SLA-UNCG
Events
July-August 2017 Meeting: Open Call for Officers
If you are a current member of SLA-UNCG or are interested in becoming a member during the upcoming Fall semester. We are looking for nominations to fill the positions of Treasurer and Vice President. If you are interested in applying for one of these open positions, please email the SLA-UNCG Secretary Desiree Corbett at slauncg@gmail.com so we can put your name on a list of potential nominees!
Event Date-Still to Be Determined.
November 17 2016 Guest Speaker Kim Dority
Kim Dority will present. She is an adjunct professor at the University of Denver, President of Dority & Assoc., and Coach, Writer and Presenter for LIS Career Alternatives for Students, Grads, and Career Transitioners.
Dority & Associates, Inc. was founded and is led by Kim Dority, an information specialist with expertise in research, writing, editing, information process design, and publishing. She has worked with all types of organizations to design, build, and execute effective information strategies.
Dority & Associates also specializes in working with colleges and universities (for-profit and not-for-profit) to help them create strategies for using career-focused content to achieve their recruiting, retention, job placement, and alumni outreach goals.
Ms. Dority has been quoted by FoxBusinessNews.com on the topic of career coaching for college students, was a guest blogger for the Wall Street Journal’s “Hire Education”section, and has written extensively and presented nationally on this topic. In addition to her work with Dority & Associates, Ms. Dority teaches a course in career design and development at the University of Denver, and is the author of numerous articles and several books on information, including Rethinking Information Work (Libraries Unlimited, 2006). She is currently working on a new book focused on helping college students understand how to make the most of college from a career-building perspective.
Kim Dority
(photo courtesy of speaker)