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Price Called "Web Guru"
Congratulations to Gary Price who was recently featured in TOURBUS as a "web guru".The November 9 issue of TOURBUS is available in their archives at http://www.tourbus.com/archives.htm.The write-up quotes Price and points to his site at http://gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~gprice/direct.htm. Price is a member of the Washington, DC Chapter and the Business and Finance Division.
Thomas Whitemarsh Honored for Excellence in Research, Special Library Management
Thomas R. Whitemarsh, associate technology principal at the Oscar Mayer Foods Division of Kraft Foods, was honored as one of the industry's "unsung heroes" with a special Meat Industry Research Conference (MIRC) Award for Service to Industry. The award was made during a luncheon at the MIRC, held at the Drake Hotel October 26-27, 1999. The MIRC is the premier annual gathering of meat and poultry industry scientists and is co-sponsored by the American Meat Institute Foundation and the American Meat Science Association. Whitemarsh has managed the Technology Information Group Center at Oscar Mayer since December 1972. He is an active member of the Wisconsin Chapter, as well as the Advertising & Marketing, Business & Finance, and Food Agriculture & Nutrition Divisions.
SLA News
**M-this needs to stand out..Maybe it should be separte from SLA News? I don't know...**
Peer Reviewed Journal in Education Libraries
The discontinuation of Special Libraries eliminated one peer-reviewed journal from the scene. However, members of the Special Libraries Association continue to have an opportunity to submit articles to an SLA peer-reviewed journal.The Education Division has published Education Libraries since the late 1970s, and this journal has been refereed since 1993.
Education Libraries' mission is to provide "a forum for new and challenging ideas in the education field, as well as in the field of library and information science education. It also deals with the new technologies as they affect the library profession and their changing role in the library and information curriculum.These are presented in scholarly fashion…" (Education Division, Manual of Procedures, 1997).
The refereeing process is rigorous, and ensures high standards. Referees do not know the identity of the authors whose articles they receive. In addition, the editor submits constructive critiques to the author.This feedback results in better and stronger articles.
While the articles are education-related, the topics covered are as diverse as our profession. Each issue has a theme, and our most recent ones were on outreach services, specialized collections, research in education and electronic publishing. Future issues will be devoted to learning in retirement, and distance education. Education Libraries is indexed in H.W. Wilson's Library Literature, and ERIC's Current Index to Journal in Education.
Subscriptions are available for $40 in the United States and Canada, and $60 abroad. Education Division members receive the journal as part of their membership. Past issues are available at $15 per issue.
For additional information, please contact Debbie Bogenschutz (Cincinnati Technical College Library, 3520 Central Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45223).
KM2000: Knowledge Management For The Information Professional
The Special Libraries Association will present its newest educational opportunity for information professionals "KM2000: Knowledge Management for the Information Professional," January 23-25, 2000, in St. Louis, MO, USA.
KM2000 will focus on developing knowledge management competencies and expanding leadership roles in the information arena from a practical perspective. KM2000 links competencies from the Competencies for Special Librarians of the Twenty-first Century to the leadership effort that all information professionals must practice.
The three-day event will offer stimulating keynote presentations, subject-focused seminars led by experts in the field, a technology fair featuring leading information technology vendors demonstrating their latest products and services, insightful workshops organized through SLA's popular Strategic Technology Alliance series and a networking setting conducive to stimulating conversation.
Industry News
NCLIS Launches Survey
The U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) is launching a survey of U.S. participation in international forums that address major policy concerns and issues of importance to the library and information (LIS) communities. A key objective of the survey is to create a database that can be used as a research and reference tool to help ascertain which individuals and institutions, if any, are already participating in international activities that are addressing such issues and concerns.
The Commission has become aware of many individuals who are actively participating in international library and information science (LIS) policy issue discussions and debates, and who have established and maintained contact with various kinds of international organizations to facilitate participating in and tracking those debates. A few of the many topics of keen interest to our field are information and telecommunication standards, intellectual property rights, privacy and confidentiality, security and encryption, evolution of the Internet and the global information superhighway, and differences in national information policies.
The end-result sought from the survey is to sharpen, strengthen, extend and make more cost-effective both the collective and individual future U.S. participation in these forums and activities. After the data have been compiled, the library and information communities will be able to access the inventory electronically.
Southeastern New York Library Resources Council Selects VDX
The Southeastern New York Library Resources Council (SENYLRC), one of the state's nine Reference and Research Library Resources Councils, has selected Virtual Document Exchange (VDX) from Fretwell-Downing Informatics to manage the region's interlibrary loan and document delivery services. SENYLRC received several grants from the New York State Library and the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services, including federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) and stater egional automation funds. The initial project objective was to create and implement a Virtual Union Catalog. Using this tool, the second objective was to identify and implement an ISO ILL compliant, cross-system electronic interlibrary loan platform for transmitting and receiving ILL/DD requests. Using VDX, libraries in the SENYLRC region will be able to offer a Z39.50 search gateway to identify consortium holdings, determine the availability of specific items, and place a request for delivery. VDX will also manage the ILL/DD request administration and messaging between the members of the group.
1999 Excellence in Writing Award
Bell & Howell Company's Information and Learning business unit announced the winner of its annual Excellence In Writing award. The award, founded in 1982, recognizes writers whose works advance the use and understanding of information technology. The winning author is Steve Coffman for his article "Building Earth's Largest Library," appearing in the March 1999 issue of Searcher magazine. Coffman's article examines the possibility of creating a common information resource by combining library resources, in the same way amazon.com has expanded beyond the traditional bookstore boundaries to create a "super-bookstore." The article challenges librarians and information industry vendors alike to begin developing the "earth's largest library." The award was presented during the opening session of the Online Information conference in London on December 7, 1999.
GSLIS Building on Its Success
The Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS), in Champaign, Illinois, celebrated the ground breaking for the construction project that will double its size. GSLIS has grown rapidly due to the enormous changes in libraries and information service. With the help of LEEP3, GSLIS's distance education program, the student population has doubled, the school budget has tripled to $5.6 million, and grant funding to faculty and students has grown ten times to $2.5 million.
The Illinois Library Computer Systems Organization has donated $2 million toward the building fund and will move its headquarters and training facilities to the building.
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