NJSLA Chapter Highlights
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ACTIVITIES
PUBLICATIONS
ELECTRONIC
COMMUNICATIONS
ORGANIZATION
Founded:
April 25,1935, at a meeting attended by 28 general and special librarians. Prior to this
time special librarians attended meetings of the New York Chapter.
Purpose:
The New Jersey members of the Special Libraries Association, realizing the need for a more
intensive knowledge of the state's special library resources, and desiring to cooperate
more effectively in their development, as well as to promote friendship among professional
neighbors, wish to establish a New Jersey Chapter of the Special Libraries Association,
and ask the Executive Board of the Association to approve this step. By thus organizing,
we believe we can develop a mutual exchange of ideas; give added inspiration to our work;
give opportunity for discussion of individual projects of work that will save duplication
of effort; and serve as a clearing house of information.
Name:
New Jersey Chapter, Special Libraries Association
Address:
Please contact Board Members through e-mail
Affiliation:
With the Special Libraries Association as the New Jersey Chapter June 11, 1935.
Geographical boundaries for the New Jersey Chapter were approved by the Special Libraries
Association on February 3, l978.
Membership:
Founding members numbered 28; present membership is more than 400 individual members and
three sustaining members.
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ACTIVITIES
Meetings:
The Chapter conducts at least four regular meetings from September to May each year, often
preceded by dinner Programs feature outstanding speakers or may offer panel or table
discussions.
Committees:
Each year various committees are appointed to promote and implement the activities of the
Chapter. Committees include Affirmative Action, Archives, Bulletin Editor, Business
Manager, Bylaws, Career Guidance, Employment, Finance, Government Relations, Membership,
Nominations/Awards, Professional Development, Program, Public Relations, Strategic
Planning, and Web Goddess (that title is historical).
Events:
New Jersey has been host to six annual conferences of the Special Libraries Association in
1916 and 1919 in Asbury Park and in 1923, 1926,1950, and 1959 in Atlantic City.
On April 24, 1985 the Chapter celebrated its 50th
anniversary. Distinguished guests in attendance included state senators Leanna Brown and
Matthew Feldman; President-Elect of SLA, Robert Malinowski; and sixteen past Chapter
presidents. The featured speaker was John Berry, Editor-in-Chief of Library Journal. In
May 1995 the Chapter celebrated its 60th anniversary with a gala celebration in
conjunction with the year's annual meeting.
Recognition:
Eight New Jersey special librarians have been President of the Special Libraries
Association. Five of the national Presidents were also President of the New Jersey Chapter
of the Special Libraries Association.
The eight individuals are:
- John Cotton Dana 1909-1911
- Alma C. Mitchill 1938-1940
- Betty Joy Cole 1946-1947
- Katherine L. Kinder 1956-1957
- Winifred Sewell 1960-1961
- Frank E. McKenna 1966-1967
- Efren W. Gonzalez 1971-1972
- Frank Spaulding 1986-1987
Alice Rankin Distinguished Lecture Series:
In honor of C. Alice Rankin, Chapter President 1961-1962, the New Jersey Chapter's
distinguished lectures have been named for her. A list of the lectures appears
below:
- 1978 - F. G. Kilgour, President and Executive Director
of OCLC, Inc. - Future Access to Information.
- 1979 - F. Wilfred Lancaster, Graduate School of Library
Science, University of Illinois - Libraries in an Electronic Age.
- 1980 - R. S. Taylor, Dean of the School of Information
Studies, Syracuse University - Information Productivity.
- 1981 - V. B. Guiliano, Senior Consultant, Arthur D.
Little Inc. - Prospectus for Teleworking.
- 1982 - G. M. Hopper, Commander, USNR, Ret. - Historical
Perspectives and Lessons for the Future of Computing.
- 1983 - W. Bradford Wiley, Chairman, John Wiley and
Sons, Inc. - The Future of Publishing in the Electronic Age
- 1984 - Patricia W. Berger, National Bureau of Standards
- Current Federal Information Policy Issues - Implications for Librarians.
- 1985 - John N. Berry, Editor-in-Chief, Library Journal
- Ethics and Information Delivery.
- 1986 - James M. Matarazzo, Associate Dean and
Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College -
Excellence in Corporate Libraries.
- 1987 - Joe Ann Clifton, Manager of Information
Services, Litton Industries Inc., and President-Elect, Special Libraries Association - The
Information Professional: Changes and Challenges.
- 1988 - Roger K. Summit, President of Dialog, Inc. -
Societal Implications of Online Information Retrieval
- 1989 - Herbert S. White, Dean of Indiana University
School of Library and Information Sciences - Libraries in the Corporate Political Process.
- 1990 - Dr. James R. Beniger, Associate Professor,
Annenberg School of Communications, University of Southern California - Librarians
Confront the Control Revolution.
- 1991 - Frank H. Spaulding, Consultant - International
Librarianship.
- 1992 - Toni Carbo Bearman, Dean, School of Library and
Information Sciences, University of Pennsylvania - Special Librarian in the 21st Century -
Changes and Challenges.
- 1993 - Pat Moholt, Asst. VP and Assoc. Dean for
Scholarly Re-sources, Columbia University, New York - How Networking Changes
Organizations.
- 1994 - Jose-Marie Griffiths, Director, Graduate School
of Library and Information Science, University of Tennessee - The Impact of Special
Libraries in the Corporate Environment
- 1995 - Rubens Medina, Law Librarian, Library of
Congress - Beyond the Reference Desk: New Technology and New Tools.
- 1996 - Guy St. Clair, President SMR International
– Powerful Influence in Information Services: Playing the Organization Like a Musical
Instrument.
- 1997 - James Rush, Executive Director of Palinet –
Critical Technologies for the Information Professional.
- 1998 - Lawrence Prusak, Title of Person,
Title of Lecture.
- 1999 - Trudy Katz, from
MasterCard
- 2000 - Stephen Abram - Shift Happens: Change
and Opportunity in our Profession
- 2001 - Lucy Lettis – You Say You Want a
Revolution
- 2002 - Carol
L. Ginsburg - Deutsche Bank, Managing Director Global Business Information Services -
Motivating Yourself and Your Team Through Crisis and Recession
- 2003 - Guy
St. Clair - President/Consultant for Knowledge Management and Learning at SMR
International - Knowledge Services and Change Management in the Information Workplace
- 2004 - Anne Mintz - Anne Mintz currently holds the
position of Director of Knowledge Management at Forbes Inc. She is
the editor of Web of Deception: Misinformation on the Internet -
"What a Tangled Web We Weave"
- 2005 - Carol Tenopir - Carol
Tenopir, Professor - School of Information Sciences and Interim
Director, Center for Information Studies University of Tennessee - E-Jounals
and Print: How Usage Patterns Are Changing
- 2006
- Jane Burke of Serials Solution - Jane Burke is a US based consultant
- 2007
- Mary Ellen Bates -
Principal
and Founder, Bates Information Services. Well known consultant, lecturer. Interesting,
Informative, Lively!
Education:
In 1978-79 a work/study program was established and funded by the New Jersey Chapter of
the Special Libraries Association with Rutgers University Graduate School of Library
Science (now the Graduate School of Communications, Information and Library Studies) to
provide practical training for a library student in a special library.
PUBLICATIONS
Chapter Bulletin:
The Chapter Bulletin was first issued in 1936 and is now issued four times a year.
It is available on this web site.
Manual:
The Chapter manual was first issued in 1953 and has been continually revised to guide the
officers and committees in managing the activities of the Chapter
Membership Directory:
A directory of the members of the New Jersey Chapter of the Special Libraries Association
has been issued periodically since 1936. The present directory lists over 400 members by
personal name and includes organizational and division indexes.
Consultation:
A brochure entitled "The Special Library: A Real Resource" was prepared in 1987.
Its purpose is to inform organizations that may need help in establishing or operating a
special library that the New Jersey Chapter offers a free consultation service to assist
them.
A brochure describing the New Jersey Chapter was prepared in
1988. Its purpose is to provide information on the Chapter to prospective members. The
brochure is presently undergoing revision.
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ELECTRONIC
COMMUNICATIONS
Online Discussion Group:
The New Jersey Chapter has an online discussion group that anyone can join. The
discussion group provides a forum for announcements of Chapter programs, events and
news. To subscribe, send the message SUBSCRIBE SLA-NJ [YOUR FIRST NAME] [YOUR LAST
NAME] to listserv@hslc.org. To post a message
to the discussion group, send your message to sla-nj@hslc.org.
Website:
The New Jersey Chapter began showing a presence on the World Wide Web in 1996. To
visit the web site, go to http://www.sla.org/chapter/cnj.
The Special Libraries Association web site is found at http://www.sla.org.
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