San Andreas Chapter

Plan to Attend Internet Librarian

Hello, San Andreas Chapter members.  It's time to start planning to attend Internet Librarian!  

This year, Internet Librarian will be held October 26-28 at the Monterey Conference Center in Monterey, California.  Top-notch keynotes, over 100 speakers, free cybertours, "Games and Gadgets Petting Zoo," elegant opening networking reception, free evening sessions, what more could you ask for from one library conference? 

Check out the program and speakers!

Join the Internet Librarian wiki discussion and network!

Internet Librarian has consistently been the only conference for librarians and information professionals who are using, developing, and embracing Internet, Intranet, and Web-based strategies. The conference theme this year is "Net Initiatives for Tough Times: Digital Publishing, Preservation, and Practices."

Once again our Chapter has received an offer from Information Today, Inc. for discounted registration prices for the full three-day Internet Librarian conference taking place Oct. 26-28, 2009, at the Monterey Conference Center.  The conference web site is http://www.infotoday.com/il2009/.

This special group discount, which covers both members and "friends," is $279 for the 3-day conference October 26-28.  (The full price is $459 before October 2.)  There are no discounts for one-day registration or any of the workshops preceding the conference.

To qualify for the group discount, chapter registrations must be submitted together in a single batch.  It is my turn this year to collect the registrations and submit them together to Information Today.  In order to submit the registrations by the deadline, please send your registration with payment to me by Friday, September 18. Group registration is due to Information Today on Friday, September 25.

If you choose to take part in this offer

• Print out and complete the attached conference registration form (Download IL09DiscountFormSLA_SA)  and then 
• either fax your completed registration form to me at 650-725-1096, making sure that you have included your credit card information for billing purposes,
• or mail the completed registration to me via USPS using my work address, with payment by check made payable to Information Today, Inc. or with your credit card information. It would be especially helpful if you noted SLA in the lower left-hand corner of the envelope.

Please include your email address so that I can confirm with you that I received your registration. Should you have questions about this offer or process, or have not heard from me after you sent in your registration, please contact me.

Enjoy the rest of the summer!

Helen Josephine

helenj@stanford.edu

Past-President

San Andreas Chapter, SLA

Engineering Library, Room 231

Terman Engineering Center

380 Panama Mall, 4029

Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-4029

 650-725-1012

eBooks Hit Critical Mass

The San Andreas Solo Librarians group met on January 22^nd for a presentation by Jean Bedord entitled, “eBooks Hit Critical Mass: Where Do Libraries Fit with Oprah?”  The meeting was hosted by Sonia Dorfman at Neuropace in Mountain View.

Jean is a lecturer at SJSU SLIS, a consultant in Findability and Search, and the author of I’ve got a Domain Name—Now What? A Practical Guide to Building a Website and Web Presence.

Jean discussed the broad topic of what an eBook is.  She discussed the many types of eBook readers and how individual books are made available through eBooks.  She then reviewed the various types of book databases and digital collections. Jean also discussed why libraries buy eBooks and the management of eBook collections.  She finished her presentation with a discussion of critical mass in the publishing industry and led an audience discussion answering the question, Why Would You Buy eBooks?

You will find a PDF of Jean's presentation at http://www.econtentstrategies.com/ebooks-solo-librarians.pdf

Jean can be reached at her website: http://www.econtentstrategies.com .

 

KMWorld & Intranets 2008

Another excellent KMWorld & Intranets Conference and Exhibition was held at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center on September 22-25, 2008. This worldwide gathering of information professionals and vendors examined many topics related to KM, including content management, intranets, portals, taxonomies and enterprise search. There were special programs provided by both an Enterprise Search Summit and a Taxonomy Boot Camp. All were superbly planned and executed, providing numerous multilevel learning opportunities.

The key coordinators were KMWorld & Intranet Program Chair Jane Dysart of Dysart & Jones Associates; KMWorld Co-Chair Hugh McKellar, Editor of KMWorld magazine; and Meeting Organizer Thomas H. Hogan, President of Information Today, Inc. In addition, Michelle Manafy coordinated the Enterprise Search Summit and Rebecca Jones coordinated the Taxonomy Boot Camp. These experienced professionals did an outstanding job. Some attendees even suggested that this conference should be considered among the best-managed multi-conferences of 2008.

Along with pre-conference workshops, there were many networking opportunities. Exhibits demonstrating products and new features represented the top players in the KM, CM, search, taxonomy and intranets marketplace. In addition, both attendees and exhibit visitors had an opportunity to explore the latest products and services solutions. Conference announcements clearly suggested that these sessions would also offer attendees multiple opportunities to learn or add to their knowledge and skills on topics such as

• Driving enterprise innovation and achievement through user-focused tools
• Learning about leading edge KM practices
• Gaining insights for enterprise innovation
• Collaborating with colleagues
• Exploring social media in the Web 2.0 age
• Discovering ways to streamline information and knowledge flows
• Improving content and intranet management know-how

The kick-off session held on Monday evening was hosted by Dave Snowden, Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Cognitive Edge Pte Ltd. This networking event was a "worst practice session" where participants shared their knowledge and experiences about KM initiatives that had failed. The focus was on what could be learned from these failures. Snowden skillfully managed the discussion so that participants learned how to achieve positive results in organizational knowledge sharing.

The opening keynote on Tuesday morning, "Innovation and Knowledge Management," was presented by John Kao, widely acknowledged as the world’s leading authority on the future of business. The Economist has called him both "Mr. Creativity" and "a serial innovator." His latest book, Innovation Nation: How America Is Losing Its Innovation Edge, Why It Matters, and What We Can Do to Get It Back, was published in 2007. A new book is planned for early 2009. Readers may remember his previous best seller, Jamming: The Art and Discipline of Business Creativity, which was published in 1996 by Harper Collins (ISBN: 08873077469). Kao is also considered a leading authority on innovation, organization change, and digital media. He taught innovation and entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School from 1982 to 1996.

Looking for your feedback!

This is Steven Kaye, Editor on the Bulletin Committee for the San Andreas Chapter Blog. In part the blog takes the place of the Chapter newsletter, but the Bulletin Committee would like to see it become more than just a repository for event listings.

We just had the annual SLA conference in Seattle last month - What did you enjoy most? Did you take any photos you'd want to share? We can post photos as well as text to the blog, you know! We also have a YouTube account for video hosting and a del.icio.us account for sharing websites of interest! Solo Librarians, what will you have learned from your discussion of the SLA conference later this month?

What would you like to see discussed at the upcoming Information Ethics meeting on the 28th?

We've got a new member reception coming up. What are your fond memories from when you joined the Chapter? What would you want to tell the new members?

We've got members from industries ranging from management consulting to newspapers to investing. We have members who work with people with particle accelerators! What would you like to know about them?

What would you like to see on the blog that I haven't thought of?

Post comments to this entry, or email them to sanandreaseditor@gmail.com

Report on the Virtual Tour of the SLA Website

SLA Chapter Cabinet Chair Libby Trudell and San Andreas President-Elect Leslie Fisher gave a tour of the SLA website on March 17th, with a brief overview of the San Andreas Chapter blog by Bulletin Editor Steven Kaye. Thanks to Thomson Scientific for sponsoring the webinar.

People who were unable to attend can review the tour at the following sites:
[Note:  If you do not have the webex viewer application already installed, you will be prompted to install it when you click on the first two links below.]

stream recording or download recording

SJSU-SLIS March Colloquia Series

The School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University is pleased to invite you to attend our continuing Colloquium Series featuring SLIS faculty and invited guests, as they address the challenges and promises of our rapidly changing profession.  Presentations are free, wheelchair-accessible and open to the public. 
 
Our March 2008 speakers are listed below:
 
John G. Dove
Chief Executive Officer, Credo Reference
Title: "What Could Search Engine Designers Learn From the Reference Interview?"
Monday, 3 March 2008
Time: noon - 1:00 p.m.
Location: King Library, Room 255/57 - San Jose State University
 
 
David V. Loertscher 
Professor, School of Library & Information Science, San José State University
Title:  "How Can Librarians Get Back in the Information Game?"
Friday, March 7, 2008
Time: noon - 1:00 p.m.
Location: SJSU campus, Clark Hall 322
 
 
Mengxiong Liu, Ph.D.
Librarian, San Jose State University King Library
Title:  "My Fulbright Experience in Uruguay"
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Time:  noon – 1:00 p.m.
Location: SJSU campus, Clark Hall 322
 
More information about these presentations is posted on our Colloquia: Spring 2008 calendar at http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/slis/colloquia/2008/colloquia08sp.htm.                
 
Maps and directions to the SJSU campus can be found at http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/slis/maps.htm.
 
Marcia Laughrey
School of Library and Information Science
San Jose State University

Solo Librarians Meeting on January 16th

The Solo Librarians of the San Andreas Chapter of SLA invite you to join them at their next meeting on Wednesday, January 16th. Anyone with an interest in small libraries is welcome, including students and recent grads of the MLIS programs.

The Solo Librarians will be touring the Computer History Museum on Wednesday, January 16th at 6 P.M. The Computer History Museum will be providing a docent to lead the tour. There is no charge, but donations to the Museum are welcome.

The tour leaves at 6 P.M., so allow enough time to be ready to go at 6. Directions to the museum are below. There is a limit on the number of people who can tour, so please get your reservation in early.

Those who wish to share a dinner will be meeting at a nearby restaurant after the tour.

Those who are planning to attend need to contact Eric Kristofferson by January 11th.

Again, there is a limit on the number who can tour, so get your reservation in early.

Contact Eric at ekristofferson@sjm.com  or (408) 522-6697.

Eric Kristofferson
Sonia Dorfman
San Andreas Solo Librarians

Maps and parking information:
http://www.computerhistory.org/about/directions/

General information about the Computer History Museum :
http://www.computerhistory.org/about_us.html

Creating Web Site A-Z Indexes

Date: November 11, 2007, 2-4 pm
Speaker: Heather Hedden
Presented by the Golden Gate Chapter of the American Society of Indexers

A-Z indexes are the standard means of searching within books, manuals, and online help, but are often needlessly replaced by on-site search engines when it comes to web sites and intranets. This presentation shows the advantages of A-Z indexes for web sites and how and when to implement them.

In this program, Heather will present the following: 
* Examples of web site A-Z indexes
* Benefits of A-Z indexes and the types of sites for which they are most suitable
* Demonstrations of how to use two different web site indexing tools, HTML Indexer and XRefHT
* Special considerations in indexing web sites
* A discussion of other kinds of indexes, databases, and taxonomies

Location: San Mateo Main Library, 55 West Third Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94402
Parking is free in the underground garage. The library is fully accessible.

This event is free, but registration is requested. To register contact Margot Diltz, Cengage Corp., 650-413-2724 or margot.diltz@cengage.com.

About the Speaker: Heather Hedden is an information taxonomist with Viziant Corporation in Boston and also principal of Hedden Information Management, through which she provides contract indexing services. Previously she worked on thesauri and taxonomies as senior vocabulary editor at Gale here in Belmont (previously Information Access Company in Foster City). She was a member of the Golden Gate Chapter of the American Society of Indexers (1994-1997) before moving back East and joining the New England Chapter, where she served as vice president (2005) and president (2006). She was also manager of the Web Indexing SIG of the American Society of Indexers for two years (2005-2006). In addition to giving conference workshops on web site indexing, Heather teaches an online course in web site indexing through the continuing education program of Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science, and she is the author of the book Indexing Specialties: Web Sites published by Information Today Inc. Heather can be reached at Heather@Hedden.net.

For more information, contact Roslyn Donald, Business Librarian, San Mateo Main Library, 650-522-7815 or rdonald@cityofsanmateo.org.

San Andreas Solo Librarian Meeting Summary: HighWire Press

By Lee Pharis, Manager - Information Resources, Exponent

On August 29, the Solo Librarians met at St. Jude Medical in Sunnyvale for a meeting hosted by Eric Kristofferson with guest speaker Bonnie Zavon from HighWire Press, a division of the Stanford University Libraries.  http://highwire.stanford.edu/

Started in 1995, HighWire Press currently hosts the primary, definitive version of  1,065 sites from more than 130 scholarly publishers, typically independent societies, associations, university presses and other publishing houses which produce high-impact journals. The topical focus has generally been in the biosciences areas, but the subject matter is expanding.

Full-text articles, high-resolution images, data supplements, and back issue content are all available through HighWire.  As soon as an article from one of the journals collections is published, it is available on HighWire (before or sometimes instead of the print copy).

HighWire-hosted publishers have collectively made almost 2 million scholarly articles free, the largest repository of free, peer-reviewed full-text content on the web.  (Publishers determine which articles are free, and which require payment, not HighWire.) 

About 300 of the journals on HighWire offer some form of free access to full text, often after only a year, thanks to the business policies of the various publishers.    

Using the HighWire search engine portal to publisher web sites is free; you can register for free with HighWire, and customize your free account.  It is easy to access and to navigate. 

The Big Blog To Do List Still Needs Some Doing

The ‘new’ website has been up since January. It looks great, but with some fine-tuning it can look even better. If you’re interested in using or enhancing your tech skills – and helping the Chapter – please click on the original Big Blog To Do List:

http://sla-divisions.typepad.com/sanandreas/2007/03/the_big_blog_to.html#more

And let me or Mary-Lynn Bragg (marylynn@gmail.com) know which Q3 and/or Q4 tasks you’d like to work on.

Claudia Cohen
Bulletin Committee
Claudiarp02@yahoo.com