Volume 1 Number 1 December 1999
Best Wishes for a Happy Holiday Season and a Prosperous New Millennium!
Officers (1999/2000)
Chair
Sue O'Neill Johnson
10957 Rocky Mount Way
Wheaton, MD 20902
Tel:(202)458-2833
sjohnson3@worldbank.org
Chair-Elect
Bahaa El-Hadidy
Professor of Information Science (Retired)
International Consultant
16104 Stowe Court
Tampa, FL 33647-1147
Tel & Fax:(813)978-1551
elhadidy@luna.cas.usf.edu
Assistant Chair (Outside the U.S.)
Harriet Zais-Gabbert
Kolschitzkygass 30/23
A-1040 Vienna, Austria
Office tel: (+43 1) 514 36 281
Home tel: (+43 1) 504 91 11
hgabbert@OSCE.org
Assistant Chair-Elect (Outside the U.S.)
Delia Torrijos
Independent Consultant
135 Gov.P.F.Espiritu
Bacoor, Cavite 4102, Philippines
Tel:(6346)417-31-53
dtorrij@cav.pworld.net.ph
Secretary/Treasurer
Thomas J. Froehlich
Professor, School of Library and Information
Science
Kent State University
P.O.Box 5190
Kent, OH 44242-0001
Tel:(330)672-2782
tfroehli@kent.edu
Communication Coordinator
Hong Xu
Assistant Professor
School of Information Sciences
University of Pittsburgh
135 N. Bellefield Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Tel:412-624-9454
Fax:412-648-7001
hxu@mail.sis.pitt.edu
Infoshare Officer
Mikel Breitenstein
Assistant Professor & Undergraduate Director
Palmer School of Library & Information
Science
Long Island University
720 Northern Blvd
Brookville, N.Y. 11548
Tel:516-299-3818
mbreiten@liu.edu
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Dear SIG-III Members,
It gives me great pleasure to report to you the minutes of the SIG-III
Business meeting held on November 1, 1999 during the ASIS Annual Meeting.
The SIG has a very ambitious program this year. Sue Johnson, the present
SIG Chair will report to you soon the SIG Grand Plan.
Bahaa El-Hadidy,
SIG-III Past Acting Chair
ASIS SIG III Business Meeting November 1, 1999
ATTENDEES:
Bahaa El-Hadidy (Acting Chair)
Emil Levine (IAEA)
Hong Xu (Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh)
Dorothy McGarry (UCLS)
Omar Akchurin (Consultant)
Sue O'Neill Johnson (World Bank)
Nathalie Leroy (U.N.)
Tefko Saracevic (Professor, SCLIS, Rutgers University)
Ben Lipetz (Professor, School of Info Sci & Policy, SUNY
Albany)
Ione Auston (National Library of Medicine)
REPORT OF ACTING CHAIR:
Bahaa El-Hadidy called the meeting to order and reported on SIG III
activities. Due to new professional commitments of the 1998/99 SIG Chair
and Outgoing Chair, the past year had been a dormant one for SIG III.
Bahaa, with the help of Michel Menou and Trudi Hahn, assumed the role of
Acting Board of SIG III during the summer in order to resurrect SIG III
and its activities (especially those activities relating to the annual
meeting). Four important SIG III activities undertaken by the Acting
Board were: (1) establishing and conducting an ongoing SIG-III listserv
(Michel Menou) (2) organizing, arranging for entertainment provided by
Sue O'Neill Johnson and colleagues (Bahaa El-Hadidy), and obtaining outside
funding for the ASIS International Reception to be held on Monday, November
1 at 8:00pm (Bahaa El-Hadidy and Michel Menou), (3) organizing and conducting
a silent auction to be held in conjunction with the International Reception
in order to raise funds for the SIG III INFOSHARE project (Trudi Hahn),
and (4) developing a list of candidates for 1999/2000 SIG III officers
and conducting a SIG-wide election via email and regular mail.
NEW SIG OFFICERS (1999/2000):
Chair - Sue O'Neill Johnson
Assistant Chair (Outside the U.S.) - Hariett Zais-Gabbert
Chair-Elect - Bahaa El-Hadidy
Assistant Chair-Elect - (Outside the U.S.) - Delia Torrijos
Secretary/Treasurer - Thomas J. Froehlich
Communication Officer - Hong Xu
Infoshare Co-Ordinator - Mikel Breitenstein
2000 ANNUAL MEETING PROGRAM (PROPOSALS DUE):
An immediate role for the new officers will be planning strong programs for the 2000 annual meeting. Program session submissions are due to ASIS by December 15, 1999. The ASIS web site provides guidance about processes and policies and will provide key dates from proposal stage through acceptance for the 2000 meeting in the future (schedules for past annual meetings are posted on the web site and can be used for general guidance in the interim). Some suggestions:
SIG III WORKPLAN 1999/2000:
SIG III's function is viewed as the "international arm" of ASIS,
but since international activities have been increasing everywhere (including
ASIS), Tekfo proposed that the emphasis change to a role of making international
information
professionals feel more at home and to a role of bringing international
members together. Ten percent of ASIS members are from outside the
U.S. SIG III could canvass the international community on how to
use the web to link everyone closer. For example, one idea would be to
offer the SIG III web site (soon to be under re-construction) as a place
for information professionals from different countries to post their research
and related papers (publishing opportunities for information professionals).
The web site could become the communications vehicle for information professionals
who do not have similar opportunities in their own countries or who wish
to communicate with a larger audience. The web site could also be
used for reporting on overseas information activities. Links could
be
established from the SIG III web site to the institutions of ASIS/SIG
III members (portal for institutions). Topics could be posted for
discussion and/or a "knowledge" directory (e.g., of special research interests)
could be developed ; chat rooms, a web version of the SIG III newsletter,
etc., and other mechanisms could be used for connecting people with the
same or similar interests via the web.
Ideas proposed by Bahaa and listed on the meeting agenda (some discussed in part during the business meeting as described in other sections of minutes) were:
SIG III BUDGET:
The last budget report showed around $1,962.00 ($2,562.00 reported in September minus $600 for International Reception) in the SIG III budget. This number needs confirmation since SIG III had a few additional expenses, including providing the Annual meeting attendance support to a Ukraine guest (Tamara Russkyh) who is studying at UC-Irvine. The board also approved that the SIG pays for a copy of the Meeting Proceedings to Ms Russkyh since her meeting registration was based on student's fee.
INFOSHARE:
Michel Menou proposed (and SIG III attendees agreed) that SIG III funds be used for INFOSHARE membership for Eustache Megnigbeto, Information Officer at the delegation of the European Union in Cotonou, Benin (West Africa). Michel will follow up with ASIS headquarters with address and other details for Mr. Megnigbeto so that his membership can begin soon.
ASIS SIG FUND:
The ASIS SIG fund is available to support SIG projects. Details about requesting SIG funds should be sent to Michael Stallings. ASIS also has limited travel funds that can be investigated if needed.
(Ione Auston & Bahaa El-Hadidy)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. International Reception & Silent Auction
(Album is available at http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/auction.html)
(1) International Reception
The International Reception at ASIS'99 Annual Meeting was held on November 1, 1999. About 150 guests attended. Elsevier Science Ltd donated $1000 to the reception, and the International Folk Ensemble under the direction of Sue Johnson (new chair of SIG III) played international music.
(2) Silent Auction
Dear SIG III members:
just want to extend a sincere thanks to all of you who participated
in the Silent Auction at the International Reception. Many III members
contributed wonderful and wacky items for sale, some helped to set up and
manage the sale, many others bought the items. The best news of all: we
made over $500! Thanks to the generous donation from
Elsevier to underwrite the costs of the reception itself, all the profits
from the silent auction can be used for Infoshare
memberships. THANK YOU ALL!
Trudi
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Trudi Bellardo Hahn
University of Maryland Libraries
th90@umail.umd.edu
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. SIG III WORK PROGRAM (December 14, 1999 through November, 2000)
I. PREPARATION FOR CHICAGO CONFERENCE, NOVEMBER
13-16, 2000
A. Team Leaders: Sue O. Johnson and Bahaa El-Hadidy:
Overall coordinators of SIG III Conference Program
A1. Team Members: Nathalie Leroy, Omar Akchurin, Margarita Studemeister, ____Vacant (need resources):
Deadlines: Feb.1, 2000
A3. Natalie Leroy: Coordinator with CR on any collaborative
efforts: (CR Chair, Padmini Srinivasan, padmini-srinivasan@uiowa.edu)
A4. Jim Rush: Coordinator with Information Policy on any collaborative efforts: (IP chair, Gail Hodge,inquiry@infointl.com)
Contributing Member for developing countries: Delia
Torrijos
A5. Sue O. Johnson: Coordinator ALP on any collaborative
efforts (Chair, Denise Bedford)
B. Specific Potential Sessions under Development:
B1. Team Leader : Tefko Saracevic
Team Members, Hong Xu, Tamara Russkykh, Irina Kirillova
How people with the same interest use the Internet to interact, collaborate and share knowledge.
Hong Xu: Case study on the new web knowledge center information paper, (if enough data is available
B2. Team Leader, Natalie Leroy
Session on international digital library information; special emphasis on activities in developing countries
Bahaa El-Hadidy: Design research project for Univ.South.Florida student for spring semester to collect
Specific Activity Assignments:
Team Leader: Margarita Studemeister
_____Vacant. (need resource): Design campaign to promote
award of ASIS membership for winning papers
Team Leader : Ben ?Ami Lipetz Selection committee for winning papers:
B3. Team leader: Sylvia Piggott
B4. Team Leader: Emil Levine
C. Team Leader: Bahaa: Plan the International Reception
for 2000, including the auction.
II. SIG III ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR BESIDES CONFERENCE
PREPARATION
A. Technical Team Leader: Hong Xu
Technical Team Members: Jim Rush, Vacant________(need resource)
A1. Team leader Natalie Leroy
Team Members,:Tom Frolich and Tamara Russkykh, Delia Torrijos
Within the knowledge center, build a basic knowledge
library for international professionals
A2. Team Leader, Michel Menou ,
Team Members, Hong Xu, Diane Hopkins, Sue Myberg,
Ed Sawyer, Sheila WebberWithin the knowledge center, build a SIG Newsletter
for December, Spring and July with printed copies for those who are not
on the list. It provides information about SIG activities, international
issues news Netaid ,
UNDP Program for Sustainable Development, Global Information
Development Initiative and seeks input from all members.
Dellia Torrijos: Take the lead in putting together
a special issue of the Newsletter on developments and challenges in the
Asia Pacific region, streamlining.
A3. Team Leader:Omar Akchurin
B. Team Leader, Bahaa
C. Team Leader: Bahaa El-Hadidy (and committee he will develop)
Explore the concept of second Egyptian-ASIS International
information conference in December 2001.
III. SERVICES SPECIFIC TO SIG III MEMBERS
A. SIG III Archivist, Bahaa El-Hadidy: Organize Information
about past of III into a usable resource-answer questions from this resource.
Send all material to Bahaa (Bahaa El-Hadidy, 16104 Stowe Court, Tampa,
Florida 33647).
B. Listserv Administrator: Hong Xu
B1. Team Leader, Vacant________(need resource): Team Member: Delia Torrijos,
C. Web Master: Hong Xu
D. Team leader, Mikel Breitenstein
Increase the INFOSHARE program (grants, donations from chapters, members, organizations, vendors,etc.).
E. Team Leader: Vacant_________Need Resource
IV. ADMINISTRATIVE ADDITIONS
A. Past Chair and Chair Elect, Bahaa El-Hadidy, immediately
send any SIG reporting or other requirements to all officers, including
Chair. Put together nominating committee for officers for next year.
B. Omar Akchurin, Local assistance with HQ information on SIG for Treasurer: will determine assets and put together a working budget with the Chair. Bahaa El-Hadidy will work with Treasurer to be sure all HQ requirements on reports are satisfied.
Assistant to Treasurer. Vacant______(need resource)
C. Bahaa El-Hadidy immediately send all officers all
e-mail addresses of the officers.
D. Hong Xu : Contact all SIG III members who are not on Listserv to encourage them to subscribe, and set up process to continue to add names of new SIG members
Eustache obtained a diploma in documentation in 1994 from the Beninese National School of Administration. Before joining the EU delegation in May 1999 he hold various professional posts : Assistant manager of the documentation centre of National Institute of Statistic and Economic Analysis; Acquisitions librarian at the Central Library of National University of Benin (Cotonou); Responsible of the ROAD (West African Network of Documentation, Information and Communication).
He is a member of the Member of the Association pour le Développement des Activités Documentaires au Bénin (ADADB).
INFOSHARE
is a program of SIG/III by which a one year membership in ASIS is awarded
to colleagues in developing
countries who face financial difficulties to join. It is meant to expose
them to the benefits of being a member of ASIS in the hope this may help
them find the support required for continuing membership. The program is
financed by the generous donations of members and net outcome of SIG/III
fund raising activities.
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