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Dues Due
A reminder to all members: The fiscal year has been extended to the calendar
year. Membership dues for the year 2000 are now due. Your membership renewal of
$5.00 will extend your membership until January 2001. If you’d like to pay for
two years, a payment of $10.00 can be sent to Betsy King, Treasurer.
Year 2000 Directory Update
The SIS Directory for the coming year is being updated. If your
directory information has changed, contact Betsy King with the new information
as soon as possible, so that it can be included in the new directory.
Future Meetings
If you would like to host a future meeting, or if you have a suggestion
for a future program, contact Ray Eydmann, SIS Vice-President, with your ideas.
News to Share
The SIS Newsletter is a great way to share news, conference
announcements, achievements, and items of interest with all organization
members. Please send your news to the Editor, Nancy Becker, so we can include it
in our next newsletter.
Electronic vs. Paper
Don’t forget that the Newsletter is available both on the SIS website
and via email. If you’re able to save a tree and would like to receive your
copy electronically rather than by snail mail, contact Betsy King.
Any questions, suggestions, inclusions, or any other news items or meeting summaries should be sent to Nancy at: nbecker@ij.net.
Some Sites of Interest?Safe Shopping -
http://www.safeshopping.org/
This American Bar Association site shows you how to shop safely online.
Sections answer questions about security, privacy, payment, product, terms,
delivery, records, complaints, and tips.
Subjects: shopping | evaluation of internet resources
From LIIWeek – 11/1/99
Y2K and Your PC - http://computingcentral.msn.com/guide/year2000/msy2k/introducing/y2khome.asp
Microsoft's user-friendly site has sections on Exploring Your PC, which
explains how Y2K affects each of the three parts of a PC; and Taking Action,
which tells you what you need to do to ensure that all parts of your
computers are Y2K ready. Includes links to major computer manufacturers and
to Microsoft Product Analyzer, "a tool to help assess the readiness of
your computer system by conducting an inventory of Microsoft software
installed on your PC."
Subjects: y2k
From LIIWeek – 11/1/99
AreaCode-Info.Com -
http://www.areacode-info.com/
Your Definitive Source For Area Code Data
From ResPool list – 11/2/99
ResPool - http://members.tripod.com/~rtiess/respool-netguide.htm
"Pooling new and known reference resources on the Internet"
This list focuses on reference resources, which include topical web guides,
databases, search engines, directories, portals, metasites, indices,
bibliographies, electronic texts, mailing lists, and any other
Internet-based sites providing quality information on any given topic.
The December meeting will be held on Thursday, December 2, 1999.
| Where: | Tampa Bay Library Consortium (TBLC) 1202 Tech Blvd., Suite 202 Tampa, FL 33619 phone 813-622-8252 |
| Who: | TBLC Staff |
| What: | The mission, services and focus of the Consortium as well as the Anywhere, Anytime Library project. |
| When: | 11:30 a.m. Lunch will consist of a variety of sandwiches, chips, soft drinks and coffee. The cost for lunch will be $6.00. Please bring cash or checks made payable to SIS |
| RSVP: | Ray Eydmann, eydmanr@tblc.org or phone 813-228-1207 by Monday, November 29, 1999. |
Directions from St. Petersburg:
Directions from From Tampa via Highway 60:
Please do not park in the spots directly in front of the consortium; these are shared with other tenants.
October Meeting
The October meeting was held on Wednesday, October 6, 1999 at Paradyne Corp.
and hosted by Paradyne's librarian CD McLean. Theresa Burress of TECO energy was
co-host of the event.
There were several announcements at the meeting:
April is when the SIS directory comes out. Everyone should make sure they have their dues paid on time and that Betsy has the correct information for the directory.
There will be a professional education workshop given by SLA on October 22, 1999 in Punta Gorda. The workshop is on the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) and the International Standard Audiovisual Number (ISAN). More information can be found at the link above. Prices are $45 for SLA members, $75 for nonmembers and $17 for students. This program is bringing in some international speakers and will be a subject on the bleeding edge. Please attend if you can.
Harriet Thompkins announced that over the summer she has written a book of poems called "The Journey of a Black Woman." She said via an email: "It is the journey of my life through poems. A poem is an expression, a thought, a feeling, and a mood. It is the part of the one who writes. It is an attempt to open the hearts to the one who reads." The cost is $19.95. You can order a copy by calling Harriet at 727-449-2761 or sending an email at thompkh@tblc.org.
Following the announcements CD and Theresa gave a presentation on Intranets: Two Case Studies. CD's presentation focussed on how a solo librarian creates and maintains an intranet site and how usability testing is crucial to keeping the site relevant. Theresa's talk centered on how a team goes about creating an intranet site and all the problems and joys of working on a team. She emphasized how she uses statistics to cull out dead pages and decide on her site's architecture. The full presentations and the accompanying bibliography will be available after Nov. 6th at www.gnosiweb.com/il99
SIS Minutes, October, 1999.
| President | Mary Kaye Raddatz, St. Petersburg Junior College,
Seminole Campus 727/394-6136, raddatzm@spjc.edu |
| Vice President | Ray Eydmann, TECO Energy, Tampa 813/228-1207, eydmanr@tblc.org |
| Secretary | C D McLean, Paradyne Corp., Largo 727/530-8206, cmclean@paradyne.com |
| Treasurer | Betsy King, Reflectone, Inc, Tampa 813/887-1658, kingb@cftnet.com |
| Newsletter Editor | Nancy Becker, 5125 - 4th Street So., St.
Petersburg, FL 33705 727/867-2005 nbecker@ij.net |
| Immediate Past President (87-98) |
Trudie Root: Juvenile Welfare Board, Pinellas
County 727/547-5671, troot@jwbpinellas.org |