
Speakers: Talitha Baker, Tour Booking Manager, Invisible Children
Tom Mallory, Homepage Editor, U-T San Diego
Susan White, Inside Climate News
(Convention Center, Room 8)
6:00pm UT San Diego Tour*
6:45pm News Division Awards Event*
Tuesday, June 11
10:00am South of the Border: Research and Library Resources in Mexico
Moderator: Sandra Dibble, Reporter, Mexico and Border Issues, Union Tribune
Speakers: Kenn Morris, President, Crossborder Group Inc.
Lynne Walker, Vice President, Institute of the Americas
(Convention Center, Room 14B)
2:00pm Corporate Libraries: Adding Value in the Workplace
Author and consultant Joe Matthews outlines the building blocks for delivering content and experiences that users want. A graduate course in just 90 minutes!
Speaker: Joe Matthews, JRM Consulting Inc.
(Convention Center, Room 8)
* Evening events are not listed on the official SLA schedule. More info to come on these programs and events.