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President
Judith Bernstein
900 Vassar NE
Albuquerque, NM 87106
UNM Parish Memorial Library
Work: 505-277-5912; fax 505-277-9813
rosen@unm.edu
President-Elect
Pamela H. MacKellar
Manager of Library Operations
Center for Development & Disability, Resource Center
2300 Menual Blvd, NE
Albuquerque, NM 87107
Work: 505-272-0281; fax 505-272-5280
pmackell@unm.edu
Secretary
Jenifer Fell
Dona Ana Branch Community College
Library Media Center
MSC-3DA NMSU
P.O. Box 30001
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001
Work: 505-527-7675; fax 505-527-7636
jefell@lib.nmsu.edu
Treasurer
Frances K. Ewing
Presyterian Hospital Medical Library
P.O. Box 26666
Albuquerque, NM 87125-6666
505-841-1516; fax 505-841-1067
frankiee@phs.org
Government Relations Chair
Heather Gallegos-Rex
New Mexico State Library
75 A Arroyo Salada
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Work: 505-422-1902
hgallego@stlib.state.nm.us
Webmaster
Frances L. Knudson
Los Alamos National Laboratory
P.O. Box 1663, MS-P362
Los Alamos, NM 87545
Public Relations/Advertising Chair
Linda Morgan Davis
Lovelace Medical Library
Medical Library
5400 Gibson Blvd
Albuquerque, NM 87108
Tel 1-505-262-3090 Fax 1-505-262-7897
lmorgan@lrri.org
Employment Chair
Mary Ellen McMurtrie
Honeywell, Inc
Defense Avionics Sys Div
9201 San Mateo NE
Albuquerque, NM 87113
Tel 1-505-828-5378 Fax 1-505-828-5500
mary.ellen.mcmurtrie@das.honeywell.com
Membership Chair
Donna E Cromer
Univ Of New Mexico
Cent Sci/Eng Library
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Tel 1-505-277-4753 Fax 1-505-277-0702
dcromer@unm.edu
Past President/Consultation Officer
Mary Frances Campana
P.O. Box 388
Sandia Park NM 87047
Intel Corporation Library
Home: 281-0689
Work: 505-893-6670 Fax 505-893-6894
mary_f_campana@ccm.rr.intel.com
Bulletin Editor
Heather B O'Daniel Intel Corp
Library RR5-166
1600 Rio Rancho Blvd
Rio Rancho, NM 87124
Tel 1-505-893-6672 Fax 1-505-893-6894
Spring Election results
Please extend your congratulations to the new members of the 2000/01 SLA Board of Directors.
The first meeting of the 2000/01 Board of Directors is scheduled Thursday, June 15, 2000.
At that time, Donna Scheeder will begin her Presidency and Susan DiMattia will become Past President.
The theme for ISLD 2000 is "Navigating the World's Knowledge," a moniker submitted to the selection committee by SLA member Jerry Baldwin. Baldwin is a 9-year member of SLA and is library director for the Minnesota Department of Transportation. His winning theme captures the adventurous nature of information professionals in the new millennium, tackling the overload of information and managing it for the benefit of their clients.
The Special Libraries Association (SLA) is also pleased to announce that Factiva, a Dow Jones Reuters company, and the Freedom Forum will serve as co-sponsors of ISLD 2000. A special event is planned for Tuesday, April 11, 2000, at the Freedom Forum in Washington, D.C., including a self-guided tour of the Newseum (an interactive news museum in Rosslyn, VA).
Created in 1991 by SLA, International Special Librarians Day provides an opportunity for information professionals to promote their libraries' services and accomplishments within their organizations with promotional materials provided by SLA. For more information on ISLD, the ISLD Award, or promotional materials, please visit the SLA website at www.sla.org/pr/isldweb.html or contact the public communications office at 202.939.3633.
Nearly 400 information professionals from around the globe have submitted applications for fellowships to Global 2000, the Worldwide Conference on Special Librarianship, which will be held 16-19 October in Brighton, UK. Over 1,000 people are expected to attend the Global 2000 Conference to discuss the future of global information management in the digital age. SLA, through its Washington, DC Chapter, has raised over US$50,000 to provide transportation, lodging and conference expenses for a select group of Global 2000 Fellowship applicants from developing nations. SLA reports that information professionals from over 50 nations applied before the January 31st deadline. The recipients for the Global 2000 Fellowship will be notified in early April, and will be announced publicly at SLA's 91st Annual Conference in Philadelphia, 10-15 June.
SLA Executive Director David R. Bender, Ph.D., remarked that "SLA is excited to have so many applicants, and even more thrilled that we have received so many contributions that will allow us to send so many people to Brighton for the Global 2000 Conference." Dr. Bender also noted that those applicants who do not qualify for selection as Global 2000 Fellows will be asked to participate in a global networking program that will begin after the October conference.
Of the large number of applicants (400) for SLA's Global 2000 fellowships, it currently appears that only about 20 applicants can be selected to attend this significant information event.
Our international colleagues in special libraries and information centers around the globe, especially from developing countries, have responded with their somewhat overwhelming need for professional development and networking. Many of these colleagues are isolated from high-quality professional development aimed at their needs as specialized information professionals. We SLA members know they would benefit tremendously from the opportunity to participate in Global 2000. Further, the Global 2000 conference is an enormous opportunity for SLA to exert its leadership as an international organization.
While some chapters and divisions have already generously donated funds to this fellowship program, including the Rio Grande Chapter, even more will be required to enable more participants from the developing world to attend
Susan Di Mattia, President of SLA, has endorsed this as, "a particularly important "appeal" for funds. We have widely publicized the availability of fellowships for Global 2000, so to raise people's expectations and then have only a very limited number of fellowships will be unfortunate. . . since there is not going to be the usual President's Reception at the conference in Philadelphia in June, those of you who, in the past, have bought $100 tickets for that event might consider writing a check in the same amount and designate it for the Global 2000 Fellowships. That is my personal plan. I hope you will join me."
What you can do:
How: Checks to: DC SLA, Treasurer, Catherine Kitchell, BNA Library
1231 25 St NW, Washington DC 20037-1197
Global 2000, http://www.slaglobal2000.org/ is a worldwide conference on Special Librarianship and an important event supporting cooperative solutions to common problems in information management.
Washington, D.C., March 1, 2000 -- Eight thousand information professionals are expected to convene in Philadelphia, PA, for the Special Libraries Association's (SLA) 91st Annual Conference, June 10-15, 2000. The conference which is themed: "Independence to Interdependence: The Next Phase in the Information Revolution," will focus the evolving, active, and independent role of information professionals and special librarians within their organizations.
The SLA General Session on Monday, June 12th at 9:00 AM will feature a unique presentation. Terry Gross of National Public Radio will interview David Talbot, founder, editor, and CEO of SALON magazine at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The audience will have an opportunity to submit questions for Mr. Talbot in advance.
In addition to a multitude of networking opportunities, the conference will offer hundreds of continuous learning experiences sponsored by SLA Headquarters and its Divisions, examining the independent role of information professionals and the importance of interdependence in the new millennium.
Other 91st annual conference highlights include the SLA Exhibit Hall, which will showcase more than 300 companies representing 500 booths, featuring the latest and most up to date technological resources on the market. A ribbon cutting ceremony to highlight the opening of the exhibit hall, will be held on Monday, June 12th at 11:00 AM. The Closing Gala will be held on Wednesday, June 14th at 6:00 PM in the Crystal Tea Room of the famous John Wannamaker Building.
For more information on SLA's 91st Annual Conference, visit the SLA Website at www.sla.org/conf or contact the Special Libraries Association at 202-234-4700
The housing form for the 2000 Annual Conference in Philadelphia June 10-15, 2000 is now availble on the SLA website http://www.sla.org/conf/2000conf/index.html. Please make your arrangements early and encourage others to do so as well.
Rio Grande Chapter members start the Conference rolling with:
Sunday June 11 Sarah Morley, UNM Health Sciences Library and Linda Morgan Davis, Lovelace Health Systems Medical Library presenting Contributed Papers. Judy Neff will be a Moderator for one of the two afternoon sessions of Contributed Papers. The Exhibit Hall does not open on Sunday as in past years. The exhibits will be Monday - Wednesday. Sunday offers a Video Cafe of SLA Blue Plate Special videos as well as timely management videos commerically prepared.
Monday June 12, 12:00p - 1:30p Information Technology Division presents A Look Forward from a Voice of Our Past. Ben Franklin, one of our country's first futurists, comes alive under the skillful characterization of actor Dean Bennett as he portrays America's foremost scientist, inventor, and statesman. Bennett travels throughout the United States and Europe, appearing at schools, corporate events, the White House, and in numerous television commercials. Come listen as Bennett turns his historical eye to the future of libraries, information, and society.
Washington, D.C., 1 March 2000, Twenty-two individuals have been selected by the Special Libraries Association (SLA) to be honored for their contributions to the Association and the information profession. Each will be honored and receive special recognition during SLA's Annual Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA, on 10-15 June 2000.
Most notable of the award recipients is Bill Gates, Chairman and Co-Founder of Microsoft Corporation, who was selected as an Honorary Member of the Association. Mr. Gates is recognized for his longstanding commitment to libraries and information professionals who serve in all sectors of society. Mr. Gates delivered the keynote address at the 89th SLA Conference in Seattle, Washington USA.
Entrance into the SLA Hall of Fame is granted to members of the Association at or near the end of an active professional career for an extended and sustained period of distinguished service to the Association in all spheres. This year's winners are: Dorothy McGarry of Los Angeles, who is retired from the University of California, Los Angeles; Edwina "Didi" Pancake, who is retired from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville; and Anne Galler, who was selected posthumously after a long career in library studies at Concordia University in Côte St. Luc, Quebec Canada. Galler, McGarry and Pancake were selected for their longtime service to their profession and commitment to SLA.
The John Cotton Dana Award, named for the founder of SLA, is conferred upon an SLA member for exceptional service to special librarianship. This year's recipient is Jane I. Dysart, who is a partner in the library consulting firm Dysart and Jones of Toronto, Ontario Canada.
***The SLA President's Award is given annually to an SLA member who displays an ongoing commitment to the development of the Association as the premier organization for information professionals. This year, the award is conferred upon Marjorie M.K. Hlava, President and Chairman of the Board of Access Innovations, Inc. of Albuquerque, New Mexico USA. Hlava is recognized for her longstanding involvement as a volunteer and elected leader with SLA, and for the continued setting of standards that her colleagues in the profession have followed.
The Dow Jones Leadership Award goes to Janice F.Chindlund, manager of the Business Research Information Center at McDonald's Corporation in Oak Brook, Illinois USA The SLA Professional Award is presented posthumously to Sue Rugge, Founder and President of Information on Demand in Oakland, California USA. The Rose L. Vormelker Award is given to: Barbara P. Semonche, Library Director for the University of North Carolina School of Journalism in Chapel Hill, North Carolina USA; and Elizabeth W. Stone, Dean Emerita of the School of Library and Information Science at The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC USA . SLA's Diversity Leadership Development Awards winners are: Jannie R. Cobb, Librarian at the George Meany Archives Library of the AFL-CIO in Silver Spring, Maryland USA; Alvetta Pindell, Head of the Information Research Services Branch of the National Agricultural Library in Beltsville, Maryland, USA; Lilleth Newby, Director of the HIV Research Library for the New York City Department of Health in New York, New York USA. The Innovations in Technology Award winners are Deborah Kegel and Katherine Whitley, who developed an leading-edge electronic article archive at the University of California at San Diego USA. Kegel is Head of Public Services at the UCSD Science and Engineering Library. Whitley is nowCorporate Librarian for Bausch and Lomb Pharmaceuticals in Tampa, FloridaUSA.. The H.W. Wilson Company Award winner is Stuart Basefsky. The Public Relations Media Award goes to Valerie Gray Francois. The Member Achievement Award is presented to Stephen Abram, Vice President of Micromedia, Ltd. of Toronto, Ontario Canada.
For those who have not attended, the Winter Meeting of SLA is a much smaller and more manageable conference in terms of trying to fit everything in.
The main point of this meeting is to accomplish the work of the Association (as opposed to conference subject-oriented programs), so the emphasis is on leadership training for Chapter and Division leaders as well as the time and place where lots of Board and committee work gets done.
Our Rio Grande Chapter has long recognized the value of sending our President and President Elect, at the very least, to the Winter Meeting. Most of the scheduled activities are related to providing information that will help the Chapter and Division leaders do their Association work more effectively, as well as being the major time when Division Chairs and Chair-Elects get their programs in place for the Annual Conference.
Winter Meeting is also the time when the Nominating Committee finalizes its selection process for choosing candidates for the next year's election - now that we've just gotten done voting for the candidates identified at last year's Winter Meeting in San Francisco!
SLA Award winners are also finalized at the Winter Meeting, and this year our own Chapter has an award winner - Margie Hlava will receive the SLA President's Award at the Annual Conference in Philadelphia in June. This award is "Awarded to an individual member(s) for a notable or important contribution during the past Association year. The contribution must have enhanced the Association or furthered its goals and objectives." While Margie's contributions over the years have been many, including serving on the Board of Directors and lots of Committee work, in this case she is being recognized for her outstanding service as Chair of the Standards Committee. Congratulations, Margie!!
The SLA Board of Directors also meets during Winter Meeting, and this year's work resulted in the naming of five task forces charged with studying substantive change for the Association. Unlike many task groups, these 5 have a tight timeframe - June's Annual Conference will see recommendations coming forth on everything from changing the categories of membership offered, to revamping our conference programming, to simplifying and restructuring our entire governance structure including Committees, Board representation - the whole nine yards.
So picture in your mind a three day gathering of leaders from throughout the Association in a year when change is in the air, and you have some sense of the St. Louis experience. A Town Meeting of all participants gave a good opportunity for some of the work of the Board and of Association staff to be communicated and clarified, and even more importantly, a time for the leaders themselves to ask questions, lob challenges, and in general add to the change process.
Of course there were plenty of opportunities for networking and the highlight for me was the trip to City Museum organized for all attendees by the St. Louis Chapter. This was held in the most whimsical and fantastic museum I've ever seen - a visual treat with good food and lots of fun. We had the museum to ourselves, and you should have seen us crawling through tunnels and sliding down slides and in general having a good time with each other.
All in all, Winter Meeting is a time when it's easier to get to know people including the Association staff who help so many of us work with SLA, and it's also easier to see the business side of how SLA works. This year was no exception.
The State Library is providing an amazing wealth of information to the public through all public through their libraries which include public libraries, public and private academic libraries, and public high school libraries in the state, provided they have access to the Internet.
ProQuest is an online database accessed through the Internet that indexes over 2,200 magazines, journals, and several major newspapers. Over 1,400 of those magazines and journals are full-text and full image. This gift means substantial savings to many libraries because they do not have to subscribe to that many magazines and it means a real treasure trove of information to citizens of New Mexico through their public libraries. The library customer begins the search by typing simple key words. ProQuest then searches all 2,200 titles to find articles on the requested info.
Customer can't get to the library? No problem. ProQuest is available from any computer through the Internet with a library card number or other means of identification available from the local, school, or academic library.
The selected magazines and journals work well for researchers and students of all ages and most educational levels. This electronic tool expands what is available far beyond the holdings of most New Mexico public libraries. The database gives users direct access by keyword or topic to information from a wide variety of general interest and professional journals.
Every citizen of New Mexico can use this product at their public libraries, students can access ProQuest from school or academic libraries or from home through their campus accounts.
ProQuest is absolutely free to users. Subscription to the service on a statewide basis cost the State Library $241,000 the first year, with subsequent years subject to negotiation. Conventional paper subscriptions for all the titles in the database would cost $190,00 per library. By offering this product electronically, the cost per library for over 200 sites in New Mexico is less than $1,200 per site. The State Library used federal funding from the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) for the first year. Current legislation to seek state funding for continuation/expansion of this program has not been successful, but will be funded at least for another year through federal funds.
Heather Gallegos-Rex, Director, Library Development Services New Mexico State Library 1209 Camino Carlos Rey Santa Fe, NM 87505 voice: 505-476-9720
Judith Bernstein and Pam MacKellar ventured to Santa Fe on February 3 for Library Legislative Day. We attended a briefing at the State Library in the morning, which informed us of the library-related bills and their current status. Then we proceeded to the State Capitol, picked up lunches for our legislators, and began to track them down. We were successful in talking with Senator Ramsay Gorham (R-Bernalillo) and Representative Gail Beam (D-Bernalillo). We left lunches and information packets for Senator Cisco McSorley (D-Bernalillo) and Representative Timothy Macko (R-Bernalillo). At the end of our very busy day we visited the Legislative Council Service Library for a tour given to us by Tracey Kimball. We came away from the experience with a few thoughts:
Relationships with legislators are vital to the success of a bill.
We have an increased appreciation and admiration for those who develop and foster relationships with legislators, and for those who track and advocate for library legislation in New Mexico. We encourage more Rio Grande Chapter members to participate in this process next year!
Below is a summary of the status of bills at the conclusion of the session, reprinted with permission from the February 28, 2000 HITCHHIKER, #1343:
When the whirlwind of the 30-day legislative session ran out, little was left of the bills introduced to benefit libraries. Of the various initiatives listed at the beginning of the session (see HH #1337), only the Tribal Libraries Endowment Fund, SB 434, was sent on to Governor Johnson. This is a fund that would be managed by the New Mexico State Library, the proceeds of which would be granted to New Mexico tribal government entities for the support of tribal library service. Funding could come from government appropriations, foundation and corporate grants, or donations. No money was appropriated in the bill; it only establishes a basis for the fund.
**** Governor Johnson vetoed the budget bill, and will be calling a special session, probably starting March 27th. Governor Johnson also vetoed SB 434, which established an endowment fund for New Mexico tribal libraries. This bill was sponsored by Sen. Leonard Tsosie, and supported by NMLA and the Native American Libraries Special Interest Group.
The Governor's veto message says: "I have this day VETOED and am returning SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL 434, enacted by the Forty-Fourth Legislature, Second Session, 2000. This legislation charges the State Library Division of the Office of Cultural Affairs with the responsibility for establishing a tribal libraries endowment fund for the purpose of establishing, developing and administering tribal libraries in New Mexico. More specifically, monies from the new endowment fund would pay for reading programs, after school tutoring, computers, internet service and book purchases. While these purposes are meritorious, these tribal library needs may be better met through the existing state library budget and via existing state library commission duties. Through close coordination with tribal libraries, local schools and private companies, I am confident the state librarian can accomplish the goals of this legislation without the creation of another earmarked fund. Sincerely, Gary E. Johnson, Governor.
HJM 19, for improving public school libraries, was awaiting final action on the Senate floor when the session ended. NMLA will request that it be reconsidered during the Special Session.
Libraries were also left out of the final draft of the General Obligation Bond Issue package, HB 26, which had contained proposals for electronic database subscriptions and public library media and equipment purchases. It also contained funding for projects in the higher education portion of the bill, for Clovis Community College and San Juan College in Farmington.
Capital Outlay Requests met a similar fate. These requests would have supplied funding for planning, construction, renovation, equipment, and repairs to various libraries around the state.
The General Appropriations Act, which cleared the Legislature as SB 2, is expected to be vetoed by the Governor and reconsidered in a Special Session. This bill included the State Library operating budget.
RGSLA 2000 Nominations - Mary Frances Campana
The Rio Grande Chapter Nominating Committee (members: Mary Frances Campana, Past President, Susan Stinchcomb and Kirsten Shelstad, appointed by Judith Bernstein), are pleased to nominate Heather Hlava for the office of President-Elect, and Betsy Kraus for the office of Secretary, for the SLA year 2000-2001.
Besty prepared this statement for the Chapter:
Heather Hlava literally grew up in the information industry, working at editorial tasks on both long and short-term projects for Access Innovations from 1978 to 1993. She joined Access Innovations full-time in January 1995 as a Financial Analyst. Since 1995, she has also served as Project Manager and Director of Administrative Services. In July of 1996, Marketing and Sales were added to her list of responsibilities.
In February of 1999, Heather relocated to Missoula, Montana. While there, she opened and headed a new 40-employee production site for Access Innovations while continuing to manage the marketing and sales functions of Access Innovations and Data Harmony, Access’ software subsidiary. As of January 2000, she has returned to Albuquerque to fill the role of President of Data Harmony.
Hlava holds a B.A. in Distributed Foreign Languages from the University of New Mexico and a M.B.A. from New Mexico State University where her master’s thesis was on the history and future of the European Currency Unit. She also holds certificates of fluency in German from the Goethe Institut in Munich and in Italian from the Scuola Dante Alighieri in Florence.
As chair, I want to thank Susan and Kirsten for working on the committee. And we are all grateful to Heather and Betsy for their willingness to take on these tasks and their commitment to the Chapter.
As a reminder to all of the nominating and election process, we reprint here the article from the Chapter Bylaws which outlines the procedure:
Article IX. Nominations and Elections
Section 1. A Nominating Committee shall consist of three members. The immediate Past President is the chair of the committee. The other two members are appointed by the President. The Nominating Committee shall consist of members in good standing.
Section 2. The name of only one candidate for each office, together with a written acceptance of nomination, shall be presented to the members by the Nominating Committee prior to the Chapter annual business meeting. Nominations from the floor, if accompanied by the written acceptance of the nominee, shall be included in the ballot.
Section 3. The Nominating Committee shall prepare a report announcing candidates and the election date and shall publicize this report to all members in good standing at least two weeks in advance of the Chapter annual business meeting.
Upcoming Programs - Pam MacKellar
March 21, 2000 * 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm Welcome SLA International President Susan DiMattia to New Mexico! Luncheon & discussion - "Marketing and Creating the Value Proposition for Special Librarians" Location: The Bishop's Lodge, Santa Fe
April 12, 2000 * 8:30 am - 12:15 pm Richard Hulser speaking on the Information Future. Rio Grande Chapter, in conjunction with Sandia Laboratories, is sponsoring a talk and panel discussion with Richard Hulser, librarian and manager for IBM, and founder of the Information Futurist Caucus. Richard is a fun and dynamic speaker and on the cutting edge of knowledge management.
***Note***The program previously scheduled for April 21 on "Marketing Your Library on the Internet" has been cancelled.
May 19, 2000 * 12 noon - 4 pm Rio Grande Chapter Annual Business Meeting Lunch in Santa Fe, followed by a tour of the libraries at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and the Museum of International Folk Arts and the Annual Business Meeting. Tours 1:30 - 2:45: beginning at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe Business Meeting 3- 4: Museum of Indian Arts and Culture auditorium
For more information contact Pam MacKellar at 505-272-0281
From the Membership Chair - Donna Cromer
Hello everyone. According to the Who's Who Online, we have 88 members in the chapter now, with two new members to announce: Ken Rudy in Tempe AZ, of Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, and Peggy Binkle in Los Alamos. Once again, if either of you two (or ANYONE else for that matter) wishes to provide the Chapter with more information about yourself, please send it on in! Either to me or directly to Heather O'Daniel.
SLARGC-L There are now 93 subscribers to the listserv. While there have been a few glitches on my end and elsewhere, I do think the list is going well. I recently worked on updating addresses and adding new folks to the list, so I think it will be smooth sailing for awhile. Please let me know if you have any problems with the list.
Professional Development - Donna Berg
Network Now!!
Most of us think of networking as something that just comes naturally to those who like to party, belong to numerous listservs and "do lunch". But there are some basic guidelines that can help even the shy and quiet become good at networking. Try some of these tips at the next event you attend:
And my favorite new guideline:
15) The three-foot rule---anyone within three feet (the length of a handshake) is a new contact for your network.
Employment Opportunities - Mary Ellen McMurtrie
**The County of Los Alamos (population 18,000), 35 miles northwest of Santa Fe, NM, is seeking a Library Manager with the Community Services Department. A Master's Degree in library science from an accredited graduate library school plus eight years of professional library experience, four of which must have been in a supervisory capacity. Preferred Qualifications are recent library technology management experience and familiarity with Northern New Mexico Libraries. Starting salary begins at $48,859.20 to $61,068.80 annually. Apply by April 7, 2000. COUNTY APPLICATION IS REQUIRED. The information from your resume will not be used to determine if the minimum qualifications are met. All qualifying information must appear on the application. Apply to the Human Resources Department, 2300 Trinity Drive, Los Alamos NM 87544 or call for an application at 505-662-8040. Announcement number 00-26. LOS ALAMOS COUNTY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER A CONSOLIDATED CITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT
**The College of Santa Fe, in Santa Fe, is accepting resumes for a full-time, twelve month, Library Circulation/Serials Assistant in Fogelson Library. This position reports to the Head of Public Services (Circulation) and the Acquisitions/Serials Librarian (Serials Activities) Requirements: Bachelor's degree in any discipline required with one year library experience. Knowledge of computers and software, especially cataloging programs and library databases and Library of Congress classification and subject headings. Supervisory experience preferred.
**The College of Santa Fe, operating within the Lasallian tradition, is New Mexico's oldest institution of higher education. The College offers a broad range of undergraduate and some graduate level courses in both a traditional day program and an evening and weekend program. The main campus, in Santa Fe, enrolls approximately 1000 students, and The College of Santa Fe at Albuquerque 750 students. An attractive package of benefits, including free tuition for the employee and immediate dependents is offered by the college. Resumes with cover letter and the names and telephone numbers of three professional references will be accepted through March 17, 2000, and may be faxed or submitted to:
Human Resources Department, T-45 The College of Santa Fe 1600 St. Michael's Drive Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505-7634 FAX (505) 473-6251 The College of Santa Fe Is An Equal Opportunity Employer.
**Library tech. The Fogelson Library at the College of Santa Fe is accepting résumés for a full-time, twelve-month, Library Technical Services Assistant. This position reports to the Head of Technical Services and provides support for the Technical Services Department in all aspects of the bibliographical control of the collection of Fogelson Library. Requirements are a Bachelor's degree in any discipline, with two years library experience, preferably in cataloging; knowledge of computers and software, especially cataloging programs and library databases and Library ofCongress classification and subject headings. The College offers an attractive package of benefits, including free tuition for the employee and immediate dependents. Résumés with cover letter and the names and telephone numbers of three professional references will be accepted through March 10 and may be faxed or submitted to the Human Resources Department, T-45, The College of Santa Fe, 1600 St. Michael's Drive, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505-7634, FAX (505) 473-6251. The College of Santa Fe Is An Equal Opportunity Employer.
**The Plus Group, Inc., has an opening for a contract librarian to work in the Technical Library Services Department at Sandia National Laboratories. A Master's in Library Science is required. This person would be working directly with report authors to ensure correct and complete citations. Responsibilities include: prepare, verify, and correct biliographic citations using a variety of resources including online databases, and initiate ordering of required documents. Applicant must be able to obtain government security clearance. The Plus Group is an equal opportunity employer. If interested, please contact: (DON'T reply directly to this email!!)
Jontelle Romero The Plus Group Inc. phone: (505) 323-7587 jromero@staffme.com; fax: (505) 296-7587)
News on Zentralblatt MATH and Jahrbuch Project
Zentralblatt MATH http://www.emis.de/ZMATH
Zentralblatt MATH (European Math Society, FIZ Karlsruhe, Heidelberg Academy) has added in 1999 more than 75,000 new items to its database. This is mainly due to the increase in literature but also to the improved coverage of mathematical physics. The known broad coverage of publications in fluid and solid mechanics has now been extended to mathematical aspects of quantum mechanics, statistical physics and general relativity (Sections 78 to 86) of the Mathematics Subject Classification (MSC).
Links to a large number of electronic full-texts and journals have been included. To access the full-text, one must click on the abstract number from the brief results list. On the full display, one will find a "link to full text" button.
Zentralblatt uses a PDF icon but this displays the database record as a PDF document not the full-text of the article. This is handy in cases where the abstract contains a lot of TeX characters. When displayed in the PDF format, the TeX characters are translated.
New on the Berlin main server of Zentralblatt MATH are links from the bibliographic data of items from Vol. 1 (1931) to Vol. 159 (1969) to the corresponding pages of the print version (scanned images). This provides our users with full access to the review texts and reviewers' names of that period and moreover makes it possible to browse in these issues. Further issues from 1969 to 1984 will be covered by early 2000. Subsequently the files will be made available from all international server sites.
With the start of the editorial work for the first items for the year 2000 the new version of the Mathematics Subject Classification Scheme (MSC 2000) is in use now. These classification numbers allow one to tightly focus a search on a specific field of mathematics.
Jahrbuch Project - Electronic Research Archive for Mathematics (1868-1930)
http://www.emis.de/MATH/JFM/JFM.html
The database of the Jahrbuch ueber die Fortschritte der Mathematik is now offered under the same new release of software as Zentralblatt MATH. So three different user interfaces are available (standard/advanced/free search), display options are dvi, ps, pdf, TEX, and several further improvements have been incorporated.
The database currently includes items with review-text for Vols. 1-22 and bibliographic data until 1930.
There are several main goals of the JAHRBUCH project. One is to digitize the bibliographic information from 1898 1943. The original data is being enhanced by the voluntary efforts of mathematicians and librarians. MSC classification codes and keywords are being added to the records. The second goal of the project is to create a full-text archive of the most relevant publications from the 1868-1943 time frame.
Interesting articles and web sites
Information seeking on the web: an integrated model of browsing and searching by Chun Wei Choo, Brian Detlor and Don Turnbull http://www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue5_2/choo/index.html. This is an interesting article (free to the world). I liked the information seeking activities "starting, chaining, browsing, differentiating, monitoring, and extracting." I think these words would appeal to our researchers. It would be interesting to consider a marketing approach using these activities. Defining steps and resources for the starting phase the chaining phase etc.
An excellent state of the art review of information retrieval is found in Searcher - http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/jan00/feldman.htm authored by Sue Feldman. This article is free.
This news item is from Information World Review on the Web - http://www.iwr.co.uk/iwr/ New web sites, search engines, etc are tracked. Viewing this source on the 1 of March there were already 7-8 entries.
Internet search engine technology company MaxBot.com, has launched three specialist search engines, for Government (SearchGov.com), military (SearchMil.com) and education (SearchEdu.com), which claim to make searching the Internet more relevant. SearchEdu.com is by far the largest one. With 20 million pages indexed it has more than three times the number of pages indexed on SearchGov.com and SearchMil.com combined. The government search site has 5 million pages indexed, while the military search site has 900,000 pages more than the other leading search engines. Like the Google search engine, return searches rank results starting with the most relevant and caches the versions of pages, which prevents errors from changed addresses or, in the case of the .mil domain, sites that have been subsequently pulled due to security concerns. Each item is accompanied by a short explanation, including the search words in their proper context. The company’s next project is to put together a search engine for online shopping sites and index it by content.
www.searchmil.com
www.searchedu.com
www.searchgov.com
This is from "The Scout Report for Business and Economics--March 9, 2000
Copyright Resources Online http://www.library.yale.edu/%7Eokerson/copyproj.html
The Yale University Library has created Copyright Resources Online, a rich resource filled with links relating to copyright issues. This index is divided into two sections: University Copyright Resources and Non-University Intellectual Property Resources. The two sections are first shown only as alphabetical lists of Websites that serve as sources of information; however, further down the page, each Website is thoroughly annotated including, where applicable, hyperlinked, annotated lists of on-site working papers, guides, and other materials. [EM]
"Windows on the Past" receives 1999 Southwest Book Award
Congratulations to Sandra D. Lynn, author, and presenter at the RGC's Holiday Social!!!
The Border Regional Library Association has awarded a 1999 Southwest Book Award to "Windows on the Past: Historic Lodgings of New Mexico", written by Sandra D. Lynn and published by the University of New Mexico Press in 1999. Sandra presented a well-received illustrated tour through time and travel based on her book at the Rio Grande Chapter's Annual Holiday Social in Albuquerque in December.
Since 1971 the Southwest Book Awards have been presented in recognition of outstanding books, video and audio materials about the Southwest published each year in any genre and directed toward any audience. The purpose of the Southwest Book Awards is to stimulate writing and promote publication of materials about the Southwest.
To be eligible for an award, an item must be:
What an adventure (not trip or vacation)! I have so many impressions I'll have to see the pictures to remember what all we did! Jay and I just got back from a 2.5 week trip to India. It was a business trip but since It was my first time to Asia, we extended the trip and did some touring too. Everything you have seen in National Geographic is true.
What a fascinating place! They have incredible, intricate palaces, devastating poverty, a robust middle class, booming internet support services, a national inferiority complex, rotten infrastructure services, concerned citizens and crazy drivers.
We did business in Chennai (formerly Madras) and Ranipet and will end up putting production work in both places. How much we will own and exactly how all the deal will settle out is still unknown although we talked about it a lot. Bangalore and Chennai are the Silicon Valley of India. They have (or are) putting in place a lot of telecommunications, have 175 universities teaching Computer Science and Information Technology. They are turning out Java programmers at a very rapid rate and are the favorite spot for contracting of a lot of American software companies. A smart English speaking workforce at low rates. Companies are flocking there in droves to get some of those people on their teams. We are too.
We saw the famous Hindi temples in Chennai (from 700 AD) the cave carvings and dune carvings in Malliballipurm, the crocodile farm (3500 crocs), the beach (15 km long) and the fishing boats and the people. Bullock carts loaded with vegetables in front of internet ads. Pedicarts loaded with computer boxes. Stone age rice processing methods (stones being dragged by bulls) next to software company offices. Cows are everywhere - chewing their cud in the median strip of the highways. Garbage removal is not available so it is swept up and dumped where it is handy. The cows, pigs, dogs and some people eat what’s on the dumps including the plastic and paper. Very complex, that nation.
We flew over to Bangalore the software center of India. Bangalore has a comparatively high standard of living but the city has grown from 1 to 10 million in the last 7 years. Next we drove through Mysore (famous Maharaja palaces there) and on up into the mountains to go to a Tiger Park and National Park, actually it was four of them from four states which come together at that point and create a large nature preserve. Saw elephants and ghar (bison), three kinds of deer, wild boar, lots of birds, a crocodile in the Kabini River. We met the guy who had established the Jungle Park 19 years ago, a crusty old Brit born and bred in India - lived there all his life - 84 years old. Spent a couple of partial days with him.
Went on an elephant ride through the forest. Took a boat ride to watch for wildlife on the Kabini river. (took our malaria drugs) Did night drives to look for wildlife and were rewared. No tigers, but we didn't really think we'd be that lucky.
We returned to Bagalore site sighting along the way and did a little shopping for Mysore silk saris (later stolen, sigh). Went up in the Chatmundi Hills to the temple and saw the demon king and the huge black bull made of granite (Nandi). After seeing botanical parks and the zoo, and the industry (more business) and the palaces we caught a flight to Cochin on the Arabian sea.
From Cochin airport we drove through the mountians and the rubber plantations and coffee and pepper farms to Kottayam and Kotchem. This was the most frightening ride yet! We were now in the state of Kerala where the language is different again. There are 16 national languages in India, over 176 major languages plus 800 dialects. Fortunately for us, English is the most common language. We stayed two nights on some thatch covered boats in Kotchem next door to a bird sanctuary and in the villages. Had an Avydeic massage - hot oil given on a wooden table with a 2 inch edge all the way around to keep the oil in. This is an entire body massage done at a very rapid rate and includes a head and ear treatment. This was followed by a steam bath and then a rinse of some lentil scrub. Quite invigorating.
By this time my stomach was bad - the mung dal going in and coming out looked about the same and I was ready to go home...We were NEVER alone. Our hosts were concerned about problems (rightfully so), safety, what we eat, and we were nearly constantly on the move. I needed a little time to do NOTHING....even me....but,
We returned to Cochin and admired the area before catching a flight to Delhi. The air in Dehli is equivalent to smoking 20 packs of cigarettes per day. YUCK! The city is the 8th on that site and our local host is the son of a famous historian. Full of local tidbits and very helpful. We had a good tour of the local situation as well as the historical and archeological sites. One morning we got up at 4 am to catch the train to Agra and saw the Taj Mahal - yes - it's as good as it looks! What a wonder.
We also went out to Fatapor Sekari and saw the beautiful fort, tomb of Salim, and mosque there. It is 40 km from Agra and the ride was fascinating.
Time was drawing to a close so we flew back to Chennai for one night got up at 7, packed had business discussions all day to wrap things up and then caught a flight for Bombay at 7:35 pm, from there we changed airports and flew to Frankfurt, then to Brussels (missed the first flight) from Brussels to Atlanta, Altanta home. 56 hours enroute. Got back around 9 last night. The trip was packed - actually it was an adventure! I took 23 rolls of film and Jay did the same amount. Hope some turn out! Time for another album. Today it is back to work and trying to catch up. It's truly great to be back. We don't realize how good it is to live in the US of A! I had green chili for breakfast and a huge hamburger and salad for lunch! I even brushed my teeth with water from the facet! I think I'll go to bed at 8 pm and sleep ‘til 8 tomorrow.
While in Cochin, I was notified I was given the President's Award by SLA--WOW what a disconnect to find it out while living on a boat at the edge of the Arabian Sea!
Member, Friend and Colleague News - Linda Morgan-Davis
Holly Shipp Buchanan, Director of the UNM Health Sciences Center (HSC) Library and Computer Services and her staff have been most successful in grant writing. As of January 2000, they had received funding in excess of $1.3 million. Eileen Sullivan, a member of the HSC staff, was awarded $40,000 as part of the National Library of Medicine's Access to Electronic Health Information for the Public. In fulfillment of part of the grant, Eileen will be offering a Pre-conference session on Internet searching at NMLA in April in Taos.
Phyllis Kregstein, VA Medical Library and Linda Morgan Davis, Lovelace Health Systems Medical Library have been elected Co-Chairs of the New Mexico Consortium of Biomedical and Hospital Libraries.
Leigh Turner is the Medical Librarian at St. Joseph's Healthcare in Albuquerque. Leigh is part-time Monday - Friday 8AM - Noon.
Muriel Regan, formerly of Gossage Regan Associates, and most recently Public Services Librarian at the Carlsbad Public Library, has left that latter position. She can be reached at hoem, 604 N. Lake St., Carlsbad, NM 88220, e-mail address, murielregan@hotmail.com.
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Richard Hulser speaking on the Information Future. April 12, 2000
Rio Grande Chapter, in conjunction with Sandia Laboratories, is sponsoring a talk and panel discussion with Richard Hulser, librarian and manager for IBM, and founder of the Information Futurist Caucus. Richard is a fun and dynamic speaker and on the cutting edge of knowledge management.
The program will be held at Sandia Labs beginning at 8:30 AM and concluding at 12:15 pm. In addition to Hulser's speech, there will be a panel discussion on Sandia's Information future.
8:30 - 9:00 Exhibits, sign-in, and refreshments, etc. 9:00 - 9:15 Introductions 9:15 - 10:15 Hulser's keynote speech 10:15 - 10:30 Questions and answers 10:30 - 10:50 Break 10:50 - 12:15 Panel discussion
Celebrate National Library Week and International Library Day with us at Sandia Labs! There is no charge for this program. . For security reasons, only SLA members will be permitted to attend this meeting. PLEASE register before April 1 in order to allow time for Sandia security to admit you on the 12th. br To register, call Pam MacKellar 272-0281 or <pmackell @unm.edu>.
Watch the Rio Grande listserv and Web page for future events. When SLA receives notice of Richard's final schedule, there may be other events planned.
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