President's Corner: Après la Conférence! By Greta D. Ober, gretaob@gmail.com I dedicate this issue to the SLA 2009 Conference! Our last issue featured many programs or events hosted by the DC Chapter as well Division sponsored programs where one of our Chapter members were either speaking or moderating. Well, it’s hard to believe that after so much hard work and planning, it’s all over. Efforts sound similar to planning a wedding, where there are months and months of preparations (sometimes even years!), then within a few hours it’s all over. This was SLA’s Centennial year, with the conference located in Washington, DC (hopefully most of our members were able to attend). Our Chapter had the great honor of serving as the host, thus we focused even more time and energy in planning and preparing for this conference. Everyone in the DC Chapter should be very proud! There were many DC Chapter members involved in some way. In the May/June Chapter Notes, as we prepared for the conference, I mentioned DC Chapter sponsored events such as the International Reception, and the Mid-Atlantic Reception; also the DC Chapter Hospitality Booth and wiki. There were of course many DC Chapter members involved at the conference as speakers and even moderators. I wanted to recognize these individuals. I posted a couple of messages to the DC Chapter discussion list requesting those who were program speakers to identify themselves. I received only a few responses, so searched the conference planner to identify any other DC Chapter members who were speakers (my apologies if you are a DC Chapter member and I missed you):
Click University -- How to Set Up a Research Trends Analysis Program: Barbara Ferry and Maggie Turqman (National Geographic Society) Click University -- Training from the Trenches: Tips, Tools and Techniques for Every Budget: Alicia Koundakjian (Lexis Nexis), Jennifer Wood (Corporate Executive Board), and Maggie Turqman (National Geographic Society)
July/ August 2009 Volume 70, No. 4
Inside this issue: President’s Corner …..……..1 Meet the Candidates Night....5 Special Section: The SLA Centennial Conference….. ………………….pages 6 - 19 Fall Dine-Arounds……...…20 DC/SLA Candidates………21 MarcEdit Workshop………24 Book Talk with Chapter Member Bruce Rosenstein..24 Click U Schedule...........…..25 Lubuto Library Project Recognized………..……....26
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Click University -- Managing Up: Becoming An Agent for Change: Paulette Hasier (Advanced Research Technologies Inc.)
Knowledge Management in Washington: David Shumaker (Catholic University of America), Jean Tatalias (MITRE Corporation), Denise Bedford (World Bank Group)
Models of Embedded Librarianship: David Shumaker (Catholic University of America), and Mary Talley (Axelroth and Associates)
The New Face of the Special Librarian: Embedded Librarians: Mary Talley Garcia (Information Management Consulting Services), and Josh Duberman (National Institute of Health)
Doing More with Less: Sandi Fox (NewsHour with Jim Lehrer)
Retired Members Caucus Business Meeting: Pros and Cons of Retirement: Daille Pettit (Retired)
Contributed Papers Series: Kim Lyall (NASA)
How to Become a Federal Librarian: Marybeth Dowdell (Naval Research Laboratory), Nancy Faget (U.S. Government Printing Office), and Michele Masias (U.S. Department of Justice)
All About Succession Planning in Libraries: Part 1 & 2: Michele Masias (U.S. Department of Justice)
Working Smarter: Creating a Virtual Assistant: Lorette Weldon (Weldon Researchers)
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Globalization: Emerging Opportunities for the Library Profession: Jane Kinney Meyers (Lubuto Library Project)
Industry Research: Tools, Frameworks, and Understanding: Jennifer Boettcher (Georgetown University)
Astronomy Roundtable: Sally Bosken (U.S. Naval Observatory)
International Information Exchange Caucus: Jean M Cavanaugh (US Department of State)
Implementing Federated Databases: Victoria Harriston (The National Academies), Karen Eggert (International Monetary Fund), Greta Ober (International Monetary Fund), and Christine Rasmussen (The National Academies) Government Librarians Get Savvy: The Changing Shape of Federal Libraries: Richard Huffine (U.S. Geological Survey)
The session on Implementing Federated Databases was moderated by Iris Anderson (standing). Seated, from left to right: Karen Eggert, Victoria Harriston, Greta Ober, and Christine Rasmussen.
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Computer Science Roundtable: Richard Huffine (U.S. Geological Survey)
The Heart of the Story: Qualitative Evaluation of Library Services Using Narrative Techniques: Karen D Huffman (National Geographic Society)
Knowledge Management without Borders: Peter Hobby (USAID Knowledge Services Center, and Karen D Huffman (National Geographic Society)
Conversation, Collaboration & Community: Web 2.0 Has Something for Everyone: Marie Kaddell (LexisNexis)
The Consultant's Toolkit: Discovery in the Round: Chris Olson (Chris Olson and Associates)
SPOTLIGHT SESSION -- The Library of the Future: Discovery in the Round: Sabrina I Pacifici (LLRX.com)
A Guide to Collaboration, Tools, and Technologies from Three Generations of Librarians: Sabrina I Pacifici (LLRX.com)
Competitive Intelligence and the Government Librarian: Roberta Shaffer (FLICC/FEDLINK)
Certificate Program (KMKS05): Strategic Planning for Knowledge Management: Guy St. Clair (SMR International)
Certificate Program (KMKS01): Introduction to Knowledge Management and Knowledge Service: Guy St. Clair (SMR International)
SPOTLIGHT SESSION -- SLA at 100: Book and Author Luncheon: Guy St. Clair (SMR International)
In addition to being speakers and moderators, our Chapter shines in winning awards. Here is a list of DC Chapter 2009 SLA Award winners (once again, my apologies if I missed a DC member):
Rose L. Vormelker: Dave Shumaker (also won by a DC Chapter member, Shirley Loo last year!) SLA Hall of Fame: Donna Sheeder (last year won by Sue O’Neill Johnson, DC Chapter!) Dow Jones Leadership: Barbie Keiser (won last year by Richard Huffine of the DC Chapter!) Fellows of SLA: Ellie Briscoe and Nancy Minter (last year, Holly Chong Williams and Anne Caputo -- you guessed it….also from the DC Chapter!)
View videos of the 2009 SLA Awards on SLA TV. So as you can see, not only is the DC Chapter well represented on the SLA Honor Roll, we have a reputation for having our members win in the same categories from year-to-year. Keep up the nominations!
I hope everyone has been enjoying their summer so far. Even though the conference is completed, the DC Chapter remains as active as ever, so there are still opportunities to get out and network. In keeping with tradition, the Young Professionals Group has hosted Happy Hours in June, July, and in collaboration with the International Relations Group hosted Happy Hour at the Elephant & Castle Tuesday, August 11th. At that event, books were collected for library schools in Tanzania. At the end of July, the DC SLA Book Club featured A Whole New Mind: Why Right Brainers Will Rule the Future, by Daniel Pink. Also towards the end of July, the DC Chapter, following tradition started last year, hosted a Meet the Candidates night, with speeches from SLA President-elect candidates Agnes Mattis and Cindy Romaine; with the opportunity for questions from DC Chapter members. Be sure to check the DC Chapter Events Calendar online for any upcoming programs: http://units.sla.org/chapter/cdc/events.html. I look forward to seeing you in the fall!
The Business & Finance Division also presented their awards. From the DC Chapter, Barbara Ferry was recognized with the Business Librarianship Achievement Award. SLA Conference Photos In addition to the many photos seen here in the newsletter (taken by DC Chapter members), you may have been spotted during the conference by the SLA professional photographer. The conference photos, including the VIP reception with General Colin Powell, are now posted and available for download. These photos will only be posted for a limited time. To access the images:
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There was plenty of time to network with DC/SLA colleagues, COD and CAVA guests, and SLA officials such CEO Janice Lachance, President Zamora, and President-Elect Anne Caputo. Several hours after entering the local library limelight, the two candidates were on their way to Philadelphia for the next stop on the campaign trail.
Candidates for 2010 SLA President-Elect Agnes Mattis and Cindy Romaine meet with DC/SLA members. (photo by Bill Tuceling)
Second Annual "Meet the SLA Candidates" Night a Success
Cindy Romaine (photo by Bill Tuceling)
By Bill Tuceling, DC/SLA Communication Secretary Almost 40 people gathered on July 27th at the Elephant and Castle restaurant on Pennsylvania Avenue for the second annual DC/SLA-hosted “Meet the SLA Candidates” night. Members and nonmembers were treated to an array of complimentary appetizers and desserts, and people could also patronize the ample cash bar. The current candidates for 2010 president-elect, Agnes Mattis and Cindy Romaine, flew in from New York City and Portland, OR, respectively, to start their campaign up the East Coast. Agnes (head librarian for Skadden, Arps) and Cindy (Principal of Romainiacs Intelligence Research) began the evening’s program by making brief introductory statements. DC/SLA Vice President James King then led the audience through a 45-minute Q&A session in which both candidates addressed such issues as implementing the Alignment Project, encouraging the name change, expanding the membership base, evaluating the role of the MLS degree, and implanting the profession front-and-center in the future economy. Both Mattis and Romaine concluded their comments by urging all of us to “pay back” SLA through our commitment to changing it, and current SLA President Gloria Zamora asked all in attendance to “get out the vote” among the members at our places of employment.
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Agnes Mattis (photo by Bill Tuceling)
Lisa Pogue, Anne Caputo, Gloria Zamora, and Janice LaChance listen to the candidates for SLA President-Elect. (photo by Bill Tuceling)
Special Section-SLA @ 100: A Capital Celebration Conference Events SLA Centennial Conference Wrap-up By Susan Fifer Canby, National Geographic Society, SLA Chapter Cabinet Chair The centennial celebration was a great success and the conference attracted nearly 6,000 of its 11,000 members from 35 of 72 countries. There were 299 vendors participating. SLA’s forward focus is aligning our profession with society and our organizations to enable us to better partner and state our value proposition. To those ends, two years of research has produced data that clarifies what C-level executives most expect from us. See: http://www.sla.org/content/SLA/alignment/index.cfm . Organizations need knowledge workers – just as they need lawyers (whether “everything is online or not.”) SLA will broaden the tent to encourage all information professionals to participate. Expect SLA to send us a survey vote on a new name to incorporate more descriptive terms around the concepts of “knowledge,” “information professional,” and “international.” All are encouraged to contribute to these decisions. Worklife: Be the CEO of your Life – Ellen Ernst Kossek Author of The CEO of Me: Creating a Life that Works in the Flexible Job Age, she discussed work life patterns, saying that there isn’t one way or perfect way to work – we all have different styles and handle them by being: *an integrator (work, family, and life flow together – carry and use BlackBerry all the time; have ambiguous work schedules – working as long as it takes to get job done, always on) *a separator (able to set work life boundaries – when at work – fully present – doesn’t make personal phone calls, leaves promptly at 5, doesn’t think about DC/SLA Chapter Notes | July/ August 2009 | pg 6
The Washington DC Convention Center, site of the 2009 SLA Centennial Conference (photo by Jenny O'Shea)
work from home; able to work in blocks of time, able to be off) *a volleyer (sometimes separating, sometimes integrating) Bottom line for the employer – find a way to get the work done you are responsible for, because organizations don’t provide entitlement. We often want to be good at everything, but what is the cost? Some of us are at risk for over work. All of us looking for more flexibility and ways to deal with overload (information, technology, responsibilities) She suggesting trying a self assessment exercise: draw two circles and in one count how many hours you spend in the day sleeping, family, commuting, exercising, working, friendships, etc., and in the other divide the circle by what is important to you and where you want to spend your time. This will give you an idea if there is conflict.
Michael Edson, Director of Web and New Media Strategies, Smithsonian Institution Speaking for himself, Edson thought that organizations are facing a game change, because they are competing against free and society would be better served for a free knowledge commons on the internet. Free commons beat closed and proprietary ones – supports reputation and authenticity of organizations like Smithsonian and NIH when they provide free access. Examples of institutions pursuing this: MIT open courseware; Flickr Commons for photos. In each case – more people have increased use the institution and its website. People no longer distinguish between web and bricks and mortar – both must be excellent. People look to institutions to have a comprehensive ecommerce site, effective search, clear branding and mission, and to tell their stories. Free enables institutions to use new techniques such as crowdsourcing. See Slideshare.net.Edson for his presentation. Dr. James Billington, Librarian of Congress, congratulated the 20 past presidents of SLA that were at the centennial meeting and then welcomed the rest of us to Washington and setting context for our meetings before we adjourned to the Library of Congress for a wonderful celebration dinner. Here are some quotes captured: The US was created during the print age; print will not be supplanted, but rather will be in addition to digital. Libraries have effectively integrated digital and analog. Librarians must be knowledge navigators and have knowledge of specific subject matter in both digital and analog environments. At the Library at Ephesus (Turkey) there were four virtues that were their mantra which still apply today for information professionals: wisdom, character, judgment, and specialized knowledge. Libraries have a responsibility to improve the experiment in an open democracy that is the United States by providing access to a humane future. We must embrace profound institutional changes. At the recent Gates conference he learned that the US continues to fall behind on primary and secondary education. Education enables us to pursue truth instead of pursuing each other. DC/SLA Chapter Notes | July/ August 2009 | pg 7
Without vision, people perish. We must reaffirm the value of education, share with each other. Thomas Jefferson’s library formula was Memory (remember the past), Reason (keeps us humane), Imagination (plan for the future). Academics like to write about changes others should make. We don’t need to study things to death – we have to just begin – take some risks and move toward sharing knowledge through a variety of approaches – integrate feedback. It is much harder to innovate than to perpetuate. Information is practical wisdom tempered by knowledge. Note the derivation of words like communication from communities; liberty from libre (book).
Entrance to the INFO-EXPO Center at the SLA Centennial Conference (photo by James King)
Session: "More with Less: Successful Time Management Practices" Presenter: Pat Wagner, Pattern Research Inc. By Louis Abramovitz Pat Wagner delivered one of the most lively presentations of the entire conference. According to Wagner, the basic principle behind successful time management is that something is always more important than something else. Reduce stress by making better use of your time. Stress is not a function of how busy you are, but rather, the choices you’ve made, e.g., “I promised my family…” So the question to ask yourself is: what am I going to stop doing?
Wagner shared a number of excellent ideas with her audience, among them:
Stop being a pack rat. This can be a tremendous time waster. Throw out 50 percent of what you have. Wait a year, and then see if you can throw out the other 50 percent. Pay someone else to do a task for you. Or, even better, find an enthusiastic volunteer - according to Wagner, that’s why God created grad students! Make some life changes. As information professionals, we may not like to say no, but we have to learn to do so on occasion. If this means stepping down from a committee, there’s a good chance the world won’t come to an end. Determine what’s nice to do versus what’s really necessary. What is fun for you may not be of tremendous value to your customers: “Intrinsic love for something doesn’t necessarily translate into something useful for the customers.” Renegotiate. Perhaps the project can be dropped, or at least scaled back. Don’t be a perfectionist. Wagner related the story of a state reference librarian who thought she was the greatest information professional ever. But in reality, she suffered from a severe disconnect from her customers and their expectations - they actually would have been happier with quick and dirty.
Wagner suggested that if you have made changes but still feel overwhelmed, you might try asking a colleague to watch you in action. Then ask them for recommendations as to how to improve your work processes. There’s always hope!
Session: "Incorporating CI Into Your Services: Real Life Examples from Legal Info Pros" Presenters: Tim McAllister (Kirkland & Ellis), Greg Lambert (King & Spalding) and J.O. Wallace (Latham & Watkins) By Louis Abramovitz Tim McAllister, Greg Lambert and J.O. Wallace shared their experiences developing a variety of competitive intelligence (CI) services at their respective law firms. McAllister identified a need for CI updates to help his firm’s executives deal with severe information overload. He drew on a wide range of sources, including magazines, newspapers, websites, blogs, and RSS feeds, as well as competitors’ press releases and leads from other librarians. McAllister used Firefox Update Scanner (add-on software) for updating. His reports focused on M&A’s, the opening and closing of law offices, attorney moves, law firm management trends, finances and fees, mentions of K&E in the news, and special reports, such as National Law Journal and AmLaw rankings and awards. McAllister’s final product was a brief report composed of bullet points (not paragraphs), including names, numbers and contact information for followup. Each issue was three pages at most, created in Word (and BlackBerry readable). The project was such a success that he was eventually asked to create an annual CI benchmarking report with more information, including layoffs, associate bonuses, pay cuts and start dates. Some librarians might be hesitant to take on such a project due to the time involved. At first, the reports took McAllister 10 hours a week to produce. But, as he became more efficient, it only took about 3-5 hours a week. His reports now include about 25 competitor firms. Greg Lambert spoke about creating a CI email newsletter with articles and alerts from AmLaw 100. The information was tagged to his firm’s internal
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taxonomy. He used watchthatpage.com to monitor for new content. He included the title of the article, date and first paragraph - just enough to help attorneys decide if they wanted to continue reading. Lambert also discussed at length his elaborate CI crowdsourcing experiment, using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. Overall, the quality of the work from this experiment was mixed. He also noted that crowdsourcing can pose other challenges, such as which tasks law firms can crowd source - these could raise ethical issues for the firms or their clients. Because J.O. Wallace knew that his attorneys strongly preferred email communications, he developed his firm’s CI report in MS Outlook. His legal trends email is sent to a select group, and he has subscriptions in place so that he can reproduce articles in their entirety. Wallace puts margins in cells of tables, so that it has the look of a newspaper and drops in Excel charts. As a bonus, he discovered he could obtain data for benchmarking purposes on other LLP firms: LLP’s that have offices in the U.K. are required to file operating financials, which can be purchased from the vendor Companies House for $5-10 each.
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Session: "I'm Not Cheap, Just CostConscious: Market Research to Fit Your Budget" Presenter: Marcy Phelps (Phelps Research) By Jenny O'Shea The SLA Advertising and Marketing Division presented this Wednesday morning conference session with market research expert Marcy Phelps. With an eye to the current economy, Phelps presented timely strategies and tools to help information professionals stretch their resources and find just the data needed. Given today's tightened budgets, free and low-cost market information holds obvious appeal. Even more, Phelps advised information professionals to think of low-cost market research as an opportunity to shine. Using this approach may take more time and finesse than more packaged and expensive avenues, she noted, but it also represents a chance for information pros to demonstrate their expertise and creativity, and to show that their work adds value. Phelps suggested that information professionals should approach market research queries by asking themselves "who cares?" about the topic or industry in question: Consumers? Competitors? Investors? Regulators? Look to those groups to see if the answer to your question is already out there. Phelps gave examples from her own work to illustrate that sometimes there is a readily available report or statement which gives precisely the answer sought. Some of her suggestions: Government filings are a rich source of company information. You might also try checking filings for competing companies: they may contain valuable information about the broader industry. Academic or trade groups may already be studying the company or industry, and their reports are often freely available. Check local media sources and corporate press statements for news about what the company has planned. You may be able to find out about planned expansions or other initiatives that way.
Phelps advised researchers to be flexible and to try a wide variety of sources. She pointed out that the results are not only cost effective, but they are also much more customized to the client's needs: much more efficient than paying for a 500 page report and then sorting through for the one piece of data you need.
Lubuto Library Project, are available at this website: http://www.slideshare.net/SLADSOC/meyers-sla2009-lubuto-library-project. Slides and outlines from all three presenters are linked here: http://sla.dsoc.googlepages.com/2009conference.
Phelps also listed a number of online resources, such as business aggregators and search engines, which are available inexpensively. Using these, a researcher can look at everything from news articles about the company to consumer discussions about the company from the social media sphere. The presentation was followed by a lively question and answer session, in which conference attendees shared many more favorite tips and resources with one another. Phelps' slideshow and links to the free or low-cost online resources she mentioned in her presentation are available at her website: http://www.phelpsresearch.com/sla2009/. She has also posted the slides from another session she presented at this year's SLA conference: "Power Networking for Info Pros."
Session: "Globalization: Emerging Opportunities for the Library Profession" Presenters: Larisa Brigevich (Director, Global Research Library, Franklin Templeton Investments), Jane Kinney Meyers (President & Founder, Lubuto Library Project), Saule T. Omarova (Assistant Professor of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law) This Tuesday session, presented by the SLA Social Science Division, featured three speakers who examined the impact and opportunities globalization brings. The event was presented by the Social Science Division International Relations Section and the Leadership & Management Division, and sponsored in part by H.W. Wilson. Presentation slides from Jane Kinney Meyers, DC/SLA member and president and founder of the
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SLA Closing Session By Sandi Fox The future of information was the topic at the Special Libraries Association Centennial conference closing session. Moderated by Judy Woodruff of PBS' NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, the session took place on Thursday June 17 at the DC Convention Center. Panelists included Neil DeGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium, Robyn Meredith, senior editor, Asia for Forbes Magazine and a best selling author, and John Patrick, former vice president of internet technology at IBM and internet visionary. Judy Woodruff began the session by telling the audience about one of her first jobs. It was as a volunteer in the library of a veterans' hospital. One day she removed her sandals, and the librarian noticed and fired her on the spot. Ever since then, she has worn shoes in libraries. Woodruff went on to praise the role of librarians and information specialists, saying that they were the brains behind many organizations.
put in digital form that one can access and control. Moreover, hospitals need to establish information exchanges so that medical data is available to everyone who takes care of you. Meredith voiced concern about privacy invasion, but more so by the private sector than by the government. Tyson observed that people over 30 are not OK with personal data about themselves being readily available, but that people under 30 like to tell and share everything about themselves. Patrick summed up by saying that the internet is as private or as public as you want it to be. Judy Woodruff moderates the closing session at the SLA Conference (photo by Greta Ober) Woodruff’s first question for the panel concerned the state of information gathering. Robyn Meredith spoke about the changes journalism is going through. She said that a new revenue model is needed: there is a lot more information available through blogs, but you have to sift through it to get to the credible information. Neil DeGrasse Tyson added that it is important to distinguish between data and information. There is plenty of data (raw facts) -- the challenge is to recognize which data is relevant, and turn it into information and understanding. This requires the human brain. John Patrick, calling himself an optimist, weighed in on the state of information gathering by saying that the internet had grown into its infancy. He told the audience that “sitting right here is the most powerful search engine.” The government’s role in making information available was another topic raised at the final session. Tyson charged that the U.S. government was far less competent than we ever imagined, saying that they have no real control of information and that they are not good at keeping secrets. Patrick said that the Obama administration's goal is to have every government agency make data available in real time. Access to health care data was one example Patrick brought up concerning the role of government: he claimed that about 100,000 people die every year because of information problems. Noting that the Obama administration is making a strong push for electronic medical records, Patrick said that a person’s health care data in analog form needs to be DC/SLA Chapter Notes | July/ August 2009 | pg 11
Education in a global economy was also a major issue that concerned the panel. Meredith said that the biggest challenge is the globalization of information. A CEO needs to understand what is going on in places he has never heard of before. Meredith pointed out that China has twice as many college graduates as the United States. American students don’t study long and hard enough to keep up, she said, noting that foreign born graduates are very ambitious and American students have to compete with them. Tyson said that in the last twenty years foreign born students account for 80% of science and engineering graduates. Many used to stay in the United States upon graduation, but increasingly they are going back to their home countries with the knowledge they learned at American universities. Tyson also spoke about science education. He said that it was not good enough to just have great science teachers: you need to “light a flame” to have a great vision. After the formal discussion, the panel took a few questions from the audience. Some of the highlights: On a question about corporate monopolies-- Patrick responded by saying he has no fear about this. He said that the internet levels the playing field. On the criticism of the news media’s Iraq coverage-Woodruff said that much of the media fell down on the job, but that there were voices out there that reported problems. She acknowledged that the media made mistakes, but added that there is a vetting system in the mainstream media to catch these mistakes. After the Q&A, the panel voiced some closing thoughts. Patrick said that he is optimistic about the
future. Although there are many things to worry about, like technical privacy, there are also many reasons to be hopeful. He said that he has high expectations about the opening and sharing of information. Meredith recommended that the U.S. and other countries should be more welcoming to foreign students, and have a more open visa policy. Tyson said that xenophobic fallout from 9-11 will have a long term negative and devastating affect. He said we should staple a visa on every graduate’s diploma. According to Tyson, the role of the brilliant and ambitious immigrant defines what it means to be an American: they are what make the country great. Tyson also spoke about conferences like SLA’s, noting that it is important to have collegial interplay to meet and talk with your colleagues in person.
SLA's Contributed Papers Program Offers Diverse Information Insights By Kim Lyall As a first time SLA conference attendee, I was excited to not only experience the workshops, guest speakers, and exhibits, but also to present at conference thanks to the Contributed Papers program. Approximately six months before conference, the Contributed Papers committee solicits abstracts about topics relevant to the information profession and following the conference theme. Once the abstracts are selected authors are free to develop their full papers and presentations. This year's theme was "Information to Inspiration: Knowledge & Vision Shaping the Future," and the selected papers all focused around the idea that we can "Adapt, Leverage, and Communicate" to shape our future as information and knowledge professionals. The session I participated in featured presentations on "recession-proofing" the special library, how social media affects government information access, and using a content management system to connect and engage with users. The authors of "Saving Special Libraries: Business Strategies for Survival and Success" received the Contributed Papers Award for their work because it best represented the conference theme. Contributed Papers is an invaluable way to get a diverse group of members involved in research and writing for the profession. If you weren't able to attend these sessions at conference, you can check out the papers here: http://www.sla.org/content/Events/conference/ac2009 /Conference/contibpap.cfm
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Sharon Lenius and Mary Glass greet conference attendees at the DC/SLA Chapter Hospitality Booth (photo by Bill Tuceling)
Ed Fishpaw, one of the local information desk volunteers who helped conference visitors get information about the D.C. area (photo by Bill Tuceling)
Hospitality Booth volunteers announce the winners of the drawing, which was sponsored by Dow Jones (photo by Bill Tuceling) DC/SLA Chapter Notes | July/ August 2009 | pg 13
George Washington points the way to the DC/SLA Hospitality Booth (photo by Bill Tuceling)
Booth volunteers Marilyn Bramley, Anne Linton, and Rebekah Scott (photo by Jenny O'Shea)
Sharon Lenius (photo by Bill Tuceling)
Keynote speaker General Colin Powell (photo by Greta Ober) SLA Centennial Conference Opening Session (photo by Bill Tuceling)
SLA President Gloria Zamora greets the convention crowd (photo by Bill Tuceling)
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DC/SLA member Dave Shumaker of Catholic University's School of Library and Information Science receives the Rose L. Vormelker award (photo by Bill Tuceling)
SLA Centennial Conference Opening Reception (photo by Bill Tuceling) DC/SLA conference stipend award winners Kimberly Lyall, Lorette Weldon, Rhonda Clossum, Ann Buki, and Jennifer McDaniel received funding to attend the conference. Here, they meet with Greta Ober and Shirley Loo from DC/SLA and Allison Evatt from Dialog.
Vormelker Award recipient Dave Shumaker receives congratulations at the Opening Reception (photo by Bill Tuceling)
DC/SLA's Sevda Karimova and Greta Ober had fun interacting with the robot from Hoover's which roamed the convention.
At the opening reception for the SLA Centennial Conference: Linda Futato, Greta Ober, and Sevda Karimova (photo by Bill Tuceling) DC/SLA Chapter Notes | July/ August 2009 | pg 15
International Reception at the Zambian Embassy On Monday, June 15th, information professionals from around the world were invited to the Zambian Embassy for the International Reception, sponsored by Dow Jones and organized by the SLA Social Science Division. DC/SLA was a cosponsor for the event, as were SLA Europe and KIIE.
SLA President Gloria Zamora welcomes visitors to the International Reception (photo by Greta Ober)
Jane Kinney Meyers and a representative of the Zambian Embassy welcome SLA members to the International Reception. (photo by Greta Ober)
SLA CEO Janice Lachance (photo by Greta Ober)
Clare Hart, Dow Jones Executive Vice President, welcomes attendees to the International Reception. Dow Jones was the sole sponsor for the event. (photo by Greta Ober)
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Ann Sweeney receives the Gale Group Murray Wortzel Award from Heidi Yacker of the Social Science Division. (photo by Greta Ober)
DC/SLA President Greta Ober Ambassador Angelos Pangratis, Deputy Chief of Mission, Delegation of the European Commission to the United States & former EU Ambassador to Argentina (photo by Greta Ober)
SLA Europe President Geraldine Clement-Stoneham (photo by Greta Ober)
Clare Hart (Executive Vice President, Dow Jones) and Ann Sweeney (Social Science Division) at the International Reception DC/SLA Chapter Notes | July/ August 2009 | pg 17
SLA President-Elect Anne Caputo enjoys the International Reception. (photo by Greta Ober)
Barbie Keiser, International Information Exchange Caucus Convenor (photo by Greta Ober)
On Tuesday, June 16th, the Mid-Atlantic SLA chapters (DC/SLA, along with Virginia, Maryland, and New Jersey SLA) hosted a reception at the Renaissance Hotel, across from the DC Convention Center. Thanks to Leadership Directories, the Platinum Sponsor for this event.
At the Mid-Atlantic Chapters Reception (photo by James King)
Mid-Atlantic Chapters Reception (photo by James King) At the Mid-Atlantic Chapters Reception: Jane Kinney Meyers, James King, Lisa Pogue, and Jessica Beauchamp (photo by Bill Tuceling)
M-J Oboroceanu and Brent Mast at the Mid-Atlantic Chapters Reception (photo by Bill Tuceling)
Leadership Directories sponsored the Mid-Atlantic Chapters Reception. (photo by Bill Tuceling) DC/SLA Chapter Notes | July/ August 2009 | pg 18
At the Mid-Atlantic Chapters Reception (photo by James King)
Adam Bernaki, VP for Sales, Leadership Directories (photo by Bill Tuceling)
With the Centennial Conference in DC, conference attendees had the opportunity to tour Washington landmarks like the Library of Congress‌
Kathy Kelly, Susan Fournier, and Greta Ober pose with a few Washington notables who were at the Centennial Conference (in cardboard form at least)
‌and the IMF.
At the closing reception: get ready for SLA 2010 in New Orleans! (photo by Greta Ober)
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DC/SLA Seeking Hosts for Fall DineArounds Fall is almost here, and that means it's time for another round of DC/SLA dine-arounds. Each spring and fall these popular events bring chapter members and friends together at restaurants around the DC area for an evening of socializing and fun. Currently, DC/SLA is seeking hosts for the fall dinearounds. From mid-September through October, chapter members and friends will be getting together for these informal events. You do not need to be a Chapter member to attend, so feel free to invite your friends and colleagues! Hosts choose the restaurant, date, and time, and attendees are responsible for paying for their own meals. Restaurants with reasonable prices and locations near Metro are preferred. If you are interested in hosting a dine-around this fall, contact coordinator Chris Vestal at cmvlibrarian@gmail.com by September 9th. Then, watch the Chapter listserv and the newsletter for details about the planned dinners.
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DC/SLA Leadership Candidates In advance of the DC/SLA Chapter elections to be held this fall, the following officer candidates have provided their biographies for your consideration. Voting will take place in September. Watch for more information about the election on the Chapter listserv and in the next issue of Chapter Notes. The candidates are: 1st VP/President Elect Mary Talley Anna McGowan 2nd VP Lorraine Bell Lisa Pogue Director David Hemingway Lois Ireland Communications Secretary Alison Labonte Beth Kirton-Crane
Candidate for 1st VP/ President-Elect: Mary Talley Mary Talley has followed her passion for librarianship and relish for creative problem solving to blaze her own career path. In 1983, she turned an innovative idea into a successful library and information management business in Los Angeles that focused on developing and managing new, special libraries; designing complex automation projects; and providing staffing for private and public libraries. After moving to Washington, D.C. and selling her company in 1999, she joined forces with Axelroth & Associates to assist special libraries and information centers with strategic planning initiatives, rethinking services and products, and revitalizing processes to meet user needs and align with management expectations. Mary still teams with Axelroth & Associates while pursuing her path as independent information professional. Currently, she is collaborating with a non-profit, membership library in New York to develop and implement a strategic plan to transform a 20th century library into a competitive, 21st century information center. Mary has been a long-time champion of embedded library service programs. In 2008, she and colleague David Shumaker received an SLA Research Grant to study embedded programs in SLA organizations. In June, they completed their year and half research project, submitted a research report and presented their findings at SLA’s 2009 conference. With Dave Shumaker, Mary is also co-author of the Embedded Librarian blog. Both SLA and DC/SLA help keep Mary connected and moving forward in her profession. She listened when her friend Doris Helfer urged her to become more involved in the early 1990’s and hasn’t stopped raising her hand since. Her leadership activities in the Association and Chapter include: SLA, Chair, LMD Consultant’s Section, 1996-7; DC/SLA, Chapter Notes Business Manager, 1998-2001; DC/SLA, Chair, Continuing Education, 1998-99; DC/SLA, Chair, Employment Committee and Co-Chair Professional Enhancement Day, 2006-2009. In April, 2009, she was a program coordinator for the DC/SLA Professional Enhancement Day, held at Catholic University and planned and moderated the Speed Mentoring program.
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Mary received her B.A. in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Riverside and her MLS from the University of Michigan. She volunteers with the Lubuto Library Project and helped write a manual for the deployment of the One Laptop per Child. She travels far and wide with her husband Terry. When at home, she participates in two book groups (one of which she founded) and tills her garden with her most prized Mother’s Day gift – a rototiller.
Candidate for 1st VP/ President-Elect: Anna McGowan Candidate for First Vice-President/ President-Elect Anna McGowan is Chief of the Technical Information Center Section at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. She has been a member of SLA since 1981, and she has served DC/SLA in the past as Chapter Secretary, Director, and Membership Chair. She was also Group Chair for the former Chapter Biological Sciences Group. Anna is a past chair of SLA's Biomedical and Life Sciences Division, and has also served in a variety of positions for that group: Nominations and Elections Chair, Annual Conference Division Planning Committee Chair, and division Strategic Planning Committee member. She is also a past member of the Medical Library Association, where she held the leadership positions of Secretary for the Mid-Atlantic Chapter and Local Assistance Committee Co-Chair for the Combined International Conference on Medical Librarianship / Medical Library Association Conference. Prior to her position at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Anna was a Technical Information Specialist and later Library Chief at the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Earlier in her career, she was an Information Services/ Information Management Education Librarian at the Health Sciences Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and an Associate at the National Library of Medicine. Anna has an MLIS from the University of California, Berkeley, as well as an MS from New York University and a BA from Barnard College.
Candidate for 2nd VP: Lorraine Bell Lorraine Bell is the Marketing Operations Manager for Learning & Information Professional Programs at Dow Jones & Company. In this capacity, she assists with the strategic planning, marketing and professional development activities targeted specifically to the information professional audience. She is also responsible for conducting introductory and advanced Dow Jones Factiva product training. Additional responsibilities include managing the Dow Jones LIS Program to introduce Dow Jones products & solutions to students in information science programs. She is also the Dow Jones liaison for the Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP). Lorraine is currently a member of the DC/SLA Chapter’s Strategic Alignment Committee. In 2008, she served on the DC SLA Chapter Board as the Communications Secretary. During that year she was also a member of the nominating committee for the 2009 SLA Annual Conference Stipend Award. She has served two years on the SLA Exhibitors Council Advisory Board and was also a member of the 2008 SLA Annual Conference Planning Committee. Lorraine became active in the DC/SLA Chapter by volunteering as the Chapter’s Hospitality Chair and remained in this position for two years. Lorraine attended the University of Maryland, College Park, MD and received a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Sociology in 1977. She is a member of both the DC and Maryland Chapters of SLA and the Business and Finance Division. In her spare time, she volunteers as a research consultant for a firm that provides development services to nonprofit organizations.
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Candidate for 2nd VP: Lisa Pogue Lisa Haakon Pogue has more than 20 years experience in libraries, starting as a community relations coordinator at the Central Arkansas Library System in Little Rock. After she moved to the DC area, she was Director of Technology Transfer for the American Public Works Association, where she ran a small special library. She has a BA from Eckerd College and an MA in Interpersonal and Organizational Communication from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She has an MSLIS from Drexel University. She is the co-chair of the chapter’s Hospitality committee and former treasurer of the SLA Transportation Division.
Candidate for Director: David Hemingway Dave Hemingway is currently with InfoCurrent as an Account Executive in Washington, DC. He received his Masters of Library Science at the State University of New York at Buffalo, and his undergraduate degree in Art History is from the College of Charleston, South Carolina. Dave has held positions in nonprofit, academic, corporate and government settings, giving him diverse experience in library and information management. He has held numerous offices on the SLA chapter level of Upstate New York, including being a past president, list owner and web master, and has participated in a number of leadership summits. Dave has participated in successful volunteer fundraising for many organizations such as the American Red Cross, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo Museum of Science, and the Olmsted Parks Conservancy.
Candidate for Director: Lois Ireland Lois has a BA in history from Washington College in Chestertown, MD, and an MSLS from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. For the past 11 years, she has been the manager of corporate information resources at Freddie Mac in McLean, VA. Originally hired to manage the corporate library, her duties have expanded over the years to include a disparate group of services, including website development and communications for the business units in her department, the corporate switchboard, and the videography/media streaming unit. For several years, she organized the Dine-Arounds in the Tysons Corner area, and she enjoyed her stint assisting at the local arrangements booth at the SLA conference in June. Other community volunteer work includes 4 years as a pavilion manager at the National Book Festival and 2 years as secretary of her homeowner’s association board of directors. Lois is also an active volunteer at a local food pantry, providing groceries to the working poor in Fairfax County.
Candidate for Communications Secretary: Alison Labonte Currently, Alison Raab Labonte is a research librarian at the RAND Corporation's Washington Office, where she has worked for two years. Prior to RAND, she was a Presidential Management Fellow (PMF) at the Congressional Research Service, working as a librarian the Government and Finance Division. She has her MSLS from UNC Chapel Hill, from which she graduated in December 2005. Alison has been active in SLA and DC/SLA for the past couple of years. With DC/SLA, she is on the Centennial Committee planning programs throughout 2009 to celebrate SLA's first 100 years; programs include Beyond Google; Swing Dance; and upcoming talks by a Peter Drucker scholar and a NASA spokesperson. As a member of SLA's Government Information Division, Alison is a member of its Web 2.0 committee, and created and maintains the group's Twitter feed.
Candidate for Communications Secretary: Beth Kirton-Crane Beth Kirton-Crane: AB in Geography at Syracuse University and MLS from School of Information Studies at Syracuse University. She has been a member of SLA since the late 1990's and became a member of DC/SLA around 2000. Beth is currently employed on a government contract as a (part-time) Librarian with Zimmerman Associates. DC/SLA Chapter Notes | July/ August 2009 | pg 23
MarcEdit Workshop By Ellie Briscoe About 30 library staff from a wide range of libraries attended a MarcEdit workshop with Terry Reese, the program’s creator, on June 17 at George Mason University’s Johnson Center Library. The workshop was sponsored by Potomac Technical Processing Librarians (PTPL).
Book Talk: Peter Drucker and the Knowledge Revolution
MarcEdit is a freely downloadable metadata software suite, designed specifically for large-batch record processing. Reese developed it to help himself be efficient in technical services work, and expanded it until so many others found it useful that he made it available and continues to update it regularly. It's become essential for libraries doing database cleanup, for example because of system changes or faults in vendor-provided records.
Who: Bruce Rosenstein, author of Living in More Than One World: How Peter Drucker’s Wisdom Can Inspire and Transform Your Life (Berrett-Koehler, August, 2009).
Reese demonstrated how to use the software to edit large files of MARC records outside of an integrated library system to do global changes, do find/replace corrections, move around tags and data, export MARC to plain text or XML, or import plain text into MARC. He also showed how to use MarcEdit to harvest metadata from OAI repositories (like DSpace, Fedora or CONTENTdm). A limited amount of hands-on practice was available, and Reese answered questions on specific applications. The software is available for download at: http://oregonstate.edu/~reeset/marcedit/html/index.ph p Slides from a similar workshop Reese presented earlier this year are here: http://oregonstate.edu/~reeset/marcedit/tutorials/olc.z ip
Join DC/SLA member and author Bruce Rosenstein as he discusses his new book about management expert Peter Drucker.
What: "Peter Drucker & the Knowledge Revolution" When: Wednesday, September 9 Light refreshments from 6:00 pm until 7:00 pm; Talk from 7:00 pm until 8:00 pm; Book signing from 8:00 pm until 8:30 pm Where: Covington and Burling; 1201 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Washington D.C. 20004 Metro: Metro Center and Federal Triangle Cost: $5 for unemployed/students/retired; $10 for SLA members; and $15 for all non-SLA members Registration: In order to register online via PayPal, please go to the DC/SLA Chapter Events Calendar entry at http://units.sla.org/chapter/cdc/events_files/Sep0909. html. Registration and payment will not be accepted at the door. To pay in advance by check, please contact Barbara Ferry (see below) RSVP: Please also RSVP to Barbara Ferry via email at bferry@ngs.org or by phone at 202-857-7051
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Continuing Education Opportunities through DC/SLA and Click U Here is a full schedule of exciting 2009 SLA Click U sessions coming up in the last few months of 2009. Remember, these sessions are free to SLA members. Federated Search in a Disparate Environment Presenter: Helen Mitchell Curtis, Senior Program Director of Enterprise Solutions at Macfadden Date: September 9, 2009 Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m ET SLA Presents: Ask the Copyright Experts! (How Have New Technologies and Morals Affected the Use of Copyright?) Presenter: Adam Ayer, LicenseLogic Date: September 10, 2009 Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m ET Searching Public Records Online: Tips and Tricks Presenter: Genie Tyburski, Manager of library services for Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP Date: September 30, 2009 Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m ET
Gary Price's Research Tool Box Presenter: Gary Price, Founder and Chief Editor, ResourceShelf Date: September 2009 NOTE: This is a pre-recorded session that will be posted within the month of September. Promoting Effective Use of e-Resources Using eTools Presenter: Barbie Keiser, prolific speaker & author Date: October 7, 2009 Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m ET Second Life - Learn All About It! Presenters: Cindy Hill (Sydney Delphin in Second Life), Scott Brown (Steven Source in Second Life), Christy Confetti-Higgins (Violet Portola in Second Life) Date: October 8, 2009 Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m ET NOTE: This is part 1 of a 2 part program. Part 1 is a webinar, and Part 2 will be held on Second Life at the following times: Thursday, 15 October, 9:00 p.m. ET Tuesday, 10 November, 11:00 a.m. ET Thursday, 10 December, 11:00 a.m. ET Managing the Intranet (in recessionary times) Presenter: Howard McQueen, CEO and senior consultant for McQueen Consulting Date: October 21, 2009 Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m ET Management and Leadership: Which Hat Should You Be Wearing? Presenter: Pat Wagner, Consultant, researcher and trainer Date: November 4, 2009 Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m ET SLA Presents: Ask the Copyright Experts! (International Copyright Law) Presenter: Frederic Haber, Copyright Clearance Center Date: November 10, 2009 Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m ET
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Gary Price's Research Tool Box Presenter: Gary Price, Founder and Chief Editor, ResourceShelf Date: December 2009 NOTE: The pre-recorded webinar for December will be posted within the month. Understanding Digital Libraries Presenter: Michael Lesk, Professor of Library and Information Science, Rutgers University Date: December 2, 2009 Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m ET Second Life - Learn All About It! (This program was also offered on October 8, 2009) Presenter: Cindy Hill (Sydney Delphin in Second Life), Scott Brown (Steven Source in Second Life), Christy Confetti-Higgins (Violet Portola in Second Life) Date: December 3, 2009 Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m ET NOTE: This is part 1 of a 2 part program. Part 1 is a webinar, and Part 2 will be held on Second Life at the following times: Thursday, 15 October, 9:00 p.m. ET Tuesday, 10 November, 11:00 a.m. ET Thursday, 10 December, 11:00 a.m. ET
Government Info Pro @ http://www.governmentinfopro.com, with information about how to register to attend these live webinar sessions.
Organization Founded by Chapter Member Receives International Honor from ALA The Lubuto Library Project recently received the American Library Association President's Award for International Innovation for its outstanding service to the people of Zambia. The award citation praised the organization, in part, "for serving as a true hero to vulnerable children in Zambia and a shining example of commitment to first-rate library services for youth around the world." Lubuto Library Project President (and DC/SLA chapter member) Jane Kinney Meyers accepted the honor from ALA President James Rettig at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago on July 13. The full text of the award citation is available here: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/irrt/news/index.cfm
Becoming Green (or Greener) in your Workplace: Moving Past the Simple Steps Presenter: Anca Novacovici, Founder and president of Eco-Coach, Inc Date: December 16, 2009 Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m ET Gary Price's Research Tool Box Presenter: Gary Price, Founder and Chief Editor, ResourceShelf Date: December 2009 Time: This is a pre-recorded session that will be posted within the month of December For more detailed program descriptions please visit: http://www.sla.org/content/learn/members/webinars/i ndex.cfm Please contact Marie Kaddell, DC/SLA Click U Coordinator, if you have any questions about attending these upcoming Click U programs. Regular notices of upcoming sessions will be posted to the DC/SLA listserv and on Marie’s blog: The DC/SLA Chapter Notes | July/ August 2009 | pg 26
Lubuto Library Project President Jane Kinney Meyers accepts the American Library Association President's Award for International Innovation from ALA President James Rettig. If you attended the SLA Conference, you may also have seen more about the Lubuto Library Project at the poster session for the Social Science, Museum, Arts & Humanities, and Education Divisions. Open house attendees voted the Lubuto poster their favorite of that session, for which Jane Kinney Meyers received a one-year SLA membership.
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One last view of the INFO-EXPO hall as the convention wound down (photo by Jenny O'Shea). SLA 2009 is now behind us‌ congratulations to all who worked so hard to make it a success!
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