SLA's Engineering Division Announces INSPEC's Travel Stipend to Attend Annual Conference
INSPEC is sponsoring a $500.00 travel stipend award for library school students interested in attending the annual Special Libraries Association annual conference, June 9-14, 2001, in San Antonio, TX. The INSPEC Award will be given to the best essay submitted describing how the changing nature of information affects the services special librarians offer their clientele. Interested students must submit an essay of three or less double spaced typed pages. The qualifications for entering the award competition include having a SLA student membership and applicants must be attending his or her first SLA Conference. All applicants must provide full name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and a one page double spaced statement of specific qualifications given above. Please type your full name (without any additional personal information) at the top of each essay page. Also include the name of your library school. Deadline for Submission is March 31, 2001. The recipient of the INSPEC Award will be notified by the first week of May, 2001. Submit all entries for the award to: Bette Finn(Chair, SLA Eng. Div. Scholarship Committee) Georgia Tech Library and Information Center Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0900 Voice mail: 1-404-894-1790 Fax:1-404-894-8190 E-mail: bette.finn@library.gatech.edu .
Member News
Berger Receives Influential Women in Business Award
Carol A. Berger, president of C. Berger Group, Inc. (CBG) has been selected to receive The Business Ledger's "Influential Women in Business" Award which identifies women who have succeeded in their careers, who exert influence in the community and recognizes the challenges women face in the business world. Berger will be acknowledged as a woman who not only created a specialized business with C. Berger Group, Inc., but has also helped literally thousands of information workers find exciting and rewarding employment. CBG is unique in being the first firm in the Midwest to serve the library and information management professions by providing library outsourcing teams, professional and clerical temporaries, contract and project personnel, executive search/recruiting, and consulting and project management services to clients nationwide. Berger's commitment to excellence extends beyond CBG, to fostering growth of the information professional itself. She actively participates in many professional organizations and has served as an officer in the Special Libraries Association's Library Management Division and Illinois Chapter.
Judy Field Wins Purdy Award
G. Flint Purdy served as Director of the Wayne State University Libraries from 1936-1969. The award established in his memory in 1974, celebrates his years of dedicated service and recognizes the outstanding contributions of others to the University Library System. A nominating committee annually solicts the names of exceptionally qualified individuals. The award is made only if a qualified candidate is identified. There have been seventeen people awarded this honor. Recipients have included a member of Wayne State Board of Governors, The President of the University, the Dean of Libraries and the Associate Dean. One other faculty has received this award. The winner of the Purdy Award for 2000 is Judy Field from the Library and Information Science Program. The Purdy Award Committee cited her outstanding contributions to Wayne State University and to the profession with special emphasis upon her service as President of the Special Libraries Association. Field has been an excellent ambassador to increase the recognition of Wayne State University in the state, across the nation, and around the world. Field is a past-president of SLA. She is also a member of the Michigan Chapter as well as the Business & Finance, Information Technology, and Library Management Divisions.
Kitchell Publishes Book
Catherine A. Kitchell, senior reference librarian at the Bureau of National Affairs, with the rest of the BNA Library staff, has just published the 2001 edition of BNA's Directory of State and Federal Courts, Judges, and Clerks. The 643-page directory includes listings for 2,139 state courts, 220 federal courts, 14,087 judges and 5,120 clerks in the federal court system, the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories. This major reference work also includes street addresses, phone/fax numbers, Internet sites as well as court jurisdiction maps, a list of nominations for federal judgeships and state court structure charts. Other members of the BNA Library staff who contributed to the book include Laura Gordon-Murnane, Susan Jones, Rhonda Oziel, Le Pham and Karen Silber. Kitchell is a News Division Member and Treasurer of the Washington, DC Chapter.
SLA News
The SLA Endowment Fund Grants Committee Has Announced Two Grant Recipients
The purpose of Endowment Fund Grants is to support programs developed by SLA Chapters, Divisions, or Committees that will further the scientific, literary, and educational purpose for which the Special Libraries Association is organized and operated. Funds may be given for publications, research projects, study grants, continuing education programs, public awareness activities, special studies and reports, or information dissemination efforts.
The Hudson Valley Chapter's project will create a template for evaluating and invigorating small and medium sized chapters within SLA. Activities will include a membership survey to establish a baseline portrait of the chapter members; analysis of the survey and focus groups input; development of a strategic plan for the Chapter; and reports to their members and SLA leadership. This is a fact-finding, solution-oriented project to ascertain the viability of small chapters, the "virtual role" and direction the Chapter should take to best meet the needs of its members, and provide a better understanding of the dynamics of a small chapter. The Chapter was awarded $7,000.
The Geography and Map Division's project will establish an Association-wide resource for Geographic Information Systems (GIS) awareness. SLA membership will benefit as a whole by increasing the understanding of the various applications of this new information technology as more libraries and information centers incorporate GIS into their patron service operations. As more information users become aware of the potential of GIS, information professionals will be called upon to assess, acquire, and access geospatial information. SLA annual conferences will be the venue for this project. The division was awarded $5,700.
The Much-Anticipated 2000 Edition of the SLA Annual Salary Survey is here!
Regular customers tell us they use the information in this yearly publication to help calculate annual budget allowances—and to arm themselves when asking for a salary increase. As always, the figures in this edition are completely updated and are broken down by job title, area of responsibility, years of experience and education, geographical region, and more.
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New Student Group
SLA welcomes Florida State University as a new student Group. The Faculty Advisor, Dr. Elizabeth Logan from the School of Library and Information Studies at Florida State University and the Student Group President Selinda Stout have developed a plan to familiarize, promote and provide information about the benefits of SLA membership. Their message is to inform and encourage students to see the long term benefits of membership and the advantages of participating in chapter meetings and at Annual Conference.
International Special Librarians Day Coming Soon!
April 5, 2001, Theme: A World of Information Within Your Reach
International Special Librarians Day (ISLD), held the Thursday of National Library Week, provides an opportunity for information professionals to promote their libraries' services and accomplishments within their organizations. ISLD was created in 1991 by the Special Libraries Association. The first celebration was so successful that the Board of Directors approved making it an annual event. The year 2001 marks the tenth anniversary of ISLD. Celebrate your day! Help change people's attitudes, perceptions, and understanding about what you do and the value you add. Large or small, your observance of ISLD 2001 will make a difference. International Special Librarians Day is sponsored by Factiva and the Freedom Forum
Global 2000 International Contributed Papers
Special librarians and information professionals from around the world attended the Global 2000 Worldwide Conference on Special Librarianship in Brighton, England. In this conference publication, we have collected a number of presentations which pertain to a wide variety of issues facing information professionals today. While there may be vast differences in implementation from one corner of the world to another, these papers clearly illustrate the global nature of the challenges and responsibilities of information professionals. We accept orders by phone, fax, and mail. To order, call 1-202-234-4700, ext. 673, or send your completed order form (which can be found on our web site, www.slapublishing.org) Fax to: 1-202-234-2442.
In Memoriam
Sangster Parrott
Sangster Parrott died on Sunday, November 5, at her home in Greensboro at the age of 77. Among her many professional activities, Sangster was a long-time active member of SLA belonging to the North Carolina Chapter and Social Science Division.. Miss Parrott graduated from North Texas State College and received her master of science in library science from UNC-Chapel Hill. She studied administration at N.C. State University, Raleigh, and law librarianship at UNC-Chapel Hill. She served on an ad hoc committee to study distribution of state documents. Miss Parrott was a member of Sigma Tau Delta, national honorary society for English majors and Beta Phi Mu, international honor society for library science. She was president of the Epsilon Chapter of Beta Phi Mu at UNC-Chapel Hill, a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, honorary society for women educators, a member of American Library Association and of its descriptive cataloguing committee and its public documents subcommittee. In the N.C. Library Association, she was chair of the resources and technical services division. She was a member of Southeastern Library Association and Special Libraries Association. She published a number of professional articles. Miss Parrott was a consultant for the N.C. Sites Commission and for numerous public libraries in North Carolina. In her career, she conducted many workshops for public libraries. From being a student library assistant in high school, she focused her career on library services in Texas and North Carolina. She retired as associate professor of library education at UNCG. Since retirement, she was an active volunteer with Shepherds Center of Greensboro and a driver for Senior Wheels.
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