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SIS INFO
Vol. 14, No. 6
November  2000

Editor’s Corner

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. Ray can be reached by email at eydmanr@juno.com  or by phone at TECO 813-228-1207.  Ray will communicate this information to Wanda Barrett, SIS Vice-President Elect for programs in 2001.

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.

From the Editor

Our October meeting at the Pinellas Library Cooperative was informative and exciting. Those of us attending the meeting at the new headquarters were given a guided tour of this wonderful facility after being treated to an excellent dinner and program.

Please mark your calendars for the December meeting (information below). This will be a great opportunity to thank the outgoing officers for a job well done. The venue and program are intriguing. This joint meeting of SIS, CFALL, TABAMLN, and SLIS will be a great networking opportunity and a great way to wrap up our year. Please try to attend.

As you will no doubt notice, this newsletter is brief. Some of the regular features are missing, but not forgotten. The January newsletter will be more newsy, with items of interest included. So please pardon the brevity.

Items of Interest

Shirl Kennedy contributed this item:

“Seems like a good opportunity to announce my job change. As of October 27, I am no longer Web Doyenne for the City of Clearwater.  As of November 1, I am Web Guide Manager for eCompany Now, a new e-business magazine that was spun off from Fortune earlier this year.  Web site is http://www.ecompany.com/ .  A little ways down the page on the left is something called The Guide.  I work there, primarily in the Technology area. Cool job for someone like me, with library, journalism and computer skills. Basically, I maintain the ontology of the directory, creating new subject headings and cross references as necessary, and fill out the branches of the directory with handpicked Web resources, for which I write summaries of 250 characters or less.  We try to supplement the articles in the print magazine, where readers are directed to the Web site for more information.

Interesting tidbit about the job...  I'm telecommuting. Having never worked full-time from home before, I feel like I'm embarking on a great adventure. I'm told that one of the danger signs you may be slipping away mentally is when you stop showering everyday.  Have any of y'all ever done anything like this before?  Would love to hear about your experiences.  E-mail me at sdk@reporters.net”

Karen Roth, Medical Librarian at Morton Plant Mease Health Care, has extended this invitation:

 "The Effects of E-Journals on Your Library" - a Satellite Teleconference sponsored by the Medical Library Association will be broadcast on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2000 from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. ET.  This is part of MLA's continuing education series on "The Myth and Reality of Electronic Publishing."

The Tampa Bay Medical Library Network (TABAMLN) invites you and members of your organization to join them for this teleconference at the Education & Conference Center of All Children's Hospital, 701 4th St. S. in St. Petersburg.  The cost is FREE!   Manuals will be distributed as well as certificates.  1.5 MLA credit hours are being awarded for attending.

Registration is required by MLA and for our planning! Flyers with all details, a registration form, and a map to All Children's can be faxed to you.  To request this info, reply to this message or phone the Library at 727-892-4278 and give us your fax number.  Please return completed registration forms ASAP!

October Meeting

The October meeting was held at the Pinellas County Library Cooperative in Clearwater. The business meeting included an election of officers for the coming year.

The new officers are:

• President – Ray Eydemann
• Vice-President – Wanda Barrett
• Secretary – Theresa Burress
• Treasurer – Betsy King

Congratulations to the incoming officers.

December Meeting

Thursday - December 7, 2000, 6:00pm for dinner

A joint meeting of TABAMLN , CFALL and SIS

The meeting will be held at BAE Systems - 4908 Tampa West Blvd, Tampa Florida and hosted by Betsy King.

Each organization will have the opportunity to share information about itself with the other information professionals present, available will be a projection system with Internet access to display organization web pages, etc.

An appetizer buffet dinner will be served, cost will be $11.00. Checks payable to SIS or cash will be collected at the meeting.

Please consider your RSVP as an obligation on your part unless you notify Betsy prior to 12/1/2000. The facility is a secured facility so all attendees must enter the front lobby between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. Dinner will be served beginning at 6 p.m. If you can not make it prior to 6:30 p.m., please contact Betsy to make advance arrangements.

Please RSVP to Betsy no later than Dec 1 at kingb@cftnet.com or by calling 813-887-1658.

Anyone arriving late can still get into the building. However, those who anticipate getting here after 6:30 should let Betsy know in advance if possible, so we can be on the lookout for them.

For more detailed information and directions/maps etc. please visit the meeting website at: http://tblc.org/sis/meeting.htm .