BULLETIN
Education Division      Volume 23, Number 2
Special Libraries Association       Spring 2001

A Note from the Chair: John D'Amicantonio
Mid-Winter Conference Report from the Chair-Elect: Martha Wilding
Annual Conference: Education Division Sponsored Programs
Nominations
Sponsors for Annual Conference Events
Division Officers

Greetings to all friends and members of the division!  I hope everyone is enjoying the spring season as we approach yet another annual conference.  As always the division has planned several programs that will be of interest to our members and in fact all SLA members.  We are lucky this year to be offering a variety of sessions that reflect the work of our membership as well as the expertise of librarians and information specialists from all over the U.S.

I am looking forward to seeing many of you on Sunday afternoon at the division board meeting.  You don’t have to be a member of the executive board to attend.  Immediately following the meeting we have a dinner get-together at a local Mexican restaurant.  If you are interested in joining your education division friends for Mexican food at 5:30 on Sunday please RSVP me at jdamican@csulb.edu.  And in case you’re still hungry we have an open house Sunday night with our friends in the Museum and Social Science divisions.

On Monday June 11 the division is co-sponsoring a session on Knowledge Skills for the 21st Century as well as a presentation by the National Library of Education.  We will also have an open house on Monday night with the Museum and Social Sciences divisions.  On Tuesday we start off early with our annual business meeting.  I encourage as many members as possible to attend this ticketed event.  In the afternoon I am pleased to have 3 illustrious members of our division (all board members) discuss the role of librarians in the test industry.  Also, on Tuesday we are co-sponsoring a program that promises to be very interesting:  Batgirl was a Librarian.  Tuesday night will wrap up with another open house. Please make every effort to attend our division sponsored activities and do thank our donors: Basch Subscriptions, Dialog, ILS, Inmagic, Lexis-Nexis and RoweCom.

On Wednesday the 2001-02 division board will meet for breakfast.  Please give your support to Martha as she takes on the responsibility as chair of the division.  I’ll have lots of opportunities to thank lots of people at the conference for their hard work on behalf of the division, but I want to thank Martha especially (in writing) for supporting me this year.  Martha took on many of my responsibilities while I was recovering from yet another extensive surgery.  Needless to say she did a great job.

I am also happy to announce that this spring I was invited by ALA to join an evaluation team for library school accreditation.  The actual site visit will take place in October, but this is significant because my involvement with accreditation is a result of the interest the education division has taken in library school accreditation.  I will report more on this at our annual meeting.

Again I urge all of you to attend the annual conference in San Antonio and I look forward to seeing you at the division events.

Greetings from Iowa where the snow is melting and spring is just around the corner!

I would like to thank you all for granting me the opportunity to serve as Chair-Elect for the Education Division. The first benefit came in January when I got to escape this dreadful winter for a few days to visit lovely Savannah, Georgia and attend the mid-winter conference. The weather was great. The food was even better. And, the interesting sites in Savannah never end! I had a lot of fun.

The other big benefit to serving in a leadership position is the chance to be on the inside of the annual conference planning. During the 2002 conference planners meeting, I met many leaders from other Divisions and Chapters. We had a chance to network, share ideas, and look for avenues of collaboration. It was very good for me to reach out beyond our small group and to meet others with different points of view. I look forward to the challenge of putting together some interesting programs we can all enjoy in Los Angeles.

Attending this smaller conference also gave me a chance to learn more of the ins-and-outs of SLA. I met the folks running for office and was able to cast a more informed vote this year.

Now that I’m back in Iowa, I’m continuing to network via email and to think about program and CE course ideas. If you have any ideas to share with me, I would love to hear from you. The planning will start to be more concrete in San Antonio, so now is a good time to speak up if you have anything you want to see on the program in 2002. I’ve also been helping with fundraising which is going well again this year.

I will see y’all in San Antonio (see, I’m already in a Texas state of mind)!

Annual Conference
Education Division Sponsored Programs
 

Sunday, June 10, 2001

3-4:30         2000-01 Division Board Meeting

5:30+         Dinner -- Network with division members.  This is a Dutch treat event!
                    La Fogata Mexican Restaurant
9-11           Open House
 

Monday, June 11, 2001

10:30     Library Skills for the 21st Century: A panel featuring  Judy Fields, former SLA President, and Marjorie Hlava of Access Innovations, Inc.  This is co-sponsored by the Environmental Division  as well as SLA itself as an association "series"  program.  The panelists will focus on skills librarians will need in the 21st century.

1:30        Presentation by the staff of the National Library of Education.  The staff will provide an outline of the last year's activities with a special focus on ERIC.

9-11        Open House

Tuesday, June 12, 2001

7:30        Division Meeting and Breakfast  (This is a ticketed event.)

1:30         Testing Librarians:  Librarians from the test industry (ACT, ETS, and Iowa Testing Programs) will discuss their unique contributions to education and
librarianship.

3:00        Batgirl was a Librarian:  Co-sponsored with the Aerospace interest group this program focuses on librarian images and stereotypes.

9-11        Open House
 

Wednesday, June 13, 2001

7:30        2001-02 Board Meeting (This is a ticketed event.)

The Nominating Committee  (Debbie Bogenschutz, Gladys Dratch, and Karen McQuillen present this slate of candidates.  The election will take place at the Education Division’s Annual Business Meeting, Tuesday, June 12, 2001.
 

For President:
Martha Wilding
 Martha received her BA (1986) in Psychology from Trinity University and her MLIS (1995) from the University of Texas at Austin. Before she found her vocation in librarianship, Martha studied Counseling Psychology and Mathematics Education at the University of Texas.
 Martha began her library career at the Lower Colorado River Authority in Austin, where she had dual responsibilites in records management and libraries. She organized three departmental libraries and helped standardize records management practices for the organization. After relocating to Iowa, Martha became the first professional librarian at the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library in Cedar Rapids. In 1997 she became Librarian for the University of Iowa's Iowa Testing Programs.  Her chief responsibility is management of the Blommers Measurement Resources Library.
 Before her election as President-Elect, Martha served the Education Division for two years as Bulletin Editor, and continued to produce an issue of the Bulletin during her term as President-Elect.  She lives in Cedar Rapids with her husband and two sons.
 

For President-Elect:
Deborah Garson
I am honored to accept the position of Chair-Elect of the Education Division of the Special Libraries Association for June 2001-2002. I look forward to working with the Board and the membership during the three years of my commitment to the Education Division.
Special Libraries Association, Education Division (member for 10 years): Member of Strategic Planning Committee; Education Libraries - co-author of regularly featured column "New and Forthcoming at Reference", 1991-; compiled chapter "Education Resources on the Internet" published in Internet Resources, editor Hope Tillman, June 1995; speaker - SLA Conference, June 1994 - "Education Resources on the Internet", SLA Conference, June 1995 - "Internet Education Resources",  SLA Conference, June 1996 - "Web Development".  Boston Chapter: Program Committee, member, 1993-1994 and Logistics Committee, member and past co-chair (1994-1999), 1992-.
 Professional Experience: Head of Reference Services, Monroe C. Gutman Library, Harvard University, Graduate School of Education. Prior to HGSE, positions at MIT Libraries and George Washington University. MLS (Simmons College) and M.Ed (Harvard University, Graduate School of Education).
Professional activities: Chair Gutman Library Web Committee, 1998-; Harvard University Libraries Social Science Libraries Council, 1999-; Member Board of Advisors for Appraisal: Science Books for Young People, 1999-; Speaker - American Educational Research Association Conference, New York, 1996 - "Older Learners and the Internet: Making the Connection"; Co-author of Education section in forthcoming Magazines for Libraries, 11th edition.

For Secretary-Treasurer:
Steven Sowell
 Steven L. Sowell has served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Education Division for the past two years, and has agreed to a second term.
 Employment: Head, Education Library, Indiana University, 1995- . Interim Associate Dean and Director of Technical Services, Indiana University, Feb.-Sept. 2000. Head, Biology Library, Indiana University, 1981-95. Associate Director for Public Services, North Texas State University Health Science Center Library, 1978-81. Assistant Reference Librarian, Georgetown University Medical Center Library, 1976-78.
 SLA Activities: Member, SLA, 1983-. Member, Education Division, 1995-. Member, Biological Sciences Division, 1983-1995. Education Division: Secretary/Treasurer, 1999-2001. Biological Sciences Division:  member, Membership Committee, 1986-1988; Bulletin Editor, 1987-1991; Assistant Bulletin Editor, 1991-1992. Indiana Chapter: member, Program Committee, 1984-1985, 1990-1991; Professional Development Officer, 1985-1986; President-Elect/President/Past-President, 1986-1989.
 Other Activities: Member, ALA, 1995-. Member, ACRL, Education and Behavioral Sciences Section, 1995-.

Sponsors:
These companies providing funding for Education Division events at the Annual Conference:

Basch Subscriptions
    Dialog
        ILS
            Inmagic
                Lexis-Nexis
                    RoweCom

Please visit these sponsors in the Exhibit Hall, and thank them for their support of the Education Division!

Remember to visit the Division websites for updates about the Division:  http://www.sla.org/division/ded.
Also, please subscribe to the Education Division Listserv if you are not already a member.  Remember to unsubscribe and re-subscribe if your e-mail address changes.  The subscription address is: lists@lists.sla.org.  For information, see: http://www.sla.org/division/ded/slaedd-l.html.  Messages to the list are posted to SLA-DEDU@lists.sla.org.

The newsletter is published twice a year:  Fall and Spring.  Deadline for submitting materials is September 1, for the Fall Bulletin, and March 15 for the Spring Bulletin.  Send all materials to the Editor.

Volunteer(s) needed to edit the Division Bulletin.  This position provides a wonderful avenue for getting to know the division and its members.  If interested, please contact Martha Wilding at martha-wilding@uiowa.edu.