[MNASIS-L] Minnesota SLA Event Feb. 5 - Using Knowledge Management Technology to Share Information - RSVP by Feb. 1

[Janet Arth]

The Minnesota Chapter of the Special Libraries Association invites you to 
attend this February program:

Knowledge Management Technology Panel
Local information professionals demonstrate how they use technology to 
share information in their organizations:
   Molly Dinneen, General Mills
   Elizabeth Meylor, Hammel Green & Abrahamson
   Julie Weston, Hammel, Green & Abrahamson

WHEN
Monday, February 5th
5:00 ­ 5:30 Registration & Networking
5:30 ­ 6:30 Presentation
6:30 ­ 7:00 Questions & Wrap Up

Light refreshments and beverages will be served

WHERE
General Mills World Headquarters
Number One General Mills Blvd.
Minneapolis MN 55426

See below for link to a map and directions

COST
   $25 for guests
   $20 for library association members (SLA, ASIS&T, SCIP, MALL, etc.)
   $15 for students, unemployed, or retired

REGISTRATION
Registration is now a two part process ­ register and send payment by Feb. 1!

1. Email name and contact information to 
<mailto:minnesota.sla at gmail.com?subject=February%205th%20Meeting%20Registration>minnesota.sla at gmail.com

2. Make payment through PayPal OR send check payable to MN Chapter SLA

Registration details are available on the MN SLA website at
http://units.sla.org/chapter/cmn/programs/events/e020507.htm


CONTACT WITH QUESTIONS
Kristine Spanier ­ kdspanier at yahoo.com ­ 612.823.4242
Jill Strand - jstrand at faegre.com ­ 612.766.8843
Karen Stauber ­ Karen.stauber at target.com ­ 612.761.7194


PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

KM / Knowledge Management continues to serve area information professionals 
as they discover and develop tools to help people in their organizations 
find the resources they need.  Molly Dinneen will discuss how Microsoft's 
Windows SharePoint Services has helped General Mills to improve employees’ 
understanding of the value of sharing well-organized, frequently updated 
information and increased productivity by alerting employees via e-mail to 
new information on sites.  Elizabeth Meylor and Julie Weston from HGA will 
demonstrate how they use Stellent software to manage HGA intranet pages 
(HIP) to pull together company resources that HGA clients can search from 
their desktops.


SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

Molly Dinneen is an Electronic Resources Librarian at General Mills where 
she has worked for eight years.  She earned her MLIS from the University of 
Wisconsin - Madison and has served the Minnesota Chapter of SLA as 
International Relations Chair and as Membership Chair for the Information 
Technology Division.  In addition, she is the winner of the 2006 Quality in 
Action Award for her project to improve collaboration by using SharePoint 
to rollout more than 50 intranet sites for the General Mills R&D and 
Quality & Regulatory Organization.

Elizabeth Meylor is a graduate of the Masters in Library Science program 
from the University of Minnesota.  She received her B.A. in History and 
Political Science  from the University of South Dakota.  Elizabeth joined 
HGA in 1982 to work on the VA Hospital project and has been developing and 
managing the HGA Research Library since 1988.  A longtime member of SLA, 
Elizabeth currently serves as Consultation Chair for the Minnesota Chapter 
and was a winner of the Quality in Action Award in 2001 with Kristine 
Spanier for setting up the chapter mentor program.

Julie Weston earned her Masters of Library and Information Sciences degree 
from Dominican University in Chicago, Illinois and a Bachelor of Arts 
degree in Behavioral Psychology from the University of Minnesota.  Before 
coming to HGA in 2000, she worked as a law librarian and an academic 
librarian. Julie has previous careers in real estate and property 
management and also in social work with autistic children and adults.  Her 
areas of expertise include in-depth research, information dissemination, 
collection management, Internet searching and instruction and creative 
problem solving.  Currently she serves as Treasurer of the Minnesota Chapter.

MAP AND DIRECTIONS

Click 
<http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?formtype=address&addtohistory=&address=%5b47%2d49%5d%20General%20Mills%20Blvd&city=Minneapolis&state=MN&zipcode=55426&country=US&location=ek%2fbYGMNhQCAunENM9XmKYWMbiqVMHIyqw6uo59bQhexEuKv8EqGnUDyVLsYbe0H58dLVxlWRT5D7Wx>here 
for map or enter following address into MapQuest: Number One General Mills 
Blvd. Minneapolis 55426.
--> Make sure to go to the World Headquarters, NOT the Technical Center <--

There are entrances to the parking lot on both General Mills Blvd. and 
Better Crocker Drive.  Follow the signs to visitor parking.  The visitor 
parking and entrance are on the south side of the building facing 
394.  Escorts will be available.