The Lone Star Librarian V51:1

September 1998 Volume 51 : 1

The LONE STAR LIBRARIAN

Table of Contents

Johnson Space Center Inspection Day 1998

Envisioning and Creating Effective Information Displays

Intern, Practicum, and Volunteer Programs Survey

Minutes of the Board & Advisory Council, Summber Meeting, 1998

Board/Council Quarterly Reports

Other News

Johnson Space Center Inspection Day 1998

Sharon Beth Halprin, NASA

Computational Fluid Dynamics Applications and Tools; the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (a huge pool used to simulate space operations-as seen in Armageddon!); the Astronaut Ascent/Entry Trainer; the Reduced Gravity Research Program (otherwise known as the Vomit Comet; a KC-135 aircraft which flies parabolas to simulate microgravity); Orbital Debris and Meteoroid Assessment and Protection: these are just a few of the scientific and technical exhibits sure to fascinate Texas SLA members during NASA Johnson Space Center's Inspection98 event on October 14, 15, and 16, coinciding with the Texas SLA Fall Meeting in Clear Lake. For the third year in a row, Johnson Space Center (JSC) will open its doors to the industry, business, and education communities. Inspection Day is intended to share information about the technologies and concepts being used to solve challenges at JSC.

The goal of Inspection Day is to encourage business and industry representatives to adopt beneficial technologies, to pursue mutually beneficial cooperative agreements with JSC, or to simply gather ideas for implementation in their own environments. Last year over 2,400 people attended Inspection97,double the attendance from the first Inspection Day in 1996. The participation of Texas Chapter members should boost those numbers dramatically this year! The technical library at JSC, the Scientific and Technical Information (STI) Center, is making special plans for Chapter members. We'll be hosting a reception Thursday evening in the library to welcome members to Inspection98. On Friday, the STI Center will be open only to Texas SLA members for a series of special programs. Just as JSC as a whole wishes to share with and learn from industry colleagues, the STI Center seeks the same opportunity. We hope the tours of our facilities, demonstrations of our internal systems, and presentations about our operations will open channels of discussion that will benefit all Chapter members.
The STI Center, which is not open to the public, consists of three facilities. While the Main Library supports the majority of the JSC workforce, two branch operations, the Medical Sciences Library and the International Space Station Library, provide specialized services to unique audiences. Most technical services are provided from the Main Library. Cross-training is heavily utilized in the STI Center, and most of our staff have worked in the Main Library, one of the satellites (NASA jargon for branches), and technical services at some point in their tenure. Library operations are contracted by NASA, and the company running the library also handles publications and graphics, imagery services, and engineering drawing control for JSC. This has allowed JSC to centralize the management of documents, imagery, and drawings, and we are rapidly seeing the benefits of this arrangement.

In addition to the tailored programs the STI Center will offer on Friday, there are many other exhibits that Chapter members may want to plan on visiting. Based on the comments of past Inspection Day attendees, be prepared to do a lot of walking. Exhibits are scattered across site, with several "hubs" in selected buildings. For the most up-to-date exhibit information, see the Inspection98 web site at http://inspection.jsc.nasa.gov/index.html.

The STI Center staff look forward to seeing each of you during the Fall Meeting and at Inspection Day. For further information on Inspection98 and Texas Chapter Fall Meeting registration, please check the Texas Chapter web site at URL Error! Bookmark not defined.. Sharon Halprin can be contacted at Error! Bookmark not defined.

Envisioning and Creating Effective Information Displays

Dell Johnson & Bob Loftin,

SEMATECH

Bulletin boards for marketing, graphs to illustrate presentations, charts to enhance budget planning, finding aids and directional signs for the patrons, web pages for our virtual libraries: librarians are often called upon to display information in a visual manner. All too often we do not have a clue as to the best approach.

Designers, artists, and business persons flocked by the hundreds to learn effective ways of Displaying Information during the week of July 20 in Austin. Three successive day-long seminars on this topic were jammed with web page designers, graphic designers, illustrators and even the occasional librarian, who had all come to get the latest ideas for effective visual communication.

The presenter, Edward R. Tufte, a Yale professor who teaches statistical evidence, information design and interface design, is the world renowned author of eleven books including the three on which this seminar was based: Visual Display of Quantitative Information (1983), Envisioning Information (1990), and Visual Explanations (1997). Attendees received copies of the three books, which the author gladly autographed during breaks, along with his entertaining and informative seminar on creating the maximum value in visual designs.

Tuft presented alone, without even a formal introduction, and maintained a very high level of energy and enthusiasm throughout his presentation. He used no overhead projectors or presentation materials. Rather, he had attendees turn to pages of his books as he discussed the illustrations which exemplified his suggestions about things to accomplish and to avoid in graphic displays. Tufte feels that in order to achieve the highest "resolution" (defined as "maximum rate of transfer of information") in one’s presentations, the audience members should be given a hard copy of materials to take away with them.

One of the most pleasing revelations of the seminar was that Tufte is a collector of antique and rare books containing excellent historical examples of the art of displaying information. Tufte made several positive references to librarians, whom he obviously respects. When addressing the designers of graphical user interfaces (GUIs) and the "users" who are their customers, he said that he could think of only one other group - "pushers" -- that call their customers "users." On the other hand, he said, librarians use the wonderful term "patrons" to refer to their customers. A very different attitude is expressed in that choice of terms. Graphics designers might do well to think of their "users" more as "patrons." Tufte thinks respect for the audience is at the root of all good displays.

Tufte’s books are highly recommended for adding to special library collections. They are also useful reading for special librarians, especially those who think of the customers of their displays as "patrons" instead of just "users."

Intern, Practicum, and Volunteer Programs Survey
The purpose of this survey is to help provide library school students with opportunities to gain professional experience while they are students and to improve the value of the experience for both employers and students. The SLA Texas Chapter is conducting this survey as a service to the local professional and academic community. Survey results will be published in the December 1998 issue of the Lone Star Librarian newsletter.

Survey participants: Everyone interested in internships, volunteer programs, or practicums.

Deadline: Please respond by mail, fax or email by October 30th, 1998.

SURVEY:

1. Please select the category which matches you best:
__Student
__Employer
__Other, please describe _________________________

2. Experience in library setting:
__less than one year
__1-2 years
__3-4 years
__More than 4 years

3. In today’s job market, do you think it matters whether experience is gained through internship, volunteer, or practicum positions?
__yes
__no
__don't know/no opinion

Which of the three – internship, volunteering, or practicums – is your preference?
_______________________________________________

Why? _______________________________________________________________

4. Paid internships
· What pay range do you think is appropriate? __________________

· What range of hours (min-max) do think is appropriate? ___________

· Please prioritize the three most important benefits you think should be gained from an internship or intern:

1)___________________________________________________________________

2)___________________________________________________________________

3)___________________________________________________________________

5. Volunteer positions
· What range of hours (min-max) do think is appropriate? ____________

· Please prioritize the three most important benefits you think should be gained from a volunteer position or volunteer:

1)___________________________________________________________________

2)___________________________________________________________________

3)___________________________________________________________________

6. Practicums (student pays University, and gets class credit for experience)
· What range of hours (min-max) do think is appropriate? ___________

· Please prioritize the three most important benefits you think should be gained from a practicum or from a practicum student:

1)___________________________________________________________________

2)___________________________________________________________________

3)___________________________________________________________________

7. What is your primary location?
__ Austin
__ Dallas
__ Houston
__ San Antonio
__ Other, please specify
_______________________________________________

8. Additional comments:
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________

Thank you for your time!

Please return this survey to:

Valerie Magno
Motorola Global Information Center
3501 Ed Bluestein Blvd.
Austin, Texas 78721

Fax: 512-933-5993

MINUTES OF THE BOARD & ADVISORY COUNCIL, SUMMER MEETING 1998

Austin, Texas; Friday, July 10, 1998; 9:00am
Joe Thompson Center, University of Texas Campus
Submitted by Susan Elam

Board Members present:

Mike Zimmerman
President

Marcia Stoklosa
1st Vice President

Dell Johnson
2nd Vice President

Ann Griffith
2nd Vice President-Elect

Susan Elam
Secretary

Blaise Turney
Treasurer

Margaret Carroll
Past-President/Operations

Advisory Council Members present:
Julie Abbott Patrick, Vendor Liaison

Carolyn Ernst, Bylaws Chair

Mary Wolcott, Austin LPG

Chris Dobson, Dallas LPG

Judith Kraatz Johnson, San Antonio LPG

Denise Chockrek, Nominations Committee Chair

Margaret Aycock, Parliamentarian

Renee Daulong, Public Relations Chair

Valerie Magno, Student Liaison Austin

Other Texas SLA members present:
Janine Bolton & Sharon Halprin, NASA Johnson Space Center
The meeting was called to order at 9:30 am. Mike Zimmerman presented outgoing President Margaret Carroll with a lovely new pen.

1. Minutes of prior meeting
Susan Elam presented to the board the minutes from the February 15, 1998 board meeting. Margaret Carroll made a motion to approve the minutes with the exception of financial issues. Blaise Turney seconded. Motion carried.

2. Fall Meeting, Texas Chapter
Marcia Stoklosa stated that, tentatively, the Fall meeting will be held in Houston on October 15 (meeting) & 16 (field trip) at the Ramada Bay Area Conference Center in the Clear Lake area. This will coincide with NASA’s Inspection Day. Meeting attendees will have the option of touring NASA at that time. Janine Bolton and Sharon Halprin gave an overview of Inspection Day. Tentative program will be on Knowledge Management. Possible guest speakers were discussed.

3. Southwest Regional Conference 2000
Mike updated the group on the SW conference. This meeting, titled "Ahead of the Curve", will be held in San Diego in April 2000 . The Texas Chapter is responsible for programming at this conference. We are looking for Chapter members to help with the program and generate program ideas for this conference. This meeting will take the place of the Texas SLA Spring Meeting in 2000.

4. SLA Texas Chapter Open House in Indianapolis, June 8, 1998
Mike Zimmerman stated that a very successful Open House was sponsored by LEXIS-NEXIS, Wavephore & Moody’s. Over 80 attendees dropped by the reception.

5. President’s Report
Mike Zimmerman stressed the need to create a good communications model for all Local Planning Group Chapters. It is necessary to communicate the LPG activities throughout the state. Mike’s stated goal is to keep Texas SLA membership Active, Up, and Informed.

6. President-Elect’s Report
Marcia Stoklosa discussed coordination of Houston Fall meeting logistics, place, theme, speakers, etc. and solicited ideas for Spring ’99 meeting.

7. Treasurer’s Report
Blaise Turney stated that the Chapter has $6,800 in the bank and $10,000 in the pooled money account. The 1997 budget was $29,000 and $25,000 was spent. The Chapter will get an allotment of $5,620 from SLA Headquarters. Blaise stressed the necessity to send your membership renewal in before 12/31/98 to get the full SLA allotment. Blaise also asked that Executive Board members present their 1998 budget requests before end of meeting today.

8. By-laws
Carolyn Ernst, distributed the text of the by-laws which had been previously sent to Headquarters for suggestions. Carolyn solicited additions, corrections, clarifications, and deletions. The by-laws have to be approved by Texas Chapter membership. The Board and Council discussed the most appropriate way to reach all membership for approval of by-laws. Renee Daulong made a motion to place By-laws on the Texas SLA web page for all members to review. Denise Chockrek seconded. Motion carried.

9. Student Stipend
Margaret Carroll voiced concern regarding the low number of entries for the Student Stipend award to attend the national conference. Denise Chockrek urged promoting and communicating the Student Stipend more vocally to university library programs. A motion was made by Marcia Stoklosa to formalize the process of stipend winners by: receiving a congratulatory letter and award certificate from TX SLA president; be given a checklist of items the stipend covers during an interview with Faculty Advisor and Student Liaison; and be assigned a mentor(s) while at conference. Chris Dobson seconded motion. Motion carried.

10. Membership Survey
Margaret Carroll updated the group on the membership survey. A discussion ensued on the best procedure for surveying membership through LPG, Chapter web page, discussion list, mailed to membership, etc. Group decided to defer to Paula Day, Strategic Planning Chair, to work with Membership Chair to plan questionnaire. Margaret Aycock recommended that this item be pushed to the November meeting, as Paula Day was not in attendance.

11. Strategic Plan
The Strategic Plan document was distributed to the group and reviewed with Dell Johnson clarifying some sections. Suggestions were made to publish Plan in the Lone Star Librarian and on web site. Carolyn Ernst moved that Strategic Plan be placed on web site by September 1, 1998. Ann Griffith seconded. Motion carried.

12. Fiftieth Anniversary of the Texas Chapter
An open discussion was led by Mike Zimmerman on ideas to celebrate the Texas Chapter’s 50th anniversary during the Spring, 1999 meeting. Suggestions included: inviting current national SLA president as well as living past TX Chapter presidents, send out a press release, 50th anniversary pins to commemorate event, etc.

13. Special Interest Groups
Texas special librarians have many special interests groups including investment librarians, solo librarians, news librarians, law librarians, etc. The Board and Council recommended reaching out and communicating with these groups more effectively and possibly plan meetings to coincide with special interest groups.

14. LPG Program Coordination/Vendor Support
Mike Zimmerman led a discussion on how to best coordinate ideas among LPG members. The possibility of program themes could be developed and taken to each city. Mike also expressed concern that vendors were being solicited multiple times throughout the year for local, state and national levels for sponsorship. Since national sponsorships are usually handled at vendor headquarters, Susan Elam suggested that LPG and state programs coordinate their efforts when approaching vendors for sponsorship.

15. Chapter Reorganization
Margaret Carroll distributed paper and disk copies of all position descriptions of the Executive Board and Advisory Council of Texas SLA. She stressed the necessity that these descriptions map to the Strategic Plan. This is an opportunity to better align board and council positions for more effective communications. All changes to position descriptions must be forwarded on disk in TEXT FORMAT to Ernestine Chipman by September 1, 1998.

Motion to adjourn made by Carolyn Ernst; seconded by Margaret Carroll. Meeting adjourned at 4:30 pm.

Board/Council Quarterly Reports

Treasurer’s Report

Bylaws Committee Report, Carolyn Ernst

Government Relations Report, Erika Mittag

DFW LPG report, Chris Dobson

July 1, 1998-August 31, 1998
Blaise Turney, Treasurer
Summary:

Balance 7/1/98
$ 16,882.47

Income
1,130.00

Expenses
1,305.54

Balance 8/31/98
$ 16,706.93

Account Balances:

Checking Account
$ 6,189.28

SLA Pooled Money

Market Account
$ 10,517.65

Total
$ 16,706.93

The Bylaws Committee of the Texas Chapter, consisting of Pat Arnold, Carolyn Ernst, Sherry Siler, and Margaret Carroll (ex officio), mailed to the Chapter members a ballot to vote on proposed changes to the Texas Chapter Bylaws. The changes were recommended for three reasons: 1) the
intent of the text was unclear and changes would simplify and clarify the document; 2) previous amendments had introduced inconsistencies which were corrected by the changes; and 3) organizational changes approved by the Chapter Board in 1997 required corresponding changes to the Bylaws. The deadline for ballot returns was September 19. The election results should be posted on the chapter web site by the time you receive this issue of Lone Star Librarian.

It's been a hot summer, not just weatherwise or scandalwise, as several pieces of legislation important to libraries and librarians have moved along in Congress.

S. 2288, the Wendell H. Ford Government Publications Reform Act of 1998

Introduced by Senator Warner (R-VA) and Senator Ford (D-KY) on July 10 and heard by the Senate Rules & Administration Committee on July 29, this bill is the result of 19 months of collaboration between senate staffers and the
Inter Association Working Group on Government Information Policy (IAWG), of which SLA is a member, and other stakeholders. The stated purpose of the legislation is to update Title 44 of the US Code relating to the Federal Depository Library Program and public access to government information. The bill addresses constitutional issues on the separation of powers (i.e. Congressional oversight of Executive branch publication activity), expansion of Title 44 to include electronic formats and dissemination, and enforcement mechanisms to cut down on "fugitive" documents from all branches of government. A committee hearing was scheduled for September 10, and we await further action. The bill faces formidable opposition from information industry groups who feel it reverses the privatization and decentralization trends that have been beneficial to them. The Inter Association Working Group is maintaining a website with up to date information on bill status as well as much background material at http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/IAWG. Additional information specifically pertaining to the inclusion of judiciary branch
documents in this program is located at
http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/aallwash/tm0729a2.html.

Digital Copyright Bill Passes House With Database Protection Attached

H.R. 2281 passed the House on August 4 with H.R. 2652 (already passed in May) added as an amendment. This bill, designed to implement a variety of provisions of the World Intellectual Property Organization Treaty of 1996, has been placed on the Senate calendar for a conference to reconcile with S. 2037, also passed in May. The bill would prohibit circumvention of technological protection measures used to control access to copyrighted works. It would also outlaw the manufacture, import and sale of devices that are "primarily designed or produced" to circumvent such technological protections, and would prohibit the removal or alteration of "copyright management information'' used to identify a copyrighted work and its author. In addition, it exempts on-line service providers from liability for mere transmission of copyrighted material as well as providing some exemptions for libraries in the area of fair use and a variety of other related issues. To read the text of the bill, search H.R. 2652 at http://thomas.loc.gov/

New SOC Definition for Librarians

The proposed revision of the Standard Occupational Classification system includes the following definition of librarians:

25-4021 Librarians

Administer libraries and perform related library services. Work in a variety of settings, including public libraries, schools, colleges and universities, museums, corporations, government agencies, law firms, non-profit organizations, and healthcare providers. Tasks may include selecting, acquiring, cataloguing, classifying, circulating, and maintaining library materials; and furnishing reference, bibliographical, and readers' advisory services. May perform in-depth, strategic research, and synthesize, analyze, edit, and filter information. May set up or work with databases and information systems to catalogue and access information.
The entire classification system is available at

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SLA's proposed definition follows: Provides timely, working information to a specialized clientele to further the objectives of libraries, educational institutions, museums, non-profit organizations, government agencies, corporations, news organizations, law firms, and health care providers. Possesses expert knowledge of information resources, and anticipates the needs of the organization or client. Critically evaluates and filters information to design tailored information products that can meet the strategic goals of the organization or client. Functions also include acquisition, cataloguing, circulation, collections maintenance, and reference services; compiling, analyzing, writing, editing, computer programming, and systems design.

Comments are invited at the Office of Management and Budget at soc@omb.eop.gov through October 9, 1998. The new classifications will be used for the 2000 census as well as other statistical compilations regarding occupations.

E-Rate Ups and Downs

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 included provisions for reduced telecommunications rates for schools and rural health organizations to help them connect to the Internet. This past spring and summer applications were coming in to the Schools and Libraries Corporation (SLC) when opposition arose in the Congress as telecom providers added a line item to their customer billing statements detailing the costs for this program. Senator Conrad Burns (R-MT) and Representative Billy Tauzin (R-LA) introduced the Schools and Libraries Internet Access Act (S 2348 and H.R. 4324) on July 23 to take control of this fund from the FCC and place it with a new entity in the Treasury as well as decrease the federal excise tax on telephone bills. The bills have been referred to committee, but no action has been taken to date.

Additionally, amendments were attached to the Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary appropriations bill including the McCain (S. 1619) Internet Filtering Act requiring all organizations receiving E-rate funds to install filtering software and the Coates (S. 1482) prohibition on internet distribution of "material harmful to minors." This appropriations bill has passed both houses in different forms and is
awaiting reconciliation in a conference committee.

The Dallas/Fort Worth Local Planning Group has a great year planned. We're kicking off the season with a meeting at Fujitsu Network Communications on September 22. Library manager, Ben Toon, will present "Tough Talk on Telecom," an overview of the terminology and new
technologies that make today's telecommunications anything but simple.

On October 8, Mike Zimmerman of the Federal Reserve Bank will host the latest "Out of the Box" satellite teleconference from SLA on Harnessing Intranet Potential.

Kathryn Hoover has made arrangements for our November 11 meeting at EDS. Randy Stroud of EDS will discuss Internet and e-mail security.

December 3 is SLA night at the KERA (Dallas public television). We will person the phones for the first night of the Winter Pledge Drive. Volunteers will receive nifty T-shirts so mark your calendars.

The annual Christmas Party is December 10 at Via Real in Las Colinas.

Our January meeting will be at Nortel. We'll have a panel of experienced librarians discuss how to handle revolving door management in a world of merger mania.

We are also working on a special project to recruit exceptional people for the dynamic profession of corporate librarianship. Suzanne Levitas of INTERMERC, Denise Chochrek of Taylor & Company, and Susan Elam of
LEXIS-NEXIS will be accompanying faculty members from Texas Woman's University on recruiting trips to local campuses. Terry Hopkins of J.C. Penney is also working to identify other opportunities for getting the SLA message to those in the process of planning their futures. We welcome volunteers and suggestions for how and where we can spread the word.

We have exciting plans in the works for the Spring, so stay tuned. All our meetings are announced through the Texas Chapter discussion list, in addition to mailed notices.

Marcia Stoklosa leaves Dallas!

Houston LPG Says Farewell to Una Gourlay

Texas Chapter SLA Certificate of Merit Recipients

North Texas Practicum List

SLA Affirmative Action Scholarship

Texas Chapter - SLA Executive Board

Upcoming Events

Thurs. evening, Oct. 14

Fri. & Sat., Oct 15 -16

Sat & Sun., Nov. 14-15
Yes, the rumor is true. Marcia Stoklosa, Texas Chapter's President Elect, is heading to St. Louis to begin her career as a Senior Librarian with Solutia, the Chemical Arm of Monsanto. Marcia's last day at Texas Instruments was September 11th. She took over her new duties September 21st.

Marcia, after her graduation from North Texas State University(UNT), began her career as a librarian at the Dallas County Law Library where she spent six years. After leaving the County Law Library, she worked for Texas Instruments and became our Chapter's President-Elect at the June 1998 SLA Conference at Indianapolis.

From the very beginning of her career, Marcia has always been an unfailing source of help and support for all activities, no matter the level. She has helped plan and develop DFW local planning group events, she was behind the scenes at the Texas Chapter level, and participated in SLA Division events whenever called upon.

Therefore, it goes without saying, while I am extremely pleased at her being able to move forward in her career, I am sorry to see such an energetic, creative, and positive example of what a true librarian is supposed to be packing her bags and heading to St. Louis.

Marcia, in the short time you were able to be our Chapter's President-Elect you have been a great team player and a good friend. Thank you for your efforts and all of your hard work. I am sure we will be hearing from you soon taking another Chapter of SLA to new heights. As Robert Heinlein once wrote: "I wish you calm seas, following winds, and a happy voyage through life."

- submitted by Mike Zimmerman

On Thursday evening, July 23rd, the Houston Local Planning Group hosted a farewell dinner to honor Una Gourlay, the Texas Chapter’s International Relations Chair. Una’s husband has been transferred to Singapore, so the Gourlays have packed their belongings, sold their house, and sailed for foreign shores.

Peggy Shaw, Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business librarian, and Ann Robertson, VP at Access Information Associates, gathered twenty-plus colleagues and toasted Una over a delicious oriental dinner. The group gifted Una with an autographed Texas pillow and book of quotations. Una has been a member of the Special Libraries Association since 1982, or 16 years. She is currently a member of the Information Technology Division - Government Information Section, Library Management Division - Consulting Section and Marketing Section and the Petroleum & Energy Resources Division. Una had been at Rice University almost 12 years.

Julie Hallmark, University of Texas – advisor, Austin SLA Student Group. Julie won an SLA Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Leadership in a Student Group and an SLA Certificate of Merit for Electronic Promotion of a Student Group.

Yvonne J. Chandler, University of North Texas - advisor, University of North Texas SLA Student Group. Yvonne won an SLA Certificate of Merit for Innovative Programming in a Student Group.

Olga Wise is now Chair of the Solo Division of SLA. The Solo Division has over 1000 members and is the fifth largest division within SLA. All Texas Solos are encouraged to join the division. Take a look at the Solo Division home page http://www.sla.org/division/dsol/frame.htm
to find out about the division’s activities and plans, including a great program for Minneapolis 1999.

The Dallas LPG is compiling a list of libraries willing to take practicum students in the North Texas area. Practicum students work for a minimum of 120 hours. No pay is required. If you are interested in having students apply for a paid internship, please let us know that also. We will pass on the information to the Library Schools at TWU and UNT.

Chris Dobson
LPG Chair
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F1 Services, Inc.
800-838-2990
http://www.netcom.com/~f1srvcs
mailto:f1srvcs@ix.netcom.com

The Special Libraries Association is offering an Affirmative Action Scholarship for $6,000 to a minority group member who exhibits an aptitude for interest in special library work. This scholarship will be granted only for graduate study in librarianship leading to a master's degree at a recognized school of library or information science. The application deadline is October 31, 1998. To apply,
call (202)234-4700, fax them at (202) 265-9317, email them at sla@sla.org, visit their website at http://www.sla.org or write them at:

Special Libraries Association
Scholarship Committee
1700 Eighteenth Street, N.W.
Washington DC, 20009

This scholarship information was supplied by the Scholarship Resource Network.

Executive Board
President
Michael Zimmerman
Library Administrator
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
2200 North Pearl
Dallas, TX 75201
(214) 922-5219 - v
(214) 922-5222 - fax
mike.c.zimmerman@dal.frb.org

1st Vice Pres / Pres-Elect
OPEN
Interim 1st VP is Dell Johnson

2nd Vice President
Dell Johnson
Sr. Research Analyst
SEMATECH
2706 Montopolis
Austin, TX 78741
(512) 356-7626 - v
(512) 356-7118 - fax
dell.johnson@sematech.org

2nd Vice President-Elect
Ann Griffith
Sr. Information Specialist
Nortel
2201 Lakeside Blvd. MS 99203A51
Richardson, TX 75082
(972) 684-5688 - v
(972) 684-3742 - fax
anng@nortel.com

Secretary
Susan Elam
Info. Prof. Support Grp
Lexis-Nexis
500 N. Akard St. Suite 1950
Dallas, TX 75201
(214) 220-7352 - v
(214) 220-7300 - f
susan.elam@lexis-nexis.com

Treasurer
Blaise Turney
Deloitte & Touche'
2200 Ross Ave. Suite 1600
Dallas, TX 75201
(214) 777-7045 - v
(214) 777-7050 - fax
bturney@dttus.com

Past-President/Operations
Margaret Carroll
Librarian
Microsoft Corp.
1212 Corporate Dr.
Irving, TX 75038
(972) 756-7778 - v
(972) 753-6113 - fax
mcarroll@microsoft.com

Advisory Council
Ad Mgr./Vendor Liaison
Julie Patrick
Taylor & Co.
201 Main St. Suite 3300
Ft. Worth, TX 76012
(817) 338-2043 - v
(817) 339-7194 – fax
patrick@barbnet.com

Affirmative Action Liaison
Irene Cordova
Bell Helicopter
LOG OPS Library PLT1 DPT 82
PO Box 42
Ft. Worth, TX 76101-0482
(817) 280-6726 - v
(817) 280-6473

Bylaws Chair
Carolyn Ernst
Vice President - Consulting
F1 Services
3141 Hood St. Suite 610
Dallas, TX 75219
(214) 353-0031
or (800) 838-2990 - v
(214) 353-0663 – fax
flsrvcs@ix.netcom.com

Archivist
Mindy F. Klein
Exxon Prod. Research Co.
PO Box 2189
Houston, TX 77252-2189
(713) 966-6171 - v
(713) 965-4157 - f
dmklein@hti.net

Consultation Chair
Karen Deakin
Information Specialist
918 Kipling St.
Houston, Texas 77006
(713) 520-1347 – v
deakin@neosoft.com

Employment Chair
Ann Spoth
Electronic Data Systems (EDS)
5400 Legacy Dr. MS-B5-1B-02
Plano, TX 75024
(972) 604-3898 - v
(972) 604-7997 - fax
ann.spoth@exsc01.exch.eds.com

Government Relations Chair
Erika Mittag
Supervisor
3M Austin Info. Services
6801 River Place Blvd.
Austin, TX 78726
(512) 984-3236 - v
(512) 984-3237 - fax
ecmittag@mmm.com

International Relations Chair
OPEN

Local Planning Groups
Austin
Mary Wolcott
Librarian
UT Austin Dev. Office
PO Box 7458
Austin, TX 78713-7458
512-475-9644
fax 512-232-2310
mwolcott@mail.utexas.edu

Dallas/Ft. Worth
Chris Dobson, Pres.
F1 Services
3141 Hood St. Suite 610
Dallas, TX 75219
(214) 528-9895 - v
(214) 528-9819 - fax
f1srvcs@ix.netcom.com

& Advisory Council 1998 / 99 [As of September 98]

Houston
Tracy Williams
LEXIS-NEXIS
1100 Louisiana, Ste. 1212
Houston, TX 77002
713-856-6444 - v
713-646-1500 - fax
tracy.williams@lexis-nexis.com

San Antonio
Mary Smith Forman
Director of Library Services
USAA Research
9800 Fredericksburg Road
San Antonio, TX 78288-2801
210-498-1524 – v
210-498-4776 - fax
mary.forman@usaa.com

Membership Chair
Denise Chochrek
Mgr of Info Research
Taylor & Co.
201 Main St. Suite 3300
Ft. Worth, TX 76102
(817) 338-2024 – v
(817) 339-7194 – fax
chechrek@barbnet.com

Networking Chair
Lawrence M. Enoch
Electronic Data Systems (EDS)
5400 Legacy Dr. MS-B5-1B-02
Plano, TX 75024
(972) 604-8375 - v
(972) 604-8375 - f
larry.enoch@.eds.com

Nominations Committee
Chair - OPEN

Peggy Shaw
Rice University
Jones Graduate School
PO Box 1892
Houston, TX 77251
(713) 527-6062 - v
(713) 285-5251 - fax
pshaw@rice.edu

Gail Wilson
Deloitte & Touche LLP
333 Clay St. Suite 2300
Houston, TX 77002
(713) 756-2416 - v
(713) 756-2001 - fax
Home: Bandera TX
gwilson@dttus.com

Parliamentarian
Margaret A. Aycock
Librarian: Gulf Coast
Environmental Library
Lamar University
PO Box 10671
Beaumont, TX 77710-0671
(409) 880-8897 - v
aycock@library.lamar.edu

Procedures Chair
Ernestine Chipman
Ernst & Young
2121 San Jacinto
Dallas, TX 75201
(214) 969-8624 - v
(214) 969 - 9702 - fax
ernestine.chimpan@ey.com

Public Relations Chair
Renee Daulong
Information Resource
Services, Inc.
PO Box 200563
Austin, TX 78720-0563

(512) 320-8354 - v
(512) 320-8841 – fax
radulong@librarianoncall.com

Strategic Planning Chair
Paula Day
Information Specialist
McKinsey & Company
2200 Ross Ave. Suite 5200
Dallas, TX 75201
(214) 665-1212 - v
(214) 665-1607 - fax
paula_day@mckinsey.com

Student Liaisons
Denton
Janice Findley
PriceWaterhouseCoopers
2001 Ross Ave. Suite 1800
Dallas, TX 75201
(214) 754-4869 - v
(214) 754-4805
janice_findley@notes.pw.com

Austin
Valerie (Val) Magno
Librarian
Motorola
3501 Ed Bluestein Blvd.
Austin, TX 78721
(512) 933-6089 - v
(512) 933-5993 - fax
ra5871@email.sps.mot.com

Houston
Sasha Gilbert
Information Specialist
APQC
123 N. Post Oak Ln. 3rd Fl.
Houston, TX 77024
(713)685-4659 - v
(713)681-1182 - f
sgilbert@apqc.org

Houston --Executive Board and Advisory Council meeting. Theme – The Progress of our Profession and Forward into the Future. Contact: Mike Zimmerman, 214-922-5219, mike.c.zimmerman@dal.frb.org

Texas Chapter 1998 Fall General Meeting. Tentative program: "The Future: It’s Closer than You Think" in conjunction with NASA Inspection Day, Houston, TX. Contact Mike Zimmerman, 214-922-5219, mike.c.zimmerman@dal.frb.org

Texas Book Festival, Austin Texas [http://link.tsl.state.tx.us/bookfest]

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