Thanks goes to Judy Neff, Awards Committee Chair, and Committee members Sarah Morley and Margaret Morris, for all their hard work in establishing guidelines, and nomination and evaluation forms for a Rio Grande Chapter Leadership/Service Award. Guidelines and a nomination form appear in this Bulletin and on the Chapter’s web page. Please consider nominating a deserving Chapter member for this prestigious award to be presented at our 45^th Anniversary Celebration. Deadline is February 1, 2001. Thanks also to Judith Bernstein and Donna Cromer, who have made great progress on the Chapter archives. They are planning a half-day event in January for volunteers to assist in organizing what they have retained in the archives.

Library Legislative Day is tentatively scheduled for February 12, 2001 in Santa Fe. I encourage you to take this opportunity to familiarize yourself with library legislation in New Mexico, to visit with your legislators about the legislation, and to gather with librarians from all over our state to promote the interests of libraries in New Mexico. This event is sponsored by the New Mexico Library Association’s Legislative and Intellectual Freedom Committee.

As we head into this holiday season, I encourage you to take time to reflect upon and appreciate what has been positive in your life in 2000. Enjoy gathering together with family, friends and colleagues in this spirit.

"Our House is a very very fine house, with two cats in the yard……" CSN ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mary Frances Campana has recently moved to a new home at: 431 Sycamore NE (in the Spruce Park neighborhood near UNM) Mailing address: PO Box 40713 Albuquerque NM 87196-0713 home phone: 842-9570

Guidelines:

The Awards Committee shall be composed of a Chairperson appointed by the President. The appointment of the first Awards Committee Chair will be a two-year term of office in order to insure (1) a firm foundation for the Committee’s award and selection procedures and, (2) the transition of a viable and proactive Chapter Committee to future appointed Chairs. Thereafter, the term will be for one year.

Each appointed Chair will choose two Chapter members to serve on the Committee for one year. Two new Committee members will be chosen at the end of each Chapter year. Electronic nomination and evaluation forms will enable Chapter members throughout the state to participate as Committee members, or as the Chair. The Past Chair will not serve as a committee member, but will be expected to be available for guidance or clarification of the previous year’s actions.

The Leadership/Service Award is to be given to a Chapter member who takes initiative to further the role of the Chapter as a professional and information organization. It is intended to recognize exceptional participation and/or contribution. It is to be given only to a regular member of the Rio Grande Chapter. Because this award recognizes outstanding and significant contributions, talents, and service, it is a possibility that the award might not be presented each year. Distinction should be made between an active participation in the Chapter and the definitive service or contribution to the Chapter that truly extends beyond the boundaries of active Chapter participation. As Chapter members are nominated, it will be an opportunity to consider if one of our members could be a candidate for an SLA award.

Nomination forms will be available on the Web or by contacting the Committee Chair. Forms will include the name of the nominee, address, telephone, length of service in the Chapter/profession, the name of the nominator, their address, and telephone. The nominator must supply a letter of nomination explaining why the nominee should be considered for the award. A current resume of the nominee will be attached to that letter or must be provided to the Awards Committee in time for the consideration process. The nominator may wish to include letters of support from other colleagues, especially if they can elaborate on the contributions of the nominee. It is the responsibility of the nominator to submit a complete portfolio of the nominee to the Committee Chair in order for the nominee to receive consideration. The Chair will then distribute copies of the nomination packets to the Committee members, who will complete an electronic criteria form for each candidate and return each candidate’s form to the Chair.

Criteria templates will include a ranking mechanism so that points are awarded in several contribution categories. Committee members will assign a value to each criterion, and then add total points. The Chair will then total points from each of the Committee members for all nomination packages to select the final recipient. The Chair will notify the Board who was chosen, but announcement will not be made until the annual meeting.

Nomination packages will be accepted throughout the year, but the deadline for receiving nominations will be February 1. This will ensure that the Committee has time to fully evaluate the candidates and complete the criteria templates. The Awards Committee will be given an annual budget of $100. for expenses and purchasing the award. The awards will remain similar in nature and in cost in subsequent years. The award will be presented at the annual meeting and announced in the first Chapter Bulletin following the annual meeting.

You will find a nomination form in this Bulletin. Please consider nominating a worthy Chapter member who we can recognize during our anniversary meeting. There will also be an electronic nomination form available on the Chapter’s web page and a copy of the guidelines and evaluation criteria. Note that the deadline for submission of a nomination packet is February 1, 2001.

NOMINEE____________________________________________________________________________

NOMINEE’S LIBRARY/ORGANIZATION__________________________________________________

WORK ADDRESS______________________________________________________________________

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WORK PHONE________________________________________________________________________

NOMINATOR__________________________________________________________________________

NOMINATOR’S LIBRARY/ORGANIZATION_______________________________________________

WORK ADDRESS_____________________________________________________________________

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WORK PHONE________________________________________________________________________

The nominator will supply the following information to the Awards Committee:

1. Current resume of the nominee.
2. List of all SLA offices held, chapter and division, both local and national, committees and caucuses served on and positions held, and any other SLA affiliations on which the nominee is presently serving or has served on in the past.
3. A discussion of how the nominee has communicated important information to the Chapter, to SLA members, and/or to the profession as a whole via publications, electronic formats, speeches, or presented papers. Please be as specific as possible.
4. Comments noting the ways the nominee has enhanced the Chapter’s role in the information profession, or has helped to bring recognition to the Chapter or profession by representation in SLA, other professional organizations, or by specific contributions. Note how the nominee’s contributions, service, or achievement promotes the role of information professionals.
5. Any information about the nominee not included in the above that you feel is important to the Committee’s consideration of your nominee.

Nomination packets will be submitted NO LATER THAN FEBRUARY 1, 2001 to:

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

PROGRAM COORDINATOR UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO
HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER
CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT & DISABILITY - NO Walls Project
PART-TIME - 20 hours/week

NO Walls is a collaborative model demonstration project with the Center for Development and Disability, the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Library System and Parents Reaching Out to increase the capacity of persons with disabilities and those who support them in the Albuquerque area to use computer technology to access information through their local public libraries. NO Walls also supports the general Albuquerque population in accessing information about human development and disabilities using computer technology in local libraries.

SUMMARY: Under general supervision, plans and coordinates the day-to-day fiscal, administrative and operational activities of NO Walls, a community technology center, at the Center for Development and Disability. Duties include assisting in guiding the development of NO Walls and grant administration; acting as principal liaison with partners and in community; coordinating activities of support staff and consultants; monitoring project expenditures; assisting in developing, designing, writing and editing marketing materials; monitoring effectiveness of technology center hours, schedules and guidelines; identifying, gathering and updating information on local services and resources for people with disabilities; assisting in development of NO Walls web site; assisting in training a diverse population; assisting with developing future proposals.

REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS: Bachelors Degree in a Related Field or Discipline. One to three years experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.

CLOSING DATE: 5:00 PM on 12/12/00

COMPLETE JOB POSTING: http://www.unm.edu/~hrnet/jobs/h29022.htm

TO APPLY: Applications or resumes must be received by the HSC Human Resources office at 2500 Marble NE, Health Sciences and Services Building, Room 140, Albuquerque, NM 87131, phone number 272-6445 no later than 5:00 PM on the closing date. Convenient parking is available near the Health Sciences and Services Building; please ask receptionist for parking tokens for metered parking spaces when applying at the Health Sciences Center. Resumes must list employment dates by month/year and be accompanied by a signed SUPPLEMENT TO RESUME form, available at http://www.unm.edu/~employ/pages/supform.htm. Indicate the requisition number # 29022 and job title on the application/supplement form. Additional vacancies may be filed by qualified applications from the certified pool generated by this announcement.

The University of New Mexico is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and Educator

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact Pam MacKellar 272-4631

Links on Critical Thinking – Frances Knudson

As the chair of the Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI)

(http://www.lib.noaa.gov/asli/asli.html), I am pleased to invite you to the Fourth Annual Meeting in January 2001 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Information about ASLI and the 2001 meeting is available on the ASLI web page.

If you have any questions about membership, the program, or registration, please let me know. Evelyn M. Poole-Kober, Librarian

** Human values in a technological age

Michael Gorman, Dean of Library Services at Cal State Fresno Talked about contrasts in the technology and information environments between 1901 to 2001. In 1901 there were lots of small presses, very visual media. We are now passing "out of the age of Gutenberg". Compare information media and sharing today with the "dark ages" where thoughts/dreams/works of an individual will die with them rather than being archived in a preservable media. Skeptical about longevity of electronic media survival.

** ...and E-books for All

Mark Beatty, Wisconsin Library Services

Good list of resources, comparison of vendors and services. Demo of the

technology rocket readers and PDAs. Working with and gaining respect of publishers because of the way that they are working on licensing and access issues with libraries. (http://lepton.wils.wisc.edu/ebooks)

** So you say you want a redesign? Usability, accessibility and the constraints of designing a database-driven web site

Jennifer Marill, NLM Team of 5 redesigned library web site from static pages to dynamic database-based pages. Database works with Cold Fusion. Revamped both public and intranet. Links maintained with meta-data records. Review and approve web sites. Contact all sites reviewed. Use references lists and xrefs. Contract out reviewing and maintenance of some resources. Incorporating vendor content along with in-house products. Use search log to determine categories and for evaluation. One-on-one evaluation, videotaped, clips used in discussions of design. All government and government contractors must comply with Section 508 of the rehabilitation Act (13 rules). Developed rules to ensure uniqueness of URLs in site. Use Screaming Media as content aggregator (News media). Nice summation of user comments and lessons learned during redesign.

** Complicate yourself: Sustaining a common good in competitive space

Carol Hughes, Questia Media Librarians need to be more assertive, and be able to work well in chaos. Examined organizational structure, job functions, etc

** XHTML: HTML and the final frontier

Martin Kalfatovic, Smithsonian

Differences between SGML, HTML, XML and XHTML. Prepared useful set of links on the various languages. (http://www.sil.si.edu/staff/LITAForum2k/)

** Implementing multiple interfaces for a diverse user community in a

heterogeneous web database environment

Tamas Doszkocs, NLM Look at design and implementation of search interface for NLM's Toxnet.

** Creating dynamic web pages: One solution using Cold Fusion

Kristin Antelman, U of A Health Sciences

More looks at Cold Fusion, web examples with code behind it. Ideas for use of dynamic lists, etc. Good for situations where have multiple web authors.

Need only one Cold Fusion expert. Create update in one offline database, so not writing to web.

** SFX for context-sensitive reference linking

Jenny Walker, Ex-Libris Demo of SFX, context sensitive linking software for library

databases. Use citation metadata to link to other sources, e.g. from online catalog to author in database, books on Amazon, preprints on web, document delivery options, etc. Need SFX server. LANL beta-testing in US. Based on open URL, where URL define source (ISSN) and part (volume, page number, etc.) Need to have this in order to have functionality in SFX aware database, e.g. in discussion with various database vendors implement open URLs (also in talks with NISO in order to create possible open URL standard). Cookie pushers, SFX is proprietary based on open URL. Not sure if there are any competitors in this area yet. Discussed Jake server at Yale for journal control (http://jake.med.yale.edu/docs/about.html).

** Yellow lines and dead skunks: Choosing our lane on the Infobahn<

Anne Marie Gold, Stanford-California State Library on 21st Century

Need to be flexible, let go of old invest in new, get rid of things don't work just because always way it has been done. Internalize vs. adopt.

How=customer defined; when=24/7/365; where=location independent. Redefine professional. New leadership=chutzpah &flexibility not rank, age, position. Carpe diem. Gave overview of the Institute.