I wrote a post called "How SLA helped me land my dream job" for my division's blog last month. You are welcome to use anything from that post. http://socialscience.sla.org/2012/03/how-sla-helped-me-land-my-dream-job/

Nice to see this here. I (as the librarian for Penn State's Population Research Institute) did research to identify possible speakers for this symposium.

If you've already registered for the conference, you can still add a ticket to the DSOC breakfast to your registration. http://www.sla.org/content/Events/conference/ac2009/registration/index.cfm

Social Science will have two special events celebrating our anniversary. On Sunday evening from 8-10pm in the Sheraton, we will host a joint open house and poster session with Museums, Arts, and Humanities. The theme is "Building Bridges with Collaboration Tools". On Wednesday we will have an anniversary luncheon with investigative journalist and author Jack Hamann. This is a ticketed event, but there are still tickets available. All attendees are welcome.

I plan to join you. Thanks for organizing!

This reminds me of a story an instructor told my class as I was beginning library school. I may be taking liberties with the details, but the gist of the story follows. The librarian was working at the reference desk of a large undergraduate library in an urban setting. It was at the beginning of the academic year, and a returning (older) student came in looking distraught. Her car was double-parked and she couldn't find a legal parking spot, or figure out where she needed to go to complete financial aid paperwork. Deadlines were looming, and she was on the verge of giving up on going back to school. The librarian could sense the building frustration. Rather than simply point the student to an information source (say, a campus directory, which could be just as bewildering as the street signs), she picked up the phone, called the appropriate university office, and put the student in touch with a person who could help her. In the library world, this might well be considered "going over the top". But think of how this student will remember the library as she pursues her studies--welcoming, friendly, and helpful. I think of this story often when I help patrons in my library. (I don't call them customers, but I expect your maitre d' might not have called you customers either--perhaps guests, or diners, or even restaurant patrons?)

Are the papers still online? I can't access them using the URL in this post.

There are a number of delis serving breakfast if you walk up Charles St. toward Mt. Vernon. I had breakfast at David and Dad's Cafe, which is listed in the Quoth the Raven guide the Maryland Chapter put together, and it was good, cheap, and fast. I would guess it's about a 15-minute walk up from the convention center.