Monthly Archive for January, 2012

Social Media in the Workplace

By Mark Puterbaugh. Published on January 27, 2012 in Events and General News. 0 Comments Tags: .

Here’s an upcoming event from the SLA Phildelphia Chapter!

Title: Social Media in the Workplace

Location: Temple University, TECH Center, 12th Street and Montgomery Avenue, Philadelphia, PA
Link out: Click here
Description:  Discussion on the way that social media is reshaping the workplace. Reflects on how we can use the new technologies to promote services and assist our patrons?   (More details to come.) 

Presented by Sheri Stahler, Associate Vice President for Computer Services, Temple University

 

Date: 2012-02-22

SLA Philadelphia Chapter

Board Meeting

By Gary. Published on January 27, 2012 in General News. 0 Comments Tags: .

The next meeting of the MLA-Phil board will be Thursday, March 29th. If you have comments or concerns about the chapter, please direct them to a board member.

Title: Board Meeting
Location: conference call
Start Time: 14:00
Date: 2012-03-29
End Time: 15:00

Budget Cuts Force National Biological Information Infrastructure Program to Close

By Stephanie Ferretti. Published on January 13, 2012 in Government Relations. 0 Comments

The biodiversity database created in 1994, which allowed researchers access to a variety of environmental data will end Janurary 15, 2012. The program’s closure follows a series of drastic cuts.

Research Works Act

By Julia Lewis. Published on January 12, 2012 in Government Relations. 0 Comments

Does a bill introduced in the House of Representatives threaten to cripple the National Institutes of Health policy that its “grantees provide copies of the papers they publish in peer-reviewed journals to the library?” The Research Works Act  (HR 3699.IH) could penalize public access.  For the full article read Research Bought, then Paid For.

New York Times OP-ED: By Michael B. Eisen  Published: January 10, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Healthcare Law and the Individual Mandate

By Julia Lewis. Published on January 12, 2012 in Government Relations. 0 Comments

Obama lawyers filed briefs for the healthcare law, as did the opposition. The central part of the hearings will focus on the individual mandate which the Supreme Court will hear in March.  To find out what both sides are saying, read the post.

Reuters: WASHINGTON | Fri Jan 6, 2012