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Volume 30 No. 1 Special Libraries Association September 2002

Volume 30 No. 1 Special Libraries Association September 2002

Southern California Chapter

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It always seems that our six Chapter programs are the heart of our reason-to-be. These meetings give us a chance to gather, learn, network, meet new colleagues, visit old friends and eat good food! In our Chapter, the President Elect is re-sponsible for our programs each year. Let me tell you from my experience last year, it is a very time consuming and de-manding job! It means thinking of a meeting topic, finding a speaker(s), fixing a date that doesn’t conflict with other or-ganizations, finding a location, planning the food, figuring the price, making the flyer(s) for the newsletter and remem-bering to send the information to the listserv for a reminder. Our current President-Elect, Chris Lincoln, is being much smarter than me. She is putting together a committee of peo-ple in various geographic regions of our chapter who have agreed to help out with two years of program planning. Who better to ask about restaurants, places of interest, and speak-ers, than those who live and work in a particular area of the city? So, if YOU work in a neat library that might be great

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President’s Letter

Hello again! It seems like this summer just disappeared, but my 24 year old daughter says the same thing so I don’t think it’s just an ‘aging’ issue! I hope many of you managed to get in a vacation or at least some good down time to recharge your batteries over the summer. We all need that occasionally, even if we really believe we are indispensable to our libraries and they can’t do without us for long! My organization is in the midst of an accreditation review. I’m fairly new to academia, so this process was be-wildering at first. It was amazing how much self-study and appraisal it entailed. After our portion of the re-view was over, I felt slightly disgruntled about all the documentation we had prepared that wasn’t really ana-lyzed in depth during the team’s visit. But then I realized what a great learning opportunity it had been as we researched, gathered, analyzed and collated a vast amount of information about who we are, what we do and most importantly, why we do it. I guess we were in the process of benchmarking ourselves! And, the bottom line was, we felt a great amount of pride and accomplishment at what we had done, so the exercise was well worth the effort in the long run. I hope that some of you in corporate libraries have occasions to go through an exercise of self-appraisal such as this – it does make you really think about the big picture and why you do what you do all day!

Inside this issue:

September Meeting Flyer 3

Internet Site-ings 4

October Meeting Flyer 5

The Great Cartoon Debate 6

A Day in the Life of a Ms. News Librarian 7

A Day in the Life of a Nonprofit Librarian 9

Calendar of Events 11

SCC-SLA Volunteer Recognition Party 14

Greetings from Bill Fisher 15

Publication Schedule 16

http://www.sla.org/chapter/csca

Southern California Chapter Newsletter/Special Libraries Association Page 2 Vol. 30 No. 1

Laurel Crump, President (909) 868-4003 [email protected] Chris Lincoln, President Elect/Programs (310) 336-6738 [email protected] Kathleen Smith, Past President (626) 796-0232 (h) 626 229-1346 (w) [email protected] Rita Costello, Secretary (310) 825-3047 [email protected]

Lindy Lecaros, Treasurer (310) 575-5269 [email protected] Susan Hendrickson, Publications (818) 354-2883 [email protected] Snowdy Dodson, Director at large/Membership (818) 677-6298 [email protected]

SCC/SLA Executive Board 2002-2003

Advisory Council 2002-2003 Archives: Joyce Hardy (310) 336-4886 [email protected] Awards: Mark Herbert (Sternheim) (562) 997-5316 [email protected] Annual Chapter Awards: TBA Elections and Nominations: Debbie Hartzman (Nominations) (805) 447-7274 [email protected] Lillian Hernandez (Elections) (213) 229-7045 [email protected] Fundraising: Chapter Sponsorship: TBA Richard Hulser (Sternheim) (310) 234-9480 [email protected] Meetings: Chris Lincoln (Programs/Meetings) (310) 336-6738 [email protected]

Latonya Jefferson (Arrangements) (310) 815-9475 [email protected] Katherine Richards (Professional Development) (626) 792-9022 [email protected] Kathleen Smith (Area Meetings) (626) 792-9022 [email protected] Membership: Snowdy Dodson (Chapter) (818) 677-6298 [email protected] David Cappoli (UCLA Students) (310) 794-5350 [email protected] Bally Karunasena (SJSU/F Students) (714) 750-4474 [email protected] Newsletter Editors: Robin Dodge (818) 981-7142 [email protected] David Tulanian (323) 225-9202

[email protected] Web (www.sla.org/chapters/csca/) Robert Powers (Webmaster) (818) 354-9263 [email protected] Richard Lindstrom (Job Line) (323) 563-5832 [email protected] Magan Stephens (Calendar of Events) (949) 483-9476 [email protected] Bill Lee (Discussion List) 714-830-5819 [email protected] Ad Hoc Committees (contact Laurel Crump) Affirmative Action, Bylaws, Consulta-tion, Networking, Strategic Planning Vendor Relations: Belinda Beardt (213) 489-9800 [email protected]

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for a meeting (it doesn’t have to be dinner, but maybe appetizers or dessert) or know a great restau-rant that has a meeting room for 40+, or want to sug-gest a meeting theme, topic or speaker, Chris would love to hear from you, and those of us on the Board will thank you for your interest and help! ([email protected]) The August Information Outlook has an article about Library Planning on page 6 that fits in with our first Chapter meeting being held at the new Cerritos Pub-lic Library on Wednesday, September 18. (See page 3). Our panel will talk about how they planned their new facilities in the electronic age. Also that eve-ning, Barbara Amago will be receiving the 2002 Bil-lie Connor Award to recognize all her wonderful ser-vice to our Chapter. I hope you’ll all be joining us as we meet in one of the most state-of-the-art Libraries in Southern California, and say thanks to Barbara for her work in the Chapter. On that note, I’ll say again, I enjoy hearing from you and welcome your emails at [email protected] or phone me at (909) 868-4003. Have a great month!

Laurel Crump

Internet Site-ings

Here are 10 more fantastic Internet site-ings featured for this festive Fall issue: Annual Report Service (http://www.annualreportservice.com) accesses thousands of an-nual reports. You may view them online or request a free hard copy. Free registration is required.

National Association of Counties (http://www.naco.org/counties/counties/index.cfm) collects informa-tion on counties, county officials, county court-houses, and county seats.

Cyndi’s List (http://www.cyndislist.com) is a com-prehensive listing of genealogy sites on the Internet. This site has won many awards. Great starting point.

Inner Learning Online (http://www.innerbody.com) explores the human anatomy. Each topic has anima-tions, graphics, and descriptive links. Find out what makes you tick.

American Medical Association (http://www.ama-assn.org) features a doctor finder. Called “Physician Select,” it provides basic professional information on virtually every licensed physician in the United States and its possessions. Speed Trap Exchange (http://www.speedtrap.org) SpeedTrap Exchange is a site where visitors can post what they believe are speedtraps. Speed traps are listed alphabetically by state. Don’t leave home or go on vacation without consulting this site. LA Traffic (http://www.latraffic.org) is a web site maintained by traffic reporter Chuck Rowe of KNX news radio. Here you can find CHP incident reports, current freeway speeds, local weather, and earth-quake reports. A very helpful service. Job Title Generator (http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/~mach/jobtitle.htm) helps you predict your next job title in



Join SCC-SLA on Thursday, 10/17/02, at the Claim Jumper, 18050 Brookhurst, Fountain Valley. Phone: (714) 963-6711 Networking: 5:30 Dinner: 6:30 Program: 7:30 Directions: Traveling North or South on the 405 Fwy exit Brookhurst and proceed South. Located just South of the 405 Fwy at the corner of Brookhurst and Talbert. Dinner will include crispy spinach salad and brownies with whip cream. The main course is a choice of: Black Tie Pasta (blackened chicken breast with spinach tortellini & Parmesan cheese), OR Goldrush Chicken (chicken breast with sour cream mushroom sauce), OR Steamed vegetable platter $28 members $50 for two “bring a colleague” (Both must be SLA members) $20 students $38 non members REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 10/12/02 No refunds will be given after 10/10/02.

Clip and send this portion of the flyer with your check, payable to SCC-SLA, to Latonya Jefferson at KPMG, LLP, 355 S. Grand, Ste. 2000, Los Angeles, CA 90071. Phone: (213) 630-8017 Email:[email protected] [October Meeting] Name: ________________________ Affiliation: _________________________ Phone: ________________________ Email: ___________________________ Your meal: Pasta ___ Chicken ___ Vegetarian ___ Colleague: _____________________ Affiliation: _________________________ Your colleague’s meal: Pasta ___ Chicken ___ Vegetarian ___

Exceptional Customer Service: Nice to Have or Essential for Your Unit’s Survival? Lee Ireland and Linda Hamilton will share thoughts and advice on this important topic. You’ll take away ideas for easily measuring customer satisfaction.

Exceptional Customer Service: Nice to Have or Essential for Your Unit’s Survival?

Lee Ireland and Linda Hamilton will share thoughts and advice on this important

topic. You’ll take away ideas for easily measuring customer satisfaction.

Join SCC-SLA on Thursday, October 17, 2002 at the Claim Jumper located on 18050 Brookhurst, Fountain Valley. Phone: (714) 963-6711.

Networking: 5:30 p.m. Dinner: 6:30 p.m. Program: 7:30 p.m.


The Great Cartoon Debate an editorial by Rose Roberto

The Cartoon Debate hurts librarians more than it is helping them. What is the Cartoon Debate? It’s often fueled by one of those "there's a shortage of good li-brarians" articles the local newspaper will print, that gets forwarded on library school and librarian listservs. While it is great to read about our profes-sion getting notice in the media, there are so many stories with that angle that it’s getting really old. Most of the articles include some speculative data as to why people are less drawn to certain types of li-brarianship, when what is needed is scientific re-search on the issue. Then instead of merely forward-ing the article of interest, five or more people start inserting their flippant opinions and the discussion deteriorates into what I like to call the Cartoon De-bate. I call it this because it reminds me of something comical on TV, not meant to be taken seriously, like the beer commercial where one half of the room is chanting "tastes great" while the other half is chant-ing "less filling." Except in this case the librarians are chanting, "we need more pay" or "we need greater respect." "Tastes Great." "Less Filling." "More Pay." "More respect." "Tastes Great." "Less Filling." "More Pay." "More respect." Common sense supports both factors of prestige and wealth affecting people seeking employment, but there are probably other socio-economic variables not discussed at all, such as whether choice of li-brarianship was a primary, secondary, or tertiary ca-reer; other income provided by a librarian's family members; librarian's age, gender, expectations in life...or lack of expectations. These other factors are important, too. Another issue this Cartoon Debate lacks is a broad view of the workforce in general. There is no edu-cated comparison of the burnout rates of other pro-fessions. The library profession isn't the only one experiencing a shortage. Other professions such as

teachers, nurses, and, believe it or not, lawyers (average period for practicing law is about five years) are also seeking budding professionals to take the helm. The attitude toward employment and the relationship between employers and employees in the age of globalization has also dramatically changed. The concept of lifetime employment and company loy-alty is out the window, and most ambitious people know that to get the great promotions, they need to switch jobs every two to four years to get the posi-tion they want. Demographics are different, too. People live longer, move around the country more, and they end up changing their careers. To reduce the complex reasons why there are short-ages of librarians to the two arguments, “this is what happens when we disrespect ‘library’ in favor of ‘information’” or “we need to make employers value us with more pay,” makes us sound simplistic, igno-rant and provincial. While slogans work for selling beer, they don’t work for selling our professional im-age—no matter what we are called—as thorough re-search professionals with a broad view of the world. Think twice before judging the masses for making snap judgments without research or bemoaning the junk circulated online. The Great Cartoon Debate shows we do it, too.


I have accepted a full-time position as a news librar-ian for Ms. Magazine. As the magazine’s chief fact finder, my information skills are constantly utilized. News librarianship affords me an excellent career path. I have no idea what a typical day will be. I started this job just three weeks ago and each day is differ-ent and a real challenge. I arrive at the office around 8 am. The first thing I do is sign on to my e-mail and check my phone mes-sages. Much of the company’s communication comes via e-mail, so just about everyone leaves it running throughout the day. On Tuesdays, a weekly editorial meeting is held at 10 am. It usually lasts for about 30 to 45 minutes. The Ms. Staff shows up to see where we are; for ex-ample, what stories and articles still need to be re-searched, fact checked and copy edited, and what stories and articles and have met deadline and are ready to be distributed. We work on many of the sto-ries that are proposed, but a fair number of articles still need to be researched and fact checked. On Wednesdays, a weekly planning meeting is con-vened at 2:30 pm; the meeting usually lasts for about an hour. Ms. Magazine is a bi-monthly/quarterly magazine so the stories that are being planned for the next issue will include more in-depth investigating, research, and fact checking for me. I am researching and fact checking a number of sto-ries—the “hot topics” is what I work on first. These stories vary from U.S. Drug Policy and Women, Ani DiFranco, the punk band Sleator-Kinney, Venus and Serena Williams, Women and HPV, Lilo & Stitch, to Four Women Journalist on Stamps, to who were the last owners to occupy Ms.’ new home in Beverly Hills. My sole responsibility at Ms. Magazine is to manage credit. Keeping track of who contributed what, whether recording bylines in the indexing process,

taking credit for compiling timelines and graphics, or researching whom to credit for quotations or ideas is central to what news librarians do. As a news librar-ian, I pride myself on the accuracy and completeness of my credit management. It helps to know some news industry knowledge--my previous library jobs and library graduate courses taught me that it’s more important to know where to look for the information and who to contact for the information. With news libraries there is pressure to help reporters get the facts right. It is extremely important to print facts and eliminate errors. I am also a news division member of SLA and I sub-scribe to NewsLib, the listserv for news librarians. This is an essential subscription for those interested in the field. Information about the latest issues, online services, and jobs can be found here. My very first assignment was to locate a subscriber who mailed us the very first issue of Ms. from 1972 for possible use in a story. My boss, the Editor-in-Chief, wanted to call her and thank her. Her address in Nebraska was listed, so I logged onto Lexis-Nexis and found the information. It is now 5:30 pm, so I log off my computer, straighten my desk and head out the door. As a news librarian, I want to do much more than just manage credit. In the future, I want to create intranets and portals, extract information from ob-scure sources, and become an even more sophisti-cated and efficient searcher. As all sources are not equal, crediting the right source will always be im-portant as it is fundamental to what we do as librari-ans. As a news librarian, I have to be a well-rounded, well-developed renaissance person, if I limit myself, I limit the types of services I can offer to people who need me. I see my work as fun—I am in an ideal work atmosphere where a news research team is in-corporated within the newsroom and news library. News librarianship makes for an exciting, demand-


A Day in the Life of a Ms. News Librarian



ing, and satisfying work. There is no other library work like it.

Marlinda Karo is a news librarian-researcher/fact checker for Ms. Magazine.


library and information science. Just for fun. Are you a Database Facilitator? Automated Services Ad-ministrator? Cloudmark (http://www.cloudmark.com) purports to stop spam. The peer-to-peer service is free. Protect your inbox. Current Codes (http://www.currentcodes.com) con-tains “coupon codes” you can use for discount pur-chases. Check here first. You can browse by mer-chant or shopping category.

Ray Hewitt, Jet Propulsion Laboratory


A Day in the Life of a Nonprofit Librarian

My day begins with a bike ride into down-town L.A. to the Center for Nonprofit Management, on the 24th floor of a high-rise across from Pershing Square. Working in a library with such a great view is a nice twist of fate, since my main reservation about going into librarianship was the thought that I would spend the rest of my life in a florescent-lit basement. Our library is small, but important to non-profit organizations in the greater Los Angeles area. We get visitors from organizations of all sizes, work-ing with every imaginable issue, from animal rescue to railroad history. Every day I meet people from AIDS organizations, conservation programs, theater groups, and international relief agencies, just to give you an idea of the range.

To a large extent, we are the only place in

Southern California where an organization can go for information on issues specific to nonprofit manage-ment. We don’t necessarily have materials on the dif-ferent “program areas,” such as animal rescue, but we do have materials on all the different areas of nonprofit management that are common to tax-exempt charitable organizations. For instance, a non-profit may want to start recruiting volunteers from their community, but would first need to learn more about the liability issues they may encounter. I can refer the client to nonprofit FAQ websites that sum-marize the major points, make referrals to insurance companies that deal with nonprofits, encourage the patron to try a CD-ROM risk assessment tool that we have in the computer lab, and review the books and clipping files we have on the subject.

I collect books on topics such as philan-

thropy, community assessment, strategic planning, and program evaluation—books that may be too ex-pensive for a nonprofit to afford, and too specialized for a public library to collect. I want to start collect-ing more business reference resources, statistical and demographic information, but right now I can refer patrons to the Los Angeles Public Library Central Business Department just two blocks away. I love looking for books, and our staff gets really excited when we get new shipments in. The only problem

right now is that, even though I have a budget to buy books, I don’t have an electronic acquisitions system to track orders. My big fat folder of catalogs and or-der forms seems to get out of control every time I blink my eyes. Over the next few months I will be researching different OPAC systems that I can im-plement to automate the library. Someday soon we hope to move beyond using colored Avery dots and shelf labels to organize the collection, and actually have an online catalog.

At some point in my day (in the morning, if

I’m lucky) I go through email and phone messages to field the many calls that come in from nonprofits, people who want to start nonprofits, or people who heard that we give away money for free. It’s a long story, but we are now in the same place where one of Southern California’s largest grantmaking organiza-tions, the California Community Foundation, used to be located. Also, our library is a Foundation Center Cooperating Collection, which means that we spe-cialize in resources for grantseekers. In an attempt to avoid bibliographic instruction burnout, I teach a two-part class on grantseeking, which is free and open to the public (for more information go to http://www.cnmsocal.org/Services/Lib_Orientation.html)

No two days at the Center for Nonprofit

Management are ever the same, which is just the way I like it. Ideas or even funding for new projects can drop in from out of the blue, so it’s essential that I make conscious decisions about what is most impor-tant in the short and long term. My work is directly tied to the core mission of our organization, and some goals are determined by the grants that we re-ceive to do proposed projects. I meet formally about once a week with my immediate supervisor, Alice Espey, to discuss the priorities of the Nonprofit Re-source Library. The fact that she is currently in the M.L.I.S. program at UCLA makes it easy to discuss and decide on the direction we want to take. Being fresh out of graduate school and responsible for practically every area of a library’s management, networking and professional development have taken



having some mornings free, and taking “lunch” late in the afternoon when the downtown streets are fairly quiet. One of my frequent lunch activities is spend-ing time in the travel section of the LAPL Central, or getting through the mounds of errands that piled up while I was in grad school.

I hope this “Day in the Life” has given you

some idea of the diverse, energetic, idealistically-charged environment our very “special” Nonprofit Resource Library. I am open to having interns and volunteers, so let me know if you are interested. Call with any questions you may have, and please stop by if you are in the neighborhood! Center for Nonprofit Management Resource Library 606 S. Olive St., Suite 2450 Los Angeles, CA 90014 Phone: 213/ 623-7080 ext. 26 Fax: 213/ 623-7460 Email: [email protected] Web: www.cnmsocal.org/Services/library.html Library Hours: Monday-Wednesday 10am-8pm; Thursday-Friday 10am-5pm

Marcia Schmitz Librarian / Nonprofit Resource Specialist


on a high level of importance. For example, my friend Joe Purtell was doing an internship at RAND in Santa Monica, and offered to share his research on Knowledge Management with me. He arranged for me to meet Susan Scheiberg, Head of Acquisitions, who gave me some advice for database negotiations that will be invaluable for the future. She also told me about the New Librarians list-serv (http://www.lahacal.org/newlib/#subscribe). Last month I went to the Nonprofit Alliance Conference in San Diego, and in October I will go to New York for a meeting at the Foundation Center.

I am lucky to have supportive co-workers that help staff the library, especially Socrates Silva, our Program Assistant who is now considering getting a M.L.I.S. We extended library hours in April so that we could be open three evenings per week for people that can’t get in to do research during regular busi-ness hours. Although it does take additional time to coordinate our schedules, the sweet part of the deal is


September 2002 September 13-17 Library Assessment and Benchmarking Institute Monterey, California http://www.sla.org/content/learn/withcolleagues/LAB2002.cfm September 18 SCC-SLA Planning, Designing & Building New Facilities Cerritos Public Library Tours at 5 & 5:30pm; Dinner at 6:30 REGISTRATION INFO: See page 3 September 23-25 Online Learning 2002 Conference & Expo Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim CA http://www.onlinelearningconference.com. September 25 SLA's Virtual Seminar Knowledge Innovation® - the True Competitive Intelligence 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. http://www.sla.org/content/Events/distance/virtsem2002/index.cfm September 27 LACASIS Fall 2002 Workshop Website Usability: Practical Guidelines, Potential Pitfalls, Proven Successes Orange, California Chapman University Beckman Hall and Conference Center 8:30am-4:00pm http://www.usc.edu/isd/partners/orgs/lacasis/

October 2002 October 3-4 SCIP's Sales and Marketing Intelligence (SMI) Symposium The Palace Hotel Two New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA https://www.123signup9.com/Member?PG=1857182300&P=185719116359400 October 16 SCC-SLA Exceptional Customer Service: Nice to Have or Essential for Your Unit’s Survival? Claim Jumper located on 18050 Brookhurst, Foun-tain Valley. REGISTRATION INFO: See page 5 October 29-31 KMWorld & Intranets 2002 Santa Clara Convention Center Santa Clara, California http://www.onlinelearningconference.com October 30 SLA's Virtual Seminar Behind the Firewall: New Research about the Us-ability of Corporate Research Intranets 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. http://www.sla.org/content/Events/distance/virtsem2002/index.cfm November 2002 November 3-7 Internet Librarian 2002 Navigating Turbulent Waters Palm Springs Convention Center


Calendar of Events

Transitions

Amy Greenwood is back as an Information Con-sultant for Dialog's Western Region; she was also with the company from 1987-1996. Her most recent position was an Account Executive at Intelligence Data - Thomson Financial. Amy has an MLS from UCLA, specializing in Information Science. She can be reached at 213-337-3309 or email [email protected] Charles F. Huber of the University of California at Santa Barbara Library has been promoted to Distin-guished Librarian. He has been the chemical sci-ences librarian at UCSB since 1987, and became the Library's Web Administrator in 1999. Chuck is a former chair of the Chemistry Division of SLA, and is currently Chair-Elect of the Division of Chemical Information of the American Chemical Society.

December 2002 December 4 SLA's Virtual Seminar 2:00 p.m. –3:00 p.m. http://www.sla.org/content/Events/distance/virtsem2002/index.cfm June 2003 June 7-12 SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION New York, NY Please submit your calendar items to Magan Stephens: [email protected]



Palm Springs, CA http://www.infotoday.com/il2002/default.htm November 15-18 104th Annual California Library Association Conference & Exhibition Building Our Strengths Sacramento, CA http://www.cla-net.org/conf/conf.html November 18-21 ASIST 2002 Annual Meeting Information, Connections and Community Wyndham Franklin Plaza Hotel Philadelphia, PA http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM02/index.html


SCC/SLA Volunteer Recognition Party

On Sunday, August 5, 2002, the SCC/SLA Volun-teer Recognition party was held at the Brass Mon-key Café. Chapter volunteers who worked at the San Antonio or the Los Angeles Hospitality Booths were honored by the Chapter. What a great event! Forty-one people attended and enjoyed the delicious food, which consisted of roasted prime rib, vegetables, salad, fresh fruit, rolls and butter, and chocolate brownies. Wow! No detail was left to chance. Partygoers enjoyed an open bar and the best karaoke East of Hollywood. Chapter Presi-dent Laurel Crump made brief welcoming re-marks, followed by Seymour Satin who greeted us all and read a statement from SLA President Bill Fisher. Many fabulous prizes were awarded in-cluding several certificates for a Burke Williams Spa Massage, movie passes, and SLA straw hats. Johnny, a wise-cracking employee at Brass Mon-key, did a great job as he dutifully read the names of all the winning entries for prizes, then com-mented on how he wanted to win the grand prize, which consisted of four tickets to Universal Studios with no waiting! I even won a fabulous little clock that sits on my desk at home. It was very nice to see old friends, make new ones, and be treated to such a wonderful evening. Con-gratulations to Seymour Satin who organized this fine event, and to Rita Costello who assisted in accepting the RSVP’s. Many thanks to the following sponsors: Nerac, Factiva, LexisNexis, RoweCom, Dialog and In-

genta. The following groups donated the wonderful prizes: Burke Williams Spa, Dialog, Factiva, LexisNexis, The Los Angeles Dodgers, Museum of Contemporary Art, Special Libraries Asso-

ciation, Pacific Theaters and Universal Studios and Seymour Satin (Magic Castle passes).

David Tulanian, SLA/SCC Newsletter Co-Editor


The party Sunday evening at LAPL was, I think, the hit of the conference. Everyone there was enjoying the food, drinks, entertainment, as well as the venue. It was truly a wonderful event; our friends in New York have their work cut out for themselves next June. Overall, the co-chairs of the local arrangements com-mittee – Doris, Barbara, Debbie, and Seymour – are to be commended for their efforts. Coupled with the outstanding job done earlier in April with the 75th Anniversary party and Sternheim Scholarship fund-raiser, the chapter has wrapped up a tremendous year and has every reason to celebrate the good work. Enjoy the party!! Your humble President, Bill Fisher

Greetings Everyone I am delighted to bring you virtual congratulations as you celebrate the Southern California Chapter’s suc-cess of the past year. I would like to be there with you all but I am at home packing right now -- I leave first thing in the morning for a trip to Scotland that will conclude with my attendance at this year’s IFLA conference representing SLA. Everyone involved with the recent conference did a magnificent job. Rita is to be especially congratu-lated for coordinating the local information booth at the convention center – every time I went by, there were conference attendees getting information and directions and numerous volunteers staffing the booth. Over the weekend, it was amazing how quickly our members in the booth were able to rec-ognize instantly and provide the necessary guidance to those looking for our conference as well as those looking for that OTHER exhibition – proactive infor-mation service at its finest!!

Greetings from Bill Fisher To the SLA/SCC Volunteer Recognition Party


Publication Schedule 2002-2003

Volume/Issue Articles due to Date to Editor(s) post Vol 30 no. 2 September 10 October 1 October ‘02 Vol 30 no. 3 November 12 December 3 Nov/Dec ‘02 Vol 30 no. 4 January 7 January 28 Jan/Feb ‘03 Vol 30 no. 5 March 4 March 25 Mar/Apr ‘03 Vol 30 no. 6 April 25 May 16 May/June ‘03 Vol 30 no. 7 July 8 July 29 Summer ‘03

NEWSLETTER EDITORS: Robin Dodge David Tulanian (818) 981-7142 (323) 225-9202 [email protected] [email protected] SUBSCRIPTIONS: $10.00 per year (7 issues) CHAPTER PRESIDENT: Laurel Crump (909) 868-4003 Email: [email protected] MEMBERSHIP INFO: Snowdy Dodson (818) 677-6298 Email: [email protected] SLA members can subscribe to the Southern California Chapter listserv by sending email to: [email protected] with the following instructions in the message area: subscribe sla-csca Your Name. To post to the list, subscribed members can send their messages to [email protected]. Further information is avail-able from [email protected] Special Libraries Association assumes no responsibility for the statements and opinions advanced by the con-tributors to the Association’s publications. Editorial views do not necessarily represent the official position of the Special Libraries Association. Acceptance of an advertisement does not imply endorsement of the product by Special Libraries Association..

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