President's Corner: Don’t Forget to Vote Submitted by Susan Fournier, Susan.Fournier@icba.org
Now that we are coming near the end of the first regular year of the new SLA governance calendar, we are deep into elections, both for the Association and Chapter. Since the Association’s governance year runs January through December (rather than the previous June through May), elections are held in the Fall rather than in the Spring. If you have not cast your ballot for SLA please do so now. A number of Chapter members are candidates—Susan Fifer-Canby for Chapter Cabinet Chair-Elect and David Shumaker for Division Cabinet Chair-Elect (both Past-Presidents of the Chapter) and James King for Director. Polls close October 11 at 5:00 p.m. EDT. And, don’t forget to vote in the Chapter elections that begin on October 5 and conclude on October 22. Complete information, including candidate statements, is available on the Chapter Web site and also included in this issue. We will be conducting the election electronically and you will receive notification by email. For those of you who receive the paper version of Chapter Notes, you will be receiving a paper ballot. If you would like to vote by mail and do not receive a paper ballot, please contact our Elections Chair, Catherine Kitchell, or call her at 703-3413311. October is also the time for our second round of Dine Arounds. Watch the list and check out the Web site for a Dine Around near you. If you don’t see a convenient venue, why not volunteer to host one? It is easy; contact Rick Davis. In addition, the annual Professional Enhancement Day is scheduled for October 26: Seeking Skills: What Employers Want and Need is the focus of this year’s event. The planners have a half-day of speakers and learning opportunities. And, the ever-popular Resume Critique is also on the program. See the article on page 6 for all the details and registration information. Anne Caputo, Awards Committee Chair, is seeking nominations for both SLA and Chapter awards. Chapter award nominations are due October 19 and the awards will be presented at our Annual Meeting and Banquet in December. Details are on page 5.
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Following the elections, our newly elected officers will be looking for your help in 2008. Volunteers are needed for committee and group chairs, committee and group members, Click U hosts, and Dine Around hosts. Sharon Lenius, chair of the SLA 2009 Committee, still needs lots of volunteers to help with events and logistics for the SLA conference here in DC, June 14-17, 2009. If you have a special skill or interest that you would like to share, complete the volunteer form at the back of this issue. Diane Schnurrpusch, President-Elect, will be looking to fill positions for 2008 over the next couple of months. On September 17, Diane and I made a presentation to the CUA/SLA Student Chapter. We spoke about our own careers, as well as the variety and diversity of job opportunities in the special libraries field. Diane also spoke about the value of SLA and DC/SLA membership. The student chapter is anxious to work with us and we will be exploring ways that we can collaborate. I would also like to take this opportunity to announce our speaker for the Annual Meeting and Banquet on December 6 at the Woman’s National Democratic Club. Our speaker will be Mike McCurry, a veteran political strategist and spokesperson with 30 years experience in Washington D.C. McCurry also served in the White House as press secretary to President Bill Clinton. We have Gail Kouril, Second Vice President, to thank for making this possible. It will surely be an enlightening evening. More information will be made available via the list and Events Calendar on the Web site; but mark your calendars now, before your holiday season is booked. IN MEMORIUM It is also with great sadness that I announce the passing of Sue O'Neill Johnson on Thursday, September 27. Sue was a past president of DC/SLA and a keen supporter of the chapter and Association's international efforts. I know I speak for all of us who knew and worked with her, she will be greatly missed. I know of no better description of Sue, than the one Anne Caputo wrote to me upon hearing of Sue's death: "She was truly one of a kind - energetic and filled with a million ideas - all of which she supported with 1000% enthusiasm." I couldn't agree more. We will also remember her for her musical talent that she shared so often at Chapter events, particularly our Holiday parties.
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DC/SLA Membership Triumph Acknowledged by NY Chapter Submitted by Shirley Loo, sloo@crs.loc.gov
Last fall the New York Chapter issued a membership challenge to the DC Chapter after President Kevin Manion learned that the DC Chapter in June 2006 had more members than any other chapter in SLA. The NY Chapter had been the largest chapter for many years. The winner of the challenge would be the chapter with the most members by the time of the Denver conference in June. The DC/SLA Board accepted the challenge partly as an incentive to continue our successful membership building activities. The race was very close with DC/SLA winning by 14 members! Steve Kochoff, NY Chapter President-Elect, sent these greetings which were read at the September Board meeting: "I am very happy to send you, Susan, other members of the SLA-DC Chapter's Board and indeed to all the members of the SLA DC Chapter CONGRATULATIONS! from me, Kevin Manion and all the members of the SLA-NY Chapter on your winning the membership contest! We are delighted for all of you! Membership is the life blood of any organization and how wonderful it is that your membership campaign produced the growth your Chapter experienced and your Chapter's victory! As you know, I attended your Sunday, June 3, 2007 "membership� session during the Denver Conference and I found it very helpful. I have shared your information with Leigh Hallingby who will serve as the SLA NY Chapter Membership Chair for the term Jan. to Dec. 2008. I hope you and/or other SLA members will always conduct a session on membership at both the January and June SLA Conferences. I really don't think that helping our SLA members with all aspects of membership can be overdone or exhausted. Membership is vital to SLA nationally and locally and I commend you on your efforts in DC (and your splendid results) and as well for your sharing "lessons to be learned" -"best practices re membership and its growth"!
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We wish your continued success and congratulate all of you on your splendid win!" The NY Chapter provided a delicious cheesecake for the September Board meeting. In addition, the NY Chapter sent a generous contribution of $250 in our honor to the Lubuto Library Project that one of our members founded. Jane Kinney Meyers received the DC/SLA Board of Directors Award at the 2006 banquet for this project and SLA conferred the Factiva Leadership Award on her at the Denver Conference. In her letter of acknowledgment, Meyers said: "SLA NY's generosity will bring our organization closer to making more Lubuto Libraries a reality – providing enriching safe havens for perhaps the most destitute children on the planet. We are putting the finishing touches on the first library and have already shipped and delivered its collection, to be put on the shelves very soon. We celebrate the opening of that library in Lusaka on September 21, 2007. This gift will contribute to building our next libraries, the next two to be built in Itimpi (near Kitwe) and Nabukuyu (near Monze), Zambia. We will make sure you can follow the progress of those libraries, and see the impact of your donation, in the photo gallery on www.Lubuto.org. ... I hope you and all of the members of the NY Chapter of SLA will receive great satisfaction from knowing the direct role you have played in giving children in dire circumstances, who may otherwise never see the pages of a book, the opportunity to learn and grow, and to have hope for a better future. Lubuto libraries will make a real and lasting difference in their lives." Thanks to Kristina Lively, Membership Chair, everyone who recruited a new member and all who planned or hosted or participated in interesting and informative programs which retained and attracted members. It took all of us to win this membership challenge!
Photo by Jenny Wood The exultant DC/SLA Board poses with their prize New York cheesecake. Left to right: Alicia Koundakjian, Eileen Rourke, Erin Clougherty, Gail Kouril, Diane Schnurrpusch, Shirley Loo, Susan Fournier, Mary Talley, Kimberly Allen, Mary Reusch, Kenlee Ray, Sheryl Rosenthal
October is Dine Around Time! Submitted by Rick Davis, rjd68@juno.com
Dine Arounds are dinners taking place Monday Thursday evenings during the month of October. Many of the restaurants are at Metro accessible locations. This year, we have a diverse, mouthwatering range of cuisines, from Ethiopian to Persian to Italian. Dine Arounds are an excellent opportunity to network and meet with other Special Librarians in the Washington area. Those who attend Dine Arounds make them memorable occasions by contributing to the conversation at their table. Before attending a Dine Around, please RSVP the host in advance. We hope to see you at a Dine Around‌‌ around town!!
Date: Thursday, October 11 Restaurant: Pane e Vino 9020 Lorton Station Blvd., Suite E, Lorton, VA Restaurant website: www.paneevino-ristorante.com Host: Diane Schnurrpusch RSVP: dschnurr@dtic.mil DC/SLA Chapter Notes | October 2007 | pg 4
Date: Monday, October 15. Restaurant: Ella's Pizza 901 F Street, N.W. Washington, DC Restaurant Website: www.ellaspizza.com Metro: Gallery Place; Red, Green, and Yellow Lines Host: Amy Taylor RSVP: amt54@law.georgetown.edu
Date: Tuesday, October 16 Time: 6 p.m. Restaurant: Dukem 1114 U Street, NW Restaurant website: www.dukemrestaurant.com Metro: U Street, Green Line Host: Michael Chesnes RSVP: michael.j.chesnes@nasa.gov
Date: Wednesday, October 17 Restaurant: Da Marco Ristorante Italiano 8662 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, VA Restaurant review: www.washingtonian.com/restauantreviews/1138.ht ml Metro: Silver Spring, Red Line- Walk up the hill past the Discovery Channel building. Cross over Georgia Avenue, and the restaurant is almost
directly across from the AFI theater. Host: Barbara Folensbee-Moore RSVP: bfolensbeemoore@morganlewis.com
Date: Thursday, October 18 Time: 6:30 p.m. Restaurant: Tony Cheng's Mongolian Barbeque 619 H Street, NW Metro: Gallery Place; Red, Green, and Yellow Lines Host: Eileen Rourke RSVP: infoeer@yahoo.com This Dine Around is being sponsored by the International Relations Committee.
Date: Monday, October 22 Restaurant: Haad Thai 1100 New York Avenue, NW Restaurant website: www.haadthairestaurant.com Metro: Metro Center; Red, Blue, and Orange Lines Hosts: Megan Galaida and Merrilynn Drews RSVP: galaida@case.org This Dine Around is being sponsored by the Association Information Services Caucus.
Date: Tuesday, October 23 Restaurant: Shamshiry 8607 Westwood Center Drive, Tyson's Corner, VA Restaurant website: www.shamshiry.com Host: Lois Ireland RSVP: lois_ireland@freddiemac.com
Nominate Someone for an Association or Chapter Award SLA and DC/SLA both have Awards & Honors Programs created to honor individuals or groups and their achievements and contributions to the Association, to the DC Chapter and the information profession. The Association bestows awards in twelve categories and the Chapter presents two annual awards. Check the Association Awards on the SLA Web site. Nominations can be submitted individually to SLA or can be sent via our chapter’s DC/SLA Chapter Notes | October 2007 | pg 5
Awards Committee. Our chapter awards are presented at the DC/SLA Annual Meeting and Banquet, held this year at the Woman’s Democratic Club in Washington on Thursday, December 6. Our chapter award categories are: Chapter Member of the Year - Given to a chapter member in recognition of outstanding contributions to the Chapter, public service activities, assistance in professional development, and promotion of special librarianship or publication of a professional paper. Board of Directors Award - Given to an individual or group, who may or may not be a member of the DC Chapter, in recognition of special achievements or contributions to the field of special librarianship. The DC/SLA Awards Committee is seeking your input in suggesting names of individuals or groups to be nominated for any of these awards. Nominations should include the following information, much of which can be found in the SLA Membership Directory: Name of Award Name of person submitting nomination Name of nominee or group Nominee address, telephone and email Career Information Employer, Job Title Association Information SLA Member, SLA and/or Chapter Affiliations Reason for Nomination The DC/SLA Awards Committee is made up of Anne Caputo (chair), Susan Fifer Canby, Sheryl Rosenthal and Richard Huffine. Please send your nominations to Anne Caputo at anne.caputo@dowjones.com. • Nominations for Chapter Awards must be received by October 19, 2007. • Nominations for SLA Association Awards – to be submitted by our chapter Awards Committee must be submitted by December 7, 2007.
SAVE THE DATE: OCTOBER 26! Professional Enhancement Day: Taking Strategic Approaches to Workforce Development and Career Planning Join colleagues in a discussion of skills that are needed in a variety of environments that are hiring librarians/information professionals today. Learn what these types of organizations—government agencies, law firms, media organizations, consultants, database producers/vendors, not-forprofits—are seeking in new hires, and where they are looking for prospects. Our day begins with the panel discussion, Seeking skills: What employers want and need, moderated by Susan Fifer Canby of National Geographic. Confirmed panelists include:
confirmation via return email. Click to Register Today! Date: Friday, October 26, 2007 Time: 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Place: The Charles Sumner School Address: 1201 Seventeenth Street, NW Metro: Farragut North (Red Line) Cost (includes continental breakfast): DC/SLA members Allied organizations (ex. LLSDC) Non-members Students/unemployed
Deborah K. Balsamo, Environmental Protection Agency Michael Gruenberg, Proquest-CSA Kate Martin, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP Laura Soto-Barra, National Public Radio Peggy Fry, Georgetown University Law Library Jeanne Trimble, Mitre
Following a Networking Break, Nancy Davenport, DC Public Library Interim Director of Library Services, will address New routes to new careers: Finding (and getting) your ideal job. Once you know the type of traits and skills that employers are seeking, you must devise your Personal Employment Game Plan to identify the position most suited to you and a strategy for securing that all-important interview. Many local information professionals know Nancy from her years at the Library of Congress and the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). Her interactive session will help you examine your career values that will guide your future job searches and moves. As is our custom, representatives from InfoCurrent and Library Associates will be there to critique your resume. To schedule a Resume Critique, email your preferred (15-minute) timeslots to Barbie Keiser (barbieelene@att.net). You will receive a DC/SLA Chapter Notes | October 2007 | pg 6
Mark your calendars for the next DC/SLA Board Meeting Wednesday, October 10, 2007 6:00 – 7:30 pm 1615 L Street, NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20036
$10 $15 $20 $5
Celebrate 100 Years of SLA and participate at SLA 2009 in DC Submitted by Sharon Lenius, sharon.lenius@us.army.mil
Only Twenty Months. . . ……until the 100th Anniversary Celebration of the founding of Special Libraries Association and the exciting happenings in Washington, DC Jun 14-17, 2009. Go to Washington Convention and Tourism Corporation for some interesting ideas for SLA 2009 or even tomorrow for your own out of town visitors! If you want to brush up on your knowledge of the history of SLA, Carolyn Sosnowski, Information Specialist at SLA Headquarters, suggests you check the SLA website for “Special Libraries Association - - Its First Fifty Years.”
The master page for these sources is SLA’s Association History. DC/SLA will be the Host Chapter. The Local Arrangements Committee (LAC09) has begun organizational work on the special events and information publications in support of the Centennial Celebration. With award winning Karen Huffman of The National Geographic Society Library in charge of Communications, the information will go out via Wikis, Blogs, Web Sites, Podcasts, Vodcasts and whatever new media are developed between now and June 2009. Barbie Keiser will be in charge of volunteers for the information booths both at SLA 2008 in Seattle and SLA 2009. Richard Huffine has offered to design the Info Booth. Eileen Rourke will put her Tourist Guide License to good use helping to develop a Top Ten Places to Visit brochure. Nancy Minter is the Assistant Chair of LAC09. Sharon Lenius is the overall Chair of LAC09. Some DC/SLA members have stepped up to volunteer. We have some key slots open and would appreciate hearing from members. DC/SLA Chapter Notes | October 2007 | pg 7
Some VOLUNTEER POSITIONS 1. Overall Booth CZAR both Seattle and DC a.. Sub CZAR for Seattle b.. Sub CZAR for DC c. Sub CZAR – Volunteers – Seattle and DC – Barbie Keiser d. Sub CZAR – Booth Design – Richard Huffine 2. Public Relations Guru a. Writers to feed communications vehicles b. Dining Guide c. DC Things to Do d. Top Ten – Eileen Rourke e. Camp SLA/Kids SLA 3. Budget/Fundraising – Money Manager This is just the beginning and we urge you to join the Celebration by filing out the Volunteer Form, last page of this issue! For further information contact Sharon Lenius at 703 601-2710 or sharon.lenius@us.army.mil.
SAVE THE DATE! OCT 15 How Do Journalists Use Government Information? Journalists/Info Sleuths: October 15 Program Come to Crystal City on October 15th to hear New York Times reporter Scott Shane and Washington Post researcher Alice Crites clue us all in to their techniques for tracking down government information. Please join SLA’s Government Information Division and ALA’s Government Documents Roundtable for the program. There is no fee and no advance registration is needed. Scott Shane, formerly of the Baltimore Sun, covers U.S. intelligence and government secrecy issues for the Times. Alice Crites is national political research editor at the Post, where she has worked on three Pulitzer Prize-winning series. Alice is a graduate of
the University of Maryland College of Information Studies. DATE: TIME: PLACE:
Monday, October 15 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Crystal City Doubletree Hotel [www.doubletreecrystalcity.com], Washington Ballroom Nearest Metro: Pentagon City (blue and yellow lines) For more information contact Bill Sleeman, GODORT [bsleeman@law.umaryland.edu] or Peggy Garvin, SLA [peggy@garvinconsulting.com]
2007 Community Outreach Planning Survey Results Submitted by Kenlee Ray, KenleeR@aol.com
Thanks to everyone who answered our survey to help plan our next community outreach project. Approximately 8% of the total DC/SLA membership responded. Here's a summary of what you said: • 5% of our total membership is interested in participating in a community outreach project. • Most respondents (37.5%) indicated that they are willing to spend 2 to 4 hours per month working on a project, followed by 28.6% willing to work 1-2 days per month. • Most preferred working weekends followed by 27.3 % who preferred evenings. • It was a tie between preference for a shortterm project (single weekend or fund-raising effort) versus a medium-term project (several hours over a month or two.) • The overwhelming majority didn't care whether we had a stand-alone project or were part of a larger umbrella group. Suggestions for our next project included: • Collaborate with other organizations such as DC Go Local in cooperation with the National Library of Medicine and CUA and UMD library school groups; DC/SLA Chapter Notes | October 2007 | pg 8
• Do more to encourage young people to enter the information profession such as hold a "junior Librarian for a Day" program; • Partner with museums to show young people what goes on behind the scenes, how research is done and information collected and organized, to create the exhibits that they see; • Raise awareness of mental health and wellness issues in light of the incident at Virginia Tech; • Have events where various membership subsets "compete" against each other to see who can donate the most service hours to whatever cause we pick; and • Get DC/SLA active in larger community efforts to publicize the field of librarianship, e.g. enter a team in a local walk-a-thon. You can read the full report on the Chapter web site.
The goal of our former projects has been to tap the resources and skills of our members to enrich and provide support for a library or media center serving a local school or neighborhood. If you have suggestions for our next project that will meet our goals as well as the criteria of being a short or medium-term project and allowing our members to participate evenings and weekends, please contact Kenlee Ray, KenleeR@aol.com or 202-483-2423.
Susan Fournier and Diane Schnurrpusch pose with CUA SLA Student Chapter members
Diane Schnurrpusch spoke to CUA SLIS students about volunteer opportunities with the DC chapter.
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IN MEMORIUM Obituary – Sue O’Neill Johnson Sue Snyder O’Neill Johnson was born on September 23, 1939 in Chicago, but soon moved to Riverside, Connecticut where she grew up in a very supportive family and environment. She attended the Greenwich Academy, graduating in 1957. She did her BA studies at Connecticut College and Boston University, majoring in government. Later, she studied library and information science at the University of Pittsburgh where she obtained an MLS; and, later still, studied public administration at American University where she received an MPA in 1989. Following her marriage to Dr Richard Patrick O’Neill in 1960 (they divorced in 1978), Sue moved to Lexington, Kentucky where she lived from 1964 to 1984. While raising four children, she worked for the Lexington Public Library, first as a volunteer fund-raiser and then as the first professional manager of public relations in which she was instrumental in increasing both library funding and patronage. Always musically talented (she had been the leader and a composer-arranger for the “Shwiffs” vocal group at Conn College), Sue renewed her musical life in the late 1970s by joining with two friends to form “The Singing Huns,” an award-winning German folk trio; and by organizing the first Oktoberfest seen in Lexington. In 1983, she founded the first independent singles group in Lexington, which continues today as the Bluegrass Connection. Tragically, her son, Todd Richard O’Neill, died in 1984. She created a memorial scholarship in his name at Sayre School, which has been awarded for twenty-two consecutive years. Sue moved to Washington, D.C. in late 1984 where she worked successively at the Library of Congress, Georgetown University Medical Library, the IIT Research Institute, and Jane’s Information Group. An avid tennis player (and in recent years, golfer), Sue met her husband on the tennis court in 1988 and they moved to Potomac, Maryland and married in 1990. Just before that, she began a twelve-year career at the World Bank as manager of the IT Resource Center. She retired in 2001 as the Bank’s Senior Information Projects Officer. Her focus was on training librarians and information specialists, DC/SLA Chapter Notes | October 2007 | pg 11
both at headquarters and overseas field offices, in using the Bank’s information management tools and databases to spread knowledge of best practices in economic and social development. Following retirement, she established a small consulting business specializing in international informatics— perhaps her most important project was a detailed study of the status of clinical trials throughout the world for the National Library of Medicine. Sue was an active member of the Special Libraries Association from which she received the national President’s Award for her work in raising funds to bring 25 librarians from developing countries to the Global 2000 meeting in England. She was elected President of the DC Chapter in 2001, and won the Member of the Year Award. Sue was also active in the American Society for Information Science and Technology. She was twice Chair of the International Information Issues SIG, which received SIG of the Year honors three years in a row, and she won the SIG Member of the Year Award in 2003. She also co-founded the ASIST international paper competition which brought travel grants, ASIST memberships, and publishing opportunities to dozens of information professionals in developing nations. Since 1990 and especially since retiring, Sue developed her musical interests into a virtual second career. As a pianist, she led a jazz trio in weekly performances during a year-long gig at a downtown social club, and played solo piano or accompanied singers at a number of other venues. In recent years, she entertained widely at senior and adult centers throughout the area, playing and singing American standards, show tunes, and folk and gospel songs. These programs proved very popular and almost every audience looked forward to her next visit. She had an enormous repertoire and was blessed with a prodigious musical memory. As a composer, she wrote and orchestrated the music for two original shows done for charity, and wrote dozens of songs for the annual Hexagon reviews. She also composed a four-part choral piece and, on commission, a birthday cantata for soprano and piano. Recently, several of her longer pieces have been performed in concerts by the Composers Society of Montgomery County, and in 2005 she produced a CD of nine of her original compositions.
Besides her children, music, and tennis and golf, Sue’s other great interest was in traveling and seeing the world. Beginning with a memorable trip to Yugoslavia and France as a college freshman, Sue had visited some 33 countries (many more than once) and was on her fifth passport. Perhaps her favorite trips were to Provence in 1994, Paraiba, Brazil in 2004, and the old capitals of Japan in 2005, but, in truth, she really loved meeting and talking with different people just about anywhere. Sue leaves her husband, Douglas L. Johnson of Potomac; three children, Dr Terry O’Neill, Paul O’Neill and Debra O’Neill Flynn, all of Lexington; a stepdaughter, Emma Johnson of Boston; granddaughters Susan and Siobhan O’Neill and Addison Flynn of Lexington; two step granddaughters, Rosie and Zoe Johnson-Romanos of Boston; and two brothers, Dr. David D Snyder of Edmond, Okla. and Stanford I. Snyder of Riverside, Conn. Services After a marvelously full and accomplished life, Sue will be deeply missed by everyone. A memorial service to celebrate her life will be held at 1:00 pm on Friday, October 5th at St Luke’s Episcopal Church, Bethesda, Maryland, officiated by Dr. Stephanie Nagley (Note: Because St. Luke’s is being reconstructed, the service will actually be held right across the street at the North Bethesda United Methodist Church. The address is 10100 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, and there is ample parking. A reception will follow). Burial will be in Lexington, KY at the Lexington Cemetery (burial date TBA). In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that friends make a contribution to the Todd O’Neill Memorial Scholarship at Sayre School (194 North Limestone Street, Lexington, KY, 40507). Please send any notes or questions to me at 421 Kingswood Drive, Lexington, KY, 40502, or deboflynn@insightbb.com.
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Slate of Candidates for Chapter Office Fall 2008
First Vice President/President-Elect: Three-year commitment. Chair of program committee, works with hospitality committee, becomes President in following year. Richard Huffine Richard Huffine has been a practicing librarian in Washington, DC since 1996 when he relocated from Asheville, North Carolina to take a position with a contractor to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Richard spent 9 years working on library and information projects for the U.S. EPA, rising to the position of National Program Manager for the EPA's National Library Network. Richard recently took a new position as the National Library Coordinator for the U.S. Geological Survey in Reston, Virginia. In his personal life, Richard is also active in the community in support of public libraries in the District of Columbia. As president of the Friends of the Mount Pleasant Library and the Federation of Friends of the DC Public Library, he helps coordinate support and advocacy among Friends organizations across the District. Richard was also the founding chair of the Government Information Division within the Special Libraries Association in 2004. Statement of Interest I would like to serve as President-Elect of the DC Chapter of SLA in order to strengthen connections among special librarians in the DC area and further the excellent work done in recent years of growing the size of the Chapter. As President-Elect, Richard would like to continue working with other local organizations and would like to bring a variety of new programming ideas to information professionals here in the Washington, DC area. Richard has also been involved in the DC/SLA community outreach projects and is interested in seeing that program become a part of more chapter DC/SLA Chapter Notes | October 2007 | pg 13
members' SLA experience. Finally, Richard is interested in expanding the pool of active DC/SLA members that can help lead the Chapter into the future and he hopes to find new members as active and engaged as our long-time members continue to be into the future. Greta D. Ober-Beauchesne Greta Ober-Beauchesne is Archives Research Librarian, Archives and Records Management, Information Services Division of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). She has held this position since 1999. Greta spent one year (1998) at the World Bank/IFC and, prior to that, worked for 8 years in various types of research institutes. Greta has been very active in SLA on both the local and national levels. Until her term expires in January 2008, Greta holds the position of Chair of the SLA Social Science Division. A member of DC/SLA since 1989, Greta has served as co-editor of the Newsletter (1995-1998), Co-Chair of the Internet Committee (1997-2001), and Membership Chair (2001-2002). Greta designed the DC Chapter’s first Web page, serving as Webmaster (1997-1998), started the DC Chapter’s Discussion List, serving as list owner (1997-2001), and served as Social Science Division Webmaster (2003-2005). Greta has been honored with DC/SLA’s Board of Directors Award (1998), Member of the Year Award (1999) and the Special Recognition Award (2000). Statement of Interest It is an honor to be nominated as a candidate for President-Elect of the DC Chapter of SLA. As I complete my term as Chair of the Social Science Division, being appointed to this highly visible position would give me the opportunity to continue as a leader within SLA. As a Division leader I have established relationships and developed contacts that could be transferred to Chapter activities. With DC Chapter members spanning across all SLA Divisions, I envision partnership opportunities with Divisions. As the largest Chapter of SLA, I would like to maintain and possibly even increase this number. Continuing to provide and promote our excellent programs, while at the same time highlighting and encouraging any DC Chapter member activities will
increase visibility of our Chapter, ensuring that we remain Number 1 !! Second Vice President: One year commitment. Works with President-Elect and maintains Chapter Manual. Sage Hulsebus Sage Hulsebus received her MLS from the Catholic University of America in May 2004 and since then has worked as a librarian at the Freedom Forum/Newseum. From July 2005 through December 2006 she was co-chair of the DC/SLA Students/Young Professionals and she currently serves on the DC/SLA Student Scholarships committee. She is a recipient of the DC/SLA Member of the Year award and is a member of Beta Phi Mu. Before becoming a DC area dwelling librarian, Sage was an Iowa dwelling victim’s advocate at a domestic violence shelter. Statement of Interest I am excited and honored to be a nominee for Second Vice President. I believe in the strength and value of a strong DC/SLA chapter. In terms of information sharing, networking, and professional development this chapter can't be beaten. I enjoy being an active member of this very active chapter. I strongly believe in the importance and benefits of membership and I hope to continue my service to the chapter as Second Vice President.
Ann Wakefield Ann Wakefield is currently a reference librarian for the United States Postal Service Corporate Library in Washington, DC. Prior to her service with the USPS, she was a reference librarian at the library of U.S. News & World Report and at trade association and academic libraries. She received her AB from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her AMLS from the University of Michigan. Ann has been a member of SLA and the DC Chapter for a number of years.
Statement of Interest I am interested in becoming Second Vice President of the DC Chapter of SLA because I want to become more involved with the chapter and the association. DC/SLA Chapter Notes | October 2007 | pg 14
I have attended various chapter events and a couple of national conferences over the years and have enjoyed those experiences in addition to what I have learned. Through SLA, I have met and have become acquainted with many talented and bright librarians. By becoming more involved, I hope to continue to grow professionally and also make a contribution to SLA and the DC Chapter.
Communications Secretary: One year commitment. Promotes chapter events and arranges for coverage of events/photos. Lorraine Bell Lorraine Bell is the Sr. Marketing Coordinator for Learning & Information Professional Programs at Dow Jones. She assists with the strategic planning, marketing, and professional development activities for the information professional audience. Additional responsibilities include product training and managing the Library and Information Science Program. She is also the Dow Jones liaison for the Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP). Lorraine is a member of the DC and Maryland Chapters of SLA. She served a very rewarding twoyear term as the DC/SLA Chapter Hospitality Chair and as a member of the SLA Exhibitors’ Advisory Council. She is currently a member of the 2008 SLA Annual Conference Planning Committee. Statement of Interest As Communications Secretary, I would make others aware of the value in being a member of the Chapter by spreading the word about the many informative programs, projects and networking opportunities the Chapter provides. This would also be an opportunity to promote the mentoring, support and fellowship offered by Chapter members. Writing about Chapter programs and its members will help generate interest in the Chapter. I would like the chance to let others know about the dynamic DC Chapter and make them eager to join. Virginia Richards Ginger Richards relocated to DC in 2004 from Denver, Colorado after several years of working in public libraries. She received her MLIS from
Catholic University of America in 2005 and is currently serving as the Systems Librarian at the Wirtz Labor Library in the U.S. Department of Labor. In her spare time Ginger is an avid cyclist and she plays guitar for the DC-based 60’s garagerock band The Hall Monitors. Ginger is also a member of the honor society Beta Phi Mu. Statement of Interest As the Communications Secretary for the DC Chapter of SLA, I aim to maintain communication within the DC Chapter as well as the greater SLA community. Communication is a vital part of our profession; therefore, I am eager to carry out this duty in order to help assist the dynamic and supportive members of the DC/SLA community.
Director: Two-year term. Special projects and assignments, including membership, vendor relations, sponsorship solicitations. Michael Gruenberg Michael Gruenberg, Executive Director of Corporate Sales for ProQuest, has been in the information industry for many years. He began his career with Disclosure and spent twenty years there as VP of Global Sales. Mike has also worked for Oxford Analytica and OneSource before joining ProQuest. Prior to moving to the D.C. area, Mike was heavily involved with the NY Chapter and hopes to maintain friendships on both sides of the Hudson River with each chapter. In his spare time, Mike writes a column for an on-line music site, plays tennis and is an avid collector of music. Also, Mike serves on the SLA Grants & Endowment Committee.
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Julia Leggett Julia Leggett has served as an Acquisitions Librarian, Knowledge Services Group, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress since 2005. Prior to that, Julia was a Leadership Development Fellow (2004-2005) at the Library of Congress where she worked in LC's Strategic Planning Office. She was an Acquisitions Librarian for the Copyright Acquisitions Division, U.S. Copyright Office (1999-2004). She is the current President of the Library of Congress Toastmasters Club. Julia has served as DC/SLA Chapter Notes Business Manager from 2006 to present and was the winner of the 1997 SLA Affirmative Action Scholarship Award. Statement of Interest It is an honor to be nominated as a candidate for Director of DC/SLA. I want to contribute to our association by applying the knowledge and skills I learned from the leadership development program. Ideas + Enthusiasm + Actions = Results. If elected, I will commit myself to develop smart, resultoriented strategies and work cooperatively with other board members to achieve our strategic goals.
Chapter elections begin on October 5 and conclude on October 22.
Do you have …
Do you want …
A hidden talent? A desire to give?
An opportunity to learn? An opportunity to grow professionally?
Get involved! Write an article for Chapter Notes, volunteer to meet and greet members at a meeting. Your commitment will bring you satisfaction with new learning experiences and valuable professional contacts and best of all, new friends. In addition to helping to insure that Chapter functions and activities are carried out, you will have the opportunity to interact with colleagues and develop professional skills. This is not a comprehensive list; see our Web site for all activities. Chapter Web site: http://units.sla.org/chapter/cdc/ Please select areas of interest(s) and complete your contact information below. ___Archives
Maintain historically important Chapter documents
___Book Club
Coordinate meetings of Chapter book club
___Chapter Notes/Calendar
Contribute or edits article for Chapter newsletter
___Community relations/outreach
Coordinate community outreach activities
___Consultation
Advice to members/organizations on professional issues
___Employment
Coordinate employment information
___Government relations
Reports on current federal initiatives
___Hospitality
Arrange meeting locations; registration
___International Relations
Develop/implement Chapter’s international relations activities
___Joint Spring Workshop
Represent Chapter on multi-association planning committee
___Professional Enhancement Day
Develop/implement program for career development
___Students & Young Professionals
Sponsor social and volunteer activities for ‘young at heart’
___Web site/discussion list
Maintain web site; coordinates discussion list activities
___Volunteer
Host Click U Live; take program reservations, on-site registration, etc.
___ 2009 SLA Conference – DC
Preparations and planning for local arrangements as host Chapter
Name:___________________________________ Organization:________________________________ Phone: __________________________________ E-mail_____________________________________ Fax: Susan Fournier, DC/SLA President, 2007 202-659-1413
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