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DC/SLA Members Recognized by SLA Winners of several SLA awards were
announced at the SLA Leadership Summit in Albuquerque this January. The
following Chapter members were recognized for their contributions to SLA and the
profession:
Lyle Minter
Fellow of the Special Libraries Association
Bestowed to an individual member in recognition of his/her leadership in the
field of special librarianship and for his/her outstanding contributions and
expected future service to the Association.
Wilda Newman
SLA Hall of Fame
Granted to a member of the Association at or near the end of an
active professional career for an extended and sustained period of
distinguished service to the Association in all spheres. Prolonged distinguished
service of a chapter or division which has contributed to the Association as a
whole may receive special consideration.
Anne Caputo
Rose L. Vormelker Award
Given to an individual member in recognition of exceptional services to the
profession of special librarianship in the area of mentoring students and/or
practicing professionals in the field.
Kenlee Ray
Member Achievement
Presented to an individual member for outstanding contributions by raising
visibility, public awareness, and appreciation of the profession, Association
Unit or the Association at large.
Donna Scheeder
John Cotton Dana Award
Conferred upon an individual member in recognition of exceptional service to
special librarianship.
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SLA Volunteer Opportunities
Submitted by Ethel Salonen, SLA President-Elect,
salonen@mpi.com
One of the assignments of the President-Elect for SLA is to recruit dynamic
and interested volunteers to staff various committees for the 2004-2005
Association year. Your involvement in these committees is crucial for the
success of our profession and SLA.
If you are interested in volunteering, please contact me directly.
Students, young professionals, and individuals who reside outside of the United
States are strongly encouraged to contact me. Here is the URL that lists
the current SLA committees:
http://www.sla.org/
content/chdiv/committe/index.cfm
Email me at salonen@mpi.com with your desire to enhance your
professional and personal development by volunteering your time and energy.
Thank you for your support for SLA!
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Research Tip of the Month: Research Tip of the Month: Some Hidden Google Tools
Submitted by Mary Ellen Bates,
mbates@batesinfo.com
I know, I know... you're already an expert Google searcher, and you've been
using Google since you were in short pants (now, that's an expression that dates
me, isn't it?). But I'm still going to toss out a few tools and resources that
you might not have found already.
* If you want all of Google's tools and options conveniently displayed on a
single screen, try FaganFinder
(http://www.faganfinder.com/google.html).
I like it because I am reminded of all the choices I have and settings I can
tweak, including toggling the Duplicates Filter on or off, using the file format
search, and setting the number of results per page. It even has handy links for
typing non-English letters.
* Right now, the only search engines that support the "NEAR" operator (search
for this word within X words of that word)
are Alta Vista and MSN. But there's a nifty Google hack called Google API
Proximity Search (GAPS) that lets you
look for two words within one, two or three words of each other. Head over to
http://www.staggernation.com/cgi-bin/gaps.cgi
and try it out.
* Google has a synonym feature that lets you search for not only the word you
type in the search box but also for some common synonyms of the word. The syntax
is ~word, so, for example, if you type ~food in the search box, you will also
retrieve web pages that have the word cooking, nutrition, recipe or restaurant.
Sometimes that's a nifty tool, but it has its drawbacks. I tried ~aluminum and
it not only retrieved pages with the British equivalent, aluminum, and words
with the atomic symbol AL, but also pages that mentioned Weird Al Yankovic, Al
Jazeera, Al-Anon, and the official page for the state of Alabama. Use this tool
when you are looking for a broad category of concepts, and be prepared for a few
unexpected results.
* One of my favorite Google tools is WebQuotes, through which you can find out
what other people are saying about a particular site. Go to
http://labs.google.com/cgi-bin/webquotes
and type in a URL, and you'll see how other sites are describing that site. It's
a great way to suss out fraudulent sites.
Try, for example, typing in www.gatt.org and see how it's described. (Yes,
WebQuotes is designed for key words, not URLs, but I really like this
application.)
* Similar to AllTheWeb's URL Investigator, Google provides some background
information on a page if you type the URL in the form info:www.whatever.xxx. For
example, go to Google and type info:www.petfinder.org in the search box, and you
will see a link to the PetFinder site, a link to Google's cached copy of the
page, similar and related web sites, pages that link to that site, and pages
that mention "www.petfinder.org"
* We're accustomed to looking at Google's search results 10 sites at a time,
sorted by estimated relevance. But what if you want to exercise your right brain
- that's the creative, non-linear side - and view the results in a more graphic
format? Check out anacubis' "Google-enabled visual search" at
http://www.anacubis.com/
googledemo/google/index.asp.
Type in your search terms, right-click on one of the resulting hits and see how
you can immediately expand the results to similar sites, or linked sites.
* For those of us in the U.S., a handy new tool is Google's "Search by Number"
feature. Google now recognizes the pattern for Federal Express, UPS and USPS
tracking numbers; vehicle ID numbers, US patent numbers, UPC codes, area codes,
and even FCC equipment IDs and FAA airplane reservation numbers. For most of
these searches, you can just type the number into the search box; for patent
numbers, you have to add the word "patent" to the beginning of the number, and
for FCC equipment IDs, you need to add the word "fcc" at the beginning. See
http://www.google.com/help/features.html#number for more details.
* Related to this feature is the ability to see the current status of any U.S.
flight. Type the airline name and the flight number in the search box, and you
will see a link to the arrival/departure information screen for that flight,
provided by Travelocity.
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DC/SLA Chapter Conference Stipend Award 2004 Application Instructions:
The Washington, D.C. Chapter has established the Annual Conference
Stipend Award to enable a deserving Chapter member to attend the SLA
Annual Conference. All Chapter members on official SLA records as of
February 1 are eligible to apply. This includes student members, retired
members, and those who are simultaneously members of other Chapters.
Past recipients who have used their awards are not eligible. However,
past recipients who were prevented by circumstances from using their
awards and have returned the funds, are eligible. Board members are not
eligible.
The Award criteria includes future professional leadership potential
in SLA and the profession, contributions to SLA and the Chapter, and
financial need. Preference is given to newer members who have already
begun to take a leadership role. The award recipient shall be chosen by
the Board upon recommendation of the Chapter Awards Committee.
The award for 2004 has been set at $1500.
Application Process:
The application process consists of submitting a form (http://www.sla.org/chapter/cdc/awards/StipendApplication.dot)
and two professional references. There is no prescribed format for
letters of reference, but they should be no more than 250 words. All
materials must be submitted via email to Marilyn Bromley, DC/SLA Awards
Committee,
mbromley@bna.com, OR faxed to 202-452-4084,
OR mailed to:
BNA Library
Attn: Marilyn Bromley
1231 25th Street NW
Washington DC 20037
Deadline: All materials must be received by February 20, 2004.
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Vormelker-Thomas Student Award The News Division of the Special Libraries Association invites
graduate students and December 2003 graduates interested in a career in
news librarianship to apply for the Vormelker-Thomas Student Award. The
award, co-sponsored by the News Division and Proquest, is a $1,500
stipend to assist students attending their first Special Libraries
Association Annual Conference. The 2004 Annual Conference will be June
5-10 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Selection Criteria:
- Applicants must be members of the
Special Libraries Association when they apply for the stipend.
- Applicants must be attending their
first SLA conference.
- Applicants must be graduate
students or December 2003 graduates interested in a career in news
librarianship.
- Applications must be e-mailed no
later than Monday, February 23, 2004.
- Applications must include:
- a word-processed essay
(500-1,000 words) addressing an issue in news librarianship
- a letter of reference from
a news librarian, news editor, or faculty member
- a résumé
- a list of course work
undertaken
- a statement of professional
goals
- a statement of what the
applicant expects to gain from attending the conference
E-mail application to:
Dru Frykberg
Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication
Iowa State University
Phone: 515-294-4353
Email: dfrykber@iastate.edu
The winner will receive a check prior to the conference in June. The
winning essay will appear in an issue of News Library News.
The News Division reserves the right not to award the stipend if
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Member News
Bernan Press has just published the first edition of The United States
Government Internet Manual, edited by Chapter member Peggy Garvin of Garvin
Information Consulting. The Manual describes federal executive,
congressional, and judicial branch Web sites essential for reference and
research. Over 2,000 Web resources are organized by subject and indexed by
agency, name, and topic. The book also features Cabinet agency organization
charts similar to those found in The United States Government Manual,
supplemented with Web addresses. For more information, see the Bernan Press site
at:
http://www.bernanpress.com/titlepage.aspx?TitleID=36355
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Calling All Academic Librarians
Submitted by Cynthia Holt, holt@gwu.edu DC/SLA would like to start offering programs focused for academic librarians
in the Chapter. In order to do this, we need to hear from you with ideas for
sessions which might interest you and other academic librarians. Please contact
Cynthia Holt at holt@gwu.edu or
202-994-1352 with any ideas you may have for a Chapter program.
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