Tuesday, July 29 - SLA NY Happy Hour

The next SLA NY chapter's happy hour is scheduled for July 29, Tuesday. We are honored to be host to both candidates for SLA President-Elect, Janice Anderson and Anne Caputo. Voting will take place this fall and you have the chance to meet them personally and hear what their goals are or ask questions. Read their bios below for more information.

Copies of Liz Lynch's booklet of networking tips will be available for purchase for $5 each (from the May 15 event). And the Midtown Executive Club has recently finished some refurbishments to Rumford Hall and the dining room so come check it out.

Please join us:

SLA NY Happy Hour
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
From 5:30 to 7:30 pm

Midtown Executive Club
Rumford Hall
40 West 45th Street (betw. 5/6th Aves. You will see a blue awning with CQ)
http://www.midtownexecutiveclub.com

Drink Prices: $4 for soft drinks; $6 for beer; $8 for wine; $10 for mixed; $12 for martinis
PLEASE NOTE: Half-price beer and house wines until 6:30

Please RSVP to Vida Cohen at cohen.v@att.net to help us establish an attendance figure. But feel free to drop by if you find you can make it last minute.

Michelle

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES:

Janice C. Anderson
Access Sciences Corporation
Houston, Texas
Janice C. Anderson has more than 35 years experience in information management. In 1985, driven by her desire to provide the highest quality client service, Anderson founded Access Sciences Corporation, originally known as Access Information Associates. Today, she serves as CEO and Chair of the Board of Directors and continues to work hand in hand with clients to manage their information resources.

Anderson is a member of the Special Libraries Association (SLA), American Library Association (ALA), Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM), Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), and the Association of Records Managers and Administrators (ARMA). Most recently, Anderson served as Chair Elect/Program Planner and Chair of the Petroleum and Energy Resources Division. She has also been active with the Houston Chapter of ARMA, serving on the Board as Vice President of Outreach, Vice President of Communication, and Vice President of Conference.

Read more at http://www.sla.org/content/SLA/governance/bodsection/can/08can/andersonbio.cfm

Anne Caputo
Dow Jones & Company
Washington, D.C.
Anne Caputo is Executive Director of Dow Jones' Learning & Information Professional Programs where she is responsible for the planning and development of learning initiatives for Dow Jones Content Technology Solutions group. She is also responsible for strategic planning, marketing and the creation of alliances with and for information professionals. Prior to joining Dow Jones in 1998, she served in various positions with The Dialog Corporation, most recently as Director of Dialog's Quantum information professional program and the Classroom Instruction Program.

Additionally, Anne is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Maryland, College of Library and Information Services, where she teaches Access to Information in Electronic Environments. She is also a member of the distance education faculty for the University of Tennessee, School of Information Sciences.

Anne has served SLA at the local level as a Director and later President of the Washington, DC Chapter. She has also served at the international level on SLA's Board of Directors as the 2006-2007 Chapter Cabinet Chair and as Secretary to the Board. She is currently the Ethics Ambassador for the Washington, DC Chapter. In 2004 she was named a recipient of SLA's Rose L. Vormelker Award for mentoring students and practicing professionals and was named a Fellow of SLA at the 2008 Annual Conference.

Read more at http://www.sla.org/content/SLA/governance/bodsection/can/08can/caputobio.cfm