Alabama Chapter SLA -- Spring 2000 Meeting

ALABAMA CHAPTER SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION

SPRING 2000 MEETING

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MEETING MINUTES

The Alabama Chapter Spring meeting was held April 28, 2000, at the Kellogg Executive Conference Center on the Tuskegee University campus. Frances Davis, Engineering Librarian, was our host fot the day. Our program topic for this meeting was "MENTORING: WHAT IS IT and DO I NEED IT?"

After a continental breakfast, a short time of introductions, and a door prize drawing, our program began with a short video on mentoring produced by the Business & Finance Division of SLA. Our two speakers, Dr. Richard Lester from Air University, and Brian McGreevy from Atlanta, GA, discussed mentoring from different perspectives -- the mentor and the mentee (a.k.a. mentoree, or protege). A question and answer period followed the presentations.

A short Business Meeting took place during lunch. We had a report from the Government Relations Committee, more door prize drawings and the election of our 2000-2001 Chapter officers. The new officers are:

President-elect: Ginny Allen (Southern Progress, Birmingham)

Secretary: Sue Goodman (Air University Library, Maxwell AFB)

Treasurer: Ellen Griffin (Lister Hill Library, Birmingham)

Director: James Fogler (Air Univeristy, Gunther Annex)

For those who were able to stay, Frances had graciously arranged a tour of some of the historical sites on campus. These sites included Booker T. Washington's monument, grave and house (known as "The Oaks"), the University Chapel with its intricately designed "singing windows", the Engineering School Library (where Frances works), and the George Washington Carver Museum where we also saw a movie on the life and times of Booker T. Washington (founder of Tuskegee Institute, now known as Tuskegee University).

Thus concluded a very full and interesting meeting.

Pictured from left to right are:
Frances Davis (Tuskegee University),
Phil Kitchens (Redstone Sci. Info. Ctr.),
Dr. Richard Lester (Air University),
Deborah Wills (Marshall Space Flight Center),
James Fogler (Maxwell AFB, Gunter Annex),
Dr. Shirley Laseter (Air University Library) and
Brian McGreevy (Atlanta, GA).

A bust of George Washington Carver sits behind the group.

PROGRAM -- "MENTORING: WHAT IS IT and DO I NEED IT?"

Program Speakers/Moderator:

Dr. Richard E. Lester (Air University, Maxwell AFB, AL): Dr. Lester's Biography (PDF format) and Presentation Slides (PDF format).
Brain McGreevy (Atlanta, GA): Brian's Biography (PDF format) and Notes (PDF format).
Program Moderator: Deborah Wills: Personal Notes taken during the presentations.

Meeting Handouts: (Used with permission of the authors)

Leadership and the Art of Mentoring: Tool Kit for the Time Machine. John C. Kunich (Legal Services Agency United States Air Force) and Richard I. Lester (Eaker College, Air University United States Air Force). This article was published in The Journal of Leadership Studies, 1999, Vol. 6, No. 1/2.

Mentoring: An Annotated Bibliography. Abby DeShane and Michael Mahaley. September 1999. This article was published in the Special Libraries Association's Business & Finance Division Bulletin, No. 113, Winter 2000.

Additional Resources:

Mentoring - A Lifelong Learning Experience. The SLA Business & Finance Division's Mentoring Website.

Other Papers by Dr. Lester (in PDF format):

Leadership and Management: The Quality Quadrants. Richard I. Lester (Maxwell Air Force Base) and John C. Kunich (Elmendorf Air Force Base). This article was published in The Journal of Leadership Studies, 1997, Vol. 4, No. 4.

Leadership and the Art of Feedback: Feeding the Hands that Back Us. John C. Kunich (50th Space Wing - Falcon AFB Colorado) and Richard I. Lester (Air University, Maxwell AFB, Alabama). This article was published in The Journal of Leadership Studies, 1996, Vol. 3, No. 4.

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