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':c J q;. J ~~ ~outhern CaliforniaChapter Special Libraries Association Vol. 14 No.2 OCTOBER 1986 President's Remarks Ye are oft and 1"Uaain,for &O.otheryear ofSLA local informatioa booth 'We'Willhave durin, the activities. OurCirstscheduledpro,na meetinl coafereace. If you are interested in servin. 0.0 feawres Richard Yilt of Ne'WaNetand a the committee or tao'W you 'Willbe &Ue1ulinlthe discussioa of the future of publishin, coafereace &O.dcan help at the booth for an awsletters oaline. By the time you read this hour or two, pleue let me tao'W U lOOn as that meetinl should have occurred, &O.dI hope I'Osslble. I'e 'WWaeed a lot of "ople to help out, everyone atteadin. the Se,tember meetin. came 10 'Whatever you C&O.contribute 'Willbe useful. a'WayinCormedaboutthis ezcitin, ae'Wsystem. The Ezecutive Board/Advisory Council is tryin, laycee JI&1eand the Pro.na Committeeare busy IOmethinl ae'W this year. Rather than have 18parat.emeetin,., the Board/Council is m..tin, p1&o.ain. the year's activities; 'Wehave already re18"ed Ca1Tech's Atheneum Corour December the hour before our pro.ram. meetials. The Board/Council meetinls are open to &11ch&pter seetia. -- 'Watch the nwsleuer for further information, 1'8I8tVaUonforml,etc. members, 10 if you are p1&o.ainl to attead the pro, and can let &'W&yan hour eulier you are 'Welcometo attead a Board/Couacil me,tinl. The 18cond fire at LAPL'WUindeed &shoct to everyoae. It is more imperative than ever to do Fina11y, on the Aaociation level. SLA, in . &11'Wecan to help in the effortl to rebuild the coajunctioa 'With other library /i.oformatioa collectioa. We 'Will be involved 'With a bil science 88IOciations, is tryinl to become more fund-raisin I event this sprin" 10 'Watch Cor involved 'Withthe accredilation of MLSProlnas det&i1Sand try to attead to help in this very 'Worth'Whileeffon. at universities across the country. Jd &member of the Professio.oa1Development Committee and IS a library/inCormation science educator, I The time has come (already) to belin prepuin. have a 81'88tdeal of interest in this matter. If for the AAaheim confereace. Our chapter 'Will any oC you have any sullestions or be responsible for local &t1'I4lements, 'Which recommeadatioas in this 8te&, ptease let me means primarily ,ivinl directioas and tao'Wabout them. I can put your ideas Convard providin, inCormatioa about are&attractions and to the Board of Directors thtou.h' the restauJ'&Dts. We 'Will be putt.iJ11a committee ProCessioaal Development Committee,'Which'Will to,ether to coonlin&t8 the .local arranlemeats, be dea1i.ol 'With the accreditatioa issue and voluateers 'Willa1IObe needed to statf the throu.hout the year. Bill Fisher This issue oCthe Ne'Wsletteris sponsored by Sydney Dataproducts, lac. '~"". The Southern California Chapter thanks them-for theu support 1 I ~ .'" NeWSleTTeR ~DITUHS MARGARD'ANDERSON Dorothy McGarry and Sara Shatford layne, UCLA It is "ith sadness that "e announce the death Slp~mber 12of Mar,ant Anderson.a lonl time member and past-president of the Southern Please send copy to: CaW'orniaChapter. Her family hu requested thall any contributions be sent to the Daniel Oorothy McGarry Freeman Bospita1.In,1e"ood. to the American Box 11/, 308 Westwood Plaza CaacerSociety.or toany Catholiccharity. Los Angeles, CA QOO24 (213) 82:)-3438 Bxecutift BaIrd COpy DEADLINE:the 10thofeach month PlBSfDENT ADVERTISING: johA Shea. 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Apoey (805) 495-0106 Addendum to the 1986-87 Executive Board and SouthBay: CynthiaRupp Advisory Counci11ist: Narthrop Corp. EtectroDiclDiYilloa Inadvettantly the IOSitionof Duplicate uchan,e (213) 608-5542 YU left off the list "hich appeared in the W..talde: Sb1rley Lee September N8YI1eU8r.This position continues to RIt DAlIOCi- be filled very ably by Mar,&r8t Cressaty. Bel' (213) 822-1715 x278 telephone number is (811)797-7672. CONGRATULATIONSTOVIVIAN ARTBRBERY The Chapter conlra&u1atesVivianAnerbery on her selectionu the n.. Execuuve Directorof the NationalCommissionon Ubraries sad Information Science(NCLIS), sad "ishesher "ell in her ne" "ort. Wesha11missher in SouthernCalifornia. 2 SLA 1987 AYU'ds r ~ I .&. I lAdiviclu81 members II "ell II Chapters ~d [ P ro...eSS10 oalis. tn. I Div_as are ubd to pmeat aoainees for I That's what you strive to maintain in I Aaociatioa"""'. NOMtftaUODlmult reach the I the serviceyou offeryour library I AYU'dseommittee Chair by J)'ceJaber ,. 1986. 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I Addi&ioaaliaCormatioa. lac1udial defiaiUoas of I. Mynwnber is ( ) I the aYU'ds ud the appropriate forms. C8Abe I NAME,TITIE . I obtaiaecl from the Chapter Presideat. Bi11Filher. I LIBRARY I II8i1aomiaatioa. to the Chair of the SLAAYItds I ADDRESS I Committet: ViviIA J. Arterbery. RlAd I CITY,SThTE,ZIP I Corporatioa. Ubruy. 1700 IIaia Stteet. Saata I EISCD P.o.Box929QI I IId"IrI'~ - ~ LosAngele>CA 90009 Moaica. CA CJO.f06. I I...E2l. SUBSCRIPTIONSERVICES. 213nn-2381 I ~ ~ * Have you merged and are overloaded with books? I * Do you have a cataloging backlog? . Ij ---------.--........--.-.--------.---...-----..-.-------...-------.....-----------------* Have an emergency catalogi~g project? REPCIn' ONTHESEPTEMBER17 CHAPfER PROGRAM HIRE YOUR TEMPORARY OR'SPECIAL . Richard yilt. Vice-Presideat for Martetia. of CATALOGER HERE N8'ftNet. lac.. ,,~ the speaker. He ,reseated laformatioa oa the databasehe re,reseats. 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