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Vol. 58, No. 6 February 1999 Contents GPO: Into the New Millennium President's Corner Spend a Day with a Special Librarian Career Day 1999 Global 2000 Books for All! Worldwide Conference on Special Librarianship SLA's Maryland Chapter Presents Search Engine Day Member Contacts GPO: Into the New Millennium Featuring special speaker Francis Buckley, Superintendent of Documents Participants in this session will learn more about the Government Printing Office's approach. Date: Wednesday, March 24, 1999 Time: 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Place: The Association of American Railroads Conference Center, 4th Floor, Rooms A, B & C 50 F Street, NW, Washington, DC RSVP by March 18, 1999 to: Mandy Baldridge, Telesec/CORESTAFF, 11160 Veirs Mill Road, Suite 414, Wheaton, MD 20902. Have a question? E-mail: mbaldridge@telesec.com -----------------------------------------------------------Name: __________________________ Organization: ____________________ Address: _________________________ ___________________________________ Phone: ________________________ E-mail:________________________ Cost: SLA member - $10 SLA student/retiree member - $5 Non-member - $15 This is my first DC/SLA event ______ Please make checks payable to DC/SLA Return to contents
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The President's Corner By Daille Pettit, DC/SLA President, dpettit@ahma.com I don't really have a theme for my column this month, just a few things I'd like to comment on. A little of this: First of all, you will see in this issue the ballot for the 1999-2000 board of directors. The nominations committee, led by Kee Malesky, did a superb job in putting together a slate of officers that will do an excellent job of leading our chapter into the next century. However, to make the new board truly representative, you have to vote!!!! It only takes a few minutes, so please do so; just make sure, however, that you have to have your name on the envelope or the vote will be invalidated. If you have any questions about any of the candidates, feel free to contact me or Kee and ask questions - or contact the candidates themselves. And a little of that: January 20-22, your president-elect, Nancy Minter, and I will be in San Francisco for SLA's Winter Meeting. We will be attending SLA board meetings, "chapter cabinet" meetings, and training sessions. I will be reporting to you what we learned at the conference in my next column. And some of that: Every so often, we hear of an organization closing a library or that a library has been downsized, and we may wonder if we are appreciated. I was gratified to see very positive references to the services of librarians in The Washington Post, January 10 and 11. In the Washington Post Magazine of January 10, 1999, Daniel LeDuc wrote a very complimentary piece about librarians called, "The Digital Librarian." He wrote: "Amid this vast, roiling informational sea, librarians are actually becoming more important. They've had to get to know search engines and Web pages as well as they know the Dewey Decimal System, but their job has remained essentially the same - helping people find the stuff they want to know." In the Outlook section of the same paper, there was an article by William Casey on "Info Central, Now More Than Ever." An article entitled "Mortal Masterpieces: If the Format's Lifespan is Limited, the Data Could Be Lost," by John Burgess appeared the next day in the Business Section of the Post. The author laments that changing technology is making it increasingly difficult to retrieve previous work if you don't have the right equipment. Burgess comments: "Librarians have been among the first people to wake up to this issue. 'What if Leonardo da Vinci had created the Mona Lisa on a computer screen,' asks the Council on Library and Information Resources. "Would we still be able to look at it?" Return to contents
Spend a Day with a Special Librarian It's time to start thinking about the DC/SLA Spend a Day with a Special Librarian program for 1998. The program has been very popular with library and information science students at the University of Maryland and Catholic University. Students have the opportunity to see how special libraries operate, how they differ from academic and public libraries, and what issues confront special librarians today. The experience helps students decide if special librarianship is a field they wish to pursue. The Student Affiliation Committee asks local librarians to host one or more student visitors for a full day or a half day during March 1999. If you can accommodate one or more students, please complete and return the form below; if you have participated in the past, please send in a new form. Include your available date and times, and relevant information about your library. The forms will be posted at the library schools, and students will contact librarians directly to schedule a visit. Please return the form or e-mail the information by February 25 to: Clare Maaseide, American Public Works Association, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 501, Washington, DC 20004; fax
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202/737-9153 or e-mail: cmaaseide@apwa.net Spend a Day with a Special Librarian I would like to invite a library/information science student to visit my library in March 1999. -----------------------------------------------------------Name: __________________________ Organization: ____________________ Address: _________________________ ___________________________________ Phone: ________________________ E-mail:________________________ Nearest Metro: ____________________ Library type/subject area: __________________________________________ Other information:___________________________________________________ Number of students desired: ________ Full day/a.m. only/p.m. only:_________ Available dates:____________________ Return to contents Career Day 1999 Career Day 1999 is intended to benefit special librarians at all stages in their careers, but most especially those librarians entering the profession. All of us, however, can benefit from this year's program, Alternative Careers in Library and Information Science, so please join us! Introductions and registration will take place over continental breakfast, and a networking lunch is included. Join us to learn more about advancing in your career and make new contacts and friends! z z z
Saturday, March 6, 1999 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Catholic University of America, Hannan Hall, School of Library and Information Science, Washington, DC
9:30 - 10:00 a.m. -- Registration 10:00 - 10:45 a.m. -- Keynote Speaker: Mary Dzurinko, Integrated Library System Reports. 10:45 - 11:00 a.m. -- Break 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. -- Session One: Vendors in the Information Industry: Linda Hutchinson, Lexis-Nexis, and Holly Chong-Williams, DIALOG, and Presenting Yourself: Maggie Garten, Total Image 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. -- Networking Lunch 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. -- Session Two: Law Libraries: Barbara Folensbee-Moore, Pepper Hamilton LLP, and Valerie Railey, Howard University School of Law Library Multimedia and Information Technology: Allison Gordon Beecher, ELF Performance Solutions, and Katy DuGarm, Air Force Association Career Day 1999 Registration Name (as it will appear on your badge) ___________________________ Affiliation_______________________________ Address __________________________________________________________
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_________________________________ Phone ___________________________ E-mail___________________________ ___ SLA member - $35 ___ SLA student/retiree - $18 ___ Non-member - $40 Continental breakfast and lunch included; if requesting vegetarian lunch, check here: ___ Please select one session for each of the two breakout sessions: Session One: Vendors ___ (or) Presenting Yourself ___ Session Two: Law Libraries ___ (or) Multimedia/IT ___ All registrations must be prepaid; send checks payable to DC/SLA by February 17, 1999 to: Frances Palmer, Urban Institute Library, 2100 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037. Questions? Contact Frances at 202/857-8578 or palmer@ui.urban.org Return to contents
Global 2000 Thanks to the generous participation of our members, we reached our goal to raise $6,000 by the end of 1998. We estimate the cost of each Global 2000 Fellowship to be about $4,000. If you have not yet participated in the global 2000 fundraising campaign, please send a tax-deductible check for any amount to DC/SLA Treasurer, Marilyn Bromley and reference "Global 2000." Return to contents
Worldwide Conference on Special Librarianship SLA is offering a limited number of fellowships for individuals who wish to attend the Worldwide Conference on Special Librarianship and have financial need. It is an opportunity for librarians to meet other special librarians from around the world. They will be able to share their knowledge, ideas and solutions to various problems in the electronic information age. A full fellowship will include transportation to the Global 2000 Conference, conference registration, and hotel accommodations for the days of the Conference. z z
October 16-19, 2000 Brighton, England
Criteria for Fellowship Applicants A national of a developing country, and practicing as a librarian in a developing country. A professional degree and/or a certificate in library studies. z Minimum of 5 years of practical experience at a professional level in a corporate, government, academic, nonprofit or other specialized library. z z
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Currently employed in a specialized library. Working knowledge of English. z Able to obtain required travel documents. z Ability to interact within his or her library community. z Demonstrated institutional support. A letter from an employer will be requested if the applicant is selected for a fellowship. z z
Applications must be postmarked by January 31, 2000. To apply, please submit, in no more than 6 pages: A completed application form. z A brief resume or curriculum vitae. Information about professional affiliations, memberships, awards and publications should be included. z Two letters of recommendation. z Essay question: Please write a brief essay (about 250 words) describing why you want to attend the Global 2000 Conference in England, why it is important to you, what you expect to achieve, and how you would disseminate the knowledge acquired to your fellow librarians at home. Mention any library networks that you could employ. z
To download an application, link to http://slaglobal2000.org (or) request an application from SLA via fax, letter or e-mail: global2000@sla.org. Send applications to Global 2000 Fellowship, Special Libraries Association (SLA), 1700 Eighteenth Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20009-2514 USA (or) e-mail: global2000@sla.org (or) fax: 202/265-9317. For more information on the missions and goals of this conference please visit the SLA web site at http://www.sla.org/conf/2000web.html Return to contents
Books for ALL Please continue to collect your foreign coins to provide books for youths in developing countries. Send your coins to Sue O'Neill Johnson, 10957 Rocky Mount Way, wheaton, MD 20902. She will forward them and any US. checks as donations to Books for All, a professionally-run library group in Germany which serves children in developing countries. Your money makes a difference: z z z z z
$5 -- 10 children's books for reading carts in Kerala, India; $10 -- 5 non-fiction books for a school library in Uganda; $20 -- 10 picture books for a portable library in Thailand; $50 -- 20 children's books for the donkey cart library in Zimbabwe; $100 -- 50 children's books for the public library in Panajachel Guatemala.
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SLA's Maryland Chapter Presents a Search Engine Professional Development Day
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Join DC/SLA's neighbor chapter for a technology professional day. The emphasis will be on search engines: z z z z
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who's out there; how we should use them; when are they are to our best advantage; why we need to be savvy on these information tools. Thursday, March 25, 1999 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. University of Maryland, College of Library and Information Services, Hornbake Building, College Park, MD
Special keynote speakers: Reva Basch, Aubergine Information Services, Sea Ranch, CA -- Internet Search Search Engines: State-of-the Art Susan Feldman, Datasearch, Ithaca, NY -- Intranet and Content Search Engines Luncheon Speaker: Joyce Ward, Northern Light Technology LLC, Cambridge, MA Registration fees: z
Full-day cost (includes box lunch): $95 - Members (SLA, LLAM, AIIP, SCIP, ASIS) $125 - Non-members $50 - Student/Retired
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Half-day cost (includes box lunch): Morning=Internet; Afternoon=Intranet $50 - Members $75 - Non-Members $25 - Student/Retired
For more information, contact Peggy Carr, Maryland SLA Professional Development Chair at Pcarr@carr-research.com or 410/719-8630 Full program and registration forms will be mailed in January. This technology day is done in cooperation with the Special Libraries Association, DC Chapter (DCSLA); Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP), DC Chapter, and the Law Librarians Association of Maryland (LLAM). Return to contents
Member Contacts Following is more contact information for DC/SLA's leaders. If you would like to participate in any area of the chapter, please contact Daille Pettit, DC/SLA 1998-1999 President at dpettit@ahma.com Groups
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Environmental and Resource Management Beth Behrendt World Resources Institute Library 1709 New York Ave. NW 7th Fl. Washington, DC 20006 202/638-0036 (fax) bethb@wri.org Information Technology Holly Chong-Williams Dialog 1525 Wilson Blvd. Suite 650 Arlington, VA 22209 703/908-2386 703/524-1680 holly_chong-williams@krinfo.com Brenda Lawson Northern Light Technology, LLC 11512 Canterbury Ct. Mitchellville, MD 20721 301/390-9597 301/390-1353 (fax) blawson@northernlight.com Military Librarians Pat Alderman US Army Community & Family Support Center CFSC-SF-L 4700 King St. Alexandria, VA 22302-4418 703/681-7205 703/681-7249 (fax) aldermap@hoffman-cfsc.army.mil News Ruth Leonard The Washington Post 1150 15th St. NW Washington, DC 20071 202/334-6545 202/334-5575 (fax) leonardr@washpost.com Welcome to all new chapter members! Following are brief bios of two new DC/SLA members: Mary Hunt is a first-year grad student in the Library Science/Information Systems Master's program at the University of MD, College Park. She hopes to work in an academic library at some point; this is a career change for her; she worked for many years as a translator (of German and other Germanic languages) for the federal government and private firms. She was also an intelligence research analyst with DoD. While with DoD, she earned a masters in Germanic studies; her undergraduate degrees are in English and German literature.
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Jean Salkeld is fielding hundreds of requests each week in the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) 2,500-volume library as the association's new assistant librarian. She oversees a load program to members and helps NASW staff gain access to research material through interlibrary laos. In addition, she provides free referrals to members to appropriate organizations and Web sites, and, for a fee, journal articles. Before joining NASW in October, Salkeld worked nine years in the Howard County, MD Public Library system. She has a certificate in school library sciences and a Master of Arts in Teaching from the University of Pittsburgh. Salkeld earned her undergraduate degree in French and has lived and traveled in France. Return to contents
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