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ChapterNews Volume 74, #2 Winter 2001

President’s Report

IN THIS ISSUE President’s Report

Extraordinary Times, Extraordinary People

Extraordinary Times, Extraordinary People .................1

Marty Cullen, President

Message from the President-Elect ....................2

t Lehman Brothers we have a firm belief that our company’s most important asset is our people. They travel up and down the elevators to go to work, and at the end of the day leave the building and go home. Never has this been more crystal clear since the September 11th attacks.

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Many of us lost friends, family and colleagues that day. In my last column for

SLA Time-Warp

ChapterNews, I wrote about my experience and how we can honor those who

were killed. In subsequent months, I have seen people at work and members of the Chapter come together in superlative fashion. I have seen the best in people who have really risen to the occasion.

From Sorrow to Celebration ......5 Chapter Member Ellis Mount Writes a Mystery Novel ..............6

That is one thing that these extraordinary times have offered us – to see people’s potential realized when a lot is at stake and the times are trying. On the Chapter level we have great talent. At our recent Chapter meeting, Jeff DeCagna had to bow out from speaking due to a restructuring at headquarters in Washington. Without skipping a beat, we were able to draw upon one of our own members Cliff Perry, Director of Warburg, Pincus’s library, to speak on safety and security in emergencies.

Cry Our Beloved Libraries .............7 Knowledge Services – Critical Infrastructure Protection ............8 Transform your Career SLA Career Day 2002 ................9

After the September 11th attacks there was a great impetus for the Chapter to meet and honor our three members who were killed – Helen Belilovsky, of Fred Alger Management, and Maureen Olson and Margaret Orloske, of Marsh McLennan. Thanks to Pam Rollo and Amy Cohen of Credit Suisse First Boston for pulling together and hosting what many members told me was the most moving event they had ever attended. Roberta Schaffer, our new Executive Director, and a number of members of the Washington D.C. Chapter were in attendance and lent tremendous moral support.

SLA-NY’s New Project to Aid Int’l Special Libraries ...............10 SLA-NY Global Outreach Library Supplies Request Form ...........11 New Membership Privileges ........12 Chapter Services .........................12

On November 27, 2001, part II to the October meeting, entitled “Rebuilding & Re-engineering, Disaster Recovery/ Preparedness” was moderated by Carol Ginsburg, MD, Deutsche Bank with a panel consisting of Susan Adinolfi, Director, VP, Merrill Lynch and my boss Tom Fearon, Director, VP, Lehman Brothers. All three were directly affected by September 11th and had the incredibly daunting task of putting their operations back together.

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On December 4, 2001, our annual Holiday Party was held at the Grand Hyatt. This year, because of the unprecedented circumstances from September 11th, the Executive Board significantly lowered the cost of the event. It’s yet another way to honor the most important part of SLA – it’s members.

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All in all, we are going about our lives in a more purposeful manner but with heavy hearts. We have not cancelled one event and each event has been memorable and rewarding. The most patriotic thing we can do right now is to work hard to help our companies and institutions succeed.

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Message From the President-Elect

ChapterNews New York Chapter Special Libraries Association Winter Vol. 74, No. 2

Be the CEO of Your Information Center: A Rallying Cry to Take Charge

PUBLICATION SCHEDULE ChapterNews, the bulletin of the New York Chapter of the Special Libraries Association, is published four times a year.

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Deadlines for submitting materials:

“ Information is power, and it’s our mission to provide information to the people for whom power means a lot.”

Fall issue ....................August 15 Winter issue...............November 15

So said Catherine A. Jones back in 1994.*

Spring issue................February 15

And that, in a nutshell, is what we’re all about!

Summer issue.............May 15

Thanks to the good work of our President, Marty Cullen, and our Past President, Martha Schweitzer, who provided the leadership we needed after September 11th, we’re now ready to roll up our sleeves and get back to work. It’s time to move on.

Submit all material to:

Francesca Burgess ChapterNews Editor e-mail: [email protected]

The way things are, and how they can be, is completely up to us. Let’s heed today’s cautionary words: If you’re not ahead, you’re behind.

Submissions: Articles on topics of general interest to information professionals and the New York Chapter are welcome. Authors can send submissions via e-mail as text file or MS Word for Windows attachments, or with article in the body of the e-mail. Please use single-line spacing, Courier font, with minimal use of boldface and italics. Include a byline with your full name and place of work.

We’re not about to fall behind. As I prepare for my role as the Chapter’s President, I realize that the best way I can serve you – and we can work together – is for me to act as the conduit for some of the best that comes to us from the association’s Strategic Learning and Development Center in Washington. Using that mindset, I want to help us figure out how each of us can grow and prosper within each of our enterprises. My goal is to establish an active dialogue with Corvie Carrington (who manages SLA’s Strategic Learning and Development Center) about how each of us values ourselves within the framework of our respective information centers, and how our values relate enterprise-wide.

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So one question we ask is: What do the letters C / E / O mean within that context? Obviously, each of us is now letting go of the “servant/patron” paradigm of bygone days. We now express ourselves as entrepreneurs and CEOs of our own organizations, the information centers for which we have responsibility. And we do this not only with the department heads and officers of our organiza(Continues on page 4) tions, but with our users as well.

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Think about the following: ▲ How am I, as the manager of my

information facility, perceived? ▲ What action(s) must I take to change or

enhance those positive perceptions? ▲ What is my information “vision,” and

how do I make it more viable to my users? What do I advise? Let’s get our of our comfort zones and begin – with the help of our parent organizations – to “walk the talk.” For us, as our own information center’s CEO, let’s have the C stand for Creativity, the E for Energy, and the O for, naturally, Optimism. And there’s more to come. I’m scheduled to attend “Innovative Information Services,” put together by SLA Strategic Learning and Development Center, in Chicago. I’ll let you know what I find out! * Cited in Power and Influence: Enhancing Information Services Within the Organization, by Guy St. Clair (Bowker-Saur, 1994, p. 59).

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SLA Time-Warp: From Sorrow to Celebration

the surprise of being so horribly attacked and to question why, but also deciding, what do we do now? This last question was addressed in what was both a moving and riveting New York Chapter Meeting in November co-sponsored with the Business and Finance Group. Titled “Rebuilding and Re-engineering: Disaster Recovery/ Preparedness”, it was billed as a program to discuss what many information professionals had to do in order to get their businesses operational, ASAP. However, it turned out to be much more than that.

Sandra Kitt, Richard S. Perkin Collection American Museum of Natural History eptember 11, 2001 will forever be one of those pivotal points in time where each and every one of us remembers exactly where we were when the twin towers of the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan collapsed: like the assassination of Kennedy and King. It is interesting to note that each occasion was marked by enormous tragedy. Likewise, our healing and recovery and ability to move on will be noted for the spirit in which we found the best in ourselves to help get through the loss of thousands of lives, and the disruption of our routines.

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After an introduction by Chapter President Marty Cullen and moderator for the evening, Carol Ginsburg, MD, Deutsche Bank, the first speaker Tom Fearon, VP, Lehman Brothers, began by recounting the moments immediately preceding and following the crash of two hijacked commercial airliners into the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center. More than one hundred Chapter attendees listened in absolute silence as we again heard the details of people trying to get out of their offices, notifying family, or of colleagues helping each other.

We are all aware of the obvious heroes of the World Trade Center disaster. For a long time into the future we will continue to add names to that list, of lesser known people and events which demonstrate our strength and resilience. Even in SLA we have had occasion to mourn the loss of several colleagues, and to reflect not only on

The second speaker, Susan Adinolfi, Director and VP, Merrill Lynch was not at the site, but supervised an office of workers with whom she had to try to communicate by (Continues on page 6)

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Chapter Member Writes a Mystery Novel

phone. Adinolfi admitted honestly that her first thoughts were of her many employees and a concern for their safety. In Brooklyn at the time of the incident, she felt an overwhelming sense of helplessness and confusion. Like so many of us, she wondered if the world might be coming to an end.

This fall, Ellis Mount, a SLA New York chapter member, wrote a mystery novel, entitled Mapped for Murder. The novel’s main character is a special librarian, who lives in New York City. When she and her husband find an ancient and valuable map, they become ensnared in a web of intrigue, seduction and murder, as a treacherous thief - who will stop at nothing to get the map – begins to pursue them.

Adinolfi and Fearon took turns speaking, recounting September 11th in a chronological fashion. Their stories built up tension as each of us in the audience re-lived the horrifying moments and our own experiences. Both speakers concluded with what they had to do immediately to get their business up and running for their clients on the local and international levels. Just hours after the terrorist attack, people expected service. Marty Cullen’s Lehman offices had to re-establish headquarters in the Sheraton Hotel, with workers crammed into rooms, and many functioning from other locations or from home. But the point was clearly made – they got it together, and got back to work. This was very much in keeping with the dictates of President Bush, that our best course of action as citizens is to go on with our lives.

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Fast forward several months and we found ourselves in the midst of the holiday season. I don’t think there was ever a question as to whether the Chapter would hold its annual Holiday Party. Getting back to normal (or some semblance of it) meant continuing with plans for the one yearly event that all SLA members look forward to. It is not a time of business or networking, but kicking back and being social. On a much deeper level it was also recognizing that we are survivors. As usual, people stood in clusters with drinks, meeting and greeting one another. I don’t recall hearing any talk or reference to September 11th, and that was as it should have been. There was laughter, munching, and a lot of talk of holiday plans...and unspoken resolutions for the coming new year. There was no need for it to be said, but it was also a cathartic evening in which all of the Chapter members were no doubt thinking and feeling the same thing...we were very glad to be there.

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Cry Our Beloved Libraries David Nyakundi, World Library Partnership Edited by Lois Weinstein, L. Weinstein Consulting LLC

t’s chilly in the morning with temperatures of 5 degrees Celsius, as it is the winter season in South Africa. It is around 7:30 AM and the students are running to get to school before the assembly bell rings and classes start for another busy week.

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Three young students are walking on a footpath that leads to a tarmac, while Arthur and I have set out from our flat in Dirkiesdorp, Mpumalanga province in the Republic of South Africa. We are staying in accommodations there while we serve as volunteer librarians with the World Library Partnership (WLP). The young ones are busy with lesson recognition – one is singing, while others are either answering the song or dancing and moving in order to warm themselves. The singing and dancing helps to move them a bit faster toward school. The students have no school textbooks, but they do carry some exercise books, which will be used as notebooks. The schools that the students attend have never known what it means to have a library at all, much less a good library. This is the scene that is causing a lot of concern in primary and secondary schools throughout South Africa. The students do not have any textbooks either at home or at school, due to poverty.

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The situation is not different from secondary schools around the area as well as at other learning institutions upcountry. Some schools have made other steps to establish small libraries. These libraries contain donated materials, and old, often obsolete publications. These libraries look like bookstores and are very disorganized. It is difficult to differentiate fiction from non-fiction and reference materials. Much needs to be done, as it is clear that many of the teachers do not know how to use an encyclopedia. The libraries are in desperate need of organization. That is what Arthur and I, as volunteers, have embarked upon. Unfortunately, there is not enough time or resources to finish the project.

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The cry of the Sinethemba boys’ and girls’ schools, including the primary schools surrounding this area, need more than what they received in the three weeks that Arthur and I were on-site as volunteers. The cry might be loud, but not heard unless one visits to witness what we are seeing. A volunteer who was sent to the site for six months to a year might be able to turn the whole situation around if there was enough sponsorship. We can only hope the little that we can do will be carried on by others. ChapterNews

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Knowledge Services

Here’s how we do it: ▲ Identify CIP leaders. Find out who in the organization

Critical Infrastructure Protection: A Post-9/11 Scenario for Special Librarians

has responsibility for CIP, and make yourself known to them, particularly to those in leadership positions. Let them know that you and your team in the special library/ information center have the knowledge services expertise to ensure that the CIP program works. Let them know that you can make their lives easier (and you can make them look good while you’re at it!).

Guy St. Clair he tragic events of September 11th and the subsequent efforts of the White House in organizing the Office of Homeland Security have brought home a stark reality: as a society, we have not given enough attention to critical infrastructure protection. We’ve now been made aware that much more must be done to ensure that our country’s infrastructure is made less vulnerable. Whether we’re talking about the physical infrastructure of buildings and railroads and sewers and bridges, or the IT structures that support our work in information management, everything we use must now be looked at in a new light.

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▲ Bring in IT and HR. Ensure that leaders in these

departments know about the CIP effort. And actively solicit their participation (you need IT because they support the “pipeline” through which information flows, and you need HR because - in most organizations – training and development programs are controlled through HR). ▲ Set up the CIP team. Work with management to set

up a group (“task force,” “working group,” “committee” – it doesn’t matter what you call it) and volunteer to lead the effort [don’t wait to be asked!]. No one in the organization is better qualified than the special librarians to lead this effort but, alas, they do not always get asked. If you can take the leadership position, take it.

This is not a particularly earth-shaking idea, but it is one we’re now recognizing has not been given enough attention. Of course we did some things. We’ve had our emergency preparedness programs, and practically every company has some sort of crisis management plan in place, so that when incidents do occur, everyone on the premises knows what to do.

▲ Keep the group small – no more than one person

from each of the major divisions or departments. Break the group into three “teams,” each of which can look at different aspects of the plan. These will generally be divided into these categories:

Suddenly, though, we need to do more. We’ve now realized (along with senior management in our organizations) that we must set up programs that are more sophisticated and more well known (and well-broadcast). And, as much as anything else, we need to “re-set” our brains and those of our colleagues to accept the fact that being prepared isn’t something we do when we can “get around to it.” Being prepared is no longer an option.

▲ Identify what information should be developed (if it

does not already exist) and shared. This is the information management “piece” of knowledge services, and special librarians are the experts in this area. For example, some organizations might want to have a basic checklist of steps employees can take in an emergency situation. Other organizations will want to have a list of “top 10” or “must-do” preparations for all employees to have in place, before an incident occurs. Other organizations might want to develop a glossary, lexicon, or taxonomy, and make it available, to ensure that all employees understand what’s being talked about when they undertake CIP activities. Whatever information is decided upon, specialist librarians are the ones who know how to find it, how to evaluate it, how to analyze it, and how to get it in usable form for the identified audience group.

Establishing that preparation is a valuable knowledge services opportunity for special librarians and information managers. It’s the kind of work we do best, and being involved in the organization’s planning for critical infrastructure protection is a task that is made to order for those in our branch of the profession who want to make a serious (and recognized) contribution in the workplace. Popularly abbreviated as “CIP” (not withstanding our own use – as librarians – of that acronym), critical infrastructure protection requires that organizations set up procedures and practices that permit knowledge development and knowledge sharing (KD/KS) at all levels of the organization. It’s done for the express purpose of ensuring that the organization is prepared for incidents such as those at the World Trade Center and The Pentagon on September 11th. Special librarians and information managers are uniquely qualified to be part of, if not to lead this effort. ChapterNews

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(Continued from page 8) ▲ Determine the broadcast methodology for sharing

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information, and for changing the organizational

culture (if necessary) into one in which information sharing is considered mission critical, in terms of organizational success. This is the knowledge management component of knowledge services, and it is the people-to-people “ingredient” that provides the foundation for successful information sharing. For example, some companies may be satisfied with having the information available on the corporate intranet; the corporate culture in others may require a less (or more) formal method for ensuring that information is shared. Perhaps a monthly “quiz” for all employees is the best way to make sure awareness is raised. In some companies that would work, in others it would not. You have to decide what’s best in your specific environment, but whatever you decide, remember that it’s the specialist librarians who know what questions to ask. Don’t minimize your role in the process.

Clifford Perry, Warburg Pincus LLC hether you are thinking of changing careers or simply brushing up on your interviewing skills, Career Day 2002 has just what you are looking for. Since this event attracts individuals who are in various stages of their professional career, we will have speakers covering a wide range of career-based topics. Have your resume handy because we will have employment agencies ready to talk to you. Not sure what type of special library you want to work in? Speak to active professionals from a variety of fields at the Career Café. How about going back to school? Talk to the representatives of the library schools from the greater metropolitan area.

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employees know how to gain access to any CIP information they need. This is, obviously, the strategic learning “leg” of the “three-legged stool” that constitutes knowledge services, and it’s the mechanism that’s used to ensure that people are not only aware they have to be prepared, but are shown how to be prepared. Your organization has training programs for all sorts of other activities, so why not one for CIP? Again, this is a perfect fit for specialist librarians and information managers, because we have a broad overview of who the company’s employees are, the kinds of information they look for, the levels of information they require, and how they use it. If we fold our knowledge about the company’s employees into the company’s CIP training efforts, and if we combine that with our own knowledge of how people learn, how they use what they learn, and how they build on what they learn, our contribution to the organization’s CIP program can be pretty impressive.

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Volunteers are still needed. Come in for just a few hours and work in the Café or at registration or simply help us set up. No resume required! Contact Cliff Perry by e-mail: [email protected], or phone (212) 878-9314.

And there’s a final result: In terms of what’s happening in our country today, in terms of terrorism and war and all the awful emotional trauma we’re experiencing, everyone wants to be “doing something.” If we special librarians – as professionals – can get involved (or preferably lead) our organization’s preparedness for the next incident, we are, indeed, “doing something.” We’re using our professional expertise to make things better than they were, and there couldn’t be a more important job than that. Guy St. Clair is Consulting Specialist, Knowledge Management & Learning, SMR International, New York, NY. A past president of the Special Libraries Association and of the New York Chapter, St. Clair actively solicits readers’ responses to this column. He can be reached at [email protected] ChapterNews

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SLA-NY’s New Project to Aid International Special Libraries

port the purchase and shipment of library supplies to the requesting library. If the project does not become selfsupporting in three years, it will be cancelled. How You Can Help:

Lois Weinstein, President, L. Weinstein Consulting LLC

▲ Call or e-mail either Lilleth Newby (212-447-2981 or

[email protected] or [email protected]) or Lois Weinstein (631-839-7007 or [email protected]) and offer to join the committee.

eginning in 2002, those attending the SLA-NY Chapter meetings will notice something new – a raffle table! At each meeting, tickets will be sold by the newly formed SLA-NY Global Outreach Committee (GOC), and a winner chosen that night. The winner will get a prize, but international special libraries in underdeveloped countries will get an even bigger prize – a shipment of much needed library supplies.

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▲ Promote this project within your divisions of SLA and

through any other means to reach the widest audience of international special librarians possible. Lois and Lilleth believe that this project will help the chapter to expand its outreach program to include aid for countries that want to have special libraries, but have funding difficulties. It will offer them a new method of requesting and receiving library supplies. It also offers SLA-NY a way to become more involved in the international focus of the association and an additional way in which the SLA-NY members can serve the Chapter.

This project is the result of experiences that Lilleth Newby and Lois Weinstein had. Lilleth, a participant in the Inform the World program of the World Library Partnership, worked with a rural community library in Zimbabwe in the summer of 1999, and in the summer of 2001 visited and discussed the provision of assistance with the Medical Library of the Medical School, University of Addis Ababa and the National Library of Ethiopia. Based on a request that Lois received, she arranged for and delivered supplies to a library in Panajachel, Guatemala. Both Lilleth and Lois saw first-hand how hard librarians try to serve their patrons and how much good even a small amount of library supplies can do. This Fall, they got together and hatched a scheme to try to do something proactive about the needs of special libraries in underdeveloped countries. The following is the plan they developed, that has been approved by the SLA-NY Executive Board.

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Using a form developed by the GOC and a brief explanation, the committee will publicize the project for library aid in the SLA-NY listserv, Information Outlook, ChapterNews and other SLA publications. Librarians in underdeveloped countries that desire to receive this aid will have to complete the form. This aid will not be available to countries the US government says are aiding and harboring terrorists. The completed forms will be returned to the Chair of the Global Outreach Committee. The Committee will be responsible for selecting the winner or winners and for supplying and shipping the goods listed on the request form.

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At each general SLA-NY meeting, the GOC will sell raffle tickets that will cost $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00. The winner will be chosen at each meeting and receive a gift that is either purchased or donated by a sponsor. No more than 15% of the funds raised by the sale of the raffle tickets will be used for overhead (tickets and gifts). 85% or more of the funds raised by the raffle will be used to supChapterNews

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SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION NEW YORK CHAPTER SLA-NY Global Outreach Library Supplies Request Form Name: Title: Library Name: Street Address:

City, Zip+4: Country: Phone: Fax: e-mail: (if available)

What library supplies do you need? (Please be specific and no more than five (5) items).

Why are you requesting these supplies and how will they help your library?

What is the per capita income for your country?

Note: This aid is not available to countries that the United States Government has stated are aiding or harboring terrorists. Please return this form by mail or e-mail to either one of the following people: ▲ Lois Weinstein L. Weinstein Consulting LLC 117 Louisiana Avenue Bay Shore, NY 11706 Telephone: (631) 839-7007 Fax: (631) 969-7818 e-mail: [email protected]

▲ Lilleth Newby, Director HIV Resource Library 455 First Avenue, Room 1233, Box 81 New York, NY 10016 Telephone: (212 )447-8236/2981 Fax: (212) 447-8239 e-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]

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New!

An e-mail notice has gone out to Chapter members to tell them about this new opportunity. The response has been quick and very favorable.

Membership Privileges in the Midtown Executive and Chemists’ Club for SLA New York Chapter Members

It’s easy to sign up.

All you need to do is send your business card with your address, telephone number(s) and e-mail address along with a check for $8.50 made out to “SLA New York Chapter” to:

Martha Schweitzer

Sarah L. Warner, Treasurer, SLA-NY Chapter Wontawk 25 West 43rd Street, Suite 812 New York, N.Y. 10036 [email protected] Tel: 212-869-3348

he benefits of membership in the New York Chapter expanded in November to include membership privileges in The Midtown Executive and Chemists’ Club. The Club is located at 40 West 45th Street in Midtown Manhattan between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. These privileges include:

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Shortly after Sarah receives your check, a membership packet and card will arrive in the mail from our contact at the Club, Noel Namuco.

▲ Catering and Conference Facilities for business meetings, social occasions, and special events ▲ Hotel accommodations at low rates ▲ Domestic and international reciprocal clubs

If you have any questions about membership in the Club, please send them to me, Martha Schweitzer, at [email protected] or call me at 516-944-9738.

▲ Special arrangements with transportation service, local parking and athletic facilities The appeal of joining a club grew from the need for a central gathering place for informal and formal meetings of Chapter working groups. Membership in The Midtown Executive & Chemists’ Club not only gives us a place where we can meet and network, but it also provides benefits useful to members individually in their professional lives. The facilities give us a welcoming sitting room for informal meetings and a place to relax between appointments. The elegant Dining Room provides good food in a tranquil setting. There is a conference room and larger meeting rooms we can use. The Club accepts all major credit cards.

Chapter Services Membership in the New York Chapter provides so many benefits, it might be beneficial to remind everyone of some of the Chapter’s services: SLA-NY web site: http://www.sla.org/chapter/cny Job Hotline: telephone (212) 439-7290 SLA New York Chapter Listserv: to subscribe to SLA-

CNY, send a message to [email protected]: Chapter and Division meetings. Watch for announcements on the Chapter’s web site, listserv, through snailmail and in ChapterNews. The season kicks off in the fall and will include something for everyone!

Members have access to the hotel rooms provided by Club Quarters. Members are also able to enjoy reciprocal privileges at Club Quarters in Downtown Manhattan, Boston, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and London as well as at many other private clubs in the United States and internationally.

Chapter Christmas Party. The kick-off for the holiday season. An absolute must for all Chapter members! Career Day. This event, held in the Spring, gets bigger

The New York Chapter joined The Midtown Executive & Chemists’ Club under a corporate membership, which began November 1, 2001. This membership is available to members of the New York Chapter, and it will run for a year. Since this is new to us and is somewhat experimental, the Chapter’s Executive Board has signed on for a limited number of members initially, with the option of increasing that number should the response from our membership require it. For the first ones to sign up, the contribution requested from Chapter members to join the club under our corporate membership is only $8.50.

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and better every year. Characterized as a “one-stop career shopping” event it’s a great way to learn about new jobs, talk to library students just entering the field and examine new career options.This is just the “short list.” Membership in the New York Chapter helps us stay in touch, stay active, stay informed.

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Vol. 74, #2 Winter 2001