Sunday, June 9

3:30 - 5:00 pm 2001/2002 Board Meeting
Meeting of 2001?2002 board and committee and
roundtable chairs. Incoming officers and other division members are invited
to attend. Past year activities and upcoming conference events will be
reviewed.

Moderator: Hetty Barthel, The Urban Institute, Division Chair

9:00 pm - 12:00 am Open House
[Co-sponsors: Education and Museums, Arts &
Humanities Divisions]
Meet, greet, and cap off your evening at this open house of friendly people. Find out what's hot this year at the conference.

Monday, June 10

7:30 - 9:00 am Meet the Social Science Division: Personal Narratives
Moderated by Hetty Barthel, Chair.

Learn about the different libraries and institutions in which Division members
work as you meet and mingle with colleagues. New and potential Division
members are especially welcome. Continental Breakfast will be served.
[Ticketed event]

Speakers:

Laura J. Bender, University of
Arizona Library;

Maggie O'Brien, Charles & Helen Schwab Foundation;

Ann R. Sweeney, European Commission Delegation

1:30 - 3:00 pm The Euro Has Landed [Co-sponsors: Business &
Finance Division, European Chapter]
Measure the new single European currency's current and future impacts. A European Union official provides "the real skinny " while a UK official presents an independent perspective. Enjoy a free-wheeling Q & A. Both European Union and non-EU Euro web sites will be highlighted in handouts (to be posted on the web).

Speakers: Moreno Bertoldi, Economic & Financial Affairs Counselor, European Union/European Commission Delegation;
Angus Mackay, U.K. Vice Consul, Political, Press & Public Affairs

4:00 - 6:00 pm International Reception [Co-sponsors: European Chapter and
SLA's International Relations Committee] {Vendor sponsor: FACTIVA}
Come join in welcoming our international members and visitors. Features announcement of the European Special Librarian of the Year.

Tuesday, June 11

9:30 - 11:00 am One Dot Shopping: An Update of the Best International
Business Sites
[Co-sponsor: Business & Finance]
An update of last year's wildly popular program focused on the best business sites in the Middle East, Oceana, and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

Moderators:

Ann Sweeney, European UnionEuropean Commission Delegation;

Iris Anderson, Joint World Bank/IMF Library

Speakers: TBD

11:30 am - 1:00 pm DSOC Annual Business Meeting
All members are invited to attend the Annual
Business Meeting. Over lunch, you will hear about the Division's
accomplishments for the year, learn the findings of this year's membership
survey, meet the Division's award winners, and have an opportunity to thank
our sponsors. [Ticketed event] Invited speaker: Archivist, Ronald Reagan
Presidential Library

1:30 - 3:00 pm

3:30 - 5:00 pm Evolving Skylines: The New Downtown {Walking Tour}
The "new downtown" (or "Bunker Hill") in Los Angeles is largely the product of the efforts of the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City. Beginning in the 1960s, this agency coordinated the investment of millions of dollars to develop a new downtown with a tall skyscraper profile that would contribute to Los Angeles' world city status. With major office buildings and hotels now in place, today such issues as urban development and architecture in the last 40 years, with an emphasis on preservation issues and adaptive reuse of existing structures. Tour limited to 60 participants. Ticketed event; tickets $10.00.

Wednesday, June 12

7:30 - 9:00 am 2002/2003 Board Meeting & Breakfast
All Division members are encouraged to attend and help with the planning for next year's activities.

11:30 am - 1:00 pm Information Services for Strategic Alliances
The State Department's overseas network of Information resource centers (IRCs) has a very real impact on how the United States is perceived abroad. This session will focus on recent current events and the roles that information professionals have in promoting greater awareness and understanding of U.S. policies.

Moderator:

Speakers:

Cynthia Borys, Regional Program Office, U.S. Embassy, Vienna, Austria;

Jansna Kunic, IRC Director, U.S. Embassy, Belgrade, Yugoslavia

2:0 pm - 3:30 pm Putting Knowledge to Work: The Consortium of
Foundations
This session will describe the structure of the Consortium of Foundation Libraries (CFL), its geographical evolution, the affiliation process with a non?library professional organization, current CFL projects, and collaborations with other council groups that have developed since the affiliation.

Moderator:

Los Angeles Conference Program Planner:

Nancy L. Minter
Director, Library & Information Services
The Urban Institute
2100 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
202.261.5534
Fax: 202.223.3043
http://www.urban.org