SLA Northeast Regional Conference
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Subject: Conference: SLA Northeast Regional Conference
SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION
NORTHEAST REGIONAL CONFERENCE: NOVEMBER 3 - 5 1993
RYE TOWN HILTON - RYE BROOK NY (Westchester County)
SUMMARY PROGRAM AND REGISTRATION FORM
Participating SLA Chapters:
Connecticut Valley, Fairfield County, Hudson Valley, Long Island
New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia, Princeton-Trenton, Rhode Island
CONFERENCE: NOVEMBER 4 - 5
CE COURSES: NOVEMBER 3
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SCHEDULE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES: Wednesday, 3 November 1993
10:00 - 5:00 (full day course includes lunch)
Introduction to INTERNET: Browsing the Virtual Shelves
Marian Bremer, Library Manager; Bolt, Beraneck & Newman
Hope Tillman, Director of Libraries; Babson College
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10:00 - 5:00 (full day course, includes lunch)
Drug Information: Online Searching for Competitive Intelligence
Bonnie Snow, Dialog Information Services
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10:00 - 1:00 (half-day course)
Planning and Presenting Your Library's Budget
Carol Ginsburg, Vice President, Bankers Trust
Steven Ginsburg, CPA
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1:00 - 5:00 (half-day course)
From Information Manager to Information Designer:
Using Multimedia Technology in the Special Library
Kathy Burnett, Assistant Professor; School of Communication,
Information and Library Studies, Rutgers University
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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE: November 4 - 5 1993
Schedule: Day One - Thursday, 4 November 1993
8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast
9:00 AM Greetings From SLA: Miriam Drake, President, SLA
9:15 - 10:30 Keynote Speech:
Information Professional: Partners for Success
Barbara Quint, Editor, SEARCHER: THE Magazine for
Database Professionals
10:45 Through 4:00 -- Concurrent Sessions:
10:45 - 11:45
Building New Strategic Relationships with Information Providers
Barbara Lawrence, Division Director; Technical Information;
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Jean Mayhew, Manager, Information Services, United Technologies
10:45 - 11:45 Panel: Copyright in the Electronic Age
Alicja Kawecki, AT&T Labs
Bob Weiner, Copyright Clearance Center
Stephanie Ardito, Ardito Information And Research, Inc.
10:45 - 11:45: Taming the Archives Monster: What To Do Till the
Archivist Comes
David W. Carmicheal, Westchester County Records Manager/Archivist
12:00 - 1:15 Luncheon
1:30 - 2:15: Indispensable or Expendable? Making Yourself Valuable
to Your Organization
Ann Talcott, Library Management Consultant
1:30 - 2:15: Developing a Career Path Out of the Library
Beth O'Mahoney, Vice President, Support Services;
Goldman Sachs & Co.
Maureen Strazdon, Director, Research and Strategic
Planning, Cigna Special Risk Facility
1:30 - 2:15: The Future of Electronic Texts
Susan Hockey, Director, Center for Electronic Texts in the
Humanities
2:15 - 3:00: Growing a Professional Life: New Special Librarians
Look at Their Roles and Their Careers
Dana Gordon, Manager, Business Information; McGraw Hill
Jessica Goldstein, Information Administrator, Corporate Financial
Services; Colgate-Palmolive
Carol Ann Tack, Manager, Corporate Research; Cushman and
Wakefield
2:15 - 3:00: Disaster Recovery Planning For Special Libraries
Miriam Kahn, Preservation Consultant
2:15 - 3:00: The Information Professional on the R & D Team
Carol Sloan, Manager, Information Services; Norden
Systems,United Technologies
3:15 - 4:00: Mission Control: Yours, Mine and Ours
Ellen Miller, Vice President; J.P. Morgan
3:15 - 4:00: Avoiding Professional Isolation in the One-Person Library
Andrew Berner, Director, The University Club Library and
Managing Editor, the One Person Library: A Newsletter
for Librarians
3:15 - 4:00: Groupware: What It Is and How to Use It
Laura Eisenmann, Information Center Manager, CSC Index
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Schedule: Day 2 -- Friday, 5 November 1993
8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast
9:00 Through 3:15 -- Concurrent Sessions:
9:00 - 9:45: Customer Service in the Information Environment
Guy St. Clair, President, SMR International
9:00 - 9:45: Information Issues for Databases
Everett Brenner, Consultant
9:00 - 9:45: Why Maps?
Alice C. Hudson; Chief of the Map Division, Research Libraries,
New York Public Library
10:00 - 10:45: Networking Within One's Organization
Ann Mintz, Director of Information Services; Forbes, Inc.
10:00 - 10:45: How to Get What You Want From Your Systems Support
Group
Trudy Downs, Assistant Professor, School of Information
and Library Science; Pratt
10:00 - 10:45: Marketing Your Information Center: Tips, Techniques
and Strategies
Kate O'Brien, Account Consultant, Dialog Information Services
10:45 - 11:30: How to Position the Library as a Visible Partner Within
Your Organization: A Practical Approach
Peggy Teich, Vice President, Citibank
10:45 - 11:30: Insurance Information in Online Databases
Susan Phillis, Vice President, Marsh & McLennan, Inc.
10:45 - 11:30: Enabling End-User Searching
Susanne Bjorner, Senior Information Specialist,
Bjorner and Associates
11:45 - 1:00 Luncheon
1:15 - 3:15: Data Sources for Business and Market Research
John Ganly, Assistant Director, Science, Industry and Business
Library, New York Public Library
1:15 - 3:15: Continuous Improvement of Library Processes
Helen Hohman, Mc Neil Consumer Products Company
Barbara M. Spiegelman, Westinghouse Electric Corp. Power
Systems
1:15 - 3:15: Moving to MARC: What You and Your Management Need
to Know to Standardize and Automate Your Cataloging.
Elaine Harris, PALINET
Jacqueline Paul, Widener University School of Law Library
Peggy Mahan, Jenkins Memorial Law Library
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HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS AT THE RYE TOWN HILTON
Overnight ACCOMMODATIONS may be made directly by contacting the
Rye Town Hilton. A block of rooms will be held for us at the
special rate of $109.00 per night (plus taxes) UNTIL October 12
1993 ONLY. After that, the regular hotel room rates apply!
To obtain this special rate you must mention SLA and the
Northeast Regional Conference when you make your reservations.
Reservations may be made by phone.Call: (914) 939-6300 or
(800) HILTONS
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REGISTRATION FORM - NORTHEAST REGIONAL CONFERENCE - RYE TOWN
HILTON - RYE BROOK, NY - NOVEMBER 3 - 5, 1993
INSTRUCTIONS -- HOW TO REGISTER:
SPACE IS LIMITED!! Registration is by mail ONLY. THERE WILL BE NO
ON-SITE REGISTRATION Registrations will be accepted in the order
received until all places are filled. Payment is by check only.
Checks must be made payable to " SLA Northeast Regional
Conference." Mail check and registration to: NORTHEAST REGIONAL
CONFERENCE, SLA; Doris Katz; Grand Central Station; Box
4531; New York NY 10163.
CONFERENCE FEES (November 4 - 5 1993)
FEES INCLUDE LUNCH ON BOTH DAYS
Member Rates:
SLA Member (by October 20 1993) $110
SLA Business and Finance Member(by October 20 1993) 99
All SLA Members 150
One Day: 85
Non-member Rates:
Non-member 175
One day: 125
CE COURSES (November 3, 1993)
1. Introduction to INTERNET: $160 members, $200 non-members (includes lunch)
2. Drug Information: $135 members, $175 non-members (includes lunch)
3. Planning and Presenting Your Library's Budget: $65 members,
$105 non-members
4. From Information Manager to Information Designer: $90 members,
$130 non-members
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: For further information regarding the
Northeast Regional Conference or to receive the complete
brochure; contact NORTHEAST REGIONAL CONFERENCE, SLA ; Doris
Katz; Grand Central Station; Box 4531; New York NY 10163. Day:
(212) 454-4265. Evening: (718) 465-6303.
Participating SLA Chapters:
Connecticut Valley, Fairfield County, Hudson Valley, Long Island
New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia, Princeton-Trenton, Rhode Island