DC/SLA Chapter Notes - April 2006 by DC/SLA

April 2006 Volume 66 No. 8

Treasurer-Elect Position?

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Submitted by Shirley Loo, sloo@crs.loc.org

New Positions: The Chapter Treasurer is an important Board position with a term of three years. The duties of the Chapter Treasurer have increased significantly in the past few years. Erin Clougherty is in her second term as Treasurer and her fifth year in the position. Erin states, "The great success of DC/SLA has increased the workload considerably over the past couple of years for the Treasurer." Overlapping the terms of the Treasurer and Treasurer-Elect would allow for a gradual transition from one Treasurer to the next. The new Treasurer would have a year to learn all of the job responsibilities. The Board discussed the need for adding a new elected position of Treasurer-Elect on March 21 and voted to submit this change to the membership for approval. You will receive more information and a ballot later this year. We are also looking at the duties of the Corresponding Secretary to see if an elected position is still warranted or whether an appointed position might serve the needs of the Chapter. A committee headed by Jenny Wood will consider this further and report back to the Board in May. If you have an opinion you would like us to consider, please send me an email. New Programs: In looking at Chapter programs in the near future, what comes to mind is partnership with other library communities. We have numerous programs that we are co-sponsoring. On April 10, we will be a programco-sponsoring with the Government Information Division, "How Congress Really Works.” Later in April, we are partnering with the District of Columbia Library Association, the Law Librarians' Society of Washington, DC (LLSDC), and FLICC in the Joint Spring Workshop. On April 25, the JSW will present "21st Century Competencies for Information Professionals." On May 2, we will be co-sponsoring with the LLSDC with a survey of freedom of information laws around the world featuring David Banisar of Privacy International. On May 17, we are co-sponsoring a podcast program with the Military Librarians Group. In June at the annual conference in Baltimore, we will be co-hosting the International Reception with the Social Science Division and International Committee on June 12. On June 13, we are cosponsoring a program with the Social Science Division featuring Professor Donald King on what social, medical, and pure scientists want in information. We are also co-sponsoring a program with the Retired Members Caucus’s on books that changed the world with Leslie Overstreet of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries.

President’s Corner

Podcasting/Click-U-Live --A few spaces left!

International Special Librarians Day Program

Volunteer Reception

April Book Club

Chapter Events at SLA

Session on Drucker Report

Right to Know Program

How Congress Really Works

Joint Spring Workshop

Global Visibility

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Spend One-Half Day Learning! Podcasting & Fast Content for Your Website – May 17 starting at noon Join us for two special programs back-to-back on Wednesday, May 17. You can sign up for one or both sessions! Where: National Geographic Society (1146 16th St. N.W., Washington, D.C.) [Note: This entrance has stairs. Disabled access through another entrance—let us know if you need directions.] Session One: Podcasting Potential for Special Libraries When: Noon-1:30pm (brown bag) How: Sign up with Barbara Ferry (bferry@ngs.org) Seating is limited to the first 50 to sign up. Cost: Nothing – bring your own lunch. DC/SLA and the Military Librarians Group are jointly sponsoring a program to explore podcasting in libraries. The brown bag lunch program on May 17 from noon to 1:30 pm will feature Kathryn Shaughnessy of St. John’s University in New York City as our special guest, who has presented on this topic before. Other panelists will be Barbara Ferry, Karen Huffman, and Leonard Williams of National Geographic Society, which is currently offering a weekly podcast to NGS Staff.

Session Two: Always Fresh! Fast Content for Your Website and Users When: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm How: Sign up with Barbara Ferry (bferry@ngs.org) Seating is limited to the first 50 to sign up. Cost: Free to SLA members. $10 for non-members. Keeping a library Web site up to date with fresh content is a challenge for busy library staff and the library webmaster. RSS (rich site summary/RDF site summary/really simple syndication) feeds can help you keep your site current. Learn how to publish, merge, and convert RSS feeds into instant Web content. Discover how libraries have made specialized pages featuring article titles of current journal issues, new library acquisitions, book and movie reviews, and much more. DC/SLA Chapter Notes | April 2006

INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL LIBRARIANS DAY 2006 ~ Opening Doors Open Minds - The Open Access Movement Thursday - April 6, 2006

WHAT: Join DC/SLA for this exciting event planned for International Special Librarians Day, Thursday, April 6th, "The Open Access Movement" to learn about the movement and its effects on access to scholarly information resources in the U.S. and in Developing Countries. Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. What makes it possible is the Internet and the consent of the author or copyright-holder. Two primary vehicles deliver open access to research articles: OA journals and OA archives or repositories.

WHO: Speakers include:

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Dr. Leslie Chan, Associate Director of Bioline International, and Program Supervisor for the Joint Program in New Media Studies and the International Studies program at the University of Toronto Melissa Hagemann, Program Manager, Information Program, Open Society Institute of the Soros Foundation

Our "drop-box" will be available for collecting library, information, and computer journals for donation to library schools adopted by the DC/SLA Chapter. So, start TODAY by saving your reading material and bring it with you on April 6th! Please join DC/SLA for this exciting event and learn how the Open Access movement can improve the effectiveness of libraries in the U.S. and in Developing Countries.

DATE:

Thursday, April 6, 2006

TIME:

6:00 – 9:00 pm (Reception 6:00-6:45; Speakers: 6:45-8:15; After hours networking until 9:00 pm)

PLACE:

Kiplinger Washington Editors Building 1729 H Street NW First Floor Washington, DC

METRO:

Farragut West Metro Station (Blue & Orange Lines)

PRICE:

$10.00 for DC/SLA Chapter Members $5.00 for Students/Retirees $15.00 for Non-Chapter Members

PAYMENT:

Payments can be made via PayPal or by check. PayPay links are below. Checks should be made payble DC/SLA and mailed to Salvador Velez, Inter-American Development Bank 1300 New York Avenue, NW - Stop W0102, Washington, DC 20577.

REGISTRATION: Regardless of payment option, all reservations must be made by Tuesday, April 2, 2006 to Salvador Velez at salvadorv@iadb.org, or phone 202-623-3215, or fax 202-623-3183. Paypal signup at: http://www.sla.org/chapter/cdc/events_files/Apr0606SLD.html

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DC/SLA Book Club Meets April 20 to Explore Unconventional Economics and Pizza For its Spring discussion event, the DC/SLA Book Club has selected a bestseller with a rather curious title – Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything. Such a title augurs that this book will not resemble your Econ 101 text! According to the publisher, co-author and University of Chicago professor Steven Levitt begins with a mountain of data and simple, unasked questions. Some of these questions concern life-and-death issues, while others have an “admittedly freakish quality.” Likewise, a book review in CHOICE commended Freakonomics for helping most readers think differently about the world around them. Join the DC/SLA Book Club on Thursday, April 20, 6:30-8:30, at Ella's Wood Fired Pizza to discuss Freakonomics-style thinking and its relevance to the work of information professionals. All DC/SLA members are welcome to attend. Please RSVP to Eileen Deegan at deeganeg@state.gov or 202-4538073. For restaurant details, please see: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wpdyn?node=cityguide/profile&id=1085380.

Volunteer Appreciation Reception at the Botanic Garden The Chapter will host this year's Volunteer Appreciation Reception at the U.S. Botanic Garden. By invitation only, the reception is scheduled for Thursday, May 4 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. The U.S. Botanic Garden is located on the National Mall across from the U.S. Capitol along First Street, S.W., between Maryland Avenue and C Street. The Conservatory main entrance is located at 100 Maryland Avenue, SW. Highlights include the Garden Court, Orchid House, Jungle House (formerly Palm House) and the Garden Primeval. To get to the Botanic Garden, take the Blue or Orange Metro line to Federal Center SW or Capital South stations, or take Metro Bus #30, 32, 34, 35, or 36 to Independence Avenue and First Street, SW. There is limited parking in the area. For more information, see http://www.usbg.gov/index.cfm The deadline for acceptances is April 27. Invitations will provide the name of the person taking acceptances.

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Plan Ahead! Chapter Events at the SLA Baltimore Conference On Monday, June 12, the Chapter is co-hosting the International Reception at 5:30 p.m. with the Social Science Division and the International Relations Committee. All conference participants are welcome to attend. On Tuesday, June 13, the Chapter is co-sponsoring a program with the Social Science Division. The program is entitled, "What Social, Medical, & Pure Scientists Want in Information" and is scheduled for 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.. Hear it from the man who KNOWS! Professor Donald W. King of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has spent 30 years researching precisely what social scientists, pure scientists, engineers, & other researchers want from information professionals. Learn the answer to your professional life's central question. The Chapter is co-sponsoring a program with the Retired Members Caucus on June 13 at 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. The program is entitled, "Books That Changed the World." Leslie Overstreet (more on Leslie below) is the Curator of Natural-History Rare Books and head of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History for the Smithsonian Institution Libraries. She will provide an overview of select books since the Renaissance which herald the advances in natural sciences that have revolutionized the way we understand ourselves and our world. The presentation will include images from rare books which are seldom seen. A reception and the KRET meeting will follow the one-hour program. Although many of the earth-shaking scientific publications that we are all familiar with represent discoveries and advances in the physical sciences and technology - Copernicus and Galileo challenging the belief that the Earth is the center of our solar system, for example - the natural sciences provide an equally broad array of books that have revolutionized the way we understand ourselves and the world we live in - and they often hit us much closer to home. Since the Renaissance, books heralding fundamental advances in botany and zoology, anatomy and medicine, geology and paleontology have changed our conception of Nature in ways both big and small. There are so many such works to choose from, in fact, that for this talk I have selected a variety of books that are not just important in the history of science and but are also personal favorites of mine, from Leonhart Fuchs's De historia stirpium (1542) to Darwin's & Wallace's article heralding the theory of evolution in the Proceedings of the Linnaean Society (1858). Leslie Overstreet earned a B.A. in English Literature from Reed College (Portland, Oregon) in 1971 and held jobs as a teacher and a writer/editor before joining the Smithsonian Institution Libraries (SIL) in 1980. After 8 years in the anthropology and zoology libraries in the National Museum of Natural History, and an M.L.S. degree in rare-books librarianship (University of Maryland, 1988), she moved to SIL’s Special Collections Department. There from 1990 to 1997 she served as the Reference Librarian in the Dibner Library for the History of Science & Technology; in October 1997 she was named Curator of Natural-History Rare Books and now heads SIL’s new Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.

The Government Domain: New GPO Catalog of Government Publications Submitted by Peggy Garvin, Chair-Elect of the Government Information Division

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The Catalog of Government Publications (CGP) (http://www.llrx.com/columns/govdomain14.htm) is a searchable catalog of current and historical federal congressional, executive, and judicial publications that For more information contact: are in print, electronic, and other formats. This is an ambitious scope. Librarians who work with government Irene Minich (703) 321-4604, documents know that building a current and complete Minich.irene@ensco.com inventory of federal publications is similar to herding cats. So, if you don’t find something in the CGP, it doesn’t mean the document doesn’t exist. Keep looking, preferably with the help of a knowledgeable librarian. DC/SLA Chapter Notes | April 2006

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In Presentation and Unique Interview, DC/SLA’s Rosenstein Explores Drucker’s Rich Legacy to Knowledge Workers Submitted by Eileen Deegan, deeganeg@state.gov In a thought-provoking presentation at National Public Radio on March 15, USA Today librarian and Catholic University adjunct professor Bruce Rosenstein shared his extensive knowledge about the “ultimate knowledge worker,” Peter Drucker. The highlight of this DC/SLA event was the showing of Bruce’s 20-minute interview of Drucker, conducted just seven months before the November 2005 death of this founding father of modern management studies. Bruce, who is writing the first book about Drucker from a knowledge practitioner’s perspective, described how his 20-year fascination with this management professor/writer/consultant was sparked while Bruce was a student at the Catholic University School of Library and Information Science. Through his numerous interviews, articles, and book reviews published in USA Today and Information Outlook, Bruce has established his professional expertise on Drucker. One area of Bruce's research focus, which he also emphasized in his presentation, is Drucker’s relevance for librarians. Specifically, Bruce pointed out the “librarians’ advantage” paradox. He noted that in our first year of library school, librarians learn the same things Drucker taught CEOs, and that Drucker loved librarians and their keen attunement to customer information needs. Why then, Bruce asked, are we having professional recognition problems? Bruce urged us to think about how we can use our information-finding strengths and understanding of the data-information-knowledge continuum to our advantage. In discussing Drucker’s ideas about effective professional tools for managers and knowledge workers, Bruce made the interesting observation that Drucker was dismissive of knowledge management, as he doubted that an organization’s inside knowledge could be managed. Instead, Drucker believed that the real problem is how to find, organize and interpret the information that resides outside the organization. In equating this idea to librarians, Bruce noted that too many of us focus on what’s going on within our four walls. He said we must go beyond our four walls, and as Drucker advised, also think about our “non-customers” and how we will convert them. Bruce stressed that one of Drucker’s essential principles was that “management is about managing yourself as well as others.” In his interview, several of Bruce’s questions pertained to selfmanagement. When Bruce asked whether people should focus on making money, Drucker replied that such people will ultimately be miserable. “If that’s your goal,” he remarked, “I pity you.” Instead of leading a single-minded life, he said people should be achievement focused and multi-dimensional, so that one setback doesn’t kill them. In the interview, Drucker also talked about recently updating his 1966 book The Effective Executive with material on telecommunications, globalization, and the shift from managing manual workers to knowledge workers. He observed that knowledge work is just beginning to be affected by technology, and that in thirty to fifty years, teaching – the largest knowledgework area – will be radically different. At the end of the interview, Welcome New Members! Drucker offered this advice to young knowledge workers – “go to Submitted by Kristina Lively, Kristina@NED.ORG work.” Drucker noted that he had learned a great deal from interacting with executives who have five to ten years of Rosalyn Alleman, Nancy Allmang, Heather Blaine, successful experience, and he had stayed away from common Beverly Bryce, Eunice Cash, Karen Catlin, Marie MBA programs, which lack such experienced executives. Cavanagh, Jennifer Durkin, David Frame, Sarah Gehring, Debbie Gerlock, Mark Gordon, Cameron Gowan, During the question and answer portion of his presentation, Bruce Gwendolyn Halford, Katherine Harahan, Anne was asked how Drucker got his information. He said that Drucker Hendrickson, Nzinga Holley-Harris, Hugh Howard, was a master at gathering information from his highly resourceful Rebecca Jacob, Magda Jean-Louis, Latonya Jefferson, Jill wife, and his huge outside network of colleagues. Drucker Konieczko, Connie Liebrecht, Megumi Lincoln, Katherine frequently summoned various experts to Claremont Graduate Magnus, Cheryl Mansfield-Egans, Shant Markarian, University so he could learn from the best. Bruce underscored Colleen Markham, Brent Mast, Leigh McKenna, Holly A how these practices resemble librarians’ techniques of determining Mirchel, M-J Oboroceanu, Judy Peil, Diana Rodriguez, the best information places and sources, and consulting with those Jane Sessa, Pamela Stroh, Elisabeth Unger, Elizabeth Ellis experts. Ventura, Christopher Verdak, Jo-Ellen Vernali-Knoerl, Jacqueline Weitzel, William Wilkinson, Rosalind Young. Bruce identified other lifelong Drucker values that are consonant with our profession, including continuous learning, reading literary classics and a broad range of current journals, and respecting history. In summing up the evening’s myriad reflections and insights, Bruce offered this recommendation: We can’t do exactly what Drucker did, but we can be inspired by his life. Clearly, through his presentation and forthcoming book, Bruce is engendering those very results. 8

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The Right to Know: Tales from Around the World Over the past ten years, freedom of information laws have sprouted up around the world. Nearly seventy countries from Antigua to Uzbekistan have adopted laws. In addition, many have also adopted laws on privacy, whistle-blowing, and journalist's sources. David Banisar, the author of the forthcoming 2006 Global FOI Survey will discuss the highlights of statutes from around the world and what lessons can be learned from them. This program jointly sponsored by the DC Chapter of SLa and the Law Librarians' Society of Washington, DC. David Banisar is Director of the Freedom of Information Project of Privacy International in London and a Visiting Research Fellow at the School of Law, University of Leeds, UK. Previously he was a Research Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and co-founder and Policy Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington, DC. He has worked in the field of information policy for fifteen years and is the author of numerous books; his most recent study of FOI laws is available at http://www.freedominfo.org/survey.htm Date: Time: Place:

Tuesday, May 2, 2006 6:00 to 7:30 pm Reception after lecture Venable LLP at 575 7th Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 Metro: Metro: Gallery Place Metro stop on the Red, Yellow or Green lines Cost: $15.00 members of DC- SLA or LLSDC $20.00 non-members $10.00 for students and retirees Registration: Make check payable to LLSDC and mail check with registration to: Linda Davis, Georgetown Law Library, 111 G Street NW Washington DC 20001 For credit card payment using PayPal, go to www.sla.org/chapter/cdc/events_files/May0206.html Email Linda Davis ldavis01@law.georgetown.edu regardless of payment method. Note your affiliation with DC/SLA. If you need a receipt for the program, let her know. The deadline for registration is Tuesday, April 24. For more information email sloo@crs.loc.gov or call 202-707-6785. Sponsors: DC Special Libraries Association (DC-SLA) & Law Librarians' Society of Washington, DC (LLSDC) & its Foreign & International Law Special Interest Section.

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Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Column Contâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d from page 1 Kudos: Congratulations to Mary Fumento! She is the recipient of the free annual conference registration that the Chapter was awarded at the SLA Leadership Summit in Houston for being first in member recruitment during the SLA MemberGet-A-Member Campaign at the end of 2005. Mary is a reference librarian at the American Public Power Association. Membership Chair Kristina Lively states that Mary bridges "the gap between traditional librarianship and web development." Mary is President of DC Web Women. Volunteer Appreciation: The Chapter is sponsoring this year's Volunteer Appreciation Reception at the U.S. Botanic Garden on Capitol Hill. By invitation only, the May 4 event honors the many volunteers who support Chapter activities. We are delighted to have this exciting location and thank Senator Daniel Akaka of Hawaii for his sponsorship; we couldn't have access to the Botanic Garden without the sponsorship of a Member of Congress. It will be a lovely evening and we hope to see many of the volunteers who have contributed to the success of the DC Chapter.

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Ever Wonder How Congress Really Works? Forget about your high school civics class. Judy Schneider will tell you how bills really do (or don't) become laws. Judy is a dynamic and entertaining speaker with years of experience working for congressional committees and for the Congressional Research Service. She combines historical knowledge with insight into the current workings of the House and Senate for a memorable introduction to how Congress works. About the Speaker: Judy Schneider is a leading expert on the U.S. legislative process. She is a Senior Specialist on Congress for the Congressional Research Service (CRS), where she advises members of Congress and their staff on congressional procedures. Judy is co-author of the Congressional Deskbook (Alexandria, VA: TheCapitol.Net), now in its 4th edition. She is Senior Fellow for the Stennis Center for Public Service, a distinguished Emeritus Member of Women in Government Relations, and an adjunct scholar for the Brookings Institution. The program is co-sponsored by the DC Chapter of the Special Libraries Association (DC/SLA) and the SLA Government Information Division. For questions about the program, email Shirley Loo at sloo@crs.loc.gov. When: Monday, April 10, 2006, 6:00pm - 8:00pm (reception from 6:00 to 6:30; program from 6:30 to 8:00) Where: Covington & Burlington, 1201 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 11th Floor, Conference Room 1139, Washington, DC , Metro: Near Metro Center station (Red/Orange/Blue Lines) Price: $10.00 for DC/SLA Chapter members or SLA Government Information Division members, $15.00 for Non-Members $5.00 for Students/Retirees Payment: Payments can be made via PayPal or by check. PayPal links are at the bottom of the event page: http://www.sla.org/chapter/cdc/events_files/Apr1006.html ; Checks should be made payable "DC/SLA" and mailed to Peggy Garvin, 4938 47th St. NW, Washington, DC 20016 Registration: Regardless of payment option, RSVP to Peggy Garvin at peggy@garvinconsulting.com. Deadline for registration is Monday, April 3.

B&F Division Sponsors SLA Program in Baltimore When: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 7:30am - 9:00am Where: Business & Finance: Real Estate Roundtable Ticket #: 665 Price: $15.00, includes buffet breakfast What: Using Library Resources for Lobbying Bill Garber, Director of Government Affairs at the Washington, D.C. office of the Appraisal Institute will discuss how information is used to monitor, track and influence bills and regulations impacting the real estate appraisal industry. Audiences: All attendees Moderator(s): Andrea Harpole, NYU Real Estate Institute Library Speaker(s): Bill Garber, Director of Government Affairs, Office of the Appraisal Institute Questions? Andrea Harpole, Real Estate Institute Library, (212) 992-3629 DC/SLA Chapter Notes | April 2006

JOINT SPRING WORKSHOP 2006

21st-Century Competencies for Information Professionals Date: Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Keynote Speaker: Jane Dysart, Dysart and Jones We live in a highly competitive world where change is a way of life. A library’s performance, quality, accountability, and adaptability determine its survival. Information professionals must define the core competencies that we need to stay proactive and vital. In this one-day session, Roberta Shaffer, Executive Director of FLICC; Dr. Eileen Abels, Associate Professor, University of Maryland, College of Information Studies; Rose Dawson, Deputy Director, Alexandria Public Library; and Donna Scheeder, Director Law Library Services, Library of Congress, will identify competencies and solutions necessary for that survival. Time: 8:30 – 9:00am, Registration & Breakfast. Please arrive promptly at 8:30, when LC opens, so you have enough time to go through security, find the Mumford Room, get registered, and eat breakfast before the program begins at 9:00. 3:30 – 4:00pm, Approximate Conclusion. Place: Mumford Room, 6th Floor, Madison Building, Library of Congress Cost: $40.00 members, $20.00 students, and $60.00 non-members (includes continental breakfast and lunch). The tax ID number is 54-1079345. Registration: • To use PayPal go to www.dcla.org. • To bill the registration fee to your agency’s FEDLINK Education Training (FT) account, call Elinda Deans, 202-707-4848 • To pay by check make check payable to Joint Spring Workshop and mail with registration to: Laura Hjerpe, 2026 N. Vermont St., Apt. 301, Arlington, VA 22207 For more information email laura_hjerpe@yahoo.com or call 703-597-2806. No purchase orders or training request forms.

Registration form and check must be received by April 12, 2006. SPONSORS: District of Columbia Library Association (DCLA), Lead Sponsor; DC Chapter of Special Libraries Association (DC/SLA); Law Librarians’ Society of Washington, DC (LLSDC); Federal Library and Information Center Committee (FLICC)

Registration: Joint Spring Workshop, April 25, 2006 Name:_________________________________________________________________________________ Organization: __________________________________________________________________________ Affiliation: DCLA ___ DC/SLA ___ LLSDC ___ FLICC ___ Other (specify) ____ ____ Member, $40.00 _____ Student, $20.00 _____ Non-member, $60.00 If you will need a receipt, please check here: _______ The JSW complies with ADA. We can accommodate your needs provided you contact us by April 10, 2006. 12

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Online Video Available for “Strengthening SLA’s Global Visibility” Program The video presentation of the DC/SLA Feb. 22 program “Strengthening SLA's Global Visibility: Substance and Culture in Tunisia,” presented by Janice R. Lachance, SLA's Chief Executive Officer, is now online at http://www.clickuniversity.com [as of going to press, the link to this program was on the left navigation bar next to “free postings.”] Thanks to SLA for agreeing to take this on and to absorb the expense of the recording. You have the option of clicking directly to Janice Lachance's remarks. You can also click to specific parts of her presentation. You read Eileen Deegan's informative report on the program in the March “Chapter Notes” newsletter. In the video, Janice shares her experience as a member of the United States Delegation to the United Nation's World Summit on the Information Society. The Summit brought together Heads of State, Vice-Presidents and Ministers, as well as high-level representatives from international organizations, private sector, and civil society to find solutions and reach agreements in the field of Internet governance.

Janice Lachance and Anne Caputo A rapt audience listens to Janice Lachance. International Relations Cochair Eileen Rourke asking a questions with John Crosby in the background

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All pictures by Michael McCabe.