Spring 2008

  Chair’s Column

by Aura Lippincott, 2007-2008 LACASIS Chair

Greetings LACASIS members and friends!

It’s Spring! The time to renew and revitalize after a long, hard Winter! Okay, that’s stretching the truth here in Southern California where the average temperature has been about 60 degrees this Winter (and mostly rain-free too). But Spring does represents a fine time to renew and revitalize your professional network, and LACASIS provides many opportunities to do just that. Here are a few of the activities that LACASIS sponsored for our information colleagues this winter:
 

• 2007 CISTA Award Recipient & Featured Speaker Dr. Carol Tenopir presented “Witnessing Change: Studying Scholarly Article Reading Over Time” at UCLA
• A diverse group of invited speakers representing public, academic, special libraries, and museums presented at Tag You're It: A Dialog Between Social Tagging and Traditional Classification
• We refreshed our LACASIS-L list! Our goal is to ensure that LACASIS-L is a useful resource for YOU!

And we have more activities planned — from field trips to online learning opportunities to speaker programs. Please check the website and lookout for announcements on LACASIS-L regarding future events.

I would like to welcome our new LACASIS members and encourage you all, in particular, to get involved. What better way to get the most from your professional organization than to actively participate. Don’t be shy! Come to an event and get to know us!

Upcoming LACASIS Board Meetings

LACASIS board meetings are held monthly from 9:30 to 11:30 on the first Saturday of each month (with the exception of holidays) and are open to all members. During the summer months of June, July and August board meetings are held virtually via email.