SLA Sci-Tech Division

Feature Articles

Page 7 - United Technologies Corporation Moves to Virtual Information Services - Noreen Steele

• United Technologies Corporation

Page 14 - International Sci-Tech Librarianship; a report of the 1998 IFLA Conference held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands - Nancy D. Anderson

The full text of many of the papers presented at the conference can be found at http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla64/64cp.htm. Information about future IFLA conferences can be found at:

• 1999 - Libraries as Gateways to an Enlightened World, Bangkok, Thailand, August 19-28, 1999 - http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla65/65intro.htm
• 2000 - Information for Cooperation: Creating the Global Library of the Future, Jarusalem, Israel, August 13-18, 2000 - http://sites.huji.ac.il/IFLA2000/66intro.htm

News from the Sponsoring Divisions

Page 19 - Science-Technology Division, Howard Stephen McMinn

Websites of interest are:

• Information about the Minneapolis Conference maintained by the Minnesota Chapter of SLA - http://sla99.westgroup.com/
• Information about the city - http://www.minneapolis.org
• The Sci-Tech Listserv Archive, held at Northwestern University and maintained by Anna Wu - http://www.library.nwu.edu/cgi-bin/lwgate/SLA-ST/
• Projects and Publications Committee Announcement - If you have an idea for a future project, please submit a proposal. It should explain what the project is; who will be responsible for it; how much time it will take to complete; and how much money it will cost. Submit ideas to Ed Weilant, Chair of the Projects and Publications Subcommittee.

Page 26 - Announcing the four 1999 Sci-Tech Awards - http://www.du.edu/~jokraus/sla-st/awards99.html

Page 29 - Wanted: Sci-Tech News editor - For additional information on the position or to submit a letter of interest, please contact:

        Howard S. McMinn
        Chair, Sci-Tech Division
        Special Libraries Association
        43672 Appomattox Court
        Canton, MI 48188
        E-Mail: h.s.mcminn@wayne.edu
        phone: 313-577-6317
        fax: 313-577-3613

Page 32 - Engineering Division - W.Kelly Yuille

They announce the INSPEC $500 Travel Stipend Award for 1999 - http://www.sla.org/division/deng/Inspec_stipend.html

Page 40 - Aerospace Section of the Engineering Division - Donald Welch

They announce the George Mandel Memorial Award for 1999.

Page 45 - Metals/Materials Division - Robert Ward

Departments

Page 5 - From the Editor

Page 30 - News to Note

Page 48 - New Science and Technology Journals

Page 51 - SciTech Book News Reviews

Page 78 - Directory of Officers

Previous Table of Contents

• August 1998, Vol. 52, Issue #3