Tuesday, June 9

7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

SLA Conference Registration

SLA Conference Registration will be located at the Indiana Convention Center, along with the SLA Booth, Message Center, Local Hospitality Booth, SLA Tape Sales and more.

SLA Internet Room

Whether you're interested in accessing your e-mail, learning about new Internet resources, or seeing a demonstration of the latest Internet products, please stop by frequently. Sign up in advance to reserve time. Generously sponsored and organized by LEXIS-NEXIS.

SLA Booth & Bookstore

Visit Special Libraries Association's booth for the opportunity to sample the Association's current publications, including Information Outlook, Who's Who in Special Libraries, and the latest from SLA Publishing. Take advantage of a guided tour of the Association's state-of-the-art Web site's features, including SLA's Virtual Bookstore, Continuing Education online, and Chapter, Division, and Caucus home pages. In addition, take time to meet SLA leaders and staff, to update your member record in real-time, and to share your issues and concerns directly with headquarters. Finally, RELAX! Allow SLA's booth to be your headquarters for a relaxing massage and liquid refreshment. Your association is at your service!!

7:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.

Business and Finance Division
College & University Roundtable

Breakfast Meeting
What's Happening at STAT-USA? Ken Rogers, STAT-USA, will bring us up-to-date on STAT-USA, the premier database consolidating business, economic, and trade data from over 40 US government agencies, and discuss how development of the product is progressing. Attendance to this breakfast is by invitation only to members of the College & University Business Libraries Roundtable. For those who did not receive an invitation, but think they should have, please contact Brent Mai (mai@purdue.edu).
Sponsored by Gale Research
Moderator: Brent Mai, Purdue University Speaker: Ken Rogers, STAT-USA

Business and Finance Division
Financial Institutions Roundtable

Hosted Breakfast
This provides an opportunity for Roundtable members to have an informal sharing on the issues of interest to their practice.
Moderator: Josephine Howell, JP Morgan

Chemistry Division
Science-Technology Division

Academic Sci-Tech Librarians' Roundtable and Breakfast Informal and lively discussion of issues facing academic science and technology librarians. Seating is limited. Contact Jennifer Wong to make reservations and suggest topics. Her e-mail address is jwong@okway.okstate.edu Sponsored by Institute for Scientific Information
Moderators: Gary Wiggins, Indiana University and Jennifer Wong, Oklahoma State

Insurance & Employee Benefits Division

Hosted Breakfast
Open to division members.
Sponsored by West Group

Legal Division

BNA Breakfast
By invitation.
Moderator: Kamla King Hedges, Bureau of National Affairs

Library Management Division

Career Guidance Counseling and Mentoring
Experienced library managers and directors will meet in groups and individually for career guidance counseling and mentoring.
Moderator: Una Gourlay, Rice University

7:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.

Military Librarians Division

Business Meeting & Breakfast

530

Museums, Arts & Humanities Division Business Meeting & Breakfast The Annual Business Meeting will include the election of officers for 1998-1999. Tickets are not necessary to attend the meeting, and all members are urged to come to this important event. However, if you wish to have the continental breakfast, please purchase a ticket. Cost of this event: $5.00 Moderator: Esther G. Bierbaum, University of Iowa (Emerita)

Petroleum & Energy Resources Division

Brand 'Em
Rein your Library's corporate image and establish it as a "name brand". Marketing expert, Chris Olson, of Chris Olson & Associates explains how. Sponsored by EBSCO Subscription Services and EDITIONS TECHNIP
Moderator: Elizabeth Black, Mobil Exploration and Producing, U.S., Inc.

Speaker: Chris Olson, Chris Olson & Associates

Pharmaceutical & Health Technology Division

Networking Breakfast
All members of the Pharmaceutical & Health Technology Division are encouraged to attend this informal breakfast. It is a perfect opportunity to network with your colleagues and learn more about division programs and other activities.
Sponsored by: Adonis and FOI Services, Inc.
Moderator: Bonnie Snow, Citizen 1 Software, Inc.

Physics-Astronomy-Mathematics Division

Business Meeting & Breakfast
Sponsored by The American Physical Society (APS)
Moderator: Liz Bryson, Canada-France-Hawaii Tel. Corp.

Transportation Division

Board Meeting
All division members are welcome.
Moderator: Barbara L. Post, Transportation Research Board

Scholarship Committee

Scholarship Breakfast
By invitation.

7:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

News Division

Quality Control in Electronic Databases
Roundtable & Continental Breakfast
Part I: Quality control in news databasesto err is humancleaning it up is in our control! Are the standards for handling corrections in full-text news databases changing? Are Web editions, where there are no rules, affecting the way we look at quality control in general, or were the cracks in the QC foundation already there? Where do we draw the line? How do we keep it clean, credible and legal?
Part II: RoundtableAnyone who has questions can ask them; anyone who has answers can offer them. Pete Johnson will act as emcee (or referee, whichever is necessary) for the general roundtable.
Breakfast sponsored by The Associated Press and UMI/DataTimes - Publishers Services.
Moderators: Jackie Chamberlain, The Press-Enterprise and Peter Johnson, Los Angeles Times.

9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

SLA Conferences & Meetings

Exhibitor Meeting

Chemistry Division
Engineering Division

Patents For the Sporadic Searcher
What did John Smith invent last year? And how many patents does the XYZ Corporation have? And has somebody patented a better mouse trap? You might not search patents everyday but chances are you get questions and we all know that aren't always easy. There are so many choices, just where do you begin? Join us for some patent basics and a few pointers on getting started. We'll even tackle the ever popular World Wide Web and let you know what choices are available and have a few suggestion on when to go where.
Sponsored by Micropatent
Moderator: John Tebo, University of Cincinnati

Speakers: Adele Hoskin

Communications Division
Engineering Division
Metals/Materials Division
Petroleum & Energy Resources Division

ISO 9000 Certification: The Librarian's Role
This program explains what ISO 9000 is and how it can impact library services. The speakers present real-world cases of libraries faced with ISO compliance and the procedures they set into place.
Moderator: Benjamin Toon, Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc.
Speakers: Chris Dobson, F1 Services and Carolyn Ernst, F1 Services

Insurance & Employee Benefits Division

The Insurance Industry's Capacity to Survive Catastrophic Events
Natural disasters continue to plague us. Earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, volcanoes and other kinds of disasters wreck a terrible toll on those who experience them. In the U.S., insurance programs, both private and public, are one way of dealing with the consequences of these events. The presentation will briefly address how insurance programs work as well as explore the larger social implications of these programs.
Moderator: Sylvia Justice, State Farm Insurance Companies
Speaker: James Ament, State Farm Insurance Companies

Legal Division

Gumshoe Librarians : Investigative Research in the '90's
Gumshoe Librarians is a program must for any librarian asked to do any type of investigative research. This program will teach the attendees what is out there, how reliable is it and point them in the direction of the most cost-effective sources. The panel will also discuss some secrets of the trade with regard to finding what seems to be elusive.
Moderator: Barbara Silbersack, Thompson Hine & Flory
Speakers: Connie Kaplan, Kroll & Associates and Anne Ellis, Holland Hart

Education Division
Information Technology Division
Military Librarians Division
Museums, Arts & Humanities Division
Social Science Division
Transportation Division
Washington, DC Chapter
San Francisco Bay Region Chapter
New York Chapter

Social Science Division 75th Anniversary
Keynote Address: Doris Kearns Goodwin
Come and join the celebration! The Social Science Division, the second oldest in the association, is celebrating its 75th anniversary at the Indianapolis conference. Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize winning author, political commentator, and social historian, will help the division mark this milestone event with a keynote address that will highlight the American experience and the many realms in which the social sciences have made history. Ms. Goodwin is a regular commentator on "The News Hour With Jim Lehrer," a panelist on "5 on 5," a commentator for PBS documentaries on LBJ, the Kennedy family, and Ken Burns' "The History of Baseball." Ms. Goodwin's books include No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt The Home Front During World War II, for which she won the Pulitzer, The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys, which was made into a six-hour miniseries, Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream, and her latest book, Wait 'Till Next Year, a Memoir, her story of growing up in love with baseball. Don't miss this exciting opportunity to hear one of America's premier contemporary historians and astute observer of the American political scene!
Sponsored by EBSCO Subscription Services and LEXIS/NEXIS.
Moderators: Victoria A. Dawson, Ford Foundation and Terry Dean, Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, Berkeley

10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

SLA Exhibits

SLA has set aside the time from 10:15 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. as an "exhibits only" activity. Here is a special opportunity for you and your colleagues to explore the exhibit hall. Enjoy the food and beverages at the Minneapolis kick-off party.

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

SLA Conferences & Meetings

Minneapolis Kick-Off Party
Come join us for a kick-off celebration for the 1999 Minneapolis Annual Conference. SLA will be hosting a conference-wide luncheon for all attendees and exhibitors. Join us as we thank all our exhibitors for a great Indianapolis show and set the stage for a fantastic Minneapolis extravaganza!

12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.

SLA Conferences & Meetings

New Product Demonstrations

Environment & Resource Management Division

1998/99 Board Meeting
All division members are welcome to attend. Drinks provided, please feel free to bring a lunch.
Moderator: Langhorne Chipley, TAPPI

545 -- Information Technology Division
Business Meeting & Luncheon

Cost of this event: $28.00
Moderator: Lillian Mesner, University of Kentucky

550 -- Museums, Arts & Humanities Division
Book & Publisher Luncheon

Over the years at this annual luncheon we have heard many authors talk about writing their books. This year, we are doing a switch and will hear about how a book comes into being. The editorial staff of the Grove's Dictionary of Art will take us on the path from big idea through editorial decisions about text, illustrations, page design, paper, printing, binding and sales. Along the way we'll find out about such mysteries as sheets, gatherings, signatures, and cases. Heralded as one of the stellar publishing events of recent decades, the Grove's Dictionary of Art is a worthy companion to the familiar Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians.

Cost of this event: $28.00

Moderator: Esther G. Bierbaum, University of Iowa (Emerita}
Speaker: Karin Agosta, Grove's Dictionaries, Inc.

News Division

Freedom Forum Luncheon & Program
Freedom Forum will provide "finger-food" type lunch. >Moderator: Phyllis Lyon, Freedom Forum

555 -- Petroleum & Energy Resources Division
Business Meeting & Luncheon

Enjoy lunch and an opportunity to become better acquainted with other PER division members while catching up on the latest division activities and future plans. Sponsored by Questel-Orbit, Inc.

Cost of this event: $28.00

Moderator: Nancy Bourque, Imperial Oil

12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Communications Division

Communications Roundtable
Informal session for discussing current developments in the area of telecommunications and broadcasting information sources.
Moderator: Mary Ellen Bates, Bates Information Services

12:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

Physics-Astronomy-Mathematics Division

Astronomy Roundtable
An informal discussion session on topics of interest to astronomy librarians and information professionals, with special emphasis on current practices, issues and trends. News from the field will include updates on the Astrophysical Data System and the NASA pre-print distributed database project. The work of the International Astronomical Union, and a report on LISA III will also be included.
Moderator: Emily Poworoznek, University of New Hampshire

12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

SLA Career Advisory Service

Participate in the Career Advisory Service and meet with an advisor to learn strategies for meeting your career goals. This service is excellent for recent library school graduates, individuals making mid-level career changes, and those seeking career advice.

SLA Employment Clearinghouse

The Employment Clearinghouse provides job seekers and employers with an opportunity to network and discuss available employment. A compilation of job openings may be obtained immediately after the annual conference for those who are unable to attend.
Sponsored by TeleSec/Corestaff Library Services

1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

SLA Professional Development

Career Workshop
"Turning an Interview Into a Job Offer"
Interviews are the turning point for an interviewee to become an employee. What can you do to prepare for it, handle it well, and progress to the next level--the offer? All of these areas will be addressed during this informative session.
Presented by the Special Libraries Association Professional Development Department and Advanced Information Management.

1998 Indianapolis Conference Program Committee SLA Professional Papers Session III:
It Takes More Than Speed to Be a Winner:
Mastery & Management of the Web

Four presentations of 15 minutes each with provisions for questions from the audience.

1. " I Can Build It and Drive It Myself, Thank You: Librarians as Authors on the Web."
   Speaker: Bonnie Osif, Pennsylvania State University
2. " A Web Feat: Moving a Home-Brewed On-Line Catalog to an Intranet."
   Speaker: Yan Y. Soucie, Tektronix, Inc.
3. "Education Resources on the Web: Validity, Reliability and Cost."
   Speaker: Lois Winkel, Bernan Associates
4. "Selecting Web-Based Databases for Research on the Internet."
   Speaker: Dong Zhao, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Moderator: Daniel Krummes, University of California, Berkeley

Advertising and Marketing Division
The Creative Librarian: Advertising Research and the Creative Reel

The call typically comes at 5 p.m.: your creative colleagues are up a creek, and they'd like you to bail them out. Sometimes they're looking for a particular image, frequently they want a trademark checked, but most often they want an obscure fact confirmed. A month later the spot breaks, and you alone recognize your contribution. Why should the creative department get all the credit? Come share your success stories as we look at spots which demonstrate the advertising librarian's contribution to the creative reel (and be sure to wear your Donna Karan!)

Moderator: Velda Ruddock, TBWA Chiat/Day

New Program Description
Biomedical & Life Sciences Division

Chemistry Division

Environment & Resource Management Division

Pharmaceutical & Health Technology Division

Medical Section

Back to Nature: Medicine from Nature
Dr. Farnsworth will be focusing on the scientific basis for selection and screening of ethnobotanical products and advances made possible by recent developments in technology.
Dr. de Marderosian will be focusing on the scientific basis for selection and screening of ethnobotanical products and on advances made possible by recent developments in technology.
Dr. Balandrian will expand on this theme in a presentation entitled: "Eclectic Pharmacognosy: The Search for Modern Pharmaceuticals form Tropical Forests to the Laboratory." Significant case histories will be presented in order to illustrate and provide a balanced perspective on the role of plant-derived natural products in modern drug product development.
Moderator: Bonnie Snow, Citizen 1 Software, Inc.
Speaker: Ara der Marderosian, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy & Science; Manuel F. Balandrian, NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; and Mr. Farnsworth.

Business and Finance Division

Confronting International Client Needs and Styles
No matter where anyone of us have worked, each of us has needed to acquire information which was not domestic to wherever we were. We also look forward to working with clients who are not in the office down the hall. The members will discuss the pleasures and difficulties involved in the internationalization of their products and services. Sponsored by The Economist Intelligence Unit.
Moderator: Susan Gormley, Daiwa Securities America, Inc.
Speakers: Michael Iapalucci, CDA Investment Technologies, Inc. and Meri Meredith, The Ohio State University

Business and Finance Division

Vendor Pricing for Online Systems
The purpose of this panel is to clarify the issues, and dispel what some in the library community consider unnecessary confusion in the whole process of pricing online products. Increasingly, there is misunderstanding on both sides. Library administrators sometimes feel that vendors are out to make a killing, and vendors in their turn consider librarians unrealistic in expecting the discounts that they require each year. This discussion is the perfect opportunity to get both sides talking with, hopefully, a better understanding of each others viewpoint as the outcome.
Moderator: Bob Lord, Credit Suisse First Boston
Speakers:Jason Molle, The Dialog Corporation; John McGovern, Investext; and Corilee Christou, LEXIS-NEXIS

Business and Finance Division

Web Page Design Which Engages Users
What makes a "way cool" Web site. Learn what makes an attractive usable Web site using your infrastructure whether it's basic or futuristic. Ensure that your site is engaging, easy to use, dynamic and one that your users will return to again and again.
Moderator: Tim Andrews, Dow Jones Interactive Publishing
Speakers: Walt Howe, Delphi Internet Services Corp. and Dan Turkett, TEK Interactive Group, Inc.

Communications Division
Information Technology Division
Networking Section

Technology with a Human Face
Michael Gorman, co-author of "Future Libraries: Dreams, Madness and Reality" and author of "Our Singular Strengths: Meditations for Librarians" will discuss ways to maintain humanity and lasting values in our profession and daily work. This program covers not just technology, but our approach to customer service and our professional culture.
Moderator: Dee Magnoni, Helix Technology Corporation
Speaker: Michael Gorman, CSU-Fresno

Engineering Division

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Search Engines
In the quest for the elusive meaningful hit list, a cast of characters with names such as Ask Jeeves, HotBot and AltaVista Cow9 all promise to help us find the way. This talk will survey techniques to sift among a billion URLs for the page you need: natural language FAQ lookup (Ask Jeeves), clustered hit lists (Cow9, Northern Light), targeted scope indexes (Infoseek News, NEM Online), and other suspects.
Moderator: Karen Kreizman, ACTS Laboratories
Speaker: Richard Wiggins, Michigan State University

Geography and Map Division

Open Discussion/Future of Geography & Map Division

Information Technology Division
Government Information Section

Finding and Accessing State Government Information: Latest Innovations
The panel will address the latest trends of how citizens can get the information they need from their state governments. The focus will be on electronic access, front ends, funding and innovations. Time will be allowed for questions and discussions.
Moderator: James Nelson, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
Speakers: Doug Robinson, Kentucky Information Resources Management; Sydney Jensen, Northstar Project, Minnesota; Ron Gardner, OCLC; and Brad Bradley, Access Indiana Information Network.

New Program
Information Technology Division
Library Management Division
Technical Standards Committee

The Dialog Corporation - Strategy and Plans for the New Company: A Special Presentation by Dan Wagner, CEO, MAID PLC
Dialog has been important to the careers of many special librarians over the past 20 years. In his presentation, Dan Wagner, CEO of MAID PLC, the purchaser of Knight Ridder Information (Dialog and Data Star) will tell us his plans for the direction of the company. Mr. Wagner then will be available for questions from the audience.
Moderator: Marjorie M. K. Hlava, Chair, Technical Standards Committee
Speaker: Dan Wagner, MAID PLC

Insurance & Employee Benefits Division

Reference Services in Insurance Libraries
Join us for a back to the basics panel discussion as Insurance Information professionals describe their favorite and most productive sources for locating industry specific information. With the advent of the Internet and the availability of so many databases, it is frequently forgotten that many good, old fashioned non-online sources are also available. This will be a good chance to refresh (or update) your industry knowledge, whether you are in an insurance information center or not.
Moderator: Miriam Redrick, American International Group
Speaker: TBA

Legal Division

Bob Opens the Door on the Big Four: An Informal Chat with the Publishers
Major Changes in the publishing industry have left many of us frustrated, confused and concerned about the future of the delivery of information. Come hear Bob Berring ask critical questions of the major publishers. Representative from BNA, Lexis-Nexis, West Group and Matthew Bender will be on hand. There will be the opportunity for the audience to pose questions from the floor. Exciting, fast-paced and informative! Don't miss this session!
Moderator: Robert C. Berring, Univ. Of California

Library Management Division
Knowledge Management Section

Knowledge Management: A Practitioner's Perspective
Librarians are a central part of the knowledge process and can contribute to the knowledge management efforts of their organizations in a variety of roles. Our three panelists will present their successes and challenges in developing and implementing knowledge management systems within their respective organizations. Join us for a discussion of the expanded responsibilities these knowledge management practitioners have undertaken and the new skills required.
Moderator: Brenda Stenger, MMI Co. Inc.
Speakers: Elizabeth Koska, Booz, Allen & Hamilton; Cheryl Lamb, Buckman Laboratories International; and Jill Maserian, Arthur D. Little Inc.

Military Librarians Division

"Is 007 a Dewey Number? Librarians and the Craft of Intelligence"
Spies and satellites have a role in the intelligence process, but the work of intelligence analysis is essentially one of finding patterns and drawing conclusions from large amounts of seemingly-random data. The skills of collecting and organizing information needed in this craft are central to librarianship. Actual and potential roles for librarians in the intelligence community will be discussed.
Moderators: Janet Burke, National Air Intelligence Center and Herb Snyder, Indiana University, SLIS

News Division

Training End-Users: What's New?
What's new in training end-users, reporters, editors, upper management. New schemes and techniques to interest those different users.
Moderator: Jennifer Small, San Antonio Express-News

Petroleum & Energy Resources Division

Building a Knowledge Management Framework: Strategic Opportunities for Information Professionals
The velocity of change in today's global economy is increasing. Organizations are investing heavily in knowledge workers to manage change and achieve competitive advantage by acquiring, analyzing and acting on business intelligence. Knowledge Management presents a Strategic Opportunity for Information Professionals to increase return on investment in their organizations' most critical asset. Intellectual Capital. Join us for this information and practical session.
Moderator: Nancy Bourque, Imperial Oil
Speaker: Ronald Peters, Ronald Peters & Associates, Marketing & Information Consultants

Social Science Division
International Relations Roundtable

The Carter Library and the Carter Center
This program will describe the history, development and functions of the Carter Center and the Jimmy Carter Library & Museum. In 1982, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter founded the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia. The Center, a non-profit, non-partisan public policy institute, was established in conjunction with the Jimmy Carter Library & Museum. The latter is a federal government facility operated by the National Archives and Records Administration. These separate but interrelated organizations provide a unique combination of services as an archival repository and as active players in current world affairs.
Moderator: Jerry Hogan, Central Washington University
Speaker: Jerry Hogan, Central Washington University

Social Science Division
Education Division
Information Technology Division
Military Librarians Division
Museums, Arts & Humanities Division
Transportation Division
Washington, DC Chapter
San Francisco Bay Region Chapter
New York Chapter
Baseball Caucus

Doris Kearns Goodwin Talks Baseball
Doris Kearns Goodwin will talk about her baseball experiences and her most recent book, "Wait 'Till Next Year, a Memoir." Ms. Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize winning author, has appeared on PBS in Ken Burns' baseball epic and on numerous public broadcasting programs. Sponsored by LEXIS-NEXIS
Moderator: Jeffrey Lambert, Ernst & Young, LLP
Speaker: Doris Kearns Goodwin

Solo Librarians Division

How To Effectively Use Library Committees
Library committees can be important tools if properly used, yet few libraries have them. Listen as these speakers discuss why library committees are important, how to correctly organize them, and the do's and don'ts of using them effectively. All the speakers have had successful experiences with library committees in their own libraries.
Moderator: Gerry Hurley, SilverPlatter Information, Inc.
Speakers: Marcelle Saint-Arnaud, Comm. For Labor Cooperation; Frances Drone-Silvers; and Sally Henderson, Mathematical Policy Res. Inc.

Transportation Division

ISTEA Reauthorization
If legislative plans are successful, Congress will have recently passed new surface transportation legislation. Learn about key provisions of the new law and how they will affect your organization. Hear about new information initiatives within the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Moderator: Jeanne F. Thomas, Michigan Department of Transportation
Speakers: Joseph S. Toole, Federal Highway Administration and Robert C. Zarnetske III, Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Government Relations Committee

The Future of Digital Information
With all the recent changes in global copyright policy, what's to come of digital information? This session takes a look at the trends in protecting intellectual property in cyberspace.
Speakers: John Crosby, Special Libraries Association; Joan Gervino, American Bankers Association; and Larry Guthrie, Covington and Burling

3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.

Advertising and Marketing Division

Advertising & Marketing Librarians Roundtable
Our roundtable discussion continues to provide a forum for division members to compare notes on how they practice. If you're already an information professional in the driver's seat, come prepared to tell us how you got there. If you're still a student driver, learn how the pros do it. And plan on continuing your discussions with your colleagues at the division's cocktail reception, which immediately follows this session.
Moderator: Roberta Piccoli, J. Walter Thompson

Biomedical & Life Sciences Division
Food, Agriculture and Nutrition Division
Natural History Caucus

New Crop Development and Usage: From Plant Conservation and Seed Bank to Production
Of approximately fifteen thousand plants recorded as being of use by humankind, it is surprising to realize that most of the world is fed by less than two dozen. A number of researchers have been working to broaden our support base of useful plants not only in the area of food production but in the areas of fiber, medicinal and industrial uses as well. This session features Dr. James E. Simon, Professor of Horticulture at Purdue University and Research Coordinator for the Indiana Center for New Crops and Plant Products. Dr. Simon will provide an overview of new crop development and discuss the allied topics of crop/species diversity conservation and plant germ plasm repository systems. He will touch on examples of new crop development efforts both nationally and those with which he is associated. Important information resources used in this type of work will be highlighted.
Moderator: Ingrid Radkey, University of California-Berkeley Speaker: James Simon, Indiana Center for New Crops, Purdue University

3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.

Business and Finance Division
College & University Librarians Roundtable

Solving the Problems of Access to Electronic Information
When choosing whether or not to provide access to an electronic resource, college and university business libraries must first navigate a host of entangled problems involving not only cost and content. The days of simply deciding whether a book's content makes it worth the purchase costs are long gone. Today the considerations include technological ones, whether to provide single workstation access or run the database on the library's LAN or use the vendor's Internet site or to use tape load to the campus-wide system. Will the electronic data be administered by the business school, the business library, the campus library system, or the central computing group (among others). Today's electronically demanding business students and faculty also require that librarians premeditatedly address issues such as off-site access and user instruction (on and off-site). Harvard University's Baker Library is currently undergoing restructuring/renovation which is taking into account all of these aspects.
The George Mason University Library recently completed a new facility in which these issues were considered. A question and answer period will follow these two presentations.
Sponsored by Gale Research
Moderator: Hal Kirkwood, Purdue University
Speakers: Thomas J. Michalak, Harvard University and Ruth Kifer, George Mason University.

Business and Finance Division

Dynamic Content Distribution Through Library Intranets
Librarians are increasingly becoming the authors and administrators of their firm's Intranet pages by choosing content delivered and the technology which delivers it. Listen to these case studies which speak to how these corporate librarians assumed this role and their plans to anticipate user demand.
Moderator: Pam Brodt, PointCast
Speakers: Rick Riccomini, Lehman Brothers; and Tim Andrews, Dow Jones Interactive Publishing.

Business and Finance Division

New Management Models
Information managers are adapting to technical, global and organizational change with new management methods and organizational configurations.
Sponsored by Moody's Docutronics Information Services
Moderator: Mary Park, Information Consultancy
Speakers: Noreen Steele, United Technologies; Nicole Wallace, Nortel; and Daan Boom, KPMG Netherlands

Business and Finance Division
Corporate Business Libraries Roundtable

What Your Management Needs to Know
Based on the work of this team of seven authors/editors of Special Libraries: A Guide for Management, 4th ed., the team will highlight "What Your Management Needs to Know" about your role in your organization. An overview of their perspective on the vision and positioning of the information function, practical pointers on staffing, space planning, budgeting and service, as well as alternative roles for information professionals.
Moderator: Jan Chindlund, McDonald's Corporation
Speakers: Mary Beall, University of Illinois at Chicago; Rebecca Corliss, Freeborn & Peters; Christina Krawczyk, Kemper Insurance Companies; Cathy Porter, The Northern Trust Company; Sara Tompson, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; Lorri Zipperer, National Patient Safety Foundation

New Program
Business and Finance Division

Past Chairs Tea
All past chairs of the Business and Finance Division are invited to enjoy tea, pastries, and wonderful comraderie.

Chemistry Division
Engineering Division

Joint Chemistry and Engineering Corporate Roundtable
Join us for the first annual (hopefully) joint corporate roundtable of the Chemistry and Engineering Divisions. For years the Academic librarians have had their own forum. Now it's time for the corporate librarians to get together to air their problems and share their ideas. Help us to make this a successful event. If you've got topics to suggest, please e-mail them to Mary Fanslow at: mfanslow@eastman.com.
Sponsored by Engineering Index, Inc.
Moderator: Betty Lou Hicks, Hanson Engineers and Mary Fanslow, Eastman Chemical Company

Education Division
Library Management Division
Metals/Materials Division
Museums, Arts & Humanities Division
Physics-Astronomy-Mathematics Division
Science-Technology Division
Social Science Division

Fat Free Meetings
Learn how to streamline your meetings and get things done! Burt Albert, the dynamic and witty author of "Fat Free Meetings: How to Make Them Focused and Fun!" (Peterson's), will highlight techniques he has developed in his work with both profit and nonprofit organizations, including GE, GTE, Merck & Co., and the State of California. Albert, whose book has been lauded for its impact on productivity, will take audience members through an "ideal-get-together", covering such topics as the following: 1) how to approach meetings as exercises in document-making, 2) how to write a process-oriented meeting announcement with agenda, 3) how to use jump-start drafts and illustrations as time savers, 4) how to control the meeting process and potential troublemakersincluding "the notorious JIC-P's" and 5) how to use simple materials andn tactics to ensure full participation. Attendees at this session will also have a chance to practice some key skills with the nationally known meeting master who has held editorial positions with Reader's Digest, co-authored a communications program with a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, and is cited in The International Authors and Writers Who's Who.
Moderator: Liz Bryson, Canada-France-Hawaii Tel. Corp.
Speaker: Burt Albert, Albert Communications, Inc.

Engineering Division
Library Management Division
Social Science Division

Re-Design in Turbulent Times: Library Management During and After Organizational Change
Managers of special libraries must reevaluate library services and staffing expectations as parent organizations downsize and re-tool to remain effective competitors in today's global environment. What strategies and skills does the library manager need to accomplish these changes? Which services must be questioned or eliminated in order to keep the library operation afloat? How can staff and services be realigned to accomplish changes positively? What internal training issues must be addressed? These topics and others relating to change management in special libraries will be addressed by a panel of librarians who have emerged from the turbulent times with newly structured library missions, staffing and services.
Moderator: Aimee Ruzicka, Chubb & Son, Inc.
Speakers: Patricia S. Foy, Coopers & Lybrand LLP and Nancy Carlson, Westinghouse Electric Corp.

Environment & Resource Management Division

State Environmental Librarians Roundtable
Librarians from state agencies meet annually at this roundtable to discuss state and Federal environmental regulations, laws, rules, issues, and information sources. All librians who use state or Federal information are encouraged to attend. Sponsored by Garcia Consulting
Moderators: Nancy Reed Simpson, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and Elizabeth C. Santa, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality

Information Technology Division
Technical Services Section

Technical Support for Virtual Patrons
Library users won't always walk into your library anymore. As more and more users are able to access services remotely-through the Web, dial-up procedures, or special software provided by your institution, a whole new set of challenges arises for library staff. Effective support for these brave new users requires careful thought and planning. This session will discuss issues such as training (both staff and users), staffing and scheduling, tools (both software and hardware), policies for support, and keeping track of support provided. Examples from the set-up and operation of the SOLINET Help Desk will be included.
Moderator: Debbie Hatfield, Lexmark International Inc.
Speaker: Robert Hulshof, Solinet

3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.

New Date & Time
Legal Division

Collaborations, Confrontations and Conspiracies: Librarians and Vendors in the Last Chance Saloon
The traditional delivery systems for information are breaking down and reforming, including the vendor side. As the world of information is remade, will librarians work with or against vendors to assemble the pieces. Is there a role for everyone? Will corporate politics overtake information policy as what matters most to all of us?
Moderator: Gayle O'Connor, Automatedlegal Solutions
Speaker: Robert C. Berring, Univ. of Cal., School of Law Library

Military Librarians Division

Using the Freedom of Information Act
Learn how to use the Freedom of Information Act as a tool that lets you tap into the government's files. Learn the process of who to contact, what to request, and how to do it through a case study which follows research into Japanese balloon attacks on the United States and Canada during the World War II.
Moderators: Jacqueline Bey, Army War College and Michael Unsworth, Michigan State University Libraries

News Division

Intranet Ornamentation: Getting the Attention You Deserve
Explore cool technologies and hot ways to customize and decorate your corporate Intranet pages. Add fucntionality and fun with Java applets and Javascript. Develop animated textures, buttons and just plain animations with QuickTime and other authoring tools. Create and navigate virtual 3-D models of your library with QuickTime Virtual Reality (QTVR) and virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML). This session assumes a basic knowledge of the Web and HTML. The material will be a potpourri of the technical "how to", the political "what for" and actual working examples of Web add-ons.
Moderator: Julie Kirsh, Toronto Sun

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Pharmaceutical & Health Technology Division

Biopharmaceutical Roundtable: Creativity, Customers and Information
Come hear about the opportunities and dilemmas that drive the definitions of roles and services in Information Centers at three biotechnology companies. The biotech industry is constantly changing. Our fiscal resources and human resources are changing. And, the information tools available are in flux. Our panel of information professionals, all experienced in managing change within their organizations, will share their visions for their information centers and our profession.
Sponsored by: Adis International
Moderator: Elizabeth Perry, Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Speakers: Kathy McCabe, Chiron Diagnostics; George McGregor, Chiron Corporation; and TBA

Solo Librarians Division

Success Stories of Solos, Part II
This session was so popular last year, that it is being held again. The session will focus on positive consequences resulting from the solo librarian's planning and implementation of new services, systems, etc. There will also be discussion of dynamic achievements that influenced the parent organization in a significant manner. Through these success stories, special librarians will be able to confirm what many already knowsolo librarians are playing a valued role in the corporate environment.
Moderator: Leslie Wood, Hagler Bailly Consulting Inc
Speakers: Carol Doms, NKH&W Marketing Consultants, Inc.; Jane Ellen Innes, Michigan Peer Review Organization; and Jeanne Miller, University of Michigan.

SLA Executive Office

IFLA Update

Affirmative Action Committee

Proversity: A Focus on Similarities for Success
The Diversity program for this year will feature renowned speaker Lawrence Otis Graham. Mr. Graham is the author of the book entitled "Proversity". He has also authored Member of the Club and other literary works. He has appeared on the "Today Show", "CAN's Inside Business", "Oprah" and "Good Morning America". He will present a program about the elements of his book and how they contribute to better relations among people from diverse backgrounds. Mr. Graham is quoted as saying in answer to the question, "how did you come with the word 'Proversity'", "Diversity looks at those characteristics that make us different (gender, race, religion, etc.). Proversity looks at those characteristics that we all have in common." Sponsored by TBA
Moderators: Rosalind Lett, Crawford Long Hospital and Andrea Greer, Danbury Independent School District
Speaker: Lawrence Otis Graham

3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.

1998 Indianapolis Conference Program Committee

SLA Professional Papers Session IV: Choosing the Right Pit Crew: Library Tools & Partners
Three presentations of 15 minutes with provisions for questions from the audience.

1. "An Historical Look at Circumstances Leading to the Development of the First Computer."
   Speaker: Sharon Lee Butcher, Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC)
2. "Lessons from a New Electronic Library."
   Speaker: Charles W. Brownson, Arizona State University East
3. "Independent Information Brokers: Choosing and Managing the Partner Best for You." Speaker: Linda Cooper, Teltech Resource Network
   Co-authors: Judy Blumenfeld and Howard Noreen, Teltech Resource Network

Moderator: Carmen Ward, Sandia National Laboratories

3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Geography and Map Division

Business Meeting

3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Engineering Division

Planning for the Virtual Library
This program will feature a panel of speakers addressing issues which were not really covered in Library School i.e., justifying journal expenses, planning space needs for virtual library users, etc.
Panelists: Peter Zeimet, Barr Engineering; Scott Emerich, Thomasnet; Karen Oye, Case Western Reserve University; and Janice L. Kragness, University of St. Thomas

4:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.

Insurance & Employee Benefits Division

1998/99 Board Meeting
All division members are welcome to attend.
Moderator: Miriam Redrick, American International Group.

4:30 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.

Communications Division

1998/99 Board Meeting

Women's Issues Caucus

Informal Meeting
Caucus will not hold a formal Business Meeting. A number of us are planning to hold an informal, brainstorming meeting at an area women's issues site (tbd). Dutch treat dinner to follow. Please email the convener for more information angie_anthony@smail.bradv.edu

4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Advertising and Marketing Division

Cocktail Reception

Food, Agriculture & Nutrition Division

Vendor Update
The newest products and services from the vendors of food, agriculture, and nutrition information.
Moderator: TBD
Speakers: TBD, International Food Information Service (IFIS); TBD, BIOSIS; TBD, Knight-Ridder Information, Inc.; TBD, Centre for Agriculture & Biosciences Int'l (CABI); TBD, Chemical Abstracts Service; and TBD, Leatherhead Food RA

Pharmaceutical & Health Technology Division

Vendor Update II: Online Healthcare Resources
An overview of new and updated databases, features, system enhancements, and Internet sources of interest to healthcare information professionals, with emphasis on applications in the pharmaceutical, medical device, diagnostics, and biotechnology industries.
Sponsored by LEXIS-NEXIS
Moderator: Helen S. Hohman, McNeil Consumer Products Co.
Speakers: Robyn Tolle, LEXIS-NEXIS and Bonnie Snow, Citizen 1 Software, Inc.

Affirmative Action Committee

Proversity: A Focus on Similarities for Success
This is a meet the author reception scheduled immediately following the Diversity Program. This reception will give the participants the opportunity to meet the author and get books autographed as well. Sponsored by TBA
Speaker: Lawrence Otis Graham European Chapter European Chapter Session
Moderator: Sylvia James, Sylvia James Consulting

Program Change
Technical Standards Committee

Standards and the Special Library
The standards affecting the lives of SLAers are many. This session will update you on the DOI - Digital Object Identifier and some issues surrounding it, such as metadata, the standards process, the future of publishing as we know it. These will be tied in with the discussions of syntax and its impact on this standard in progress. Some DOI questions are: Should DOI be used for ordering or tracking or searching or...? Will Big Brother know my research if I have a DOI or some other watermark attached?
Albert Simmonds of R.R.Bowker and Helen Atkins, Information Science Institute, will address DOI issues as they pertain to their professional and individual points of view: Mr. Simmonds as a Primary Publisher and Ms. Atkins as a Secondary Publisher. Marjorie M.K.Hlava will adopt the role of the User/Librarian Researcher.
Moderator: Marjorie M. K. Hlava, Chair, Technical Standards Committee Speakers: Albert Simmonds, R.R. Bowker; Helen Atkins, Institute for Scientific Information

5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Insurance & Employee Benefits Division

Open House
Meet in suite and make dinner arrangements.

5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

SLA Chapter Cabinet

Meeting
This is one of two bylaws required meetings for chapter presidents and presidents-elect. Elects-elect are also welcome.

SLA Division Cabinet

Meeting
This is one of two bylaws required meetings for division chairs and chairs-elect. Elects-elect are also welcome.

6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Solo Librarians Division

Solo Dutch Treat Dinner
Solo's traditional Dutch treat dinner for networking, visiting with old friends, and making new ones.
Moderator: TBA

6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

News Division

Open House
Limited to News Division members only. Plenty of fun and frivolity. Check out all the auction stuff brought in by your peers. Place your silent bids and purchase other items.
Sponsored by DataTimes/UMI
Moderator: Cliff Pierce, DataTimes

7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

SLA Joint Cabinet

Meeting
A joint cabinet meeting may be necessary following the chapter and division cabinet meetings. All chapter presidents, division chairs, and their elects are invited to attend. Elects-elect are also invited.

9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Petroleum & Energy Resources Division

1998/99 Board Meeting
Meeting of the 1998/1999 Board and Committee Chairs. All division members are welcome. Sponsored by LEXIS-NEXIS and Oil & Gas Journal Energy Database.
Moderator: Elizabeth Black, Mobil Exploration and Producing, U.S., Inc.

9:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.

Advertising and Marketing Division
Education Division
Museums Arts & Humanities Division
Social Science Division

Open House
Sponsored by TBA

Insurance & Employee Benefits Division

Open House
IEB division members are invited to take advantage of this valuable opportunity for networking. Set aside time to join other IEB members in a relaxed, informal setting.
Sponsored by Inmagic, Inc.

9:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.

Business and Finance Division

Open House
Sponsored by The Dialog Corporation

Communications Divsion

Open House