Hello ASIS&T Members,
Don't forget to register for this great program - it's
coming up next
Thursday. And there are still some sponsored slots
available for
students, so sign up today!
"Working Information Networks: a Tribute to Henriette
Avram"
WHEN: Thursday, April 26, 2007
Dinner provided from 6pm, the program will run 6:30 -
8pm.
WHERE: School of Engineering, Pangborn Hall, the Scullen
Room
Catholic University of America
SPEAKERS: Beacher Wiggins, Library of Congress
Sally McCallum, Library of Congress
Gail Hodge, Information International
Associates
Nikkia Anderson, Information
International
Associates
Jennifer Preece, College of Information
Studies,
University of Maryland
WEBSITE: http:
//www.asis.org/Chapters/asispvc/index.html
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THE PROGRAM:
"Working Information Networks: a Tribute to Henriette
Avram"
Please join us for a retrospective presentation on women's
contributions
to networked information management. Beginning with the
"mother of
MARC", Henriette Avram, we will explore how
collaborative information
management has evolved over the years, and especially how
women have
played important roles in the development process.
* Henreitte Avram was the driving force behind the
development of MARC.
Beacher Wiggins and Sally McCallum will speak about Ms.
Avram's vision
and influence on networked information, and also about some
of the less
broadly known aspects of Ms. Avram.
* Gail Hodge and Nikkia Anderson will present on their
experiences
developing databases and other networked information
solutions for
federal contracts in engineering and the sciences.
* Jennifer Preece will give a brief review of work being
done at CLIS by
her and three women colleagues.
About the speakers...
Beacher Wiggins is the Director for Acquisitions and
Bibliographic
Access at the Library of Congress. His entire library
career has been
at the Library of Congress, where he started as a cataloger
in 1972. He
has served as Director for Cataloging (1995-2002), as Acting
Associate
Librarian for Library Services (2002-2003), and as special
assistant to
Henriette Avram during her tenure as the Assistant Librarian
for
Collections Services (1986-1991).
Sally McCallum is the Chief of Network Development and the
MARC
Standards Office, and acting chief of the Integrated Library
System
Program Office, both at the Library of Congress. She, too,
worked
directly with Henriette Avram during her time at the Library
of
Congress.
Gail Hodge is a Senior Information Scientist with
Information
International Associates. She has been involved in the
information
industry since 1978. She joined IIa in March 1996, with
primary
responsibility for project management and consulting in the
areas of
database production, taxonomy and vocabulary development,
metadata and
related standards, and the application of technology to
scientific and
technical information management.
Nikkia Anderson is a Technical Information Specialist for
Information
International Associates, Inc. (IIa). She has been with IIa
for 3 1/2
years. She has a BS in Computer Science and is currently
pursuing a
MLIS at Drexel University. She is experienced in metadata,
taxonomy,
and repository development. Other areas of interest include
scanning,
optical character recognition, and preservation.
Jennifer J. Preece is Dean of University of Maryland's
College of
Information Studies. Her research interests include
computer-mediated
communication, human-computer interaction, management of
online
communities of practice, health, education, and knowledge.
She is the
author of eight books and over 150 articles.
(www.clis.umd/people/preece)
There will be opportunity for Q&A with the speakers
after their
presentations.
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LOCATION: School of Engineering, Pangborn Hall, the Scullen
Room
Catholic University of America
METRO: Brookland station, red line. Pangborn Hall is right
across the
street from the Brookland Metro. Exit at the Metro on the
Catholic side,
cross McCormack Road, NE and walk half a block. Pangborn
Hall is on the
right hand side.
The Catholic University of America: Getting to Campus
http://www.cua.edu/dir
ections/
CUA Campus Map Directory (See sectors 14-15)
http://welcome.cua.
edu/cuamap.pdf
COST: $ 15 Members, $ 20 Non-Members, $ 5
Students/Retirees
NOTE: Thanks to the generous support of the CUA-ASIS&T
chapter, we are
able to offer free attendance to the first 24 students who
register.
Please register as normal, and we will notify you if you are
in this
group.
FOOD: Tasty dinner with vegetarian options.
THREE WAYS TO REGISTER: 1) Online, 2) Fax Registration
Form, 3) Mail
Registration Form
For more information, map, and the registration form, please
visit the
PVC ASIST Website:
http:
//www.asis.org/Chapters/asispvc/index.html
Big thanks to Catholic University for letting us use their
space.
Hope to see you there!
Dawn Pointer McCleskey
Chair, Potomac Valley Chapter of ASIS&T
and
Steve Lilienthal
Chair, Catholic University of America Student Chapter of
ASIS&T
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