DC/SLA Chapter Notes - December 2006/January 2007

President's Corner: State of the Chapter, 2005-2006

By Shirley Loo, sloo@crs.loc.gov During the past 18 months, we have had strong membership growth, interesting programs, enhanced recognition of members, greater support of student members, and a change in our governance document with the addition of a new elected position. The Board members, appointed chairs, and many other volunteers have all contributed to a number of accomplishments.

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State of the Chapter Membership Increase. Our chapter has experienced a net gain of over 12%. We were the largest chapter in SLA as of June 2006. According to several Past Presidents, this was unprecedented. We are now at 1099 members.

Programs. We have had well-known speakers at some of our programs such as Mary Ellen Bates, Janice Lachance, Anne Caputo, and Susan Stamberg. We have considered Web 2.0, RSS feeds, podcasts, open access, how Congress really works, etc. One of our events in February 2006 with SLA CEO Janice Lachance was videotaped by SLA for viewing by any SLA member on the Click University website. What a showcase for our chapter! We also had several activities at the annual conference in Baltimore such as co-sponsoring a program with the Social Science Division featuring Donald King and co-hosting the International Reception.

Record numbers. We have had increasing attendance at Click University Live! seminars (formerly known as virtual seminars). We have had several events where we stopped taking reservations before the deadline because we were at capacity. For the banquet and annual meeting on December 5, we had an astounding 225 register. This is the highest number we have had that anyone can remember. Hospitality Chair Lorraine Bell is commended for coping with larger and larger events. According to Metrics Master Marina Kisunko, over one-third of the chapter attended at least one event.

International activities. The International Relations Committee sponsored a well-attended program on open access in April 6 and cohosted the International Reception at the annual conference. Three

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President’s Corner [cont’d from page 1] dine-arounds featuring ethnic food were hosted by the IRC. Sue O'Neill Johnson spearheaded an initiative to raise funds to assist Muhammed Chaudhury, a Global 2000 Fellow, whose library and university campus was heavily damaged from an earthquake in Pakistan. Individual donations and chapter donations throughout SLA were received. The committee has also collected library and information science journals for shipment to library schools. Thus far, we have sent shipments to Croatia, Cuba, and Zimbabwe.

Volunteers. We continue to enjoy the support of longtime volunteers and new volunteers. In acknowledgment of our volunteers, the chapter hosted the 2006 Volunteer Appreciation Reception at the U.S. Botanic Garden. For the first time, Past Presidents were invited to be guests of the chapter at the reception in appreciation for their efforts. We had 18 Past Presidents with the earliest term being 1971-1972, Kitty Scott.

More visibility for Chapter and SLA awards recipients. The list of SLA awards received by chapter members from SLA was added to our website earlier this year. Lists of those receiving Chapter Member of Year Awards and Board of Director Awards have been compiled and will be added in the near future to our website.

New Board Position. We added a new Board position, Assistant Treasurer/Treasurer-Elect. With Second Vice President Suzanne Pilsk's guidance, our governance document was updated and the SLA By-Laws Committee approved the document. The position will provide training for the newly elected person and assistance for the incumbent Treasurer.

Elections. The Nominating Committee developed a strong slate for vacancies including the new position of Assistant Treasurer/TreasurerElect. The count was close for several races. We used electronic voting for the second time under the capable direction of Elections Committee Chair Ellie Briscoe.

Support of Library School Students. The chapter awarded 4 scholarships this year in light of the high number of applicants and the quality of the applications. In the past, we have given two scholarships with one funded by Info-Current. We have maintained the practice of charging students half of what members pay for programs. For the annual banquet, we invited students who joined between Oct. 1 and Nov. 29 to be guests of the chapter.

Community Outreach. Chapter members provided support to Coolidge High School library in our second community outreach project to provide support for a library or media center serving a local school or neighborhood. We helped to purchase books for the library, served as book interviewers for students in the "Everybody Reads@ Coolidge program, hosted a reception for students who met the "Everybody Reads@Coolidge" goal, and weeded and organized collections in the library. With a new principal at the high school, commitments to the

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school library were not kept and the librarian position was changed to half-time.

Transition to calendar year. Immediate Past President Sheryl Rosenthal has done an admirable job of guiding us during the transition period so that events were accommodated in new time slots or were dropped in favor of other events. For example, a separate holiday party in December was combined with the annual banquet and business meeting when new Board members would be introduced and Board members leaving the Board would be thanked for their service. The elected Board voted last year to extend the commitment of the Board by six months to avoid having a second election in 2005. Thanks to all who served for 18 months rather than the customary 12 months.

Banquet. Susan Stamberg, Special Correspondent for National Public Radio, was an interesting and informative speaker. She related directly to people in the audience and met expectations of those who registered for the banquet to hear her speak. She told us that this is a new golden age of radio and that "content gets through on the radio" because there are no pictures or images to distract the listener from accepting the content. She herself has a portable radio in every room of her house.

She acknowledged NPR librarians and almost a dozen were present to hear her compliments.

Shirley Loo, Chapter President 2005-2006, turns meeting over to incoming President Susan Fournier

Earlier, I announced the results of the election: Vice President/President-elect Diane Schnurrpusch Second Vice President Gail Kouril Communications Secretary Kimberly Allen Director Sharon Lenius Assistant Treasurer/Treasurer-elect Martha Reichschneider Congratulations!

I also acknowledged two of the "diamonds" in the chapter: Anne Caputo and Susan Fifer Canby. In addition to being Past Chapter Presidents, both compiled a chronology of the chapter since the 50th anniversary of the chapter. They have served as Nominating Committee Chairs, Awards Committee Chairs, encouraged their staff to participate in chapter activities, and provided wise counsel. I acknowledged Treasurer Erin Clougherty for being willing to serve a second term as Treasurer. We have had other two-term Treasurers but when Erin completes her second three year term, she will have served 6 ½ years. Her experience and cando attitude have made my job as President much easier. Hospitality Chair Lorraine Bell was acknowledged for her grace and dedication during 2 ½ years of service.

Susan Stamberg entertains at SLA DC banquet

As my 18 month term draws to a close, I'd like to thank the chapter for the opportunity to serve and their strong support of various initiatives. I've gone to dozens of programs, met many people, and exceeded my goals. The chapter is in great shape due to many volunteers and the work done by previous Boards. I've enjoyed my term as President of the largest chapter in SLA.

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Six Winners Selected for DC/SLA Annual Awards Submitted by Anne Caputo, anne.caputo@factiva.com

The Alexandria Old Town Hilton was the setting for the largest annual business meeting and banquet gathering in DC/SLA’s memory, where six individuals were honored by DC/SLA at a glittering evening of festive celebration. Awards for the chapter’s Member of the Year Award and the Board of Directors Award were announced and the winners were presented with beautiful ceramic bowls decorated with cherry blossoms and gold leaf accents.

energy and experience as a development librarian has catapulted this project to success and accomplishment. In addition to the award itself, DC/SLA will contribute $1,000 to the Lubuto Library Project to honor and recognize Jane’s efforts.

The DC/SLA Awards Committee is chaired by Anne Caputo; members include Susan Fifer Canby, Donna Scheeder, Marilyn Bromley and Lyle and Nancy Minter.

The Member of the Year Award, which turned into the Members of the Year Award, was given collectively to the DC/SLA Membership Initiative, who successfully steered our group into the limelight as the largest chapter in the association.

Five individuals were selected to represent the special efforts required to make this happen. * Shirley Loo, President, * Kristina Lively, Membership Chair, * Lorraine Bell, Hospitality Chair, * Sage Hulsebus and Tina Plottel, Young Professionals Co-Chairs

L-R: Tina Plottel, Sage Hulsebus, Lorraine Bell, Kristina Lively, Shirley Loo

But all members who recruited new members, who planned and presented programs, and who encouraged students and others to become affiliated with DC/SLA, were also recognized.

The Board of Directors Award was given to Jane Kinney Meyers, in recognition of her achievement as the founder and president of the Lubuto Library Project, which brings libraries and literacy to street children in sub-Saharan Africa. Her drive, vision, DC/SLA Chapter Notes | December 2006/January 2007 | pg 4

Nancy Minter accepts Board of Directors Award for Jane Kinney Meyers

A Smooth Transition Contributed by Sheryl Rosenthal, Past Past President. DC/SLA

Preparations are underway to begin a new SLA year. We have a newly elected board in place, volunteers are actively being recruited, and memories of our Annual Business Meeting and Banquet are still fresh. That means we have successfully made the transition to operating on a calendar year basis, as mandated by SLA headquarters.

It took a bit of strategizing and rearranging to make sure that the business of the DC Chapter and all of the events that bring so much value to our membership were accommodated. It also took the willingness of the Board Members, committee chairs, and other volunteers to extend their commitments to DC/SLA for an additional six months. For some people, like Erin Clougherty, DC/SLA Treasurer, and Lorraine Bell, outgoing Hospitality Chair, this translated into terms of 3 ½ years! We thank everyone for this display of generosity and dedication.

Here are some examples of the scheduling changes you can expect for 2007: • • • • •

The first Board Meeting will be held in February.

The New Member Reception is now in May. The Volunteer Appreciation Event will be in October.

Elections, as they were in 2006, are held in the Fall.

The Holiday Party has been superseded by the Annual Business Meeting and Banquet, to be held in December.

What hasn’t changed?

The SLA Leadership Summit and SLA Annual Conference dates remain in January and June, respectively. The Joint Spring Workshop and International Special Librarian’s Day events will still be held in April.

We will keep you well-informed. It’s going to be another exciting new year for DC/SLA.

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New Executive Committee, 2007 (L-R: Erin Clougherty, Diane Schnurrpusch, Kristina Lively, Susan Fournier, Kimberly Allen, Gail Kouril, Jennifer Wood, Shirley Loo, Martha Reichsneider. Not present: Sharon Lenius)

Blogs, Podcasts, RSS, and Other Tools for Expanding Your Research Services Submitted by Gulnar Nagashybayeva, gulnar.nagashybayeva@noaa.gov

At this time of Internet domination all of us are experiencing a flood of online tools and gadgets, and information resources and services for both fee and for free. I am always amazed by the multitude of such tools at presentations by colleagues who keep up with the cutting edge of information technology. One such professional is Sabrina Pacifici, who gave a presentation, “Mining Blogs and RSS for Research,” on November 16th at the Library of Congress. Her presentation was well attended by DC SLA members and non-members despite the inclement weather and a local tornado warning. A law librarian, news researcher, editor and publisher of LLRX.com and beSpacific.com, Ms. Pacifici was named one of Library Journal's Movers & Shakers 2006, and was winner of the 2004 “Blawggie” award for Best Overall Legal Blog.

Ms. Pacifici’s presentation focused on the best free and low-fee web sites, web services, and resources to support and expand research services in competitive intelligence, legislation, news, public services, and government documents. The tips and advice that the presenter provided concerning how to handle the multitude of such services and resources were invaluable.

Ms. Pacifici gave an overview of and commented on the wide range of web sites she uses regularly.

She covered different kinds of resources such as newspapers sites, blogs, podcasts, RSS, forums and the ways of using them effectively and making them work for your research. While you probably will not use all of those web sites it was recommended that you review them based on relevancy, specificity and range of content in relation to your customers’ needs. She emphasized that successful researchers stay informed, updated and connected to information resources in the dynamic research process. They evaluate and re-evaluate the currently used resources, stop using those that do not serve their needs anymore and move on to new resources that are likely to serve them well.

Most of the resources reviewed by the presenter are free. In fact, Ms. Pacifici noted that she is able to provide quality information using free web resources now more than ever. Savvy researchers mine information from free or low cost resources in DC/SLA Chapter Notes | December 2006/January 2007 | pg 6

a cost-effective way, thus demonstrating the value of information professionals to others. It is not enough to just let the users know about the availability of certain tools, we should help them use these tools effectively. We should seek out the best tools and customize them to our own and our clients’ needs. It takes time to make these resources work right for us. Another way of cost effective research is searching selectively from paid resources. We can find what we need from the table of contents of paid resources and make alternative searches in free resources. We should beware of purchasing costly database subscription packages, ninety percent of which we don’t really need. Instead, we can choose to search free databases, purchase individual articles, and buy streams of content. Ms. Pacifici urged us to get out of the “Google box” and start using the valuable resources that will serve us much better with some tweaking and customizing. Though technology doesn’t necessarily make our jobs easier it can certainly help us reach our ultimate goal of providing more information for more people with less time and money.

The handouts from the presentation, including a list of valuable resources, are available at: http://www.llrx.com/features/expandresearch.pdf Also visit Sabrina Pacifici’s Web journal at: http://www.llrx.com/, and her current awareness monitoring blog at: http://www.bespacific.com/

Register! January 11 Program Describes How to Maximize Your Value

Knowledge Workers and Italian Food Fill DC/SLA Book Club’s Thoughts in January

Contributed by Jennifer Wood, WoodJ@executiveboard.com

Contributed by Eileen Deegan, DeeganEG@state.gov

Anne Caputo, Factiva's Director, Knowledge & Learning Programs, will speak about "Seven Ways to Get the Most from Your Information Products and Services." Anne will discuss actions you can take to maximize the value your organization gets from products and services created or managed by your information center. She will provide an evening of stories and examples including tales about aligning your priorities, sharpening your consulting skills and kissing all the babies you can find.

The DC/SLA Book Club will inaugurate a new year of events by gathering Wednesday, January 17, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at Bertucci's Brick Oven Ristorante, to discuss “Thinking for a Living: How to Get Better Performance and Results from Knowledge Workers,” by Thomas Davenport.

DATE: Thursday, January 11, 2007 TIME: 6:00pm to 8:00pm Light refreshments 6:00-6:30pm; program 6:308:00pm LOCATION: Venable LLP, 575 7th St. NW (Eighth Floor), Washington, DC 20004 METRO: Gallery Place/Chinatown Metro (Red, Yellow, and Green Lines) PRICE: $10.00 - DC Chapter members $15.00 - Non-chapter members $5.00 - Students/retired/unemployed REGISTER: RSVP to Mary Reusch at mary.reusch@infocurrent.com or 202-775-1898, regardless of form of payment.

Electronic payments can be made via PayPal at the bottom of the event page: http://units.sla.org/chapter/cdc/events_files/Jan110 7.html Checks should be made payable to DC/SLA and mailed to: Mary Reusch 815 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 350 Washington, DC 20006 DEADLINE: Payment must be received by Monday, January 8.

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The author, a professor of information technology and management at Babson College, explores strategies for productively managing knowledge workers. Managers, he argues, must utilize a much better approach than the typical “HSPALTA” (Hire Smart People And Leave Them Alone). A CHOICE reviewer called Davenport’s “well-written, easy-toread book” published in 2005 by Harvard Business School Press, must reading for professors, students, managers – and knowledge workers themselves.

Bertucci's is located at 2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20006. The closest Metro stations are Foggy Bottom or Farragut West (Blue and Orange Lines). To reserve a seat at our January 17 event, please RSVP to Eileen Deegan

by January 11 (deeganeg@state.gov or 202-4538073).

Our Book Club welcomes any DC/SLA member interested in thought-provoking conversation and pleasant dining. To learn more about the Club, please visit our webpage at http://units.sla.org/chapter/cdc/bookclub.html.

Beta Phi Mu Initiation Planned Contributed by Diane Schurrpusch, dschnurr@dtic.mil

The Iota Chapter of Beta Phi Mu (International Library and Information Studies Honor Society) represents both the Catholic University of America's School of Library and Information Science and the University of Maryland's College of Library and Information Studies. The Chapter's Annual Meeting and Initiation Ceremony will be held February 12, 2007, at National Public Radio.

If you were initiated through the Iota Chapter and have not received the annual dues form and invitation by January 2, 2007, contact the Chapter president, Diane Schnurrpusch, at 703-767-9069 or dschnurr@dtic.mil. If you were initiated through another chapter, but would like to affiliate with the

Iota Chapter, contact Diane for more information.

The Iota Chapter awards scholarships to deserving students at the two institutions and sponsors professional activities and projects for its members.

Members’ Corner Member Ceceile Kay Richter has a credit on page xii of a new book, The Wanderer, The Last American Slave Ship and the Conspiracy That Set Its Sails, St. Martin's Press, published this September. Author Erik Calonius, who is a book editor and a former journalist, recognized Ceceile's contribution as the primary researcher on the book in glowing terms. (You can see the full credit for Ceceile by searching on her name under books on Amazon.com.) Ceceile performed research at the Library of Congress, the National Archives, and at the libraries of several local universities, and also obtained documents through inter-library loan and from electronic databases. According to Vernon Ford in Booklist, The Wanderer "brings to life this extraordinary story from the luxurious yacht-club salons to Southern courtrooms and the Congo, in this account that reveals the complicated legacy of slavery that has yet to be sorted out in contemporary America." Ceceile is a freelance information researcher whose clients have included special and academic libraries.

The Research and Innovative Technology Administration of the USDOT and The National Transportation Library are pleased to announce the appointment of Amanda J. Wilson to Head of the National Transportation Library.

Ms Wilson comes to the NTL from The Ohio State University Libraries (OSUL) where she was Metadata Librarian and had experience working with digital collections and statewide networking.

With digital collections, Ms. Wilson managed projects for the OSU Knowledge Bank, an institutional repository, and other OSUL digital collections.

Wilson’s involvement included development of OSUL’s metadata program, performance and coordination of metadata quality assurance activities, implementation of METS, TEI, VRA Core, and other XML schemas and DTDs. Additionally, Ms. Wilson coordinated the OSU Libraries Encoded Archival Description (EAD) Program and served as DC/SLA Chapter Notes | December 2006/January 2007 | pg 8

co-chair on statewide EAD Task Force which developed content guidelines, best practices, tools, and training ideas for the Ohio archival community.

From Ms Wilson: "Since my first day at the NTL I have felt very welcome in the transportation libraries community and I am looking forward to meeting and becoming active in the special libraries community nationally and here in DC." Ms. Wilson serves on committees of ALA, ASIS&T and ACRL. Her research interests include collaborative metadata generation, interface design, and multi-contextual description to improve information access. Currently, Wilson is a doctoral candidate at George Washington University. She holds an M.S. Library Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a B.A. in music from Emory University.

The library staff of Covington & Burling LLP recently welcomed Maura Burns as the newest Associate Research Librarian on their growing Conflicts team. Maura comes to DC and to Covington (and hopefully soon to the DC Chapter of SLA!) with her MLS from Simmons College and experience at the Harvard Law School Library and Burns & Levinson LLP in Boston, Massachusetts.

Caryn S. Wesner-Early, US Patent & Trademark Office, just had an article published in the current Free Pint News, “Wikipedia: To Use or Not To Use," issue 219, 7 December 2006, http://www.freepint.com/issues/071206.htm#tips

Condolences go out to the family of past DC SLA Chapter President Paul Klinefelter (1922 - Dec 6, 2006). Paul Klinefelter was president of the chapter from 1970 – 1971, and was active in the Military Librarians Group. He was a John Cotton Dana Award recipient in 1988 and a graduate of West Point. Burial in Arlington Cemetery will be in April to accommodate his son, on duty in Iraq.

Himmelfarb Library, Room 202 Foggy Bottom Metro Station on the Blue and Orange Lines RSVP to Charlotte White at Cwhite@fmc.gov or 202-523-5762 Web 2.0 in Libraries - Part 2: The Tools of Web 2.0 Presented by Meredith Farkas, Distance learning librarian at Norwich University

Anna Marie Delvecchio, LexisNexis, gives the door prize of a gift card to winner Mary Haley at the annual Chapter banquet and meeting, December 2006

Click U Live! Presentations Discuss Web 2.0 Contributed by Jennifer Wood, WoodJ@executiveboard.com

DC-SLA offers chapter members the opportunity to participate at no charge in SLA's popular Click U Live Seminars. The Chapter purchases a site license and members may participate in the seminar at the given site. This does not allow individuals to participate from their own offices.

Non-DC-SLA members must pay a $10 fee, payable via PayPal on the DC Chapter Web site.

We will not accept checks on site.

The seminars start PROMPTLY, it is best to arrive at least 10 minutes early to sign in, get seated and obtain handouts. Please RSVP to registrars indicated below.

Web 2.0 in Libraries - Part 1: Theory and Practice Presented by Meredith Farkas, Distance learning librarian at Norwich University Part 1 will discuss the principles of Web 2.0 and its implications for libraries. Participants will learn what Web 2.0 means and how the Web has changed so many people over the past few years. Participants will explore how librarians have adapted Web 2.0 principles to create Library 2.0, a service philosophy for libraries. We will also show some successful examples of libraries that have embraced the Library 2.0 philosophy in order to improve services for patrons.

DATE: Wednesday, Jan. 10 TIME: 2:00 - 3:30 pm (Plan to arrive a few minutes early) LOCATION: George Washington University, DC/SLA Chapter Notes | December 2006/January 2007 | pg 9

This session explores the Web 2.0 technologies that are rapidly changing the way we all use the Internet. Libraries can adopt many of the social tools that their patrons use in order to build collaboration, communication, and community online. This session will cover some of the social tools that libraries can easily adopt, including blogs, wikis, social bookmarking/tagging, instant messaging, and social networking software.

DATE: Wednesday, Jan. 24 TIME: 2:00 - 3:30 pm (Plan to arrive a few minutes early) LOCATION: Dialog, 1560 Wilson Blvd., Suite 400, Arlington, VA Rosslyn Metro Station on the Blue and Orange Lines RSVP to Linda Futato at Linda.Futato@ thomson.com or 703-908-238

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Working Group Established To Discuss Future of Bibliographic Control Newly Formed Group to Make Recommendations

by November 2007 Submitted by Suzanne Pilsk, PilskS@si.edu

Advances in search-engine technology, the popularity of the Internet and the influx of electronic information resources have greatly changed the way libraries do their work. To address those changes, the Library of Congress has convened a Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control to examine the future of bibliographic description in the 21st century.

Libraries are looking at ways to catalog the avalanche of both print and digital materials that come to them for classification and control, and library managers worldwide recognize the need to examine critically the role of the catalog and its relationship to other methods of finding information.

Building on the work and results of the Library's Bicentennial Conference on Bibliographic Control for the New Millennium (2001), the new group will: * Present findings on how bibliographic control and other descriptive practices can effectively support management of and access to library materials in the evolving information and technology environment, * Recommend ways in which the library community can collectively move toward achieving this vision, and * Advise the Library of Congress on its role and priorities.

José-Marie Griffiths of the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill serves as chair of the group.

"I agreed to chair this group because these issues are facing all libraries. It is an important opportunity for different sectors of the information profession to examine a common problem and recommend solutions that will benefit librarians and users," she said.

Deanna Marcum, associate librarian for Library Services, hosted the first meeting and thanked the Working Group members for volunteering their time and expertise. Marcum is the convener of the group and will receive its recommendations.

"The Working Group will provide extremely valuable insight and guidance to the Library of Congress and the entire library community in an

area critical to the future of librarianship and the continuing role of libraries in American society," Marcum said.

During its inaugural meeting at the Library of Congress Nov. 2-3, Working Group members concluded that, rather than planning a single summit meeting on the future of bibliographic control, it would schedule three regional meetings during 2007. The venues will be in or near large airports in different regions of the United States to make it easier for a broad range of participants to travel to the meetings.

The Working Group also organized issues and affected parties into three broad categories: Uses and Users, Structures and Standards, and Economics and Organization. Each category will be the focus of one regional meeting in 2007. The meetings will be preceded by distribution of a background paper that gives an overview of the current environment in which bibliographic control operates.

In July or August, after the three meetings have taken place, the Working Group will meet again to draft a report and recommendations by Sept. 1 for public comments, which will be taken into account in the group’s final report, to be issued by Nov. 1, 2007.

Members of the Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control * José-Marie Griffiths of the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (chair) * Richard Amelung for the American Association of Law Libraries * Diane Dates Casey, Janet Swan Hill, and Sally G. Smith for the American Library Association * Brian E.C. Schottlaender, Olivia M.A. Madison, and Judith Nadler representing the Association of Research Libraries * Gary Price for the Special Libraries Association * Robert Wolven for the Program for Cooperative Cataloging * Daniel Clancy for the Google Company * Jay Girotto for the Microsoft Corporation * Clifford A. Lynch of the Coalition for Networked Information * Lorcan Dempsey of OCLC Con’d on p. 13

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Assisting the Working Group from the Library of Congress is Library Services Executive Secretariat Beth Davis-Brown. More information on the Library of Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control will be available beginning Dec. 11, 2006, at a special public Web site, www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/.

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