Events - Past | Bay Area Library & Information Network

Category: Events - Past

Past events

EVENT: July 15, Centennial Celebration at Mechanics’ Institute Library

By BayNet | Published: July 13, 2010

From SFist:

One of San Francisco’s unique gems is the Mechanics’ Institute, tucked away behind the McKesson building near the foot of Post Street. Originally created in the wake of the Gold Rush to offer technical education for all those scruffy dudes coming down from the Sierras empty-handed, the Institute’s current building, constructed in the wake of the 1906 earthquake, is an architectural treasure that houses a chess room, a cafe and event space, and a members-only library with two magnificent reading rooms. The big, comfy arm-chairs are reason enough to join, let alone the knowledgeable librarians and the quarter-million books available to check out – it’s basically the cheapest, least snooty private club in town.

If you just want to check the place out, Thursday’s day-long celebration of the building’s centennial includes tours, refreshments and a variety of talks about San Francisco history.

Mechanics’ Institute Library
Centennial Celebration
57 Post Street
Thursday, July 15 2010
12:00pm – 8:00pm

Also posted in BayNet Libraries, San Francisco |

EVENT: Job Searching Librarians First Meeting, Palo Alto, June 21 (Updated)

By BayNet | Published: June 14, 2010

(Note: the date of the meeting is June 21st, not 18th, as it was first reported.)

The first meeting of the job searching librarians support group will take place this Friday at 7:30 p.m. in downtown Palo Alto.  We will meet at Michael’s Gelato Café 440 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA, 94301 (near the Palo Alto CalTran).  This is an informal meeting for librarians looking to start their careers or transition into another one.  Come to share job searching tips, volunteering opportunities, and more.  We hope to make this a monthly get together.  Library students welcome!

For a map showing Michael’s Gelato Café location, click here: http://bit.ly/c68PhQ

RSVPs not required, but appreciated.

Email Diana Tedone: dctedone at gmail dot com if you have any questions or suggestions!

Also posted in San Jose and Silicon Valley |

EVENT: George Oates of the Internet Archive: What is an Open Library? Feb 2

By BayNet | Published: January 14, 2010

Bay Area Library and Information Network and SLA SF Bay Area Region Chapter are proud to present:

What: George Oates of the Internet Archive: What is an Open Library?
When: Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Where: Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704.  (510) 848-7800.

The web allows libraries to describe and expose their collections in unprecedented ways. George Oates, head of the Internet Archive’s Open Library project, will explore some of the exciting benefits that placing books into a network affords us as she outlines the upcoming redesign of the openlibrary.org web site.

Oates is an award-winning, world-renowned web designer. A member of the founding team that built Flickr, she is fascinated by collaboration, organic information systems and virtual society. After creating the innovative Commons program (flickr.com/commons) as a way for institutions around the world to share their photographic collections on Flickr, she now finds herself ensconced in the world of librarianship, heading up the Open Library project at the Internet Archive.

SLA-SF will also present awards to its 2009 recipients: Jaye Lapachet (Professional Achievement Award), Linda Yamamoto (Special Projects Award), and Anne Hall (Horizon Award).

Agenda

5:30-6:30 p.m.             Registration, networking and appetizers
6:30-7:15 p.m.            SLA-SF and BayNet announcements and awards presentation
7:15-8:30 p.m.             Program with Q&A following

Menu

A variety of hot and cold hors d’oeuvres will be served, as will non-alcoholic beverages. Beer and wine will be available for purchase from a no-host bar.

Transportation

Public Transit: Berkeley City Club is about six blocks from the Downtown Berkeley BART station.

Parking: Street parking is difficult. There are parking lots at in the Sather Gate Public Garage at 2450 Durant Ave. (BCC will validate for 50% off) and at UC Berkeley (the closest lots are the Bancroft Fulton and the Ellsworth structure). There may also be parking at First Presbyterian Church on Channing Way between Telegraph and Dana and Douglas Parking (behind and across street from BCC).

Cost: $25 for BayNet/SLA members, $30 for non-members and guests, and $20 for students, retired, and unemployed.

DEADLINE: Please register online or mail your check by Tuesday, January 26.

Online registration: http://units.sla.org/chapter/csfo/calendar/regform_oates.htm

(Note: You do not need a PayPal account to register through this PayPal-administered site.)

If you prefer to mail in your registration, please see attached file for a registration form.

Posted in Events - Past | Tagged , |

EVENT: BayNet Board Meeting, February 3

By BayNet | Published: January 7, 2010

The next BayNet board meeting will be held Wednesday February 3rd from 9:30 am to 12:00 noon at the Academy of Art University Library.

The meeting will be held in room 621 of the Library, which is located on the 6th floor of 180 New Montgomery Street (at Howard Street), San Francisco, CA 94105. (Map).  Please RSVP to Debra Sampson, Library Director, dsampson@academyart.edu .

Also posted in San Francisco |

EVENT: 21st Century Education: Motivation, Creativity, and Achievment, January 16

By BayNet | Published: January 4, 2010

On Saturday, January 16, 2010, the San Francisco Waldorf High School Lecture Series presents:

“21st CENTURY EDUCATION:  MOTIVATION, CREATIVITY, and ACHIEVEMENT”

A Conversation with Daniel H. Pink, bestselling author of A Whole New Mind:Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future and Drive:  the Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

and Michael Krasny, host of KQED’s Forum and Professor of English at San Francisco State University.

Location: Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, 3200 California Street,
onsite parking, public transportation – see details below
Time: 2:00 pm,  Book signing to follow.
For reservations and information: call 415-213-6194, email hslectures@sfwaldorf.org or visit  www.sfwaldorfhighschool.org/lectures

Suggested donation $5.00
Co-sponsored by Books Inc.

What is the most important preparation for work in the 21st century?  What values and skills will be needed and rewarded?  What truly motivates us to achieve?  How do we foster internal motivation in students to do well at school and for life?

Join us for a thought-provoking presentation and discussion with best-selling author Daniel Pink on an education that moves far beyond left-brain “academic” thinking, to an approach that fully integrates social and emotional learning-one that calls upon students’ inner resources to meet each other and the world.

In Pink’s new book Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, he examines 40 years of research in behavioral science that calls into question how we run our schools, organizations and many aspects of our lives.  Pink will share insights into what research tells us about motivation , potential, and reward systems.  He will highlight the motivational techniques that have long-term benefits for learners and the motivators that help unlock the mind’s potential to think critically and creatively.

Public transportation:
The following MUNI bus lines stop in front of the JCCSF:
#1 California
#2 Clement
#3 Jackson
#4 Sutter
#43 Masonic

Also posted in San Francisco |

EVENT: Solo Librarians Meeting Jan 27th

By BayNet | Published: December 22, 2009

The Solo Librarians of the San Andreas Chapter of SLA invite you to join them at their first meeting of 2010 on Wednesday, January 27th at 6 PM. Anyone with an interest in libraries is welcome including students and recent grads of the MLIS programs.

The Solo Librarians will be meeting at the Beethoven Center (http://www.sjsu.edu/beethoven) at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library at San Jose State University. The Beethoven Center is located in Room 580 in the special collections area on the fifth floor of the library. A map and directions to the library can be found at the link below.

There will be a tour of the Beethoven Center including a demonstration of the Center’s historical keyboard instruments. Please arrive at the Center by 6 PM. The tour is expected to last about an hour. There will be an opportunity to view the exhibits on your own after the tour. While there is no charge for the tour, the Beethoven Center requests donations to help keep the instruments in tune.

Those who are planning to attend need to contact Sonia Dorfman by January 21, 2010 at sdorfman@neuropace.com or (650) 237-2784.

Sonia Dorfman
Eric Kristofferson

San Andreas Solo Librarians

Directions and Parking: http://www.sjlibrary.org/about/locations/king/directions.htm

Posted in Events - Past |