DC/SLA Chapter Notes - April 1999

Chapter Notes April 1999

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Vol. 58, No. 8 April 1999 Contents Annual Banquet and Business Meeting President's Corner: Chapter Scholarships Joint Spring Workshop Global 2000 Fellowship Fund Benefit Concert Extend the Fun with Dinner Buddies Minutes of the Feb. 9 DC/SLA Board Meeting Career Day 1999 was a Success!

You are cordially invited to attend the DC/SLA ANNUAL BANQUET and BUSINESS MEETING featuring our special guest speaker Anthony Pitch Author of The Burning of Washington: The British Invasion of 1814 Date: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 Time: Cash Bar 6:00 p.m.; Dinner at 6:30 p.m.

Place: Childe Harold Restaurant 1610 20th Street, NW Washington, DC (Metro station: Dupont Circle-red line) -------------------------------------------------Cost: z SLA Members- $25.00; z Student/Retired - $12.50 z Nonmembers - $30.00 Name: __________________________ Organization: ____________________ Address: _________________________ ___________________________________ Phone: ________________________ E-mail:________________________ ** Be sure to enclose your check made payable to DC/SLA ** __ SLA Member __ SLA student member __ Nonmember __ This is my first DC/SLA event Note: Copies of Mr. Pitch's book will be available for sale the night of the event for $25.00 (cash or check), a 24% discount off the list price.

This event is sponsored in part by InMagic

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RSVP by May 21, 1999 to: Mandy Baldridge, Telesec/CORESTAFF, 11160 Viers Mill Road, Suite 414, Wheaton, MD 20902. Have a question? E-mail: mbaldridge@telesec.com Return to contents

The President's Corner: Chapter Scholarships

By Daille Pettit, DC/SLA 1998-1999 President, dpettit@ahma.com Everyone - please note and spread the word! The DC Chapter of the Special Libraries Association is thrilled to be able to offer two scholarships to worthy ALA-accredited library school candidates. The first is the Telesec Scholarship for $2000 (funds for this scholarship were graciously donated by Telesec). Applicants for this scholarship do not have to be members of SLA. The second is a $1000 Chapter Scholarship. To receive this scholarship, the recipient does need to be a member of the DC Chapter of SLA. DEADLINE IS APRIL 16TH. If you are interested, or if you know anyone else who is, please contact Clare Maaseide, DC/SLA Student Affiliation Committee Co-Chair, at the American Public Works Association, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Ste. 501, Washington, DC 20004; 202/393-2792; cmaaseide@apwa.net.

If you read this column after the deadline is past, please be aware that the DC Chapter plans on offering these scholarships again next year, and we are always looking for worthy candidates.

Previously, the DC Chapter had a student loan program. Last year the board of directors decided that we wanted to "give back" to the profession by giving a chapter scholarship, rather than administering loans. We have enough money in our budget to provide scholarships for the next few years without any major fundraising efforts (which meshes into our chapter's goals since our focus for the next year and a half is raising money for Global 2000). When our "well" runs dry, the board will then decide whether to continue the chapter scholarship program and if so, how to raise money for it. In the meantime, we're delighted to be able to provide this service to our professional community.

On another note, please plan to attend the Global 2000 benefits concert on April 30th. It should be a really fun event, and tickets are very reasonable! Because of the support of the World Bank/IMF Credit Union, ALL proceeds go towards our Global 2000 fundraising efforts. SEE YOU THERE. Return to contents

Joint Spring Workshop: Managing Web Access in Libraries: The 1999 Joint Spring Workshop Wednesday, April 28, 1999 Registration: 8:30am Smithsonian Institution, S. Dillon Ripley Center, Rm 3111 Closing: 3:30pm Keynote: David Allison, Historian and Curator, National Museum of American History Session 1: The World Wide Web: Producing and Evaluating Web Sites Presenters:

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Sean Crumley, Assistant Head, Library and Information Systems, DC Public Library Cecilia Durkin, Medical Librarian, INOVA Fairfax Hospital, Health Sciences Library Christopher C. Reed, Reference/Gov Docs Librarian, Jacob Burns Law Library, George Washington University

Session 2: The World Wide Web: Your Patrons and Employees Presenters: z z z z

Mimi Hernandez, Branch Librarian, DC Public Library Frank J. Locker, Senior Reference Librarian, US Securities and Exchange Commission Pat Lynagh, Assistant Librarian, National Museum of American Art/National Portrait Gallery Scott Stebleman, Reference Librarian, Gelman Library, George Washington University

Questions? Charlotte White 202-662-6177, Sue Uebelacker 301-89901281 Registration: Make checks payable to Joint Spring Workshop. Complete form and mail to Charlotte White, Covington and Burling Library, P.O. Box 7566, Washington DC 20044-7566. No purchase orders, training request forms or credit cards. No refunds after April 7th. Lunch not guaranteed for registrations received after April 23. JSW complies with ADA. Needs can be accommodated provided you contact Charlotte White.

Cost: $40 (includes box lunch) Choose one: ___Turkey ___Roast Beef ___Veggie Name__________________________________________ Organization__________________________________ Address_______________________________________ ______________________________________________ Phone ________________________________________ E-mail________________________________________ Memberships: __DCLA __SLA __ASIS __LLSDC Other: ___ Return to contents Global 2000 Fellowship Fund Benefit Concert: Global 2000 Benefit Concert Return to contents Extend the fun with Dinner Buddies In conjunction with the upcoming Global 2000 Concert on April 30, the Hospitality Committee will be hosting" dutch treat dinners" to nearby restaurants. The hosts will be meeting groups after the concert at ticket taking locations. We anticipate that the concert will be ending between 8 and 8:15. The following restaurants are available:

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Bombay Palace - 2020 K St. NW Legal Seafoods - 2020 K NW Charlie Chaings - 1912 I St. NW El Chacan -1924 I St. NW

Please email reservations (or questions) to Mandy Baldridge at mbaldridge@telesec.com.

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Minutes of the Feb. 9 DC/SLA Board Meeting The DC SLA Board met at the Center for Strategic and International Studies conference center on February 9, 1999.

The President gave a report on the SLA Winter Meeting. At the town meeting session, they discussed the SLA name and if the word "library" or "librarians" should be in the name. For the discussion on committee structure session, Daille Pettit found out you are allowed to nominate yourself for an association committee position.

April 24 is the Joint Spring Workshop. The topic is "Managing Web Access." The speaker and location are in the works. April 30 is the International Projects Fundraiser featuring a chamber music concert. Concert begins at 6:30 . May is the annual banquet.

The President asked the Second Vice President to investigate putting the Chapter Manual on the website.

The Treasurer presented on overview of the Washington DC Chapters Budget for fiscal year 1999.

A copy of the budget was passed out at the Board meeting which was discussed. The budget was approved by the Board as presented and amended.

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Career Day 1999 was a Success!

DC/SLA would like to thank Telesec/COREStaff for their sponsorship of Maggie Garten (of Total Image) and her presentation.

Thanks also to all of our speakers, Marnie McGinnis and MIke Smith of Catholic University of America, and all our guests for making this an enjoyable day of networking and learning.

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