1998/99 Candidates for SLA Office

• Susan S. Dimattia
• Barbara M. Spiegelman

• Roberta Brody
• Sandy Spurlock

• Joan Gervino
• D. Gail Stahl

• Bob Bellanti
• Andrew Berner
• Sandy Moltz
• Wilda B. Newman

Susan S. DiMattia

Past Employment: business information consultant (self-employed) (1981-96); business reference specialist, Suffolk Cooperative Library System, Bellport, NY (1974); business reference librarian, Huntington Public Library, Huntington, NY (1971-73); head librarian, Bank of New England, Boston, MA (1965-71).

Education: B.A., (E nglish, economics) Wilson College (1964); M.L.S., (special library administration) Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science (1965); M.B.A., (marketing) University of Connecticut Graduate School of Business Administration (1981).

SLA Member Since: 1965

SLA Chapter Activities: New York Chapter: professional development chair (1996-97). Fairfield County Chapter: president (1986-87); bulletin editor; government relations chair; public relations chair; charter member. Long Island Chapter: bulletin editor (1971-76); charter member. Boston Chapter: treasurer; 1972 conference planning committee; marketing and public relations chair.

SLA Division Activities: Business and Finance Division: chair (1990-91); chaired Long Range Planning, Nominating, and Conference Planning committees. Library Management Division: bulletin editor. Solo Librarians Division: member.

SLA Association-level Activities: mentor, Diversity Leadership Development Program; Board of Directors (1994-96); chapter cabinet chair-elect and chair (1994-96); Professional Development Committee (1992-94); Taught Professional Development course, "Adding Value to Corporate Information Services".

Other Professional Activities: American Library Association: Advocacy Speakers Network (1995-ongoing); chair, Awards Committee (1995-97), member (1992-98); Public Information Office Advisory Committee (1992-94); president, Reference and User Services Association (1991-92); chair, Committee on Fee-based Reference Services; member of Financial Planning Committee and Public Relations Committee; Library Administration and Management Association; chair, National Library Week Committee (1985-86); Wilson Indexes Committee. American Society for Information Science.

Awards/Honors: Connecticut Library Association Honorary Member; Alumni Achievement Award, Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science (1989); Listed in Who's Who in the East, Who's Who in Finance and Industry, Who's Who in Media and Communications, and Consultants and Consulting Organizations.

Publications: Library Journal, annual business books roundup, March 15 issue, since 1977; also September 15, 1997 issue article on knowledge management, "Corporations and Library Fundraising," February 1, 1984; coverage of professional conferences, book reviews; guest editor, Special Libraries (Fall, 1990); Financial Analyst's Handbook, second edition, chapter on information resources (Dow Jones Irwin, 1989); editor, Simmons Librarian, newsletter of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science; articles and reviews in professional journals, such as SLA Chapter bulletins, Journal of Education for Librarianship, RQ.

Barbara M. Spiegelman

Past Employment: manager, Information Resources, Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1989-90); deputy proposal manager, NPR, Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1990); associate librarian through senior information specialist, Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1974-89); project manager, The Rogers Project, University of Pittsburgh School of Library and Information Science (1984-85); technical writer, Maynard Research Council (1968-70).

Education: M.L.S., University of Pittsburgh (1974); IMA-Certified Instructor, Accelerating Change (1990- ); over thirty continuing education courses on business, technical, information technology, and management topics; Women's Leadership Program, The Center for Creative Leadership (1996).

SLA Member Since: 1983

SLA Chapter Activities: Pittsburgh Chapter: 75th Anniversary Committee (1996-97); Mentoring program (1991-93); Board of Directors (1988-90); bulletin editor (1988-90); Nominating Committee (1987-88); marketing chair, SLA Winter Meeting (1987); Awards Committee (1985-86); guest speaker, Baltimore, Washington DC, Connecticut Valley, and Minneapolis Chapters (1995-97); Initiated numerous workplace internships and mentored student members to obtain their first professional positions.

SLA Division Activities: Library Management Division: chair, Nominations Committee (1995-96); Awards Committee (1994-95); division chair (1993-94); division chair-elect (1992-93); chair, Strategic Planning Committee (1991-93); marketing section chair (1991-92); marketing section chair-elect, including responsibility for Marketing Swap-and-Shop (1990-92). Petroleum and Energy Resources Division: Bylaws Committee (1997- ); Information Technology Division: Nominating Committee (1996-97). Nuclear Science Division: local arrangements chair, Annual Conference (1990).

SLA Association-level Activities: chair, Competencies Document Publication Committee and chapter author (1996-97); chair, SLA Logo Committee (1996-97); division cabinet chair (1995-96); division cabinet chair-elect (1994-95); secretary, Board of Directors (1994-96); Association Office Operations Committee (1995-96); Awards Committee (1995-96); Research Forum (1994); speaker, SLA Annual Conferences (1989-97); speaker, Great Lakes and Northeast Regional Conferences (1992-93); Instructor in Making Successful Change, SLA Professional Development program.

Other Professional Activities: member, Industrial Technical Information Managers Group (1989- ); member, Information Services Advisory Council (ISAC), The Conference Board (1996- ); Board of Visitors, University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences (1996- ); Board of Directors, The Electronic Information Network (EIN), linking 40+ public libraries in Allegheny County and providing Internet access (1994- ); adjunct faculty instructor, Management of Special Libraries and Information Centers, University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences (1994- ); consultant in library operations, reengineering, and change management to selected corporations (1995- ); president / president-elect / secretary, University of Pittsburgh SLIS Alumni Executive Board (1988-92); facilitator, Union of American Hebrew Congregations (1994-96); Dialog Quantum Advisory Board (1992-96); chair, Energy Systems and Westinghouse Corporate Blood Drives (1988-90); Corporate United Way Campaign (1987-88); instructor in Making Successful Change and Upper Management and the Internet at Computers in Libraries and Internet Librarian (1996-97).

Awards/Honors: Distinguished Alumna Award, University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences (1997); Westinghouse Information Systems Advisory Council (ISAC) Technology Transfer Award (1993); Management Leadership Award, SLA Library Management Division (1990); Recognized by Council of Community Blood Centers (CCBC) for design of computer-based donor scheduling system and production of blood drive marketing video (1990); Leadership Pittsburgh (1989-90); ESBU Resources Quality Achievement Award (1989); Westinghouse Community Service Award (1988).

Publications: editor, Competencies for Special Librarians in the 21st Century and chapter author, "Using Competencies as a Performance Appraisal and Compensation Tool" (1997); "Writing Position Descriptions for Fair Compensation", featured chapter in Position Descriptions for Special Libraries (1996); "The More Things Change...Managing the Human Element of Change", OPENDialog (1996); "Total Quality Management: How to Improve Your Library Without Losing Your Mind", chapter in Information for Management (1994). Thirteen articles in Marketing Library Services, SpeciaList, Library Management Quarterly, Library Journal, School Library Journal, and American Bookseller. Eleven presentations at eight SLA Annual Conferences. Nine presentations at Computers in Libraries,Internet Librarian, Dialog Update, Online, SLA Great Lakes Regional, Northeast Regional, and 75th Anniversary Conferences, ASIDIC, Pennsylvania Commonwealth Libraries 9th Annual Technology Conference, and assorted programs for the Pittsburgh chapter. Interviewed in Computer World, Information Today, InfoManage, and Library Journal.

Dr. Roberta Brody

Past Employment: consultant, Brody Information Services (1983-95); librarian, Sentinel Pension Institute (1981-83).

SLA Member Since: 1981

Education: B.A., Hofstra University; M.S., Hofstra University (1978); M.L.S., Palmer Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Long Island University (1981); Ph.D., School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, Rutgers University (1996).

SLA Chapter Activities: Long Island Chapter: president (1996-97); public relations chair (1994-96); strategic planning chair (1992-93); president (1991-92); president-elect (1990-91). 1993 Northeast Regional Conference: conference chair (1992-93); programming chair (1991-92). New York Chapter: library school liaison (1996-97); chair, Insurance and Employee Benefits Group (1991-92); Queens College Student Chapter; faculty advisor (1997- ).

SLA Division Activities: Insurance and Employee Benefits Division: Insurance Periodicals Index Editorial Board (1996-97); chair, Bylaws Committee (1995-96); chair (1994-95); chair-elect (1993-94); bulletin editor (1993-94); secretary (1992-93); Library Management Division: chair, Consultants Section (1990-92).

SLA Association-level Activities: instructor, Continuing Education Course "Support and Training End-User Searching: Designing and Developing an Instructional Program" (1995); Consultation Service Committee (1991-93); instructor, Continuing Education Course "Competitor Intelligence and the Corporate Librarian" (1988-89).

Other Professional Activities: Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals: president (1989-90), president-elect (1988-89), board of directors (1986-91); speaker at several SLA Annual Conferences and various SLA chapter meetings and at conferences and meetings of the following organizations: American Society of Information Science, Association of Independent Information Professionals, Industrial Technical Information Managers Group, National Federation of Abstracting and Indexing Services, National Online Conference, Nassau County Library Association, Practicing Law Institute, Society of Cosmetic Chemists, Society of Insurance Research, World Trade Institute.

Awards/Honors: National Science Foundation, National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis Fellowship (1996); "Fellow" of the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (1992); Beta Phi Mu (1981).

Publications: "The Problem Of Unintended Access And Unintended Use In The Construction And Utilization Of GIS In The Public Arena" (1997); A Sociotechnical Construction of Process and Product in a Local Government Multi-Participant Geographic Information System. Doctoral Dissertation. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (1996); "Habits of mind: An Intelligence Gathering Framework" Journal of AGSI (1995); "Information Ethics for the Independent Information Professional" Information Broker (1993); "End Users in 1993: After a Decade" Online (1993).

Sandra Spurlock

Past Employment: librarian, Honeywell Defense Avionics Systems Division, Albuquerque, NM (1987-93); Science and Engineering Library planning coordinator, University of New Mexico General Library, Albuquerque, NM (1984-87); assistant director for Academic, Clinical & Information Services, University of New Mexico Medical Center Library, Albuquerque, NM (1981-84); director of Library Services, Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY (1979-81); life sciences librarian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (1973-76); research assistant, Center for Blood Research, Boston, MA (1973-76).

Education: B.S., (biology) Marietta College, Marietta, OH (1969); M.S.L.S., (library science) Simmons College, Boston, MA (1976); M.I.S., (computer & information resource management) Webster University, Albuquerque, NM (1993).

SLA Member Since: 1986

SLA Chapter Activities: Rio Grande Chapter: Employment Committee (member, 1992-present; chair, 1996-present); member, Strategic Planning Committee (member, 1988-92 and present; chair, 1988-92); member, Bylaws Committee (1996); member, Local Arrangement Committee for First Southwestern Regional Conference (1996); treasurer (1992-94); president (1987); president-elect and program chair (1986).

SLA Division Activities: Environment & Resource Management Division: chair, Nominating Committee (1997). Aerospace Division: treasurer (1990-92); secretary (1990).

SLA Association-level Activities: Networking Committee (member, 1995-present; chair, 1997); Nominating Committee (member, 1991-92; chair, 1991); Scholarship Committee (member, 1987-90; chair, 1990).

Other Professional Activities: American Institute of Imaging Managers (1993-present); New Mexico Health Sciences Libraries Consortium (1993-present); New Mexico Library Association (1983-present; chair, Library Development Committee, 1987; Newsletter Advertising Committee Coordinator, 1987-89); American Libraries Association (1976-present; member, ACRL, LAMA, and Library Research Round Table); New Mexico Academic & Research Librarians (1987-present; treasurer, 1987-89); American Society for Information Science (1976-85, 1992-96); Friends of the Albuquerque Public Library (1983-87; Program Committee, 1984; Nominating Committee, 1986; secretary, 1987); Greater Albuquerque Library Association (1984-87; treasurer, 1984; program chair, 1985; president, 1986); Medical Library Association (1976-85; Reference Services Section; Hospital Libraries Section; Publications Committee, 1981-85); North Atlantic Health Sciences Libraries (1976-79); New York & New Jersey Regional Group, Medical Library Association (1979-81; Executive Board, 1981; Committee on Small Health Sciences Libraries); Selected panel presentations, papers, and poster sessions include: "Hospital Libraries in Multi-Type Library Networks" (Annual Meeting of the Southwest Regional Group of the Medical Library Association (SCRG/MLA), 1985); "Training the Online Searcher in Health Sciences Libraries" (Annual Meeting of the American Libraries Association, 1985); "Information Searching Guides: A Problem-based Educational Program for Medical Students" (Annual Meeting of the SCRG/MLA, 1984); and "Management Information for an Online Search Service from a Data Base management System" (Annual Meeting of the SCRG/MLA, 1983).

Publications: "Document Imaging at the Inhalation Toxicology Research Institute", Annual Meeting of the U.S. Department of Energy Records Managers, Proceedings, Albuquerque, NM (1995); "Cost Considerations for Optical Scanning vs. Microfilming Documents Collections" presented as part of a program on outsourcing, Rio Grande Chapter, SLA (1995); "President's Column", Rio Grande Chapter Bulletin (1987); "Journal Availability at the University of New Mexico", Advances in Serials Management (1989); "Management of Journal Errata in a Health Sciences Library", Medical Reference Services Quarterly (1986); "Selected List of Medical Journals for the General Collection: An Annotated Bibliography", Serials Librarian (1986); "Application of an Operations Research Model to the Study of Book Use in a University Library: Implications for Library Management", in New Horizons for Academic Libraries (Oryx Press, 1979); "A Study of Life Sciences Book Use in the MIT Science Library", in Quantitative Measurement and Dynamic Library Service (Oryx Press, 1978); several articles in the scientific literature describing basic research with the complement proteins (1972-75).

Joan Gervino

Past Employment: director, ABA Center for Banking Information (1989-96); director, ABA Library & Information Services (1973-89), Washington, DC; librarian, DC Bar Association of the District of Columbia (1972-73), Washington, DC; librarian, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (1967-72), Washington, DC.

Education: M.L.S., Rutgers University (1967); A.B., Mount Holyoke College (1966); additional seminars, workshops, and continuing education programs on management, information technology, and banking.

SLA Member Since: 1969.

SLA Chapter Activities: Washington, DC Chapter: chair, Nominations Committee (1997); chair, Strategic Planning Committee (1987-88); president (1982-83); president-elect/program planning (1981-82); chair and member, various committees, Social Science Group.

SLA Division Activities: Library Management Division: chair, Bylaws Committee (1996-97); chair, Nominations Committee (1996-97); Awards Committee (1996-98); chair, Fund Development Committee (1995-96); chair, Leadership Projects Committee (1995-96); chair (1994-1995); chair-elect (1993-94); conference planner (1991-92); Business & Finance Division: chair (1980-81); chair-elect (1979-80).

SLA Association-level Activities: chair, Government Relations Committee (1996-98); mentor, Diversity Leadership Development Program (1997-98); Finance Committee (1992-96); American Association of Law Libraries Representative (1990-91); Consultation Committee (1987-91); Tellers Committee (1987-88); Nominating Committee (1984-85).

Other Professional Activities: member, American Association of Law Libraries (1972- ); member, Law Librarians Society of Washington, DC (1970- ); member, Washington Association Information Professionals; participant, Maryland Conference on Libraries and Information Services; speaker at diverse conferences and seminars.

Awards/Honors: SLA Fellow (1997); John Cotton Dana Award (1994); Achievement Award for Excellence in Information and Library Management, SLA Business & Finance Division (1986).

Publications (selected): "Problem/Solution: Should Your Bank Offer Free Checking Accounts?" BankMarketing (April 1997); "Today's ABA/BMA Center for Banking Information" Celebrating 120 Years: Looking Toward the Millennium Washington, DC: American Bankers Association (1996); editorial review board Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship (1995- ); "Searching the World Wide Web: Tips from the Experts," Looking Toward the Millennium 1997, Washington, DC: American Bankers Association (1997); Supermarket Banking Is Here to Stay, So Make the Most of It" BankMarketing (October 1997).

Gail Stahl

Past Employment: researcher, Lamalie Amrop International (1994-95); information professional support consultant, Mead Data Central (1992-94); database manager, Institute of Paper Science and Technology (1989-92); corporate librarian, Contel Corporation (1988-89); information resources coordinator, The Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (1986-88); librarian, Kurt Salmon Associates (1980-86); branch assistant, Smith Barney, Harris Upham (1976-79); paralegal, Mudge Rose Guthrie & Alexander (1974-75); law librarian, King and Spalding (1973).

SLA Member Since: 1982

Education: M.L.S., Emory University (1987); B.A., (Spanish/library education), University of Georgia (1973); additional workshops and seminars in database management and search tools; SLA continuing education courses.

SLA Chapter Activities: Georgia Chapter: Nominating Committee (1995); mentor, Clark- Atlanta Library School Student (1994-97); corporate liaison (1992-93); treasurer (1990-92); bulletin editor (1988-89); chair, Scholarship Awards Committee (1989-90); Task Force on Electronic Communications (1988-89).

SLA Division Activities: Library Management Division: business manager, Library Management Quarterly (1997-98); chair, Nominating Committee (1997-98); chair, Fund Development Committee (1996-97); chair, Knight-Ridder Leadership Fund Committee (1996-97); chair, Library Management Division (1995-96); strategic planning chair (1994-95); Atlanta conference planner (1993-94); bulletin editor (1991-93).

SLA Association-level Activities: Networking Committee (1997-2000); article referee, Special Libraries (1989-93).

Other Professional Activities: program co-chair, TAPPI Information Management Committee (1991-1992); Georgia Online Database Protocol Committee (1989); The Conference Board, Information Services Advisory Council (1989); Textile Information Users Council (1983-86).

Publications: "Librarians as Internal Consultants: a New Role for the Information Manager", 1995 SLA Annual Conference; "The Information Factory: Issues for Management", 1995 SLA Annual Conference Papers; "Strategic Issues: Alternative Sources vs. Internal Sources", 1994 SLA Annual Conference; "The Virtual Library: Prospect & Promise", Special Libraries (Fall 1993); contributing writer, Library Management in Review (1992); "Alternative Work Patterns: a Minidirectory", Information America (1985).

Robert Bellanti

Past Employment: associate director, Pacific Southwest Regional Medical Library Service, Biomedical Library, UCLA (1979-82); head, Interlibrary Loan Division, Biomedical Library, UCLA (1974-79); serials librarian, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (1969-73).

SLA Member Since: 1982

Education: M.B.A., University of California, Los Angeles (1981); M.L., University of Washington (1969); B.A., University of Nevada, Las Vegas (1968).

SLA Chapter Activities: Southern California Chapter: chair, Scholarship Committee (1995- 96); member (1996-97), (1997-98); chair, International Relations Committee (1994-95); SLA Winter Meeting, Local Arrangement Committee (1992-93); Strategic Planning Committee (1991-92); Nominating Committee (1991-92); Area Meeting Coordinator (1991-92); Chapter Representative to the California Library Networking Task Force, Network Steering Group (1990); president (1989-90); president-elect and program chair (1988-89); chair, Hospitality Committee (1987-88); Management Seminar Planning Committee (1985-86); Ad Hoc Committee on Chapter Finances (1985-86); treasurer (1984-85), (1986-87); co-chair, Management Seminar Planning Committee (1984-85); Ad Hoc Committee on Long Range Planning (1983-84).

SLA Division Activities: Business and Finance Division: chair, Nominating Committee (1994-95); chair, Awards Committee (1993-94); chair (1992-93); chair-elect and program planner (1991-92); director (1988-89), (1989-90); coordinator, College and University Business Libraries Roundtable (1985).

SLA Association-level Activities: Professional Development Committee, (1996/97- ); Special Committee on Fund Development (1993); Joint Cabinet Task Force on Leadership Development Institute (LDI) formerly DACOLT and Winter Meeting Structure (1989-90).

Other Professional Activities: Academic Business Librarians Exchange; American Library Association; Association of College and Research Libraries; California Academic and Research Librarians; Librarians Association of the University of California.

Awards/Honors: SLA Southern California Chapter, Billie Connor Award for Continuous and Outstanding Service (1997); SLA Southern California Chapter, Continuous Service Award (1989).

Publications: Twenty-two publications (book chapter, working paper, articles--including chapter president's and division chair's columns--in various publications).

Andrew Berner

Past Employment: The University Club, library director (1987-91), acting library director (1986-87), associate librarian (1984-86), assistant librarian (1982-84); OPL Resources, Ltd., co-founder, director, managing editor, The One-Person Library: A Newsletter for Librarians & Management (1984-94); SMR International, editorial consultant, InfoManage: The International Management Newsletter for the Information Services Executive (1993-97).

Education: B.A., (history), Herbert H. Lehman College, New York, NY (1974); M.A., (history) Lehman College (1979); M.S.L.I.S., Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY (1982).

SLA Member Since: 1981

SLA Chapter Activities: New York Chapter: chair, Nominating Committee (1997-98), president-elect, president, past-president (1994-97); founder & chair, Outreach Committee (1996-97); director (Executive Board) (1992-94); bylaws chair (1991-92); public relations chair (1989-90); chair-elect/chair of NY Chapter Museums, Arts & Humanities Group (1984-1986).

SLA Division Activities: Museums, Arts & Humanities Division: chair, Nominating Committee (1994-95); co-editor, MAHD Bulletin (1992-94); chair-elect, chair, past-chair (1990-93); Solo Librarians Division: member (1991- ); Library Management Division: member (1986- ).

SLA Association-level Activities: member, specially appointed committee to study association publications (1993-94); member, SLA presidential commission on professional recruitment, ethics, and professional standards (PREPS Commission) (1991-93).

Other Professional Activities: instructor, CE course, "Time Management in the Small Library"; instructor, CE course, "Finding the Right Job in Information Services"; instructor and speaker at meetings of various information services associations, including SLA's Northeast Regional Conference.

Awards/Honors: Distinguished Service Award, New York Chapter (1996); Fannie Simon Award, Museums, Arts & Humanities Division (1993); Beta Phi Mu (1982).

Publications: Author or co-author of three books, including SLA's first self-study program (1987); contributor to The Solo Librarian's Sourcebook (1997); author of a regular column on time management for The One-Person Library; author of numerous articles on library management and related subjects appearing in a variety of periodicals as well as in the New York Chapter's ChapterNews and the Museum, Arts and Humanities Division's MAHD Bulletin. Founder, editor, and frequent contributor to The Illuminator (The University Club, New York).

Sandy Moltz

Past Employment: No relevant past employment.

SLA Member Since: 1983

Education: M.L.S., University of Wisconsin (1971); B.A., University of Wisconsin (1970).

SLA Chapter Activities: Boston Chapter: president (1997-98); president-elect/program committee chair (1996-97); Annual Conference Local Arrangements Committee (1995-96); Annual Conference Local Arrangements Committee (1985-1986); Serials Holdings List Committee (1985-86).

SLA Division Activities: Aerospace Division: annual conference planner (1995-96); chair, Bylaws Committee (1994-95); Awards Committee (1993-94); chair (1991-92); chair-elect (1990-91); government relations chair (1988-90); chair, Nominating Committee, (1987-88). Science-Technology Division: Nominating Committee (1997-98); chair, Annual Conference Planning Committee (1995-97); archivist (1994-95); teller (1992-93).

SLA Association-level Activities: member, Leadership Development Institute (LDI) formerly DACOLT Special Studies Committee (1997); presenter and moderator, Leadership Development Institute (LDI) (1997); presenter and moderator, Leadership Development Institute (LDI) (1996); Leadership Development Institute (LDI) Chair of the Day (1996); member, Annual Conference Committee, Atlanta (1994); chair, Committee on Changing Conference Schedules (1991-92); member, Joint Cabinet Committee on Divisions (1991); moderator for programs at the SLA Annual Conferences (1994, 1996, and 1997).

Other Professional Activities: American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics Users' Group; GE Librarians Network; president, Friends of the Swampscott Public Library; Massachusetts Friends of the Library; FOLUSA.

Awards/Honors: SLA Science-Technology Division Impossible Award (1996); SLA Aerospace Division George Mandel Memorial Award (1995); Who's Who in the East (1995-96); member, Beta Phi Mu.

Publications: Numerous articles in Sci-Tech News from 1990 to the present. These were printed in the Aerospace Division section and the Science-Technology Division section. Topics covered include the future of the Aerospace Division, information on specific programs for the annual conferences, and other administrative division topics. Several of the articles about conference programs were reprinted in other division and chapter bulletins, and posted on the Internet.

Wilda B. Newman

Past Employment: assistant for records and management procedures, Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Administrative Services Department (1983-85); librarian (1982-83); section supervisor, Technical Services, Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, The R.E. Gibson Library (1980-82); section supervisor, Library Acquisitions (1972-80); library assistant, Interlibrary Loans (1967-72); library aid, Translations (1965-67).

Education: B.S., (business and management), University of Maryland (1982); M.S.L.S., Catholic University of America (1986); also attended University of Tennessee and East Tennessee State University.

SLA Member Since: 1969.

SLA Chapter Activities: Washington, DC Chapter: Membership Committee (1983-84); coordinator, Annual Conference Information Booth (1980); Baltimore Chapter: director (1996-97); chair, Vendor Relations Committee (1997-98), (1996-97), (1995-96); chapter speaker, "International Relations and the Special Libraries Association" (1993).

SLA Division Activities: Science-Technology Division: chair, Public Relations Committee (1996-97); Nominating Committee (1992-94); auditor (1992-94); chair (1991-92); past-chair (1990-91); Sci-Tech News advertising manager (1990-91); chair (1989-90); chair-elect (1988-89); treasurer (1986-88); networking liaison (1985-86); Student Relations Committee (1983-85); chair, Membership Committee (1982-83); chair, Awards Committee (1980-81); chair, Hospitality Committee (1979-80); teller (1978-79).

SLA Association-level Activities: SLA Fellow (1997); Networking Committee (1996-1999); liaison, Library of Congress Network Advisory Committee (1996-97); International Relations Committee (1995-98); (1991-94); chair, International Relations Committee (1991-92); International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Representative and Member of Standing Committee on Library Theory and Research (1997-2001); Representative and Member of the Standing Committee on Information Technology (1993-97), (1989-93).

Other Professional Activities: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), co-chair, "Workshop on Retrospective Catalog Conversion," National Library of Science and Technology of the USSR, Moscow, Russia (August 1991); American Society for Information Science (ASIS); National Organization for Women (NOW); League of Women Voters; IFLA Information Technology Committee, Project Leader, GUI Standards (1996-97); Project Support (1995-96); Information Technology Committee, Brochure Development Project Leader and Manager of Translation from English into IFLA Languages--French, German, Russian, and Spanish.

Publications (selected): Several articles in chapter and division publications and in Special Libraries (1970 to 1996); Top Secret/Trade Secret: Accessing and Safeguarding Restricted Information, with Ellis Mount, Neal-Schuman (1985); Chapters for three books, including "The Use of Consultants to Strengthen Information Systems and Computing Resources," in Using Consultants in Libraries and Information Centers: A Management Handbook, edited by E. D. Garten, Greenwood Press (1992); and "Information Specialist as Change Agent at Research and Development Laboratory, in Opening New Doors: Alternative Careers for Special Librarians, edited by E. Mount, Special Libraries Association (1993); "SLA Focuses on Total Quality; A Vision for the Future," with Richard Hulser, in Library HiTech News (1993). "Materials for Cuba Project", Information Outlook, (1997); "GUI Standards Project-- International Icons", Information Outlook (1997).