SLA Programs for Division Officers and Committee Chairs are offered on Jun 10, 2001.

Military Librarians Division executive board meeting.  All division members are invited to attend.  Meeting will be held in Division Suite in Marriot Rivercenter, 101 Bowie Street.  Room number not yet known.

The time change gives our board members a chance to attend some of the Carnivale de San Antonio

Military Librarians Division reception. A networking reception for all military librarians to be held in the Division suite. Location:  Marriot Rivercenter, 101 Bowie Street. Room number not yet known.

Military Librarians Division breakfast. This is a networking continental breakfast for military librarians.

Military Librarians involved in e-learning or distance learning give soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines opportunities to pursue their education or life-long learning goals or to maintain their military occupational skills.  These activities take place wherever the U.S. military is stationed, including hot spots around the globe.  Librarians from Air Force, Army, and Navy will tell their war stories about supporting distance learning (or e-learning) in or near combat zones around the globe..

This session begins with a discussion of trends in electronic publishing including use and economics of electronic publications, and continues with collection development, site license negotiation, and what funders need to know for resource allocation decisions. The second part deals with specific library data collection and measurement. Examples will show how special libraries contribute to value and how decisions can be made in light of their effect on value.
Presenters Tenopir and King have published well over 100 publications each and have recently co-authored "Towards Electronic Journals: Realities for Scientists, Librarians, and Publishers."
Moderator: Charles Wegner, Associate Dean Public Services of the Paul V. Galvin Library, Illinois Institute of Technology.
Speakers: Donald King, Retired Past-Pres. of King Research, King Research and Carol Tenopir, Professor School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee

Military Libarians Division annual business luncheon.

Dr. Portugal is a Washington, DC-based consultant who specializes in applying business strategy and methodology to critical issues facing both the for-profit and non-profit sectors.  Examples of business methodologies that he has used include "best practices" and the balanced scorecard.  His most recent study concentrated on means for measuring the intangible value provided by librarians and other information professionals working in libraries and information centers. A workbook based on the subject and titled "Vaulting Information Intangibles:  Measuring the Bottom Line Contribution of Librarians and Information Pressionals" has been published by SLA.
Moderator: Charles Wegner, Associate Dean Public Services of the Paul V. Galvin Library, Illinois Institute of Technology.
Speakers: Frank Portugal, Consultant Cabtech.
Frank Portugal, Ph.D. has been a Washington DC based consultant since 1981.  He specializes in applying business strategies and methodologies to critical issues facing the public and non-profit sectors.  Examples of business methodologies that he has used include "best practices" and balanced scorecard.  In particular, he has conducted two major studies for the Special Libraries Association including Exploring Outsourcing:  Case Studies of Corporate Libraries and Valuating Information Intangibles: Measuring the Bottom Line Contribution of Librarians and Information Professionals.  He is particularly interested in the impact of the information age on the librarian profession.