Vol. 17, No.4/Summer 1995
Conference Highlights: You Were The Program And You Did Just Fine, Thank You
Nominations Time
Conference Highlights: Betty Bao Lord Spins An Enchanting Web Of Stories Into A Message
Conference Highlights: Motions Made In The Executive Board Meetings
Conference Highlights: Rock Star Turned R&Amp;D Guru Describes ''The Wired City'
Conference Highlights: We Listened...We Learned...and We Played!
Conference Highlights: CE Course Provoked Thoughts On How To Be ''Leaders In An Electronic Era''
Conference Highlights: Minutes Of The SLA News Division Annual Meeting
Conference Highlights: Thoughts From A First-Timer
Conference Highlights: First-Timers, Conference Youngsters, Renegades, Fresh Blood, Newbies, Rebels, Newcomers, The Ultra-Secret Clan, Revolutionaries, Kids ...
Conference Highlights: And Ben Lightman Was No Where Near The Place!
Conference Highlights: Tribute To Rose
Conference Highlights: News Division Recognizes Outstanding Members At Annual Banquet
Keep Your Address Up To Date
People
IRE: Investigative Reporters And Editors In Miami
Notes From The Chair
Division's 75th Anniversary Is Creeping Up Fast
Web Site Update
Aside Bar
News Division Executive Board &Amp; Committee Chairs
Association Of UK Media Librarians Meet In Wales
Good News From The Treasurer
Automation / Technology Committee: Revised Keyword List Submitted To NAA/IPTC Committee
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CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
YOU WERE THE PROGRAM AND YOU DID JUST FINE, THANK YOU
The idea for a conference program this year about fundamental resources in
news libraries demonstrated by news librarians was born late one night (or was
it really early one morning?) at our annual conference in Atlanta in 1994. The
demonstrations of text and photo archive systems by the vendors was hugely
popular and successful in Atlanta, but also tremendously technical and ''sales
slick.'' Why not keep some of the technical, drop the sales and add a little
back to basics?
Credit for this idea goes to Elizabeth Haworth and Charlie Campo and credit
for a successful afternoon goes to those wonderful peers of yours who agreed
to sit for three hours and have their brains picked about what they did, what
they wished they could do, who they knew, what they knew and . . . well, you
get the idea.
Hats off and one thousand and one thanks to Sandy Allen, Basil Guinane,
Chris Hardesty, Mike Jesse, Melissa Mantel, Mike Meiners, Barbara Newcombe,
John Sinclair, Kathy Trimble and Liisa Tuominen. Not only did they prepare
well and spend the afternoon sharing their knowledge, they also compiled
handouts. Over 60 different packets were requested (and they have been mailed,
by the way, so please let me know if you didn't receive yours -- you know who
you are.)
The programs offered were:
So what worked and what didn't? The topics worked and the people worked.
The room didn't quite work, mostly because the videos were too close to the PC
displays. The casual ''serve yourself'' atmosphere worked. The CD-ROM giveaway
worked, especially for Ginny Everett who took home a nice 1995 Encyclopedia of
Associations on disc. The signs didn't work (there weren't any).
And now the question is what should we do next year. . . bring back the
vendors, bring in more librarians, serve beer, all of the above?
Is another interactive session warranted for Boston? I think so. If you
agree please call me now to share your ideas, don't wait for the proverbial
''later'' because before we know it we'll all be singing ''please come to
Boston . . .''
KEYWORDS: CONFERENCE PROGRAM;
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NOMINATIONS TIME
Charlie Campo has asked me to head up the News Division's Nominations
Committee this year and I am eager to hear from you! The News Division relies
on the creativity and enthusiasm of its members. I will be seeking candidates
for the offices of Secretary, Director of Publications, and Chair-Elect.
I would love to hear from anyone out there who is interested in serving the
Division either as a member of my committee or as an officer. Or if you have
names of potential candidates you would like to suggest please send those
ideas along to me as well.
Contact me by mail: Debra Bade, Manager of News Research, CNN - Library,
One CNN Center Box 105366, Atlanta, GA 30348. Office: 404-827-5833 or email:
debra.bade@turner.com
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BETTY BAO LORD SPINS AN ENCHANTING WEB OF STORIES INTO A MESSAGE
The Freedom Forum sponsored a talk by author Betty Bao Lord on Monday
afternoon. Ms. Lord, whose books include ''Spring Moon'' and ''Legacies: A
Chinese Mosaic'', spoke on the topic ''Information and Freedom of The press: A
Global Perspective.'' But if the standing-room only audience was looking for a
dry recitation of issues, they were disappointed.
Instead, Ms. Lord treated us to wonderfully evocative stories, told in her
soft, beautiful voice, that got around to the issue at hand so subtly that it
sneaked up on us. Her child's recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance - ''one
Asian in the vestibule'' ''with liberty and just rice for all'' - was
hilarious. And her story of one visit back to China, when she was starved for
news of the presidential election going on in America, was humorous and
touching. She confided in an uncle of her need for the latest news and he
recited it all to her in vivid detail. She asked how he could have obtained
this prohibited information and he leaned close and whispered ''Voice of
America''.
Ms. Lord's use of language to set a scene is exquisite. Her interview with
a hunger striker's mother in Tiananmen Square, who was watching her son, was
heartbreaking. A description of the reopening of a church in Beijing at
Christmastime was magical. We could almost hear ''Silent Night'' being sung in
Mandarin.
After she wove her tales, Ms. Lord answered questions. She chose as her
first questioner a young boy who had read her children's book ''In the year of
the Boar and Jackie Robinson'' and who wanted to know if there were further
adventures planned for the heroine.
After questions, The Freedom Forum treated the guests to a reception.
KEYWORDS: CONFERENCE PROGRAM;
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MOTIONS MADE IN THE EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETINGS
Executive Board Meeting, June 11, 1995
Mona Hatfield made a motion that the board recommend that the treasurer
prepare and bring to the annual conference a proposed budget for the upcoming
year for the board's approval, and that the CE coordinator and Awards banquet
coordinator send expense proposals by May 1 to the treasurer. Lu-Ann Farrar
seconded, and the motion passed.
Executive Board Meeting, June 14, 1995
Mona Hatfield made a motion that the board establish a special committee to
develop a plan for News Division's 75th anniversary, this committee to follow
through until 1999. These plans should include an anniversary publication
which may or may not take the form of a multimedia presentation. Additionally,
the board recommends that an appropriate celebration be planned for the 1999
conference. Ron Larson seconded, and the motion passed.
Mona Hatfield made a motion that the board endorse the proposed Automation/
Technology committee format presented by Kathy Foley at the annual News
Division business meeting. Jody Habayeb seconded, and the motion passed.
KEYWORDS: EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING;
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ROCK STAR TURNED R&D GURU DESCRIBES ''THE WIRED CITY''
For those of us of a certain age, the band Lighthouse and its anthem ''One
Fine Morning'' got us through a lot of not-so-fine mornings in the dorm. Now
Paul Hoffert, the keyboardist for Lighthouse, has turned his considerable
skills to building a totally interactive community.
The talk was sponsored by the Broadcast Committee of the Division and
introduced by Leone Earls and Carol Ashurst.
Working from his research and development center called CulTech, which is
based at York University in Toronto, Hoffert has put together a consortium of
companies that, along with a seed grant from the Canadian government, are
underwriting the Intercom Ontario Project.
Intercom Ontario has implemented a field trial for wiring communities with
full service broadband networks. These networks provide services as mundane as
cable tv and as exotic as control over the physical environment and security.
The trial started in a dorm at York University in January and will
culminate in a totally wired subdivision in the Toronto suburb of Newmarket.
The ultimate goal is to produce a model that the consortium can develop into a
commercially viable operation.
Some of the issues that Hoffert raised were privacy; the availability of
required technology; the cost customers would be willing to pay for
interactivity; regulatory impediments and appropriate interfaces and
appliances.
He quoted Bill Gates in addressing some of these issues by saying that
people will (eventually) have networks in their homes and tv's and pc's will
be only two of the appliances on those networks.
The characteristics of the project include: open access; public
participation and a collaboration of competitors. Hoffert said that the
project simulates a market model and addresses current work and play needs. He
said that because the project is using ordinary students, workers and families
in the experiment, it will identify problems as well as opportunities and will
provide a wide range of context and application.
By the end of his fascinating talk, Hoffert had shown us one version of
what the near future could bring.
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WE LISTENED...WE LEARNED...AND WE PLAYED!
PHOTO CAPTIONS:
1. ROBERT W. MERRY, EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY ENTERTAINS
THE ANNUAL CQ LUNCH CROWD WITH HIS PREDICTIONS FOR THE 1992(CQ)
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
2. AT DINNER WITH ALAN HUSTAK, THE CROWD TOASTED AGNES MCFARLANE (END OF
TABLE) FOR HER HOSPITALITY AND FOR ARRANGING FOR ALAN TO SHARE HIS MONTREAL
WITH US.
3. ALAN HUSTAK, CENTER, LEADS THE LAST OF THE THREE TOURS THAT HE CONDUCTED
THROUGH OLD MONTREAL.
4. AT LE STADE OLYMPIQUE TO WATCH THE EXPOS DRUB THE BRAVES 11-2. FROM LEFT:
MARIA TEIXEIRA, DAVID LARZELERE, LYTTON SMITH.
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CE COURSE PROVOKED THOUGHTS ON HOW TO BE ''LEADERS IN AN ELECTRONIC ERA''
The News Division Continuing Education Course on Sunday, June 11,
introduced us to three thoughtful and thought-provoking speakers.
First up was Christopher Locke, Editor in Chief of the Net Editors segment
for MCI/Internet. He chose his theme, ''Mere Anarchy and the the Ceremony of
Innocence'', from the Yeats poem ''The Second Coming'' (look it up). One of
his points was (I think) that traditional advertising will not work on the
Internet, but that it can still be exploited by commercial ventures by
identifying communities of interest and entering into a dialogue with these
communities. The audience seemed not to understand the fine distinction
between advertising and dialogue that he was trying to make. And, in fact,
during the question period, there were quite a few contentious moments.
On a more popular theme, he said that we as information professionals
should be building the Worldwide Web. Making order out of chaos has
traditionally been our role and should remain so.
He said that people are flocking to the Internet because they are
increasingly willing to jump through hoops to get at information not available
elsewhere. But he thinks that the Internet will not sink to the lowest common
denominator because ''joe six-pack'' is used to the passivity of television,
not interactive entertainment.
Next came Paul Pohlman, from the Poynter Institute, who brought his
considerable training skills and knowledge of management issues to help us
reevaluate our priorities (while tweaking Locke and his anarchic theories.)
He asked us to break into small groups and look at a list of roles and
responsibilities. Then he told us to prioritize each of these so that we could
see what we thought were our primary functions and what we did best. One
member in each group then told the others why he had ranked the functions as
he had. We were to pretend that we were explaining our jobs to our boss (or
senior editors).
Pohlman's goal was to get us to look at our changing profession with fresh
eyes. He asked us to see the future and the direction we were headed so that
we could provide state-of-the-art information service, while creating new
information opportunities.
Howard Rheingold, author of The Virtual Community, was the final speaker.
He spoke to news librarians about their potential roles as leaders within our
media organizations and within the larger sea of information.
Rheingold, like Locke, talked at length of the birth of new communities in
this electronic age -- support groups for breast cancer patients, Alzheimers
patients and their families, communities for parents concerned with the
education of their children. He also spoke to some of the big issues we as
librarians have been concerned about for a long time -- access to information,
power and privacy issues, and censorship.
He said that he often feels that we in the media have missed the boat in
covering the stories of the Exon bill, telecommunications news, stressing
changes and threats to information on the Internet. The ''future of
democracy'' is in fact at stake according to Rheingold as he believes American
citizens are not being informed clearly about what some of these changes in
legislation may mean in their lives. He urges us to jump on the bandwagon and
be leaders, to become in his words, the ''road warriors'' of the information
world.
Outgoing Education Director Debra Bade put together a fascinating day that
provided fodder for dinner conversations the rest of the week.
KEYWORDS: CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONFERENCE
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MINUTES OF THE SLA NEWS DIVISION ANNUAL MEETING
The Annual Business Meeting was held June 12, 1995 in the Marquette Room of
the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.
Mary Kate Leming, Chair, called the meeting to order at 1:45 p.m.
Leming announced changes to the agenda: the treasurer's finance report will
be the first director report and the Broadcast report is listed twice. The
agenda was adopted. The minutes of the last business meeting, in Atlanta, as
published in News Library News, were approved.
REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR
Leming said how much of a pleasure it has been to be Chair of the Division
in the last year. There have been good things and bad things in our industry.
Our skills are being recognized more by management, despite some cutbacks.
There are more international and student members. The News Division's listserv
is the second largest member listserv in SLA, with over 500 members. We have a
webpage under development. Leming received more than 100 calls this past year
from people looking for the expertise that our members have in the areas of
image archiving and text retrieval. Leming enjoyed working with the committee
members and members of the board, and recognized the members of the board.
CHAIR-ELECT REPORT
Charlie Campo announced that there are copies of the News Division program
in the suite, and gave a reminder to pay suite fees. Campo thanked the
sponsors of the suite: the Montreal Gazette, InfoMart, Lexis/Nexis, DataTimes,
Dialog/VuText; and Lexis/Nexis for the brunch Thursday. Campo thanked Agnes
McFarlane of the Montreal Gazette, and the program coordinators: Carol
Ashurst, Leone Earls, Phyllis Lyons, Jim Hunter, Mona Hatfield, Ann Johnson,
Karen Van Rossem, Diane Logsdon and Barbara Hijek. Campo thanked his SWAT
team, Denise Jones, Linda Chapman, Chris Hardesty and Ginny Hauswald, and the
chief enforcer Elizabeth Haworth. He also thanked Linda Henderson for the
conference issue of News Library News, and Jim Mears and Stacey Malmgren of
SLA.
Incoming chair-elect Teresa Leonard announced that next year's convention will
be in Boston at the convention center, all convention hotels will be within
walking distance, and there will be full internet access. Sperry Krueger
invited all News Division attendees who have been to fewer than four
conferences to attend a gathering at the suite Wednesday evening to get to
know each other better and to discuss program ideas.
TREASURER
Lu-Ann Farrar reported that one $1500 bill for NLN production was paid
after the printed report. The current deposit is $15,000, and all that needs
to come out of this is the suite payment.
Farrar reported that the board had approved a recommendation that the
treasurer prepare and bring to the annual conference a proposed budget for the
upcoming year for the board's approval. The board also apporved a proposal
that the CE coordinator and Awards Banquet coordinator send expense proposals
by May 1 to the treasurer.
Farrar also reported that the board agreed to provide a contingency for the
chair and chair-elect to attend SLA's mid-winter and/or annual conferences.
The decision was made that a $500 allotment would be added to the budget for
each person. The money was not to be considered an entitlement, but only used
if needed, and that the board must be notified of a request for funds.
Farrar also reported that the board had agreed to move $5000 from a
checking account to the SLA money market pool.
Donna Scheeder moved that the treasurer's report be accepted as presented;
Richard Geiger seconded and the motion carried.
EDUCATION
Debra Bade reported that 58 people registered for the CE at $150/person,
for a total of $8740 before expenses. The CE went well and Bade thanked the
speakers: Christopher Locke, Paul Pohlman and Howard Rheingold. There was also
a Great Lakes Regional Conference in Chicago in March. Bade thanked Ron
Larson, John Jansson and Barbara Maxwell for their participation in that
program. Leming moved that the Education report be accepted as presented. Kee
Malesky seconded and the motion carried.
PUBLICATIONS
Mona Hatfield commended Ginny Everett for her work with the membership
directory. Members' e-mail addresses have been sent to SLA for the membership
directory. In the membership directory, the Canadian members were separated by
province.
News Library News under Linda Henderson is going well, and she will remain
the managing editor for another year, and Gay Nemeti will continue to handle
advertising for another year. The possibility of raising ad rates has been
discussed, but no final decision has been made.
Copies of the old News Division brochure were sent to Division chairs and
many others for comments and suggestions, so it can be updated this year. It
was decided that we should start with 2000 copies. Hatfield hopes to have it
ready by the first of the year.
The Division needs to start getting people lined up to update ''Automating
the Newspaper Clipping Files'' (the vendors portion is outdated), and for the
ANPA Foundation's ''Guidelines for Newspaper Libraries''. Or maybe the two
publications could be combined.
The jurisdiction for the Division's webpage that Pete Basofin is putting
together will remain with the publications director, who will delegate those
responsibilities to others as needed. Someone needs to be sure that everything
on the webpage is current and appropriate. Linda Paschal has offered to get
the News Division membership directory onto the webpage. Scheeder moved that
the Publications report be accepted as presented. Kee Malesky seconded and the
motion carried.
AWARDS
Donna Scheeder thanked the members of the committee: Richard Geiger, Bob
Isaacs, John Cronin, Susan Fifer Canby and Agnes McFarlane. She also thanked
the members of the Student Stipend Award committee, Alison Head and Barbara
Maxwell. She announced the winner of the Vormelker-Thomas Student Award,
Catherine Cino; the Shoemaker Award, Mary Kate Leming; the Henebry Award,
Diane Sponsler Logsdon and Elizabeth Haworth; and the Kwapil Award, Barbara
Semonche. Scheeder reported the awards banquet is sold out. Kee Malesky moved
that the Awards Committee report be accepted as presented. Richard Geiger
seconded and the motion carried.
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M.J. Crowley reported no change.
AUTOMATION/TECHNOLOGY
Kathy Foley reported that she and Julie Kirsh, her co-chair, realized at
the end of last conference that the Automation/Technology committee has been
overwhelmed with how much there is for the Division to do, and no matter many
members there are, the committee can't possibly monitor developments, interact
with vendors, consult with other members to develop programs, report in NLN
and attend the many other conferences to the degree necessary to represent the
Division.
This year, a survey was published in NLN to find the most important topics
to the Division. The results were: CD-ROM, Computer Assisted Reporting,
Digital Imaging, Internet, Keywords, and Text Retrieval.
The committee proposes that for a period of 3-4 years, the Board allow the
committee to form six special interest groups to monitor these areas. Each SIG
should have a chairperson and at least six members. Some (half) of the members
of each SIG should commit to serve more than one year to assure consistency.
Each SIG should decide on a short-term goal which could be accomplished by the
next conference, and a long-term goal. An overall Automation/Technology
committee chairperson appointed by the Division chair should coordinate the
effort of the SIGs, to assure that each is appropriately chaired, that NLN
publishes news from the SIGs, conference programming is developed by
alternating SIGs and that all members of the Division are up to date on the
activities, goals and accomplishments of the SIGs.
The committee recommends that the Division board carefully monitor the
experiment and disband it, should it fail to improve the situation. However,
several years of organizing may be necessary to show the necessary results.
Suggested chairs for the subcommittees: Keywords, Jim Hunter; Internet,
Pete Basofin, Nora Paul and Michelle Quigley; CAR, Barbara Hijek; Text
Retrieval, Sharon Reeves; Digital Imaging, David Cappoli; and CD-ROM, Melody
Blake.
The committee recognized the efforts of two members, M.J. Crowley for her
work with the National Press Photographers Assn's Electronic Photojournalism
workshop and other non-Division programs and panels she worked on and where
she represented the Division; and Jim Hunter, for his work on the keyword
list.
ELECTIONS/NOMINATIONS
The committee reported that the nominations were: Chair-elect, Teresa
Leonard; Treasurer, Jody Habayeb and Ginny Hauswald; and Education Director,
Carol Campbell and Ron Larson. 833 ballots were mailed, 302 ballots were
returned, of which 273 were valid. Rob Robinson served as teller. Leonard,
Habayeb and Larson were elected.
The Washington Post was acknowledged for their contribution in covering the
cost of the election. Special thanks were given to Dargan Richards and her
nominating committee.
MEMBERSHIP
Ginny Everett reported that as of the end of April, there are 819 members,
up 9.63 percent from 732 in April 1994. News Division is the 7th largest in
SLA, among 28 divisions.
The Canadian members are now divided by province in the directory. The
biggest push was to add e-mail addresses, and the new directory has 225 e-mail
addresses. Everett reminded everyone to be sure to change their membership
records with SLA. The membership directory will probably be put on the News
Division webpage.
Linda Paschal and James Welsh at DataTimes were thanked for their work in
producing the membership directory.
PUBLIC RELATIONS AND PUBLICITY
Elizabeth Haworth reported that the silent auction was not held this year
because of VAT and Customs problems. The first-time greeter program, headed by
Barbara Semonche, was successful. The Clearinghouse, run by Jody Habayeb, is
not working well due to lack of member interest, and next year's committee
chair will have to decide whether to keep the Clearinghouse. The committee is
trying to revise the program evaluations. Chris Hardesty is in charge of
tabulating the evaluations. Hardesty is also in charge of the ''suite-
closing'' committee. Julie Kirsh with help from Agnes McFarlane worked with
Lexis/Nexis on the brunch and walking tours Lexis/Nexis sponsored. Agnes
McFarlane has offered tours of the Montreal Gazette.
BROADCAST
Leone Earls reported that the committee organized two articles for NLN.
Earls thanked Paul Hoffert, who was the speaker at their program.
SMALL LIBRARIES
Diane Logsdon reported the committee is taking a survey of small
newspapers. They are contacting all daily newspapers listed in E&P Yearbook
that are not considered major papers, and survey takers are talking to
librarians or whomever is keeping information at the newspaper. The survey
will give information on how the Division can better reach and help those who
are keeping the small libraries operating. The committee will also compile a
list for the membership chair, so that membership information can be sent.
Results of the survey will be printed in NLN.
The committee also presented a program at conference this year. John
Sinclair, David Larzelere and George LaBonte will be presenting the program.
EMPLOYMENT CLEARINGHOUSE
The Clearinghouse received 14 resumes this year. About 40 job announcements
were received, mostly through the NewsLib listserv. The suggestion was made to
continue to promote the Clearinghouse in other journalism publications.
NEW BUSINESS
Linda Henderson noted that she is on the steering committee for
Investigative Reporters & Editors conference, which will be in Providence next
year, right after SLA in Boston. She is working with Teresa Leonard on joint
program ideas, and urged Division members to attempt to stay after SLA and
attend IRE.
Elizabeth Haworth reminded us that the Division will be 75 years old in
four years. She urged that a committee be formed and money be set aside
starting this year.
Mary Kate Leming acknowledged the following people who have given donations
and support this year: Business Geographic, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,
Congressional Quarterly, CTV Television Network Ltd., DataTimes, Dialog/
VuText, Gale Research Company, InfoMart, Le Devoir, Lexis/Nexis, Lexis/
Nexis of Canada, Map Info, Montreal Gazette, National Film Board of Canada,
NewsBank, Roltek Holdings International, Strategic Mapping and UMI.
NEW OFFICERS
The installation of the new officers was held: Jody Habayeb, treasurer; Ron
Larson, director of eduction; Teresa Leonard, chair-elect. Mary Kate Leming
turned the gavel over to incoming chair Charlie Campo.
Meeting was adjourned at 2:50 p.m.
KEYWORDS: MINUTES; ANNUAL MEETING;
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THOUGHTS FROM A FIRST-TIMER
Montreal proved to be a wonderful city of firsts: my first SLA conference;
my first chance to network with many other news librarians; my first trip to
Canada; my first 80-mile cab ride to catch a plane; my first time to lose my
luggage; my first hotel fire ... but I digress.
I always knew there were many other news librarians out there, but in
Montreal, at my first conference, it really hit home that I wasn't operating
in a vacuum. That a wonderful group of people really exist who understand what
being a news librarian means. It was such a relief to meet these bright, witty
people and to share ideas, goals, concerns and complaints. For the first time
I could talk with people who knew exactly what I meant when I said ''what are
you doing with photos?'' And, better yet, they had answers. Besides that, it
was fun.
My first News Division sessions inspired me as well. Since returning, I've
begun to beef up my book collection, teamed up with an investigative
reporting team and started a CAR project and, a la Mike Jesse, started work
on Web pages for in-house use.
Shortly after I returned, I talked to Lou Thomas, who concurred with my
warm feelings about the conference. Thomas, the retired ''matriarch'' of The
Advocate's wonderful library, agreed that attending the SLA conference was an
invigorating experience. She said that her yearly trip usually provided her
with enough inspiration and ideas to last until the next year. She added,
''You know, the News Division was always my lifeline. I always knew that no
matter what problem I had or idea I had to discuss, all I had to do was pick
up the phone. With my southern accent I usually didn't even have to say who
was calling. The other librarian would just say 'hello Lou'.''
After meeting so many of you at conference, I know that I'll be calling (or
e-mailing) you for advice, wisdom or just moral support. Thanks for a
wonderful first conference.
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FIRST-TIMERS, CONFERENCE YOUNGSTERS, RENEGADES, FRESH BLOOD, NEWBIES, REBELS,
NEWCOMERS, THE ULTRA-SECRET CLAN, REVOLUTIONARIES, KIDS ...
...These were some of the terms used to describe a group of folks who
gathered on June 14th at the SLA Conference in Montreal to brainstorm on what
we'd like to see at future conferences. Anyone who had attended fewer than
four conferences was invited, and about fifteen people showed up.
One of the first things we decided was that we hoped this meeting would
become an annual affair. Of course, this would be up to the next generation of
newbies. Unfortunately, I can't lead it next year because it will be my fourth
conference, but Carolyn Edds of the Spartanburg Herald-Journal has agreed to
be chief rebel in Boston.
We think the idea of having greeters for first-timers is a great idea and
want to expand on it. We think that first-timers should have TWO greeters
- one who's been around for a while and knows the ropes and another who is a
second-timer. Having second-timers serve as greeters will help get them get
involved and get to know more people in the division.
We talked about an assortment of ideas for future programs, some of which
you may see at next year's conference in Boston. Here's a small sampling of
the ideas we came up with: how to build a web page, how to find people, how to
manage former peers, how to do research for disasters such as earthquakes and
plane crashes, how to do entertainment research, and how to negotiate with
vendors. Some of our ideas had already been proposed for next year so it was
nice to see that we wanted the same kind of programs as the ''old-timers''.
After our talk in the suite, we headed out for dinner and the ideas kept
flowing. We had a great time, we came up with a lot of terrific ideas, and we
got to know each other. I hope that all the ''conference newcomers'' attending
the SLA conference in Boston will take advantage of this opportunity to make
friends and to be heard!
KEYWORDS: CONFERENCE; OPINION; REPORT
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AND BEN LIGHTMAN WAS NO WHERE NEAR THE PLACE!
Columnist Molly Ivins' comment about the unspoken motto of the Canadians
(''Now, let's not get excited'') was put to the test Tuesday evening at
10:00 in a downtown Montreal hotel.
The Montreal Sheraton evacuated its guests after smoke started drifting up
its 36 floors. Buzzers sounded, French and English recorded directions reached
all the floors. No flames were spotted.
The News Division of the Special Libraries Association had just finished
watching a demonstration of DataTimes' new software when the alarm sounded.
Leaving their suite on the 36th floor, the news librarians (about 20-30)
started descending the stairs. The smell of smoke was evident, but not
overpowering. People moved quickly, quietly down the concrete steps.
Halfway down, the group was met by two hotel employees directing us to
alternative ''sorties.'' They were locked. We retraced our steps and continued
down. Smoke was stronger. I covered my nose with part of my dress. Jack (my
husband) carried my laptop. More steps.
We made it to an opening. Escalators were ahead. We could see outside the
front of the hotel. Flashing lights, police cordons, fire trucks (about a
dozen we later counted) and a ''command central'' van. We trooped out the
doors, following a woman in a wheelchair.
I turned to a dark-suited man with a ''walkie-talkie.'' I told him that we
were from the 36th floor and I didn't think that there was any one else behind
us on the stairs, but did he know of any others still inside the hotel. He
said that he didn't know (thank goodness he spoke English; my French is
limited to menus) but that firemen were suiting up and beginning to knock on
doors. I asked him where the fire was. He said it was in the second basement.
He moved on.
Everyone was calm, polite, helpful and seemed to know what to do. Jack and
I continued down the boulevard about a half mile to our hotel. On arrival we
checked the exits and thanked our good fortune to be on the ninth floor.
By the way, the Atlanta Braves were staying in the Sheraton. They arrived
about midnight Monday night for a three-game series with the Expos. They were
playing Tuesday night, losing 11 - 2. (There was a large News Division
presence at the game and as they walked back to the Sheraton from the Metro
station, passing fire truck after fire truck, they had a hint that something
was wrong. The good news was that while there was a waiting line for the
elevators after the fire was out, the lobby bar was pouring free drinks. ed.)
For those who keep records of SLA conferences with near disasters, count
this one among the chemical spill in Atlanta, the tornadoes in Denver, the
assassination in Los Angeles, and the fire in Cincinnati.
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KEYWORDS: CONFERENCE; DISASTER; FIRE
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TRIBUTE TO ROSE
Jim Hunter's heartfelt tribute to Rose Vormelker during the News Division
Awards banquet deserves wider distribution than the 155 present that evening
in Montreal. So, with Jim's approval, here is his tribute to Rose. -Barbara
Semonche.
ROSE VORMELKER
Tonight we celebrate the achievements of those News Division members who
have worked so hard on our behalf, as well as to applaud our student guest,
the winner of the Vormelker-Thomas/University Microfilm Student Stipend Award.
This evening we also mark the passing of Rose Vormelker who died at the age
of 99 on November 3, 1994.
Rose would have been 100 years old this month. She was among the last
living News Division members with an award in her name.
Her active career spanned nearly seven decades. Rose Vormelker attained
national prominence as a public librarian, business librarian, government
librarian, consultant, academic librarian and teacher. She was also a
preeminent newspaper librarian serving the Cleveland newspapers. Further, Rose
was President of the Special Libraries Association in 1948-49 and elected to
the SLA Hall of Fame in 1963.
Over the course of her career, Rose inspired and mentored hundreds of
librarians in every branch of our profession.
Rose began working in libraries in 1916. She created what became the
internationally recognized Business Information Center of the Cleveland Public
Library in 1928. During W.W.II Rose worked for the U.S. Information Service
establishing over 4,000 defense and war information centers. She retired for
the first of many times in 1955 from the Cleveland Public Library.
In 1956 she became the Librarian for the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the
Cleveland News, a position she held until 1962. Rose then became an academic
librarian at Kent State University, finally joining the Library Science
faculty there, creating the first newspaper library course along with
workshops for news librarians. Rose continued teaching well into her 80's and
remained keenly interested in the News Division. She last attended the SLA
Conference in 1980 in Washington, DC.
Rose was a consummate information gatherer and consumer. Her office was
filled with neat piles of obscure government documents that I know she read.
It was said that she was so well informed during her stay in Washington, DC
during W.W.II that congressmen would call her to find out what was going on.
Her wit was acerbic and quick. Rose consulted for the Columbus Dispatch in
the early 70's and naturally she recommended they hire a librarian. The editor
who considered hiring me had some doubts so he called Rose and asked her what
I knew about newspapers. Rose said, '' Not a damn thing, but he'll find out.''
I am proud to say that Rose was my mentor and my friend. She had a way of
instilling pride and professionalism in everyone she met. I am very pleased
that the News Division Award in her honor encourages and mentors library
science students. University Microfilm and the News Division could do no finer
thing in my opinion than continue the work that Rose could do so well.
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KEYWORDS: BIOGRAPHY; ROSE VORMELKER; TRIBUTE
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NEWS DIVISION RECOGNIZES OUTSTANDING MEMBERS AT ANNUAL BANQUET
She was a friend and mentor to many news librarians. She was known for her
quick blue eyes that sparkled with amusement or indignation. She created the
first newspaper library course. Rose Vormelker died at the age of 99 on
November 3, 1994.
On Monday, June 12, at the historic Mount Stephen Club, James Hunter began
an evening of accolades to outstanding News Division members by paying a
professional and personal tribute to Rose Vormelker. When asked what Hunter
knew about news libraries upon his application for a job, Vormelker replied,
''Not a damn thing, but he'll learn.'' (And now he's teaching others.)
For the first time, the Vormelker/Thomas Student Stipend award, was given
to a Canadian member. Catherine Cino of Hamilton, Ontario was chosen by the
selection committee co-chaired by Barbara Maxwell and Alison Head. She
graduated with an MLIS from the University of Western Ontario in London,
Ontario. The award consists of $1,000 from UMI and $500 from the News
Division.
Been there, Done that
Incoming division chair Charles Campo presented outgoing chair Mary Kate
Leming with the Ralph J. Shoemaker Award of Merit. Leading the assemblage in a
call-response chant, he described Leming as a ''Been there, Done that'' kind
of accomplished news librarian, who after the conference would add ''wild
woman, party-going, Montreal-stomping'' kind of description to her list of
experiences. (She chairs the 1996 awards committee and banquet in Boston.)
World Book parties
Don't give up, keep asking and it will happen. That's the advice Diane
Sponsler Logsdon of the Pentagraph, winner of the Agnes Henebry Roll of Honor
Award, gave to the 150-plus members attending the banquet. After many years of
requesting, she finally got the World Book Encyclopedia. To let everyone share
the good fortune, she threw a party with the World Book logo on a cake. Now
she's getting a new PC and looks forward to surfing the Internet. Kathy Foley,
of The Washington Post, characterized her as impassioned about her library and
passionate about news librarianship. Logsdon is a former Chair of the Division
and has served a numerous years as Chair of the Small Libraries Group.
Limitless energy
Elizabeth Haworth became ''a part of the rich folklore,'' of the News
Division upon accepting the Agnes Henebry award. Debra Bade of CNN described
the limitless energy Haworth has displayed in helping the News Division
determine its direction. Haworth served for two years as editor of News
Library News where she made many innovations and as Chair of the Publicity
Committee. She is currently the Director of the Midlands Technical College
Library in Columbia, SC.
Kwapil, Kwapil, Kwapil
As teacher, colleague and friend, Barbara Semonche of the University of
North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication, is
always willing to experiment and willing to go the extra mile. Richard Geiger
and Bob Isaacs presented Semonche with the Joseph F. Kwapil Memorial Award for
her lifetime of commitment and innovation in the field of news librarianship.
Semonche related a story of the Celestial Energy System in which Joseph Kwapil
displays his confidence that the best and brightest of the profession are
already at work solving the problems of the future.
UMI, as has been their generous custom, hosted a reception before the
dinner.
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KEYWORDS: AWARD; BIOGRAPHY
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KEEP YOUR ADDRESS UP TO DATE
When you received your new membership directory, you should have double
checked your listing to make sure that it is correct. If you haven't done so,
please check it. If you need to make a correction, contact SLA using the card
or the phone numbers that are in the back of the directory. Make special note
if you have a new e-mail address.
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PEOPLE
Lisa Lovullo has been promoted from Director of Library and Information
Services to Director of Electronic News and Information Services at the
Baltimore Sun. She will oversee three departments: the library, the
information store and the electronic news desk. She'll be supervising the
journalists who work in that area which she says ''should be an interesting
new challenge for all of us.''
Kristin Sandefur, late of the Fort Worth Star Telegram, is now working for
Texas Instruments. She joined their Spring Creek Library staff in Plano in
March. She says she'll try to keep in touch with News Division people and,
since we still have the most fun suite, she hopes to continue to see her
friends at conference.
Aurora Davis left the Kansas City Star and moved to Miami, Florida in May
to care for her parents. She was hoping to establish an information consulting
business once she was settled in Miami.
KEYWORDS: BIOGRAPHY
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IRE
Editor's note: Liz Donovan was one of panelists at the IRE conference in
Miami, June 8-11. She wrote this overview for the Newslib listserv. It is
reprinted here for those who don't subscribe to the list.
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS AND EDITORS IN MIAMI
There was a considerable news researcher presence in the panels on what IRE
calls the ''optional day'', Thursday, June 8. One of the three tracks on
computer assisted reporting focused on beats, and what Computer-assisted
reporting (CAR) can do for reporters covering the beats. Each panel on that
track during the day consisted of two reporters (or experts) and a researcher.
The researchers' job was to discuss online sources for finding information
on the beat. We organized all our handouts so there was a common pattern:
sources were listed by type of information desired (sources, background
information, data files, source documents, etc) and by type of source (news
group, web site, commercial database, BBS, etc.)
Those handouts will be available on the Poynter's Web site, in the library
vertical file area.
There were several beats covered: City Hall, Education, Courts, Crime, and
Politics. Researchers were Margot Williams, Nora Paul, Michelle Quigley, and
me. Having researchers so involved in these panels certainly increased our
presence and awareness of our expert guidance on helping reporters find
information.
In the other tracks that day, emphasis was more on how reporters can use
database programs to analyze data they've collected. There were panels on
using databases, how to get access to data and what rights reporters have to
data, government data in Florida, mapping and graphics charting, spreadsheets,
and a half day program on statistics run by Steve Doig and Phil Meyer. There
was also an introduction to the Internet run by reporters Beth Marchak of the
Plain Dealer and Dan Keating of the Herald. Nora and Margot did a lunch hour
introduction to online called ''Powering up, plugging in''.
The Sun-Sentinel and NICAR also made available rooms for trying out
database programs and the Internet and those were available for two days,
along with some short training programs such as how to use Email for reporting
(from Nora).
Researchers usually aren't involved in any programs during the main part of
the convention (after the CAR day), but I find that it's those programs that
help me understand reporting better. You can sit in on a session on
Investigating the Military, for example, or on Opposition Researchers or
Covering the Medical care crisis or Air safety or Finding Washington sources
or Pension abuses or National Parks in crisis or Gambling.... There were
usually 4 or 5 of these panels going on at once so you couldn't get into
everything you wanted but that gives you an idea of the amount of information
being shared. All these can give us hints of where reporters go for their
information. ( I find that a large part of my job these days is coaching
younger reporters, and I rely on more experienced reporters to tell me where
they find things.)
This conference also gave us the opportunity of listening to some great
writers talk about writing: Carl Hiaasen, Edna Buchanan, Jonathan Kwitny, Liz
Balmaseda, Pete Hamill, Joel Achenbach, Richard Ben Cramer, Bob Greene....
Heaven! I didn't hear all of them speak but made sure to buy the tapes. I
learn more from these speakers than I could have learned in J-school.
I think this convention is an education for news librarians. Besides much
of it focusing on computers and online, you can learn so much more about our
business.
See you all there next year at Providence?
(And if you're interested in joining IRE now (you get a useful newsletter
and it's only $40), call them at (314)882-2042. There'll be a four day
workshop on CAR held in Cleveland in September, as well.)
KEYWORDS: COMPUTER ASSISTED REPORTING; CONFERENCE
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NOTES FROM THE CHAIR
Montreal memories have already begun to fade, the smoke has cleared from
the hotel and the NEWS Division is gearing up for a remarkable year ahead.
More than 200 members registered for this year's conference and planning is
already underway for next year's extravaganza in Boston. Please send all your
conference critiques and suggestions to the Boston planner, Teresa Leonard.
She began the planning process at the SLA Winter Meeting this January, and sat
down with the ''newcomers coalition'' and others at conference to brainstorm.
Teresa needs your input early, because SLA requires that a solid conference
plan be submitted by late Fall 1995. Contact her today with your ideas for
Boston.
Like that wacky Transylvanian phlebotomist, the NEWS Division is always
looking for new blood to regenerate its youthful energy. So, it was
particularly gratifying for this ''old-timer'' to observe, from a discreet
distance, the fledgling ''been to fewer than four conferences coalition'' led
by Sperry Krueger. May they flourish long enough to be replaced by another
bunch of young whipper-snappers.
New keepers of the flame took office during the annual business meeting:
Teresa Leonard, Chair-elect; Jody Habayeb, Treasurer; and Ron Larson, Director
of Education. Anyone wishing to fan the flame should get to know these key
players soon. They have signed on to represent you for the next two years.
Keep them busy.
The executive board authorized the creation of an ad hoc committee to plan
an observance of the NEWS Division's 75th anniversary. Elizabeth Haworth has
agreed to chair this committee that has been challenged to produce a lasting
record of the division's first 75 years. A commemorative event will be held at
the 1999 SLA Conference in Minneapolis.
The Automation/Technology Committee has also undergone a major
restructuring. The variety of technological changes challenging news libraries
has encouraged the board to endorse a proposal presented by outgoing
Automation/Technology chairs Kathy Foley and Julie Kirsh. Subcommittees have
been formed under the broad supervision of one Automation/Technology chair.
The committee chair will make appropriate technical referrals and encourage
subcommittees to provide timely and publishable reports to the editor of News
Library News.
I have had an interesting year-and-a-half preparing for the Montreal
conference. The one constant throughout that effort has been the spirit of
competence, commitment and caring that permeates our membership. The hallmarks
of the News Division continue to be the support we give to each other and the
informed proficiency we bring to our workplaces. Our membership is
increasingly diverse, another reason for strength and celebration. This next
year should be one in which we build upon the unique professional collegiality
that is the product of our first seventy-one years. Let's do the missionary
work needed to bring this special spirit to our individual newsrooms.
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DIVISION NEWS
DIVISION'S 75TH ANNIVERSARY IS CREEPING UP FAST
''If you build it, they will come.''
Field of Dreams
''If you whine enough the job will become yours.''
Elizabeth Haworth
The News Division celebrates 75 years of clipping, indexing, digital
imaging, networking, deadlines, and partying in June 1999. How should 75 years
of work in the most exciting of library professions be celebrated and marked?
That's what we want to know from you.
The 75th Anniversary Committee - currently composed of Bob Jansen, M.J.
Crowley, Barbara Semonche, Debra Bade, and Elizabeth Haworth - wants to hear
your ideas. The 75th anniversary bash (bashes?) will be held at the SLA
Conference in Minneapolis, and we are eager to know what you think would make
for a special commemoration. We are also eager to include you in committee
work, so please volunteer.
The committee has three early charges: 1) begin formulating some ideas for
the celebration, 2) explore increased corporate sponsorship, and 3) set a
budget and work with the Division to earmark money for the anniversary. Some
ideas being tossed around include: special awards, a News Division Ball, tee
shirts, and the biggie -- an oral history.
Please send any of us your ideas for the celebration, for corporate
sponsors, for ways to involve the news industry. What a way to end the
century!
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WEB SITE UPDATE
Most of you know that the News Division is constructing a World Wide Web
site for news librarians and researchers. (http://www.nando.net/prof/ poynter/
nd/ndmenu.html)
An important part of the site is a FAQ (frequently asked questions)
introduction to news libraries. This is a series of basic questions and brief,
concise answers intended to acquaint newcomers to the profession. FAQs are a
way to convey a lot of essential information in a relatively small space. The
answers are not meant to be exhaustive or complex. Just simple descriptions
and explanations of the topic to get people started.
We need experienced librarians to write up sections of the FAQ. (A few
people have volunteered, but to be honest, I've lost track of who committed to
what. Please let me hear from you.) This is a list of important topics, and
there may be others. If you'd like to help out, please send me an e-mail
message indicating what section(s) you'd like to take on.
* The mission of news libraries
Purpose, clientele served, etc.
* Staffing
Types of staff, qualifications, etc.
* Reference services
Types of requests, credit for research, etc.
* Reference collections
General types of books, periodicals, online services, cd-roms used in news
libraries
* Clippings
Storage cabinets and envelopes, clipping and processing, indexing, headings
and authority lists, etc.
* Text databases
Names of major vendors, preprocessing, enhancing, keywords, etc.
* Photographs
Storage and organization of prints, headings, processing, weeding, etc.
* Image databases
Names of major vendors, enhancing, keywords, etc.
* Public services
Research services, photo reprint services, etc.
* Future of news libraries
End user access, virtual libraries, librarians and online news
products, etc.
Please keep in mind that FAQ answers should be brief and concise. If you'd
like to write about something in depth, with professional librarians as the
primary audience, then consider writing a more formal article or essay for the
web site (and perhaps News Library News, the quarterly publication of the
Division). I'd like to see a section of the web composed of essays about
problems and issues facing news librarians. Maybe you have a topic you'd like
to expound on which would be appropriate there.
Thanks for the good response to the web site so far.
Pete Basofin
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KEYWORDS: INTERNET; WORLD WIDE WEB
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ASIDE BAR
Conference is over and now it's back to reality. The News Division had a
great turn-out (well over 200) this year for what I thought was an excellent
line-up of programs and diversions. Charlie Campo and all those he recruited
did a terrific job. From the provocative CE course put together by Debra Bade
to the walking tours of Old Montreal led by the urbane Alan Hustak, we did not
have to stray too far from the Division programs to keep busy.
I'd like to especially thank Agnes McFarlane of the Montreal Gazette for
making us all feel welcome to her her city and for arranging the tours with
Alan. I'd also like to make a Chamber of Commerce-like plug for the city
itself. Everyone I met, from cab drivers to waiters to sales clerks, were
pleasant and eager to please, even though my French is miserable and I had to
ask them to translate at every turn. Montreal is a beautiful city and she
handled the invasion by thousands of us with the legendary Canadian
hospitality.
In this issue, we'll try to recap the highlights (and a couple of
lowlights) for those of you who were not in Montreal. Because some of us were
lucky enough to be in Miami for IRE right before SLA, there is a review of
that conference, as well. And we'll welcome our new Chair, Charlie, to the
Notes from the Chair column.
On a personal note, my luggage (Big Pink) managed to get home to Providence
with me, thwarting the taste police that seemed intent on separating us at
every turn. Next year, I travel lighter, I promise.
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NEWS DIVISION EXECUTIVE BOARD & COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Chair, Charlie Campo, Bangor Daily News, Bangor, ME, 207/990-8160
Chair-elect, Teresa Leonard, News & Observer, Raleigh, NC, 919/829-4866.
Internet tleonard@nando.net
Secretary, Sherry Adams, Houston Chronicle, Houston, TX, 713/220-7312.
Internet sherry.adams@chron.com
Treasurer, Jody Habayeb, Journal-Gazette, Fort Wayne, IN, 219/461-8377.
Internet inway25@PUNK.geis.com
Director-Education, Ron Larson, Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, WI, 608/
252-6100
Director-Publications, Mona Hatfield, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, CA
510/935-2525. CompuServe 76477,756; Internet mgh@well.com
Director-Awards, Mary Kate Leming, Palm Beach Post, W. Palm Beach, FL, 407/
820-4498. CompuServe 76666,151; Internet hwmp07a@prodigy.com
COMMITTEES
Archives & History, M.J. Crowley, Philadelphia Newspapers
Automation-Technology, TBA
Bylaws, Carol Campbell, Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK
Broadcast, Rob Robinson, National Public Radio, Washington, DC
Elections, Ginny Hauswald, Winston-Salem Journal, NC
Employment Clearinghouse, Elyse Eisner, Dublin, CA
International Relations, Phyllis Lyons, Freedom Forum, Arlington, VA
Membership, Ginny Everett, Atlanta Journal & Constitution, Atlanta, GA
News Division 75th Anniversary, Elizabeth Haworth, Columbia, SC
Nominations, Debra Bade, CNN, Atlanta, GA
Publicity-Public Relations, Chris Hardesty, Chattanooga, TN
Small Libraries, Diane Sponsler, The Pantagraph, Bloomington, IL
NEWS LIBRARY NEWS STAFF
MANAGING EDITOR - Linda Henderson, Providence Journal 401/277-7887
lhendersprojo.com
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
CHANNELS
PEOPLE - Barbara Hijek, Tampa Bureau, St. Petersburg Times, Tampa, FL. 813/
226-3371, hijekwell.sf.ca.us
NUTS AND BOLTS - Marcia MacVane, Portland Newspapers, Portland, ME, 207/
791-6318
BUSINESS EDITOR - Gay Nemeti, Advertising-New Accounts, The Miami Herald,
Miami, FL 305/376-3403
Total membership: 849
KEYWORDS: LIST
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE REPORT
ASSOCIATION OF UK MEDIA LIBRARIANS MEET IN WALES
Cardiff, Capital of Wales and birth place of Shirley Bassey was the setting
for the seventh annual conference of the Association of UK Media Librarians
(AUKML) on June 9-11. Over eighty delegates from a range of backgrounds met
in the Victorian grandeur of the Park Hotel to discuss the ominous question,
'The future in our hands?'
After a leisurely tour around the city's revitalised dock area on the
Friday evening, getting used to hearing Welsh and seeing bi-lingual road
signs, it was straight into serious discussion first thing on Saturday.
In the keynote lecture, David Worlock, an electronic publishing expert,
looked at how newspapers will develop and diversify. The move, he claimed, is
towards people having much more control over the information they receive.
Powerful Local area networks (LAN's) will become the norm, with the user not
some passive wanderer, but instead manipulating technology for their own needs
to create an interactive 'Daily me'. The technology for this is already in the
market place.
How this is translating into the newsroom was revealed By Gerry Thurston,
News Editor at BBC Wales. In the digital newsroom the journalist will have
access to live footage, old scripts, cuttings, all from the one work station,
with not a traditional media librarian in sight.
On a more positive note, he pointed out that all this information won't
just sit on its own in cyberspace, but will have to be managed and re-
purposed. Encouraging, but there was a collective gasp of disbelief at his
remark that librarians will be in the newsroom merely so that editors can keep
an eye on them. His parting shot was to go out and promote.
Active promotion is one thing the next speaker, Peter Chapman, has never
shied away from. Responsible for putting two newspapers onto CD-ROM, he
described the numerous problems involved in producing a marketable disc, from
the technical to dealing with intransigent management.
These thoughts had only just sunk in over lunch before it was time to be
confronted by what many in the profession still regard as the enemy.
James Stewart, a TV Environment reporter began by citing the usual
stereotype of the librarian, as someone who is, 'scathing, brief and pithy'.
Journalists see themselves dealing in news which is 'new', librarians in the
'old'. Mutual distrust is usually the order of the day.
He is, though, one of a breed of young(ish) journalists who are both
computer literate and prepared to put themselves in librarians' hands,
realising that both jobs are working towards serving the real end-user, the
viewer/reader.
Stewarts call for librarians to go out and learn about the news-gathering
process was warmly endorsed, although it is doubtful whether this would be a
reciprocal arrangement.
Rounding off the days discussion was a talk with the unnerving title,
'Hello Consumer, Goodbye Librarian' from Richard Withey, Director of New
Media, News International. Moving through a range of jobs that have died due
to innovation he suggested that the media librarian we know and love will
follow sooner rather than later.
Withey argued that the multiple digital resource will be - and in some
cases already is - the central foundation of publishing. This will be indexed
and fully searchable, driven by consumers to their homes or desk. The question
he asked was will the profession be able to adapt and move into new areas of
information management, or will it merely disappear with a whimper.
Conference talk was not all doom and gloom. The word internet seemed to
cross most lips, with debate raging over whether it will continue in its
present anarchic state or move down the LAN road. One of the lectures on the
Sunday session showed what the net can and can't offer the researcher.
As well as all the theory there was plenty of time for 'hands-on'practical
play (and a chance to pick up freebies) courtesy of various hardware/software
companies.
Like all succesful conferences, the spirit of the event hovered around the
bar and the dinner table. With delegates representing a wide range of
organisations - from those right at the front of the information frontier, to
others who are still cutting and pasting, and not a computer in sight - it
was good to swap experiences and anecdotes. Talk went on late into the night
although most conversations usually came back to those familiar themes of
image and being underestimated by journalists.
The general consensus seemed to be that this was the most useful AUKML
conference yet. There was a certain amount of self-doubt as to whether there
will be a need for media librarians in the future, but most delegates seemed
to leave Cardiff confident that they can adapt and survive. The rumour is that
Paris will be next years location. Watch this space.
KEYWORDS: CONFERENCE; MEDIA LIBRARIANS; UNITED KINGDOM
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SOURCE: By Mona Hatfield, Contra Costa Times
Allen: Online demo of Poynter bulletin board
Guinane: McLeans on Compuserv
Hardesty: video ''A morgue transformed''
Jesse: Netscape and the WWW, in-house applications
Mantel: ''What's Cooking in the Collection'' replete with book marks.
Meiners: video of Sun-Sentinel library
Newcombe: Government resources - state, local, regional
Sinclair: MAc applications in his library
Tuominen: Canadian gov't resources
Trimble: favorite URL's
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GRAPHICS: PHOTO
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SOURCE: Submitted by Sherry Adams, Secretary
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SOURCE: Jill Arnold, The (Baton Rouge) Advocate
1. Jill Arnold
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SOURCE: By Sperry Krueger, Raleigh News and Observer
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Editor's note: During the conference, Barbara Semonche kept Newslib list
subscribers who were not in Montreal up to date on the goings on. This is her
report on the little inconvenience on Tuesday night.
1. George Danby is the Bangor Daily NEWS editorial cartoonist. He is
syndicated on over 400 radio stations. Think about it.
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SOURCE: By Jim Hunter
Editors note: Barbara Semonche (she's everywhere, it seems) put this in
Newslib and we reprint it here.
1895-1994
1. Vormelker
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SOURCE: By Margaret Neu, Corpus Christi Caller-Times
1. Leming (left) and Campo
2. Cino
3. Haworth
4. Semonche
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SOURCE: By Barbara Hijek
Editor's note: Barb Hijek has said that she will continue to do this column
until I can find someone else. I got lazy at conference, when I usually do
my begging, so I have neglected to find a replacement. If any of you would
like to take over this fun and not-too-taxing assignment, give me a call.
All the job requires is that you like to talk to people and you can meet my
(rather lax) deadlines. Linda H.
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SOURCE: By Liz Donovan, Miami Herald
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SOURCE: BY CHARLIE CAMPO
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SOURCE: By Richard Nelsson
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Our expenses are primarily the newsletter. To offset the cost of publishing, the division collected $3,680 in advertising. The total expense for producing the newsletter in 1994 was $9,902.
The Division's annual financial report to SLA is due at the end of January. For any interested members, I will be glad to mail you a copy of the full report (call me at 606-231-3335).
Budgeting for 1995 is underway. All committee chairs have been asked to request funds (from the Division) by the end of February. Also in progress are plans for the 1995 conference, with everyone involved mindful of our financial health. There is every reason to expect the 1995 conference to generate as much revenue as the 1994 conference. The happy state of affairs suggests that the board needs to decide about investing in a greater interest-bearing fund or account. Presently, our funds are in a checking account, but if the balance is doubled next year, we should investigate other possibilities.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
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NEWS DIVISION of the SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION
ARCHIVES INDEX
DATE: THURSDAY *November*16,*1995*
AUTOMATION / TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
REVISED KEYWORD LIST SUBMITTED TO NAA/IPTC COMMITTEE
This is the revised keyword list that the Automation/Technology Committee
submitted to the NAA/IPTC Committee. The co-chairs of the committee are Julie
Kirsch and Kathy Foley. The co-chairs of the keyword subcommittee are John
Jansson and Jim Hunter.
The keyword subcommittee needs the best & brightest of our group to spend
some time on this. If you are so inclined please call Jim Hunter at the
Columbus Dispatch, (614)461-5039 or e-mail him at jhunter@cd.columbus.oh.u.s.
ACCIDENTS KEYWORDS: IMAGE ARCHIVING; PHOTO TECHNOLOGY; KEYWORDS
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