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Early-Career Librarians meeting ideas?
5:04 PM EST 12/4/08
Thanks to all who were able to come to the MLA happy hour! It was great seeing some of you again and meeting some of you for the first time.

And, if some of you have never heard of this group yet, I added your name to the list or I was given your name by someone who thought you would make a great addition to our group. The Early-Career Librarians Interest Group was started by Ann Walker Smalley, Director of Metronet, in an effort to "help you and others like you develop that all-important peer network to share ideas, advance your careers, and make new friends. A mission of Metronet is to provide networking opportunities for library staff in the metro area through programming and events."

I want to encourage you all to join the WebJunction group - MN Early Career Librarians: http://www.webjunction.org/740/resources/overview. We will be uploading discussion items and documents from our meetings there, so it's a great place for all of us to keep in touch.

As for our meetings, these happy hours have been really great, but let's move beyond them and have some programming or discussions at future meetings. So, what sort of ideas or suggestions do you have for our future meetings? This message is posted in the discussion section of the WebJunction group, so please post any suggestions you have in the discussion thread.

I hope to see you soon in WebJunction (as well as in-person)!
RE: Early-Career Librarians meeting ideas?
10:56 AM EST 12/10/08 as a reply to LeAnn Suchy.
Hi LeAnn,
I wasn't able to make it to the MLA happy hour but I am interested in other events with the group. A few suggestions I have might be something on getting published, working with the other generations of librarians, and what other librarians are working on/having success with. I am also interested in instruction/info lit issues but this might be to focused.
Thanks,
Kate
RE: Early-Career Librarians meeting ideas?
10:01 AM EST 12/16/08 as a reply to Kate Peterson.
I second the nod for suggestions on getting things published. I also would love to have something about suggestions for things we should be doing in terms of professional development.

(And, on a side note, for those of you who did attend our happy hour at MLA, I was right Ann Walker Smalley, Wilson Phillips is comprised of the daughters of Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys: "Wilsons are the daughters of Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, while Phillips' parents are John Phillips and Michelle Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas.") emoticon
RE: Early-Career Librarians meeting ideas?
6:52 PM EDT 4/16/09 as a reply to LeAnn Suchy.
You know everything, LeAnn emoticon
RE: Early-Career Librarians meeting ideas?
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6:54 PM EDT 4/16/09 as a reply to LeAnn Suchy.
How about an "intergenerational" game night at MLA. Board games, Wii (we can borrow Melsa's), snacks...Would be fun. Opportunity to socialize and get to know each other. Ken Berenger, MLA President, said he would attend.
RE: Early-Career Librarians meeting ideas?
5:12 PM EDT 6/18/09 as a reply to Ann Walker Smalley.
You know, Ann, I believe you sent me an email about this, and I never responded? Is that true? No, never! emoticon

Anyway, I think this gaming night at MLA sounds great! What sort of help do you need in getting this set up??

And, with how busy this past semester was I never got a chance to set up something with the Early Career Librarians. Jennifer and I talked about it a little bit at our happy hour at the Library Technology Conference, which is where the MnDOT library tour came from, but beyond that we haven't met again.

In your past experience, what do you think about summer meetings? Good? Bad?

It seems like a lot of people want info on professional development, and I think that sounds like a good idea, too, so do you know any other wise librarians like yourself who would be willing to gather with us and give us some info about professional development, publishing, etc.? Any guidance we have in that area is always appreciated.