UNYSLA Connected!

First off, I would like to thank all you for the opportunity to serve as chapter president. My year as president-elect allowed me to observe and learn from our outgoing president, Boodie McGinnis, and past-president Jill Hurst, who both were incredibly generous in their efforts to mentor me. For this I am greatly in their debt. I only hope to do as well for the chapter as they have!

I also became cognizant of the varied work of the Board during the past year. UNYSLA has many projects underway at this time, not the least of which is a revision of the Chapter bylaws, which will be a great portion of our activity at the Summer Board meeting.

Additionally, efforts to start a Student Chapter at Syracuse University, a long-standing goal, seem about to be realized through the work of Sara Miller, our Board liaison to the school.

However, I feel that one of the major challenges facing the Upstate New York Chapter is simply the large geographic area it encompasses. As members, we cannot often meet face to face, if at all, so communicating effectively is key to keeping this organization dynamic.

I understand that our newsletter is still the primary form of communication, and that the recent poll of the membership indicated the paper version was the preferred delivery mode. One of my goals as incoming president, is to explore the option of automatically signing everyone up to our chapter discussion list.

There is very limited traffic on this list so I don’t feel that it would be too much of an imposition on our members in the way of extra e-mails. But I would like to hear from all of you on this. If you find you would like to subscribe for yourself, the directions are on the last page of the Bulletin.

Our chapter also now has an active Local Area Meetings Coordinator, Lori Micho, Public Services Librarian at the Nestlé Library, Cornell University. I know she would welcome contact from anyone interested in hosting a meeting in their area of the state. This is another option we have to stay connected with each other over the months between the Spring and Fall Programs. Lori can be reached at: Tel. 607/255-0389; Fax 607/255-0021 or e-mail: lm62@cornell.edu.

We will actively investigate the implementation of alternative modes of communication that SLA is currently testing, such as the chat software which would enable us all to have an interactive session on line.

If you have any ideas or comments, please do send them to me! I look forward to hearing from you and working with you! If you are interested in becoming more active in the chapter please let me know…and let’s all stay connected!

Lisa Carbone (left) and Boodie McGinnis (right)

Executive Board

President

Lisa Carbone

ACTS Testing Labs, Inc.

Amherst, NY 14228

Tel: 716/505-3594

lisa.carbone@actstesting.com

President-Elect

Candice Johnson

ExxonMobil Chemical Company

Macedon, NY 14502

Tel: 315/966-5027

cmjohnso@roc.mobil.com

Past-President

Boodie McGinnis

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY 14853-3901

Tel: 607/255-0309

mmn3@cornell.edu

Secretary

Susan Flint

Whiteman Osterman & Hanna

Albany, NY 12260

Tel: 518/487-7632

Treasurer

Marsha Shea

Schenectady International

Schenectady, NY 12309

Tel: 518/347-4401

marsha.shea@siigroup.com

Director (2000-2002)

Don Schnedeker

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY 14853-3901

Tel: 607/255-9242

dws2@cornell.edu

Director (2000-2001)

Ann Gunning

Nylink

Albany, NY 12246

Tel:800/342-3353

gunninga@nylink.suny.edu

 

Advisory Councils

Awards Chair

Pat Oliver

Ballston Spa, NY 12020

Tel: 518/395-4918

Bulletin Editor

Allison Perry

Gaylord Information Systems

Syracuse, NY 13221-4901

Tel: 800/272-3414, ext. 615

perry@gaylord.com

Business Manager for Bulletin

Rosalind Young

The Corning Museum of Glass

Corning, NY 14830-2253

Tel: 607/974-4358

youngrs@cmog.org

Business Manager for Programs

Boodie McGinnis

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY 14853-3901

Tel: 607/255-0309

mmn3@cornell.edu

Chapter Archivist

Jill Hurst

Hurst Associates, Ltd.

Fairport, NY 14450

Tel: 716/388-0881

hurst@hurstassociates.com

Consultant Chair

Karen Kreizman Reczek

ACTS Testing Labs, Inc.

Amherst, NY 14228

Tel: 716/505-3592

karen.kreizman@actstesting.com

Government Relations Chair

Deb Joseph

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY 14853-3901

Tel: 607/254-4914

dj13@cornell.edu

International Relations Chair

Mary Van Ullen

University @Albany, NY 12222

Tel: 518/442-3559

vanullen@csc.albany.edu

List Manager

Susan W. Price

Syracuse University Library

Tel: 315/443-9518

swprice@library.syr.edu

Library School Liaison for Albany

Barbara Beverly

NY Dept. of Economic Development

Albany, NY 12245

Tel: 518/292-5238

bbeverley@empire.state.ny.us

Library School Liaison for Syracuse

Sara Miller

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY 14853-3901

Tel: 607/254-4503

Sfh4@cornell.edu

Library School Liaison for Buffalo - Renee Bush

SUNY Buffalo

Buffalo, NY 14214

Tel: 716/829-3900 ext. 109

rbbush@acsu.buffalo.edu

Local Area Meetings Coordinator

Lori Micho

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY 14853

Tel: 607/255-0389

lm62@cornell.edu

Long Range Planning

Jeannette Smithee

CNY Library Resources Council

Syracuse, NY 13224-1690

Tel: 315/446-5546

smitheej@clrc.org

Membership Chair

Rachel Covington

Buffalo Museum of Science

Buffalo, NY 14211-1293

Tel: 716/896-5200

rcovington@sciencebuff.org

Networking Chair

Vacant.

Nominating Committee Chair

Sara Miller

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY 14853

Tel: 607/254-4503

sfh4@conrnell.edu

Parliamentarian

Pat Oliver

Ballston Spa, NY 12020

Tel: 518/395-4918

Webmaster/Public Relations

Angela K. Horne

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY 14853-3901

Tel: 607/255-3389

akh8@cornell.edu

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by Jill Ann Hurst

On May 3 the Chapter held its Spring Program on knowledge management. SLA chapters can request a visit from the Association president once every three years. This year Susan DiMattia visited our Chapter and presented the keynote address entitled "Managing Knowledge: The Challenge Facing Today’s Librarian."

Susan’s research showed that there are as many definitions of knowledge management (KM) as there are people trying to define it. Although knowledge is important, barriers keep companies from implementing KM programs. Those barriers include:

• The need to financially justify a KM program
• An unclear concept of what KM is
• The need to align the KM program with a corporate strategy
• The belief that sharing knowledge will make people less powerful

Susan, however, pointed to research that demonstrates the need for KM. For example, according to a large study of 5,000+ business people by Korn/Ferry International:

• More than 70% of employees in the study reported that knowledge is not reused across their companies.
• 88% said they do not have access to lessons learned elsewhere in the organization.
• 79% of those surveyed said they do not have adequate knowledge about what their competitors are doing.
• 69% feel that, since they do not have access to good information, they are reinventing the wheel.

And although the common perception is that KM is centered around an information technology solution, 85% of the information lies outside of IT systems.

In thinking about KM, Susan challenged us to:

• Know our companies and how KM fits with their strategies and environments.
• Know ourselves and be realistic about what we can do.
• Do big things by doing lots of small things. In other words, understand that a "KM project" may be a series of small projects.
• Line up champions.
• Find partners.

Stuart Basefsky, an Information Specialist & Instructor at the Martin P. Catherwood Library at Cornell University, was the second speaker. Stuart’s presentation was based partially on his article published in Information Outlook (August 1999) entitled "The Library as an Agent of Change: Pushing the Client Institution Forward." Stuart sees librarians as agents of change. He proposed that librarians could impact a KM project by providing training. Training employees can allow the library to not only influence the resources they use but also influence how they view the library.

Stuart suggested that librarians partner with the human resource (HR) department to ensure that new employees are introduced to the library when hired and that they are trained in the use of information resources. The library can help HR ensure that the new employees are successful because they have access to the information they need. (If the employees are successful, then HR looks good.) And since HR would be knowledgeable about the company’s projects (because of shifting or hiring employees), HR would be able to champion the library and its resources.

It is interesting to note that at the Catherwood Library, students are taught to locate and summarize information into executive reports. Stuart and the rest of the library staff realize the importance of presenting information properly and teach the students to do so.

The afternoon began with a panel discussion, "Practitioners’ Perspectives in Knowledge Management" with short presentations by Stuart M. Basefsky; Susan M.C. Flint, Library and Records Manager at Whiteman, Osterman & Hanna; and Jill Ann Hurst, President of Hurst Associates, Ltd. Susan Flint outlined KM positions that librarians might hold, while Jill discussed roles that an information consultant might fill. Among Stuart’s tidbits were that cataloguers could function as marketers of information.

Ellen Reen’s presentation "Business Intelligence Strategies – the Competitive Advantage of Knowledge Management" talked about the relationship between competitive intelligence and knowledge management. She noted that 80% of the information a company needs is in-house, however, that information is not useful if it is not retrievable.

Ellen stated that knowledge is only power when:

• It is in the right hands
• It is available at the right time
• Is delivered in the right format
• Is available to support the right decision

The workshop was sponsored by Factiva (www.factiva.com) – a joint venture between Dow Jones and Reuters -- and EBSCO (www.ebsco.com), whose support we gratefully acknowledge.

Synergies and Your Professional Future A presentation by Susan DiMattia to the Librarians at Cornell University Notes by Marty Kurth

Boodie McGinnis introduced Cornell’s guest speaker, Susan DiMattia, current President of the Special Libraries Association, editor at Cahners Business Information, and Visiting Associate Professor, Pratt Institute School of Information and Library Science.

Susan began her presentation, titled "Synergies and Your Professional Future," by observing that, in surveying information-related issues, it is hard to imagine an electronic or traditional setting without seeing roles for librarians or information professionals. Susan lamented the recent trend of corporate library closings, which she related to a popular belief that there is no need for libraries or librarians because information needs can be met directly via the Internet. Susan stressed how important it is that librarians communicate the value of the services they provide.

Susan related an excerpt from the recent book, The Social Life of Information, by John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid (Harvard Business School Press, 2000), in which a professor from UC-Berkeley said that he felt in touch with information in new ways because of his ability to access it directly through the university's digital library. The authors stressed that this perspective overlooks all of the people and the organizations in which they work that make such direct access possible. Susan noted the dilemma that library staff members face in that, when they do their jobs well, they often do them in ways that are invisible to their users. She underlined the need to move beyond invisibility and instead to promote the value inherent in providing access to information.

Susan told the story of an MIT professor who said at an OCLC meeting that she hadn't been to the library in four years because information in her field of information filtering technology is changing so rapidly there is no point in publishing it in paper. Such rapid information obsolescence calls for librarians to think about their services and clients in new ways, which is complicated by the continuing demand for traditional services.

Susan recalled a presentation she made at FORO, the Transborder Library Forum, which included library workers from Arizona and Mexico. In that presentation, Susan explained that special librarians have had to develop new skills in dealing with an increasingly global economy. These

skills include becoming more adept at global communication, that is, accounting for cultural differences and developing basic language skills; providing products and services for organizations that never sleep or organizations in other countries who do not follow the U.S. holiday calendar; and providing services to clients that one never actually meets, which makes it difficult to assess those clients' responses to the information given them. Susan again referred to The Social Life of Information, in which the authors noted the many aspects of interpersonal communication that are lost in electronic exchanges conducted at a distance.

Susan noted that in a global information environment a technological differential between organizations is often apparent. She cited the example of the Russian State Library, which is second in size in the world to the Library of Congress, but which is not automated. The Russian State Library has entered into an agreement with the Library of Congress in which LC will digitize a portion of one of the Russian State Library's special collections. Susan pointed to the irony that scholars around the world will be able to use the digitized Russian resources, but the Russians who supplied the collection will not be able to use it online. Susan used this example to highlight the importance of synergy, which she defined as increased effectiveness produced by combined action, where interacting elements generate an effect that is greater than the sum of its parts.

Susan referred to an issue of Fast Company magazine in which twenty-one "thought leaders" were asked to submit one idea each to prepare people for the twenty-first century. The overall thrust of their responses was that we shouldn't try to predict the future, we should create our own. We can do that by leaving open as many doors as possible in order to prepare for inherently unpredictable events. Peter Drucker suggests developing parallel careers because people will typically outlive the organizations they work for. Susan said that Micho Kaku, professor of theoretical physics at the City College of New York, has called Silicon Valley the "rust belt" of the new economy, predicting that jobs there will be good for only another twenty years. Kaku holds that jobs that survive will build on common sense and real vision, which are traits that computers do not have. Susan pointed out that both common sense and vision are traits that librarians definitely have. Susan invited us to learn continuously, build community, think creatively, develop common sense and vision, take the best of the past into the future, and don't overplay technology.

Regarding overplaying technology, Susan quoted humorist P.J. O'Rourke as having said, "When you had to carve things in stone, you got the Ten Commandments. When things had to be written with a goose quill and you had to boil blood or whatever to make ink, you got Shakespeare. When you went over to the steel pen and manufactured inks, you got Henry James. When you get to the typewriter, you get Jack Kerouac. When you get down to the word processor, you get me. So improvement in the technology of writing hasn't improved writing itself, as far as I can tell."

Susan suggested that we use career intelligence and continue to look for work we love. She related that entrepreneur David Allen said in Fast Company magazine that people who get too wrapped up in the stuff coming at them lose their ability to respond. According to Allen, the silent trauma of workers' lives is that there are no edges to their jobs and no limit to the potential information that can help them do their jobs better. His position is that the frantic approach is a recipe for disaster, that our challenge is not to manage time, but to maintain focus.

Susan recommended that we regularly reconfigure ourselves and our jobs. She invited us to take out our resumes once every six months and look for one thing to add that we have accomplished in that time. She said that if we can't think of something to add, we should try harder to "keep on the edge of challenge," which will enable us to do our best work. Susan cited the example of the new head of the U.S. Mint, who is responsible for the state quarter coins and who transformed the mint into a fast-moving organization that stresses customer service and has a cutting-edge presence on the Web. His strategy is to do big things by doing a lot of smaller things, which Susan sees this as another example of the benefits of synergy.

Susan mentioned a Library Journal article in which virtual library users were asked what they missed most when comparing virtual libraries to traditional libraries. Susan said that they didn't miss the physical library resources, they missed a place to meet people and a quiet place to think. In enacting synergies, Susan recommended that we mix traditional operations with innovations, that we mix our traditional selves with our reinvigorated selves. She suggested identifying groups on campus with whom the library has traditionally not interacted and to target them for services. Susan invited us to reach our personal levels of discomfort. She proposed creating a "stretch" wish list for the future and then collaborating with others for support, ideas, and education.

Susan closed her presentation by referring to a recent Fireman's Fund ad that said, "Life is a rush into the unknown. You can duck down and hope nothing hits you or stand up tall as you can, show it your teeth, and say, 'Dish it up, baby, and don't be stingy with the jalapenos.'" She endorsed combining an attitudinal strategy that relies on chutzpah with a strategy to generate synergy by seeking support and partnerships with our peers.

In response to Sarah Thomas' invitation for questions and observations from the audience, a member of the Assembly questioned whether the MIT professor who hadn't been in the library in four years had used electronic journals that were paid for by the library. She suggested that she be reminded who puts the "information on her plate."

An audience member asked Susan about the current viability of the term "special libraries" and in turn the name of the Special Libraries Association. Susan responded that the SLA Board has considered whether to change the name of the association. One of the five SLA task forces that are reviewing the structure of the association is going to work with a branding and imaging firm to come up with three new names that will be presented to the SLA membership along with the option to retain the current name.

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by: Mary VanUllen

The Chapter sponsorship of a journal for our partner library school at the University of Vilnius is finally underway. The Chapter had considered sending a subscription to "Information Outlook," but we determined that SLA was already providing that title to the University. Instead, the faculty at Vilnius decided that they would like a subscription to ONLINE, and the required paperwork was sent to the Chapter Treasurer in March. The price of the first year’s subscription is $90 for airmail delivery.

Chapter members who plan to withdraw materials from their collections might wish to investigate the Asia Foundation's  "Books for Asia" program.  The Asia Foundation is a private, nonprofit, nongovernmental organization  working to advance the mutual interests of the United States and the Asia Pacific region.  The program sends over 500,000 books per year to over 4,000 libraries, schools, universities, and nongovernmental research centers in over 40 countries in Asia.  While most  of the materials are new textbooks donated by  U.S. publishers, BFA also accepts used books provided they are in good condition and have a publication date within the last eight years (not more than one edition old).  Books for Asia pays for all shipping costs from San Francisco to Asia.  Donors are asked to cover the costs of transporting used materials to their San Francisco warehouse.  More information about the program may be found at http://www.asiafoundation.com

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by Jeannette Smithee

My perspective of the May 3 Spring meeting is different because I never actually attended. But I felt the presence and fellowship of the chapter, nonetheless. As many of you have heard, I slipped and fell on the way from the parking garage to the meeting and broke my arm.

I am thankful that I had gotten a ride to the meeting with Allison Perry. She made sure I was safely on my way to the emergency room at the Cayuga County Medical Center. After my arm was set and splinted, Allison and Boodie McGinnis picked me up. Allison gently drove me home, missing the second part of the program and the board meeting. I am sorry for the disruption of the day, but I am very thankful for understanding colleagues.

It will take awhile for the arm to heal, but only a week later I am out of the large cast and into a smaller one. I have started physical therapy to get the muscles back to work.

I want to thank the chapter for being there for me. Thanks, not only to Allison, but to Boodie who sent flowers from the chapter, and to those who sent cards, e-mail and other good wishes. All of the thoughts and wishes are important to me and are surely helping the healing process. I hope to send thank-you notes when I no longer have to write and type left handed.

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by: Mary Beth Palazzolo, Co-President

Special Libraries Association Student Group, SUNY Albany

http://www.albany.edu/sisp/sla/index.html

On Sat. Apr. 8, 2000, the SLA Student Group traveled to New York City for the following events:

Tour of the performing Arts Research Division of the New York Public Library, temporarily located at 521 W. 43^rd St (between 10^th and 11^th Ave.)  We had a private tour of this excellent collection which includes:

1. Dance collection - including the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image

2. Music Division

3. Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound

4. Billy Rose Theatre Collection - including the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive

The SLA New York City Chapter and Lexis-Nexis hosted a Career Day, which took place at Chase Manhattan Bank at 270 Park Ave., on the corner of 47^th St.  The event featured recruiting agencies primarily from New York and New Jersey and provided students with an opportunity to speak to active special librarians from a variety of fields (non-profit, investor bank, law and advertising firms).  In addition, there were two lectures/panels, each about one hour in length.  The first panel was about what you can do with an MLS, such as working with Internet start-ups or recruiting.  The second panel featured current librarians who started out in fields other than library studies.  They discussed how their prior backgrounds have helped them in their present positions.

(2) Buffalo Student Group Activities

During the month of March, the group co-sponsored the annual "Books for Kids" program, which collects new and gently-used books for children in Erie County who have never owned a book or who cannot afford to buy one. The group placed collection boxes in libraries located on both the north and south campuses, placed announcements in campus publications, and placed announcements on various department, student, and faculty email discussion lists.  143 books were collected this year at the UB campus.

On  March 22^nd, the group organized a tour of UB's Acquisitions Department on the north campus.  David Nuzzo, Head of Acquisitions at UB, conducted the tour.   Dave spoke about the various sections in the department, what each section does, how items are processed, UB Acquisitions' special projects (past and present), how he ended up in Acquisitions, what makes Acquisitions different form other parts of the UB Library system, how UB acquisitions (and Central Technical Services) differs form similar departments in other academic libraries, and the challenges facing librarianship in general and the challenges facing those brave souls who choose a career in technical services.

On April 28^th, the group conducted a tour of UB's Health Sciences Library on the south campus.  Librarians Cindy Hepfer and Cindy Bertuca spoke to tour attendees about special collections at the library, as well as what each of the departments do at the library.

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Karen Kreizman Reczek has been nominated as a candidate for Division Cabinet Chair-Elect of the Special Libraries Association. Karen is currently Business Manager for Programs and Consultant Chair for our Chapter as well as Manager of Information Resources Center/Marketing for ACTS Testing Labs, Inc. The election will be held in 2001.

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On May 3rd,  2000,  Pat Oliver presented the annual Chapter Award to David Fulton.   He was the creator and charter web master for our UNYSLA web site.   David's efforts enabled the Chapter to secure an early  presence on the web, and even got us mentioned in Yahoo.    David  has been given an engraved money clip as a token of the Chapter's appreciation. 

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Jobs, Jobs, Jobs…

Job opportunities in New York State are posted on the Chapter’s web site at:

http://www.sla.org/chapter/cuny/nyjob.html

Are you looking to hire staff for your library? Do you want to post a job announcement on the Chapter’s web site? Send job announcements to:

Angela Horne (akh8@cornell.edu) and Ron Foster (rfoster@mvcc.edu).

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At the 91st Annual Conference in Philadelphia this year, Anne Malley, Chair of the BIO Division presented The Biomedical and Life Sciences Division 2000 Distinguished Member Award to Renee Bush. This award was bestowed upon Ms Bush for demonstrating intelligent and resourceful leadership and professionalism. A BIO Division member since 1981, Ms. Bush has assisted the Division as chair, program planner and speaker, committee member, and student group advisor. She is currently a representative to the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA).

In addition to her work in BLSD, Ms Bush has contributed on an ongoing basis to the professional literature, particularly in the area of biomaterials-related information. She has published bibliographies on this interdisciplinary field in both library and scientific journals.

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Fall Program: Metrics – Measuring and Valuing Information Services

Joanne Marshall is slated to give keynote at Fall Meeting.

By now many us are familiar with benchmarking, what it means, how to do, and why we should do it. But what is the next step?

Metrics. Valuing information services and deliverables in a measurable way, that is meaningful to administrators and managers and business people, is a challenging prospect.

Dr. Marshall is a familiar figure to many us. Her landmark studies have given us evidence that our services are valued in a broad sense. Now, she will speak to us about how to tailor values to meet our specific needs.

Do save the dates for this meeting: October 18 - 20th, 2000. As this meeting is being planned in conjunction with the Toronto chapter of SLA, and the Upstate New York/Ontario Chapter of MLA, the meeting will take place in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Continuing education classes will be offered on Wednesday, the 18th, with a welcome reception to be held that evening at the Art Gallery of Hamilton. Dr. Marshall's presentation will be the highlight of our program on Thursday followed by a full day of presentations currently in the planning phases.

The evening of the 19th will feature a networking reception and banquet. Rounding out the program on Friday will be an alternative medicine panel and presentation. Options for one or two day registrations will be available, as well as two different continuing education courses. Please keep checking the chapter website over the summer for detailed information.

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Karen Kreizman Reczek moderated a panel discussion for the Engineering Division's Standards Roundtable on Tuesday, June 13th. The topic was issues with sourcing and delivery standards information and full-text standards.

Karen Kreizman Reczek received the Distinguished Member Award from the SLA Pharmaceutical & Health Technology Division in recognition of her enduring service and contributions to the Division.

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by: Deb Joseph, Cornell University

The New York State Assembly has passed a budget resolution that includes a $16.7 million increase in funding to help New York State's library system update technology and improve facilities. A $6 million allocation will enable libraries and their patrons to access proprietary databases via the Internet at no charge. A further $10 million will provide funding for library construction and the improvement of library access for the physically handicapped, with an additional $700,000 set aside to bring "talking books" to blind and learning disabled children.

Belated Birthday Greetings

The Library of Congress celebrated its 200^th anniversary on April 24^th with a daylong series of events and a new web site for families. Events included the release of a new Library of Congress postage stamp and two commemorative coins. In addition, performances celebrating American music and, history, and culture took place.

Finding Legislative Information Online

As an added feature of this column I thought I might provide a few web sites for finding legislative information online:

Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet

http://thomas.loc.gov/

From the Library of Congress, this site allows users to search for congressional bills by number, sponsor, topic, or date. The user may also view summaries of congressional floor activity for the current week.

New York State Assembly Legislative Reports:

http://www.assembly.state.ny.us/Reports/

Links to legislative reports as well as reports by the Ways and Means and Program and Counsel committee reports. Report dates range from 1995-present.

New York State Assembly 1999 Annual Report of the Committee on Libraries and Education Technology

http://www.assembly.state.ny.us/Reports/PandC/1999libs.html

The full-text of the 1999 year-end report of the Committee on Libraries and Education Technology.

New York State Senate:

http://www.senate.state.ny.us/

Search reports, bills, and laws from the New York State Senate. This site also provides press releases, as well as information on public hearings, weekly committee agendas, session calendars, and more.

New York State Legislature:

http://LEGINFO.STATE.NY.US:82/INDEX1.html

Search legislative session information for year 2000 by bill text, status, summaries, sponsor memos, and floor votes. Links to laws of New York State and committee agendas are also available.

New York State Library Association Legislative Committee Homepage:

http://www.nyla.org/leg/index.htm

This page provides addresses for New York State Assembly, links to searchable databases of assembly and Senate bills, and addresses for New York State and U.S. Senate, as well as links to the Office of the Governor, the ALA Washington office, addresses for U. S. House of Representatives, and an email link to Bill Clinton.

The Chapter welcomes its newest member Rosalind S. Young. Formerly from the Washington DC Chapter, Rosalind brings her enthusiasm and dedication to the UNYSLA Chapter. She has volunteered to be the new Business Manager for the Bulletin. Welcome aboard Rosalind!

Rosalind is a Reference Librarian at the Rakow Research Library of the Corning Museum of Glass. Prior to moving to New York last year, Rosalind was the Senior Librarian at the Office of Minority Health Resource Center in Washington, D.C. In 1995, Rosalind was awarded SLA's Diversity Leadership Development Award. She was active in the Washington, D.C. chapter and served as the Chair of the Positive Action Committee from 1995-1998, as well as a member of the Internet Committee from 1996-1997. She has written a chapter entitled "Minority Health Information Resources," which will be published in The Handbook of Black Librarianship this month. Rosalind is looking forward to working with the Upstate New York Chapter.

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