[MNASIS-L] Minnesota SLA Program (late notice ... deadline October 15)

[Janet Arth]

The MN Chapter of the Special Libraries Association invites you to
attend:

Professional Development: Using Social Networking Sites for Research

Facebook, MySpace: fact or fiction?  Can there really be a practical
application of these sites for researchers?  Join us for a fascinating
presentation from Meg Smith, researcher from the Washington Post.


WHEN

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. Registration & Networking

12:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Presentation


Light refreshments will be provided.



WHERE

Donaldson Co.

1400 West 94th Street

Bloomington, MN  55431

952.887.3131



Donaldson is located near the intersection of 35W and 94th St. in
Bloomington.

Map (PDF): http://www.donaldson.com/en/about/dciMap.pdf

Driving Directions (Google Maps): http://tiny.cc/nte0j



You may park in any "Visitor" parking spot, or any spot that's
unnumbered.

NOTE: Participants will need to check in at the front desk in the lobby
and wait for an escort to take them to the event room.



COST

$40 Association members (SLA, MALL, SCIP, ASIST, MLA, etc.)

$25 Students, unemployed, and retired attendees

$50 Non-members


*Please note registration guidelines below.




REGISTRATION

Deadline: Oct. 15th


1. Email name and contact information to MN Chapter SLA

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/e102209.htm



Please note the following registration guidelines:

*         If you register, we require you to pay, even if you are not
able to attend.

*         There will be a $5 charge for registrations made after the
registration deadline.

*         Registrations made after the deadline are not guaranteed
seating.





CONTACTS

Julie Eskritt - julie.eskritt at donaldson.com - 952.887.3019

Karen Mackey - karen.mackey at donaldson.com - 952.887.3018





PROGRAM  DESCRIPTION
Meg Smith will share stories of how the Washington Post has used social
networking sites in investigative reporting.  She'll show us how to
connect a social networking profile to the real-world person behind it,
how to spot fake profiles, and how to expertly search social networking
sites in order to find individuals who may be hiding, or whose names you
might not know.  (We'll even get tips on how to search social networking
web sites that haven't been invented yet!)

There will be plenty of opportunities to ask questions during the
presentation, but Meg will be happy to take comments in advance so she
can tailor this presentation to our audience.  Please send questions to
Julie or Karen at the email addresses above.

Also, if you haven't already, this would be a great time to explore
Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc.



Presenter Bio

Meg Smith is the Washington Post's local researcher.  She was the lead
researcher for the paper's coverage of the Virginia Tech shootings,
which won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting in 2008 and was
a landmark for how the newspaper used social networking sites to report
the news.  For the Post's "Forced Out" series, which won the Goldsmith
Prize for Investigative Reporting in 2009, Meg backsearched hundreds of
land transactions on new condominiums, and used public records to find
the owners of dozens of shadowy limited-liability companies that were
shielding landlords who exploited loopholes in the city's housing laws.

Meg has also researched several other in-depth series and investigations
including the paper's relentless pursuit of the perpetrators of the
District's Office of Tax and Revenue fraud scheme, one of the largest
municipal frauds in history, and the groundbreaking and data-rich
multimedia series, "Being a Black Man," in 2006.  Meg has a Bachelors in
Journalism and an MLS from the University of Maryland, and has been at
the Post since 2000.  She has been a member of the Washington DC chapter
of SLA since 2003.


Karen Mackey | Corporate Librarian | Phone: 952.887.3018 | Mobile:
651.246.2991 | Karen.Mackey at donaldson.com

Donaldson Company, Inc. | PO Box 1299  (MS 301) | Minneapolis, MN 55440
| www.donaldson.com