10. People
actually laugh at your librarian jokes. (Well, some of them anyway!)
9. Thousands
of years of collective expertise in the field (but
we are NOT dinosaurs, thank you very much).
8.Dues
more than pay for themselves in saved research hours
alone -- you never hear "I don't have time to
find that for you" from SALIS colleagues.
7.You're
both a member and a client. Ask for what you
need, help out others, rinse, repeat. Suddenly your resource
center looks fuller and has more shine!
6. Fulfill
those childhood magician fantasies: You'll look like
Merlin when you pull hard-to-find information out of your
hat, thanks to the lightning-fast members-only SALIS e-mail list.
5. Travel
to exotic locales for annual conferences (join us at our conference next spring!). Great company,
great food, great knowledge!Come curious, leave energized!
Watch the Meet SALIS video!
4. Strength
in numbers. SALIS fights hard to maintain resources
vital to the profession and encourages member travel to conferences for outreach.
3. We
don't just say we're an international organization -- we mean
it. Gain instant access to substance abuse collections
worldwide, plus international perspectives on hot topics and
key issues.
2.Feed
your library with great new books, duplicate-copy giveaways of thousand-dollar journals, and other resources
gleaned from SALIS News (our quarterly newsletter, view sample issue!) and our fantastic members-only
e-mail list.
1.Where
else are you going to find a bunch of people who get excited about discussing search strategies for finding obscure information?
SALIS:
We're the 24/7 research assistant you wish you had
(and now you can!)
