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Chapter Bulletin
| Account | 12/31/97 | 5/31/98 |
| . | Balance | Balance |
| ASSETS | ||
| Cash and bank accounts--AZSLA Checking | 1807.46 | 899.08 |
| TOTAL ASSETS | 1807.46 | 899.08 |
| LIABILITIES AND EQUITY | ||
| Liabilities | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Equity | 1807.46 | 899.08 |
| TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY | 1807.46 | 899.08 |
B..) Mid-year financial statement--12/31/97-5/31/98--AZSLA Checking
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Category Description 12/31/97-5/31/98 INCOME/EXPENSE INCOME 4100 Dues allotment 1400.00 4250 Bulletin advertising 225.00 4300 Meeting income 4302 February meeting 270.00 4303 March meeting 105.00 4300 Meeting income--other 100.00 TOTAL 4300 Meeting income 475.00 4900 Miscellaneous 200.00 TOTAL INCOME 3550.00
EXPENSES5200 Bulletin (non-advertising) 5201 January Bulletin 172.72 5204 April Bulletin 227.93 TOTAL 5200 Bulletin (non-adv.) 400.65 5300 Meeting expenses 5301 January meeting 300.00 5302 February meeting 1242.08 5303 March meeting 456.83 5300 Meeting expenses--other 630.00 TOTAL 5300 Meeting expense 2628.91 5400 Directory, non-adv. 29.74 5800 Postage and supplies 132.39 5900 Miscellaneous expenses 1266.69 TOTAL EXPENSES 4458.38
TOTAL INCOME/EXPENSE
-908.38
C.) Balance Sheet by Year--as of 5/31/98--AZSLA Savings
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Account 12/31/97 5/31/98 . Balance Balance ASSETS Cash and Bank Accounts-- AZSLA Savings-- Time deposit 4628.88 4683.53 TOTAL Cash & Bank Accts 4628.88 4683.53 TOTAL ASSETS 4628.88 4683.53 LIABILITIES AND EQUITY LIABILITIES 0.00 0.00 EQUITY 4628.88 4683.53
TOT. LIABIL. & EQUITY
4628.88
4683.53
D.) Mid-year Financial Statement--12/31/97-5/31/98--AZSLA Savings
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Category Description 12/31/97-5/31/98 INCOME/EXPENSE INCOME 4700 Interest Income 54.65 TOTAL INCOME 54.65
TOTAL INCOME/EXPENSE
54.65
Secretary (Louis Howley). Louis prepared the minutes for the Januarymeeting. He helped with the planning of the 20th Anniversary Dinnerand attended several of the Phoenix networking meetings.
Officer Reports
Bulletin Editor (Dianne Bean). Submissions to the Bulletin areencouraged.
Bulletin Business Manager (Lisa Bradley). No report.
Career Guidance (Ann Strickland). There is a course being offered this atthe School of Information Resources and Library Science (SIRLS) by HerbWhite. The title is different than Special Libraries and is being offeredin the second summer session. A scholarship is to be given to one of thestudents enrolled in the class. Charlie Hurt is stepping down as head ofSIRLS to become an Associate Dean in the School of Social and BehavioralSciences. There was a nice reception for him. Charlie Seavey is theinterim director of SIRLS.
Chapter Archivist/Webmaster (Jack Mount). He keeps organizing and addingnew items to the Archives. He encouraged members to keep funneling papersto him that belong in the archives. The 1993 Directory of SpecialLibraries in Arizona is missing. The web page is active and is asup-to-date as possible.
Consultant (Lucy Marshall). No report.
Employment (Cinda McClain). Since her last report she has been contactedby four people, three in Phoenix and one in Tucson.
Government Relations (Cinda McClain). She has only had this position amonth, so has no report.
International Relations (Pat Morris). International Librarians Day was asuccess. There was a discussion of the changes that are happening on theSLA International Relations Committee. There will be a questionnaire inthe fall asking about members' interests and activities in countries otherthan their own. Liaisons have a listserv. The hope is there will beimproved two-way communication between national and the liaisons.
Membership (Tom Turner; Gordon Dutrisac, 98-99). Over the past two yearsin which Tom has been Membership Chair for the Arizona state chapter ofSLA, membership has maintained a steady course, as indicated in thefollowing monthly statistics:
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6-96 132 7-96 132 8-96 119 9-96 124 10-96 125 11-96 125 12-96 123 1-97 128 2-97 108 3-97 122 5-97 135 6-97 133 7-97 136 8-97 127 9-97 134 10-97 141 11-97 142 12-97 146 1-98 149 2-98 122 3-98 135 4-98 139
There is very little variation from month to month with the biggest dipsoccurring when the yearly renewals occur (members may be on one of twobilling cycles). The average monthly membership is approximately 131.
SLA Headquarters transferred its membership records to a new databaseprovider last year and has been having problems with these records eversince. The explanation given at the Membership Chairs meeting inIndianapolis was that the new company was not providing adequate softwaresupport. As a result, SLA Headquarters has been hampered in its abilityto provide information on membership to the various chapters anddivisions. Prior to the recent changeover, each state chapter receivedmonthly reports of any changes to a member's record so they could maintaintheir own individual databases, but since 1997, this service has not beenavailable. SLA Headquarters expects substantial improvements to be made inthe membership database in the coming year with yet another databasesupplier. Improvements that can be expected in upcoming years:
1) New members will have renewal based on anniversary date, not thepresent choice of two renewal cycles.
2) The database will provide virtual direct access for membership chairsso that they can directly request customized reports and make updates tomembers' address information.
If members have any address changes that SLA needs to know about (thisincludes new email addresses), you may email the new main contact formaintaining membership records, Sherry Wilson at the following address: sherry@sla.org or her phone no. at 202/234-4700 ext 641.
Gordon Dutrisac, the Engineering Librarian at ASU, will assumeresponsibilities for the state chapter membership chair this summer. Ifyou need to contact him, you may reach him at 602/965-7609 or email him atgordon.dutrisac@asu.edu.
Networking--Tucson (Jane Matter). She is gone, but enjoyed doing this.
Networking--Phoenix (Sara Ashton). She is gathering input from SLAmembers.
Professional Development (Bambi Wessel/Jennie Oleksak). They areliaisoning with the Arizona Library Association's Professional DevelopmentCommittee.
Public Relations (Bambi Wessel). Bambi has agreed to take over as thischair.
Affirmative Action (Jennie Mueller-Alexander). No report.
Publications/Directory (Laura Bender). Some directories are stillselling.
Student Chapter Liaison (Claire Macha). The activity in the studentchapter is included in the annual report.
Old Business
Florida Survey (Ann Eagan). Margaret Higgins may be able to do thisduring the second summer session.
SW Conference (San Diego 2000). The Arizona and Rocky Mountain Chapterswill be responsible for public relations for the Conference. This will beat a beautiful resort in San Diego; the Conference will take over theentire place. It looks like our chapter could make some money. Thiswill be called "Southwest Regional Conference II: Ahead of the Curve."
New Business
There may be another distance learning program in October if we have afacility.
It is time to start planning for the 25th Chapter Anniversary.
The idea of resurrecting the member award for the Chapter will bediscussed at the Strategic Planning meeting.
Ann Eagan moved, and Louis Howley seconded, that the meeting be adjourned.The meeting adjourned at 12: 07 p.m.
After the meeting, Carol Elliott shared her experiences and offered aslide presentation from her fellowship in Ghana. For more information,see: http://info.law.arizona.edu/ghanapage.htm
Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona
Call to Order
Jeanne Freedland of Grolier gave a presentation of her products prior tothe meeting. The meeting was called to order at 10:55 a.m. Membersattending introduced themselves.
Approval of Minutes: Louis Howley moved, and Ann Eagan seconded, that the minutes of the June26, 1998, business meeting be approved. Motion passed.
Executive Board Reports
President (Chris Vathis Howell). The Chapter annual report is up on theweb page. The Chapter is looking for sites for the program "HarnessingIntranet Potential." Chris will be honoring a member this year who hasmade a significant contribution to the Chapter. She is interested inestablishing a committee to develop criteria for selection of such amember and to make this an annual event, as it was in the past.
President-Elect/Program Chair (Laura Bender). In a couple of months therewill be a plethora of information about the Southwest Regional Conferencethat will be held April 5-7, 2000 in San Diego. Laura mentioned theChapterresponsibilities for this Conference, which include making flyers and abrochure for the Conference.
Strategic Planning/Past President (Ann Eagan). Ann handed out copies ofthe latest ranking of possible projects for the Chapter. She encouragedmembers attending to rank items and hand these back to her. Discussionarose about the new attitude at the School of Information Resources andLibrary Science. An ad hoc Student Encouragement Committee was formed,chaired by Linda Shackle and Karen Powers, to look into ways to encouragethe involvement of students in SLA.
Treasurer (Polin Lei). There is $4738.52 in savings and $847.58 in thechecking account. Polin has been assigned to the national AffirmativeAction committee and will interact with our local committee chair, JennieMueller-Alexander. Polin thanked Carla Smith for keeping the costs downon the Bulletin.
Secretary (Louis Howley). Louis prepared the minutes for the June 26,1998 meeting.
Officer Reports
Affirmative Action Chair (Jennie Mueller-Alexander). No report.
Bulletin Editor (Dianne Bean). The Bulletin is back on track. Dianneencouraged submissions and mentioned the next deadline for submittingitems to the Bulletin.
Bulletin Business Manager (Lisa Bradley). No report.
Career Guidance Chair (Ann Strickland). No report.
Chapter Archivist/Webmaster (Jack Mount). The web page is current and upto date. Jack asked for submissions to the web page.
Consultant Chair (Lucy Marshall). No report.
Employment Chair (Cinda McClain/Donna Colletta 98-99). This istransitioning to Donna.
Government Relations Chair (Cinda McClain). No report.
International Relations Chair (Pat Morris). If anyone is traveling abroador knows of other members who have done so, please let Pat know.
Membership Chair (Gordon Dutrisac). There were 146 members as of the endof June.
Networking Chair--Tucson (Carol Elliott). There will be a lunch on August28 at the Old Peking Restaurant. Carol will talk to the group at thattime about the upcoming year.
Networking Chair--Phoenix (Sarah Ashton). This group will continue itsbreakfast meetings. Four months already have hosts for next year. Amailing will be sent out. An evening event is planned for every othermonth. Ann Eagan suggested that both groups announce their events on thestudent listserv at the University of Arizona.
Professional Development Chair (Jennie Oleksak). No report.
Public Relations Chair (Bambi Wessel). Bambi talked to Jennifer Stowe atHeadquarters. Bambi will be getting a committee together to work on a PRkit. Announcements of events will be made in local papers.
Publications/Directory Chair (Laura Bender). There are continuingdiscussions with headquarters about the progress being made with thetechnology that will allow the Directory to go on the web site in the bestpossible way. Headquarters states that progress will be made by October.
Student Chapter Liaison (Claire Macha). Not much happened this summer.Carol Elliott suggested talking to Ann Strickland for ideas on how toattract students.
Old Business
Approval of slate of 98-99 Officers. A slate was offered listing AnnFiegen as a candidate for President-Elect/Program Chair and Polin Lei as acandidate for Treasurer. Louis Howley moved, and Ann Eagan seconded, thatthe slate be approved. Motion passed.
Florida Survey. Margaret Higgins is now involved with this project.There are plans to get 3 students from her Research Methods class to workon this project. Two students will continue working on this project inthe fall.Eventually the Board will have to consider some form of monetaryassistance for phone cards. A discussion arose about ties with Mexico.Ann Fiegen agreed to look into possible Arizona/Mexico connections, as didPat Morris.
New Business
Member Recognition. Chris presented David Bickford with his Jefferson Cupfor his service during his term as President of the Chapter. Chrisrecognized Bambi Wessel for her contributions during the past year and forgoing above and beyond the call of duty. Bambi worked behind the sceneson the Herb White program and was the driving force for the 20thanniversary celebration.
Officer Transition (Chris Vathis Howell to Laura Bender). Chris thankedpeople, especially Past President Ann Eagan, for supporting her during theyear. She enjoyed her term as President. Chris handed over her materialsto Laura and Laura began her Chris handed over her materials to Laura andLaura began her term as President of the Chapter. Laura said she islooking forward to a team effort this entire year. She thanked Chris andAnn Eagan for being great mentors. Laura welcomed everybody and commentedon the wonderful Board she will be working with this year. Any kind ofhelp is most welcome.
Announcements. Sarah Ashton announced job openings at the Central ArizonaChapter of the Arizona Historical Society. The Tucson Chapter is lookingfor an archivist.
Louis Howley moved, and Ann Eagan seconded, that the meeting be adjourned.The meeting adjourned at 11:58 a.m.
Gordon Dutrisac
AZ-SLA Membership ChairmanReference Librarian, Engineering & Computer ScienceNoble Science Library | Arizona State UniversityBox 871006 | Tempe, AZ 85287-1006602.965.7609 | fax : 602.965.0883
Responsibilities: Subject specialist and liaison (to allengineering-related departments at main campus except strategic areas),collection development, instruction, reference, liaison, standards.
Education: B.A., Canadian History, Laurentian University (Sudbury,Ontario); M.L.I.S., Dalhousie University (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
How did I end up here? (Engineering librarian): Fresh out of libraryschool I worked as a slide curator for the Department of Architecture atthe Technical University of Nova Scotia. I really enjoyed working withthe media and the subject area. I was asked to put a few hours a week onthe reference desk, at first I was a little intimidated with theengineering questions but quickly grew to like working with theengineering students and faculty. Following the departure of a referencelibrarian to the University of Arizona, I was asked to fill in as thelibrarian responsible for Civil Engineering, Industrial Engineering andFood Science. It only took a couple of months working at TUNS to realizethat I really enjoyed the field and start applying for permanentpositions.
How I ended up here? (Tempe, Arizona): As someone who enjoys travel andnew experiences, I grabbed the map showing North American area codes fromthe telephone book and three Crayola crayons (green, yellow and red) andbegan filling in the map according to places where I'd like to live andwork. In the end, most of North America was yellow, but the Southwest wasone of the few places I colored green (thanks to Tony Hillerman novels,Georgia O'Keefe and to a lesser extent the unique places like Las Vegasand Roswell N.M.). I'll keep the places I colored red (couldn't drag methere) to myself so I don't offend anyone..
Favorite places in AZ: Superstition Mountains, Huachuca Mountains(especially Ramsey Canyon) and the San Pedro River, Bisbee, El Charrorestaurant (downtown Tucson).
What SLA membership means to me: As an academic librarian working dailywith tomorrow's engineers, SLA provides me with the opportunity to meetwith people who know how engineers use information in the "real" world. Ialso find that my SLA membership provides me with the professional supportI need by providing me with new ideas and a forum to discuss these ideaswith other people in the profession.
My duties as membership chair: As membership chair I am in regular contactwith the membership office in Washington and should be able to directproblems to the right person as needed. I also maintain a current list ofthe Arizona Chapter membership. I encourage any one with questionsregarding their SLA membership to contact me at Gordon.Dutrisac@asu.edu or1-602-965-7609.
Phoenix Networking Group September Meetings
Our first evening meeting was a pizza party at the Arizona HistoricalSociety - Central Arizona Division on September 9th. We had a group ofeight people. We had an informal meeting where people talked anddiscussed events and things happening or not happening at our libraries.The next meeting was our first morning meeting also held at the ArizonaHistorical Society - Central Arizona Division. We had seven peopleattend. We again talked about what each of our libraries were doing.Some of the things going on are:
Susan Pritchard at Devry Insititute of Technology talked about thephysical growth of Devry in the number of campus' they have and in usageat her library. They are going to be installing compact shelving soon andthey have been adding to their book collection and filling in the subjectgaps. Dianne Bean at the Desert Botanical Garden talked about how they arealmost automated, only the labels had to be put on the 5,000 books neededto be done, which will be keeping her busy. Charles Brownson said theyhad trouble filling their open position and have reopened it through theend of the semester. They have been really busy as business hasincreased.
Anne Taylor at the Arizona Historical Society announced the Preserve OurPast Fair event is being held at the Arizona Historical Society on October10th from 10am-4pm. It is a free event open to the public.. The POP Fairwill acquaint Arizonans with the wealth of photographs, manuscripts, mapsand oral histories held in small and large collections throughout thestate. Exhibits will highlight the importance of preservinghistorical records in repositories, institutions and tribal archives.There will be speakers, music, food, dancers, and exhibit booths done byparticipating institutions.
Cinda McClain at Motorola talked about how libraries were going to be keptat Motorola, however they along with the group are being downsized. Andbecause of this, business had been slow.
After the meeting we took a short tour of the library area. The newcomputer in the reading room was demonstrated with its current setup andfuture ideas discussed. We have Microsoft Access databases setup forvarious collections like oral histories, manuscripts, and images. We arebeginning to scan in photographs and attaching the digital file to a textdescription.
Schedule of Meetings
- September 1998- May 1999
October 28, 1998, 7:30-8:30am
November 4, 1998, 5:15-6:15pm, Macayo's 4001 N. Central, Phoenix
November 25, 1998, 7:30-8:30am, Devry Institute of Technology
December 17, 1998, 7:30-8:30am
January 13, 1999, 5:15-6:15pm
January 27, 1999, 7:30-8:30am, Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine
February 24, 1999, 7:30-8:30am, Salt River Project
March 10, 1999, 5:15-6:15pm
March 24, 1999, 7:30-8:30am, Arizona Department of Transportation
April 28, 1999, 7:30-8:30am, Desert Botanical Garden
May 12, 1999, 5:15-6:15pm
May 26, 1999, 7:30-8:30am, Lewis and Roca Library
A flyer will be sent out about two weeks in advance of each meeting witha map and directions attached. Please RSVP for all meetings toSarah Ashton, Phoenix Networking Chair at 929-0292 ext. 127, by theFriday before the meeting.Hope to see you there!
- Sarah Ashton, Archivist
- Arizona Historical Society - Central Arizona Division, Library andArchives
1300 N. College Ave. Tempe, AZ 85281
phone: (602) 929-0292 ext. 127 | fax: (602) 967-5450
email: ahs@ahs.state.az.us
The Directory of Special Libraries and Collections in Arizona
1996
Edited by Laura J. Bender, Science-Engineering Library, University
ofArizona
Still some print copies left!
The next edition of the Directory will be an online version (we're waitingfor the go-ahead from SLA Headquarters). Buy yours today--pre-paidonly--at the special price of $20.00 per copy.
The Directory is 173 pages long and features 261 special libraries andcollections; up-to-date information on addresses, access, holdings,services, subjects, and staff. It also boasts three separate indexes:Library Name Index, Personal Name Index, and Subject Index.
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