Information Outlook, Vol. 6, No. 12, December 2002
Libraries Translate Digital Information into Knowledge You Can Use
The federal government gave $7,179,673 in to 27 leading university libraries and research institutions across the country for research, model demonstrations, and preservation and digitization of their resources. The libraries will match the amount with an additional $7,131,502. The Institute of Museum and Library Services, the federal agency that supports the nation's libraries and museums, awarded the grants. The awards are made through the Institute's prestigious National Leadership Grants for Libraries under two categories of funding: Research and Demonstration and Preservation or Digitization.
On making the awards, Robert S. Martin, director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, remarked, "The technology revolution continually presents new challenges. Beyond mere connectivity, one must constantly address the quality, organization, and preservation of the vast stores of information on the World Wide Web, especially the deep Web. The grants we make today to university libraries and research institutions across the nation demonstrate commitment to ensure that digital information translates into knowledge, relevant and useful for all Americans of all ages and backgrounds."
Research and Demonstration grants are to conduct research and/or demonstrations to enhance library services through the effective use of new technologies; enhance the ability of library users to make better use of information resources; or assist in the evaluation of library services, including the economic implications of services and other contributions to the community.
Preservation or Digitization grants are to preserve and enhance access to unique library resources useful to the broader community; address the challenges of preserving and archiving digital media; or lead to the development of standards, techniques, or models related to the digitization and management of digital resources.
PAM Pitches in at Prague Library
The Physics Astronomy and Mathematics (PAM) Division of SLA has announced that it will contribute $2,000 to the Mathematics Library at Charles University in Prague, which lost a large portion of its collection to flooding.
PAM would like to help the library replenish its collection by collecting and transporting needed books and journals. The division is looking to its own mathematics libraries to donate these collections.
If you are interested in contributing to this effort, go to www.mff.cuni.cz/toISO-8859-2.en/fakulta/lib/voda/jak.htm.
ITE Announces Award Winners
The Information Technology (ITE) Division presented its Outstanding Member award to Lillian Mesner and Charlene Baldwin at the SLA Annual Conference in June 2002.
Mesner earned her MLS from the University of Maryland and has been active in the division for many years, as chair, treasurer, strategic planning chair, and archivist. She has also held many roles in the Kentucky chapter and in the Food, Agriculture and Nutrition Division.
Baldwin holds an MLS from the University of Chicago. She has worked at the University of Arizona and the University of California, Riverside, and is now the dean at the Thurmond Clarke Memorial Library at Chapman University in Orange, California. She has been active in the division for many years, serving as program planner and chair of the Government Information Section. In June 2002 she was appointed a Fellow of the Special Libraries Association.
This year, ITE began a new tradition of recognizing outstanding technology-oriented programming designed and provided by the association's chapters. The first winner of the Annual Outstanding Technology Programming Award was the Oregon chapter. It received the award for its virtual conference, in which it used online chat technology to bring together a geographically dispersed and diverse population to learn and discuss issues important to information professionals. Session transcripts and were posted to the Web (www.sla.org/division/dite/index.html).
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