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SIS INFO
Vol. 15, No. 4
July 2001
Info Newsletter Index
SIS INFO
Vol. 15, No. 4
July 2001
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 Wanda Barrett, SIS Vice-President, with your ideas. Wanda can be reached by email at wanda@everlove.net or by phone at Everlove & Associates, 727-345-8180.
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
If you have any news or items of interest or information you'd like to see in the next newsletter, send them to me via email at: beckern@thpl.org or nanbecker@hotmail.com.
News to Share
News to Share Mary Kaye Raddatz, Instructor-in-Charge, Information Commons, SPC – Seminole, set the following news:
Sites of Interest?
Volunteering
Vacations
http://www.santacruzpl.org/readyref/files/time/vacation.shtml
Annotated list of organizational Web sites that offer opportunities to
combine good works with travel. Part of the great ready reference
"tickler" file database maintained by the Santa Cruz (CA) Public
Library. - cl
Subjects: Voluntarism
Travel from LII Week July 4, 2001
How to Quit from the
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
http://www.cdc.org/tobacco/how2quit.htm
Resources for anyone interested in quitting smoking. Sections include: You
Can Quit Smoking; Don't Let Another Year Go Up In Smoke: Quit Tips; I QUIT!:
What to Do When You're Sick of Smoking, Chewing, or Dipping; Treating Tobacco
Use and Dependence: A Clinical Practice Guideline, Public Health Service. Site
also links to remote sites providing related information. Some sections require
the free Acrobat Reader from adobe.com for viewing documents.
ResPool Research Network 7/6/01
Branching Out
-- Book Forager
http://www.readersonline-europa.com/forager/index.htm
A book recommendation system based on specific qualities you want in a book -- choose on the continuums between happy/sad, funny/serious, romantic/realist, etc., and read the recommendations.
DonateRebate
http://donaterebate.org/
If you figure you got along fine without the tax money that may be rebated to
you, so you might as well give it away, this site, with helpful links to
charitable organizations, is for you.
Neat New Stuff, Marylaine Block, 7/6/01
April Minutes
The April SIS meeting was held at Hops Restaurant & Brewery on Thursday April 5, 2001. There was a good turnout – 24 attendees including a couple of new members. Ray Eydmann, President, made some opening remarks and handed the meeting off to Wanda Barrett, who led an informal discussion of potential program topics that would be of interest to SIS members.
Time management was an issue at the top of everyone’s list, and will be the main topic of discussion at the June meeting. Other interesting issues include contract negotiations and copyright policies. Possible venues that were discussed include the new Jan Platt Regional Library in Tampa and/or the USF St. Petersburg Campus.
During dinner, the group also participated in a lively discussion of privacy issues, along with some interesting notes on new technologies for network security. Overall, the meeting was very successful, and a good time was had by all.
June Minutes
The June SIS was held at CAE USA in Tampa on Wednesday, June 6, 2001. There was another good turnout for this month’s program on Time Management and the fabulous dinner provided by the caterers at CAE.
Ray Eydmann, President, made some introductory remarks. He reminded the group that Wanda Barrett is the contact point for meeting ideas and John Davies is the contact point for suggestions regarding the SIS web site.
Betsy King gave a brief Treasurer’s report. SIS currently has $634 in the Treasury and 72 members for 2001.
Ray Eydmann then welcomed Deidre Payne from LEXIS-NEXIS, who gave an informative presentation (with great gifts!) on Time Management. Deidra is the Librarian Relations Consultant for the Southeast region. She came to LEXIS-NEXIS after five years as a law librarian at the firms of Brown, Todd & Heyburn and Alston & Bird. Deidra is a member of the American Association of Law Libraries, Special Libraries Association, and several regional law library associations. Deidra received her MLIS from the University of Kentucky.
The objectives of the time management seminar were:
Some of the main topics that were discussed were as follows:
The group also had the opportunity to practice creating a plan for long range goals and then incorporating those goals into a daily task list. Overall, the feedback from the presentation was very positive, and the presentation materials are available for anyone who wasn’t able to attend.
August Meeting
The August meeting will be a luncheon meeting at the University of South Florida Nelson Poynter Library at St. Petersburg on Wednesday, August 22. The library director and special collections librarian, Kathy Arsenault will give a tour of special collections. Menu and cost per person will be available later this month. Wanda Barrett will send out the information when it is confirmed.
Directions to the Poynter Library at USF/St. Petersburg University of South Florida Nelson Poynter Library at St. Petersburg campus is situated near Bayboro Harbor, St. Petersburg. To reach the library from Interstate 275 South in St. Petersburg, the turnoff to Tropicana Field and take exit 9. Exit 9 becomes 5th Ave. South. Continue to 3rd Street South and turn right on 3rd Street. Go 2 blocks to 7th Avenue South. The library is the 3 story white building on the left side of 3rd Street South. Visitor parking is available in the parking lot on the opposite side of 3rd Street.
University of South Florida
St. Petersburg Campus
140 7th Avenue South
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Phone: (727)553-1123
Fax: (727)553-1196
If you are planning to attend the August meeting, call or email your confirmation to Wanda Barrett at (727) 345-8180 or (800) 487-6672 – wanda@everlove.net, no later than August 15.
Suncoast Information Specialists
c/o Tampa Bay Library Consortium
1202 Tech Boulevard, Suite 202
Tampa, FL 33619
Phone: (813) 622-8252
Email: sis@tblc.org
Electronic list: http://tblc.org/sis/list.htm
URL: http://tblc.org/sis/