[Neasis-l] Reminder: SLA Boston Event at Baker Library

[Christine Quirion]

Please excuse the cross-posting of this invitation.

Event information and registration are available at
http://www.sla.org/chapter/cbos/meetings/fy06/bakerlibrary.html

SLA Boston presents

"An Evening at Baker Library"

5:30 - 8:30 p.m.,

Tuesday, March 21, 2006

at

Baker Library

Soldiers Field Road, Boston

5:30-6:00 p.m.: Program Registration, Aldrich 107 Lobby (See map, linked below)

6:00-7:00 p.m.: Main Program Presentation, Aldrich 107

Program Title: Whats new at Baker?
This program will highlight some of the exciting new projects
happening at Baker.  Innovation at Baker doesn't stop with the
beautifully renovated building, but continues with ongoing initiatives
to support the HBS communitys research needs.  This evening you'll
hear about some of them from various members of Bakers staff.

·       The new Baker Library
        Mary Lee Kennedy, Executive Director of Baker Library

·       Bakers Taxonomy Project - Finding a better way to organize
HBSinformation
        Carol Ellerbeck, Business Information Taxonomist

·       Baker Information Products Group - Virtual Content at Baker and beyond
        Carla Tishler, Director, Information Product Management

·       Media Capsules - New directions for Historical Collections
        Karen Bailey, Outreach Program Lead


6:45-7:15 p.m.: Late Registration, Baker Library
        For attendees wishing to attend only the reception/tours.

7:00-8:30 p.m.: Reception/networking and tours, Baker Library
·               Reception and hors d'ouevres throughout Baker Lobby
and Faculty Commons
·       Tours of the Library
·       Displays and Bloomberg demonstrations in the Baker Exchange
·       Tours of Historical Collections

We would like to extend our thanks to Bloomberg for generously
supporting this event.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Register via SurveyMonkey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=645241782621
Space is limited so please register early.
COST

SLA & BAABL Members: $25
Non-SLA OR BAABL members: $35
Students/retired/between jobs: $15
SPECIAL: Bring a new SLA member and receive a coupon worth up to $25
towards any upcoming SLA Boston Chapter event! Coupons can be picked
up at the Registration Table.

PAYMENT

Payment is via PayPal, check or cash.
If paying by PayPal, please make sure both the Survey Monkey
registration form, and the PayPal form, are complete.
If writing a check, please register at Survey Monkey, and make check
payable to: SLA Boston. Please mail checks to:

Elizabeth O'Meara
207 Lake St., #75
Weymouth, MA  02189

DIRECTIONS
DRIVING
>From north and south of Boston
Take I-93 North or South to exit 20 for I-90 West (Massachusetts
Turnpike). Take I-90 West to exit 20 for Allston and Cambridge. Bear
right toward Cambridge. Continue through the first set of lights and
get in the left lane. Turn left onto Soldiers Field Road just past the
second set of lights and before the bridge. Turn left onto Western
Avenue at the first stoplight. Enter the campus through the Batten Way
entrance on the right.

>From I-90 (Massachusetts Turnpike) Allston/Cambridge Exit
Take the Allston and Cambridge exit. Bear right toward Cambridge.
Continue through the first set of lights and get in the left lane.
Turn left onto Soldiers Field Road just past the second set of lights
and before the bridge. Turn left onto Western Avenue at the first
stoplight. Enter the campus through the Batten Way entrance on the
right.

MBTA
By train
Take the Red Line (Alewife train) to Harvard Square. Walk south down
John F. Kennedy Street, crossing over the Charles River on the
Anderson Bridge. Harvard Business School is on the left after the
bridge.

By bus
Take #66 bus that runs down JFK Street and North Harvard Street. Exit
the bus at the first stop after the bridge. HBS is on the left.

A map of the Harvard Business School campus may be found at
http://www.hbs.edu/about/visit.html.  Additional directions may be
found at http://www.library.hbs.edu/info/directions.html.

PARKING
The Visitor's Parking lot, off Western Avenue, is available after 5
p.m. for $5.  Please park in the open lot.  Street parking is also
available along Western Avenue and North Harvard Street.

In the event of cancellation due to weather, email messages will be
sent out to registrants and the Boston Chapter List by 2 p.m. the
afternoon of the program.

For more information, please contact Katrina Reiling at
katrina.reiling at parexel.com or 978/848-2674.