99th Annual Meeting Special Libraries Association
Seattle, WA | June 13-19, 2008
No-Host Dinner celebrating the Transportation Division’s 65th anniversary, Saturday June 14 7:00 pm
Join your colleagues at the Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery on Saturday, June 14, 2008 as we celebrate the Transportation Division’s 65th anniversary! Spouses, significant others, and friends are welcome.
Location: Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery, 1333 5th Avenue, located in Rainier Square on the corner of 5th Avenue & Union Street, just a few blocks from the conference center and hotels
GTRIC: Your Bridge to the Dynamic World of Transportation Information, Sunday June 15 8:00 am – 3:00 pm
GTRIC (Government Transportation Research Information Committee) is your ticket to successfully navigating the maze of transportation information. A guide to the players in transportation libraries and how they fit together will open the session. Then NTL will describe its role as a digital repository for your transportation documents and TRB will report results of the TRIS survey done earlier this year. A how-to segment will show you how to catalog a born digital document and use the Transportation Research Thesaurus to supplement subject headings. Better access to NTIS reports and catalog records will be outlined. The regional Transportation Knowledge Networks will update us on their activities. A management segment will address integrating your operation with your parent organization’s objectives. All that, and plenty of time to network with your colleagues – GTRIC is a something you shouldn’t miss!
Audience: Unit members only
Moderator: Rita Evans, Library Director, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley
Schedule:
8:00-9:00 Welcome and Introductions
- Connie Field, Transportation Division Chair – Welcome
- Rita Evans, GTRIC Coordinator – Outline of presentations
- Attendees – Self-introductions
9:00-10:00 Transportation Libraries – A Guide to the Players
- Bonnie Osif, Pennsylvania State University Engineering Library
10:00-10:45 TRIS Online Survey and TRB update (WorldCat and TRIS
- Barbara Post, Transportation Research Board
- Bill Brembeck, OCLC
10:45-11:15 NTL as a Digital Repository and the Transportation Librarians Roundtables
- Amanda Wilson, National Transportation Library
11:15-12:00 Cataloging Electronic Technical Reports
- John Gallwey, Institute of Transportation Studies Library
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:30 Transportation Knowledge Networks
- MTKN – John Cherney
- ETKN – TBA
- WTKN – Kathy Szolzmayer
1:30-1:45 Pooled Fund, Transportation Librarian’s Toolkit
- Maggie Sacco, CTC Associates
1:45-2:15 Singing the Tune Management Wants to Hear
- Matthew Barrett, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
2:15-2:30 NTIS Reports – Access and Preservation
- Roberto Sarmiento, Northwestern University Transportation Library
- Rita Evans, Institute of Transportation Studies Library, UC Berkeley
2:30-3:00 Announcements and Wrap-up
- Directory of Transportation Libraries and Information Centers – Sandy Tucker
- Sources of Information in Transportation
SLA Unit: Transportation Division
Sponsored by: Elsevier
Ticketed event No. 440: $60.00
Transportation Division Board of Directors, Monday June 16 7:00 – 8:30 am
The annual board meeting is a great way to learn more about the division and all Transportation Division members are encouraged to attend. The board will review the past year’s Annual Conference and committee activities and will discuss plans for the year ahead. Join your colleagues and find out how you can be an active player in the Transportation Division.
Audience: Unit members only
Moderator: Connie Field, Chair, Transportation Division; Portland Cement Association
SLA Unit: Transportation Division
Alternative Fuels: Technologies for a Healthy Planet, Tuesday June 17 9:00 – 10:30 am
Gasoline prices are soaring and global energy supplies are being squeezed. What potential do biofuels and other alternative fuels offer as a solution to this critical problem? Will we have to choose between growing crops for fuel and growing them for food? Dr. Richard Nelson, biodiesel expert and Director, Engineering Extension at Kansas State University, will demonstrate how biodiesel may be part of the answer. Alvetta Pindell, a subject specialist with the National Agricultural Library will discuss the wide variety of information resources on the subject of alternative fuels.
Audience: All attendees
Presentations:
- Biodiesel: Benefits, Issues, & Opportunities, Dr. Richard G. Nelson, Department Head and Director, Kansas State University Engineering Extension
- Alternative Fuels/Renewable Energy, Ms. Alvetta Pindell, Head of the Information and Research Services Branch, National Agricultural Library
SLA Units: Transportation Division, Chemistry Division, Food, Agriculture & Nutrition Division, Science-Technology Division
Sponsored by: CAS, Thomson Scientific
Transportation Division Annual Business Meeting, Tuesday June 17 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Mark the occasion of the Transportation Division’s 65th anniversary at the Annual Business Meeting and Lunch. During the business meeting, we’ll review current and planned activities at the annual conferences and projects undertaken by our committees. There will be ample opportunity for networking with your colleagues. Join you fellow division members for this once-a-year event!
Audience: Unit members only
Speaker:
- Connie Field, Chair, Transportation Division; Portland Cement Association
SLA Unit: Transportation Division
Ticketed event No. 780: $20.00
Transportation, Government Information, Petroleum & Energy Resources, and Solo Librarians Divisions Joint Open House, Tuesday June 17 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Attend this fun evening event and celebrate the Transportation Division’s 65th Anniversary! Network with colleagues in our own Division as well as those in the event’s cosponsoring Divisions–Government Division, Solo Librarians Division, and Petroleum & Energy Division. Enjoy a nice layout of appetizers and cash bar.
Location: Sheraton Hotel,Grand A
Audience: Unit members only
SLA Units: Transportation Division, Government Information Division, Petroleum & Energy Resources Division, Solo Librarians Division
Sponsored by: American Society of Civil Engineers, InfoCurrent, Swets
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