SLA Europe

Jill Strand – President Elect In this podcast we catch up with president-elect Jill Strand. Dennie Heye talks to Jill about her travels around the USA to visit different member libraries and events. Jill shared what she learned from these visits and how this helps her learn what members are looking for in SLA. To wrap up this podcast interview, Jill also looks forward to the SLA Conference next year – she is excited about what is being offered for different levels of members plus other changes based on member’s feedback to improve the conference.  

Tracy Z. Maleeff is our guest in this episode of the SLA Europe podcast. Tracy won the inaugural Dow Jones Innovate award and is currently the conference chair for the SLA conference in 2015. She is the library resources manager at Duane Morris LLP in Philadelphia and is an active SLA member. In this interview, Dennie Heye talks to Tracy about what we can do to become more innovative, why Tracy is so passionate about SLA and what is new and exciting for the annual conference next year! You can learn more about Tracy via her LinkedIn profile or you can connect with her via Twitter.    

SLA 2014 conference logo For the SLA Europe podcast, Dennie Heye asked a variety of SLA members to send clips they recorded at the SLA Conference in Vancouver. This way he received a great collection of recordings: first timer’s impressions, interviews with board members, summaries of meetings, and much more. He will compile several SLA Europe episodes using this clips to give you a unique insight into what was going on at the SLA conference. In this episode you’ll hear: – Lauren Lawler and Lindsay Robinson reflecting on the opening of the SLA annual conference; – Marie Cannon giving her thoughts about the opening of the SLA annual conference; – Rosie Hare, Michelle Bond, Sam Wiggins, Ruth Jenkins, Lindsay Robinson and Marie Cannon sharing their comments and take-aways at the end of the conference

For the SLA Europe podcast, Dennie Heye asked a variety of SLA members to send clips they recorded at the SLA Conference in Vancouver. This way he received a great collection of recordings: first timer’s impressions, interviews with board members, summaries of meetings, and much more. He will compile several SLA Europe episodes using this clips to give you a unique insight into what was going on at the SLA conference. In this episode you’ll here: Geraldine Clement-Stoneham interviewing Jill Strand (president elect) Rosie Hare – SLA Europe Early Career Conference award winner giving her first impressions of the conference Geraldine Clement-Stoneham interviewing Khalilah Gambrell (responsible for user experience at EBSCO) David Cappoli – brief summary of the open SLA board meeting Marlene Vogelsang – looking forward to the SLA conference More to come!  

In this podcast episode, Dennie Heye interviews Ally Crockford – Wikimedian in Residence at the National Library of Scotland. In this interview, Ally explains us more about her role. She explains why the National Library of Scotland created the role and the value of her work for information services. She also discusses what information professionals can learn from Wikimedians.