[Carolinas_asist] Save that Date - April 23 - Friends in NC and SC

[Deborah Swain]

SAVE THAT DATE! You are cordially invited by the ASIST Carolinas Chapter
(CC: ASIST) and “Friends of MIS” for an early Saturday evening reception and
lecture at the RENCI  (Renaissance Computing Institute) in Chapel Hill, NC
on April 23, 2016 starting at 5:30
pm  Our guest speaker is Rebecca Vargha, who will talk about “The Future of Our Profession
in the Digital Age.” 

This
is our opportunity to come together as Friends in North and South Carolina: business
partners, employers, academic leaders, members of ASIS&T, SLA, LIS alumni,
and graduate students to share ideas and news. We encourage spouses
and family to join us, too.  

There
will be plenty of parking and interesting snacks. 

Rebecca
Vargha is the Librarian at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science (SILS) and an
adjunct faculty member. Ms. Vargha is a graduate of NC Central University’s Masters
of Library Science (MLS) degree program. She is active in the Special Libraries
Association (SLA) locally, nationally and globally. She is a past president of
SLA; immediate past chair of SLA's leadership management division; chair for
SLA's Museums, Arts and Humanities Division; archivist for the North Carolina
SLA Chapter; and serves as faculty advisor for the SLA Student Group at
SILS. 

 

This event is sponsored by CC: ASIS&T in
collaboration with the NC Central University Student Chapters of ASIS&T and
Special Libraries Association (SLA). This is the third Robert M. Ballard
Lecture by the SLA.

Please
RSVP by April 20 to: Ms. Puspanjali Khatri, pkhatri at eagles.nccu.edu or Dr. Deborah Swain, (dswain at nccu.edu;
919-530-7502). No charge though contributions to CC: ASIS&T will be appreciated.



Location and Directions: The RENCI develops and deploys advanced technologies
to enable research discoveries and practical innovations. RENCI partners with
researchers, policy makers, and technology leaders to engage and solve the
challenging problems that affect North Carolina, our nation and the world. An
institute of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, RENCI was
launched in 2004 as a collaborative effort involving UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke
University and North Carolina State University.


RENCI
Anchor Facility, 100 Europa Drive Suite 540, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Contact number: 919- 445-9640.
Directions and link: http://www.renci.org/about/locations/renci-anchor-at-europa-center

 A flyer style announcement below. Feel free to share.  (Reminder and Flyer will be mailed soon.) See
you in two weeks! 

Best wishes,  Deborah Swain (Carolinas ASIST executive
committee member)==========================================================================  The Carolinas Chapter of the American
Society for Information Science and Technology (CC: ASIS&T) will provide an
early evening reception and lecture program starting at 5:30 pm, on Saturday, April 23, 2016 at the RENCI Center in Chapel
Hill, NC.*  Our guest speaker Rebecca Vargha will talk about “The
Future of Our Profession in the Digital Age.” She is the Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of
Information and Library Science (SILS) and an adjunct faculty member. Ms.
Vargha is a graduate of NC Central University’s Masters of Library Science
(MLS) degree program.



Following a social and introductions,
Ms. Vargha will share her perspectives on digital information today and its
impact on all our professions. Vargha is active in
the Special Libraries Association (SLA) locally, nationally and globally. She
is a past president of SLA; immediate past chair of SLA's leadership management
division; chair for SLA's Museums, Arts and Humanities Division; archivist for
the North Carolina SLA Chapter; and serves as faculty advisor for the SLA
Student Group at SILS.  In 2013, she was named a Fellow by the Special Libraries Association
(SLA), the "nonprofit global organization for innovative information
professionals and their strategic partners that serves more than 9,000 members
in 75 countries in the information profession, including corporate, academic
and government information specialists."   



This event is sponsored by CC: ASIS&T in
collaboration with the NC Central University Student Chapters of ASIS&T and
the Special Libraries Association (SLA). This is the third Robert M. Ballard
Lecture by the SLA. Professor Ballard served in the SLIS for 36 years
and as Interim Dean 2003-2005.



Business and academic
friends of the Masters of Information Science (MIS) and MLS programs in NC and
SC are invited to attend and share news and ideas. We
encourage spouses and family to join us. Please RSVP by April 20 to: Ms. Puspanjali
Khatri, pkhatri at eagles.nccu.edu or Dr. Deborah Swain, (dswain at nccu.edu; 919-530-7502). No charge though contributions to CC:
ASIS&T will be appreciated.

* DIRECTIONS: The Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI)
Anchor Facility is located at 100 Europa Drive Suite 540, Chapel Hill, North
Carolina. Contact number: 919- 445-9640. Directions and link:
http://www.renci.org/about/locations/renci-anchor-at-europa-center. Coming from Durham
towards Chapel Hill, take the Europa Drive Exit on the left.  After making
the u-turn stay in the far right lane,  Turn right onto Europa Drive.
Entrance to the building will be just past the pond on the right.  Proceed
to visitors parking on the top level. There will be a host/hostess to greet you
at the door. 

Since 1937, the American Society for
Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) has been the society for
information professionals and counts among its membership 4,000 information
specialists from such fields as computer science, linguistics, management,
librarianship, engineering, law, medicine, chemistry, and education. See www.asis.org.
The Special
Libraries Association (SLA) is a nonprofit global organization for innovative
information professionals and their strategic partners.The SLA serves more than
9,000 members in 75 countries in the information profession, including
corporate, academic and government information specialists. Go to http://www.sla.org/ for details. 

 

  		 	   		  
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