Michigan Bulletin Volume 67:3 Summer 2004
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1 Michigan Bulletin Volume 67:3 Summer 2004 Volume 67:3 2 Inside this issue: Outgoing and Incoming Presidents Letters— 2 Anniversary Photos 6 Article—Diamond 75th Anniversary 7 Strategic Plan—SLA MI 10 Past Presidents Timeline & Photo 11 MITS Ad 15 Anniversary Photos 16 Kudos Corner 17 TimeLine—SLA Michigan Chapter, 1926-2004 18 SLA Vision, Mission and Core Value Statements 20 DIALOG AD 21 Anniversary Photos 22-24 Back page 28 On Cover: Anniversary Dinner Members and Guests Volume 67:3 3 Hanks, Carla Brooks, Karen Bacsanyi, Jennifer resident’s Letter Vasquez, Paula Kaczmarek, Candace Goss, Caro- line Richardson, Laura Nielson and Carol Tower. P Kathy Irwin, Outgoing President I’d especially like to thank Joel Scheuher and his program committee for planning interesting and timely programs! Attendance was higher than in re- What an amazing year this has been! The cent years, proof that the topics and speakers were Michigan chapter has been very active this year pro- of interest to our members. viding interesting programming and examining chap- ter practices. I’d like to thank the Strategic Planning com- mittee for their excellent work drafting a strategic I’d like to thank our chapter officers and com- plan for our chapter. The plan is available on the mittee chairs for their dedicated work in running our chapter website, and is included in the chapter bulle- chapter business this year: President-Elect Joel tin on page nine. Members of the Strategic Planning Scheuher (for giving us places to go), Secretary Committee included Elaine Logan, Susan Pritts, Sara Koch (for capturing what we said), Treasurer Paulette Groen, Mary Beall, Joan Martin, Robin Heidi Mercado (for paying the bills), Past-President Jourdan and Kathy Irwin. The Association was very Linda Skolarus (for advice and experience), Director impressed with our document and plans to post it on Sue Pritts (for helping us with protocol), as well as the SLA website with their best practices. committee chairs Christopher Bloodworth, James (Continued on page 4) among members and to reinforce relationships with resident’s Letter constituents within the information industry. I intend to bring value to our members by building upon the P Joel Scheuher, President framework that has been established by last year’s Strategic Planning Committee. This is intended to As I begin my tenure as Michigan Chapter coincide with our mission to promote and strengthen President, I first would like to reflect on our events our members through learning, advocacy, and net- from last year. We have had another active year, working initiatives. For more information about the which is reflected in the increase in participation by Strategic Plan, visit the MI Chapter web site at our members. Without counting the huge turnout for http://www.sla.org/chapter/cmi/business/ the 75th Anniversary Celebration, (which attracted StrageticPlan2004.pdf. 125 attendees in total) the Chapter averaged about 44 attendees per program. This is up from the 35 or As this year progresses, I intend to keep you so from the year before. With membership fluctuat- aware of activities at the Association level. Accord- ing around 240-250, this is an excellent level of par- ingly, I would like to report some highlights of recent ticipation. Our Executive Director, Janice Lachance activities from the SLA Annual Conference in Nash- recently echoed this sentiment to me in an email ville. The following items were presented during the when she wrote; “I know you have a very active and Chapter Cabinet Meeting on June 8, 2004: committed chapter”. SLA has moved its headquarters to a new build- I have enjoyed my year as President-Elect and I look ing in Alexandria, VA and has sold its former forward to serving you as President this year. My pri- building in Washington, DC. mary focus is to foster networking opportunities (Continued on page 4) Volume 67:3 4 (Irwin, Continued from page 3) program. The Past President’s list and Chapter Timeline are available on the chapter website and In February, SLA replaced chapter bylaws on page 18 in the bulletin. with governing documents. Recently, Recom- mended Practices were introduced to replace chap- Carol Tower, Barry Puckett, Joel Scheuher, ter procedure manuals. During the next chapter Joanne Scharich and Judy Field developed the year, Sue Pritts, Linda Skolarus and myself will go sponsorship packages and encouraged vendors to through the new Recommended Practices document sponsor the anniversary event. Joan Martin, Alice to capture our chapter’s unique practices that were Pepper and Christopher Bloodworth wrote press re- formerly included in our chapter bylaws and proce- leases before and after the event, developed an an- dures manuals. niversary website and requested proclamations and letters of congratulations. The undisputed highlight of the year was the fabulous 75th anniversary! Photos and information Diane Hummel represented the Michigan - about the event appear throughout the bulletin. It Western & Upper Peninsula chapter. The Michigan - has been my pleasure to work with the members of Western & Upper Peninsula chapter shares in our the Anniversary committee. I have never worked chapter’s first 50 years of history. I’d like to thank with a more creative and dedicated group of people! them for co-sponsoring the afternoon break at the Great Lakes Regional conference in September Paulette Groen, Carol Tower, Linda Skolarus 2003. and I selected and planned the details of the event locations and menus and booked the speakers. I’d also like to thank Dr. Pat Coady and the Nancy Yee, Laura Nielson, Teresa McGovern and Henry Ford Centennial Library staff for generously James Hanks updated the Past Presidents List and partnering with us by providing their auditorium and the Chapter Timeline; selected the anniversary pens audiovisual equipment at no cost for our afternoon and clocks; and drafted the wonderful anniversary (Continued on page 5) (Scheuher, Continued from page 3) gate new models for soliciting sponsorship funds from our information partners/vendors. This is The addition of the Australia/New Zealand Chap- intended to simplify the current practice of each ter has been approved. Chapter/Division soliciting its own support inde- pendently. A Competitive Intelligence Division has been cre- ated. I look forward to working with the new Presi- dent-Elect, Charlene Stachnik, who already has nu- The Board is examining alternatives to our cur- merous program ideas for the upcoming year; the rent dues structure as a result of a proposal from first of which is titled “Perception is Reality: Creating the KY Chapter. your Elevator Talk and Nine Other Practical Market- ing Ideas to Promote your Information Function”. The Boston Chapter would like the Association This is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, Sep- to collect more statistics for tracking employment tember 22nd. If you are interested in helping Char- trends. lene with organizing a program, contact her directly at [email protected]. In addition, we still have some The Association is asking for feedback regarding volunteer opportunities available. If you would like to a proposal to change our current fiscal year sit on a committee, or if you have proposals or sug- (July-June) to a calendar year (Jan-Dec). gestions for improvement, please contact me. A working group is being established to investi- (Continued on page 5) Volume 67:3 5 (Irwin, Continued from page 4) ecture. Last but not least, I’d like to thank our fabulous anniversary logo designer, John C. Rivard. As you can see, people make the chapter a success! I wish the Michigan chapter continued success! Kathy Irwin, Outgoing chapter president, June 2004 (Continued from page 4) In closing, I would like to thank all those who have helped with planning the chapter meetings, es- pecially the members of the Program and Hospitality Committees. A special thanks goes to the outgoing President, Kathy Irwin who offered me plenty of support and guidance along the way. Lastly, I would like to thank all the members who have attended programs or have played a role in any way. Your participation has contributed to the vitality of the Chapter and I look forward to another active year. Joel Scheuher President, SLA Michigan Chapter Volume 67:3 6 Anniversary Committee Members—Standing L to R: Barry Puckett, Joel Scheuher, Christopher Bloodworth, Paulette Groen, Alice Pepper, Kathy Irwin, Judy Field Seated L to R: Carol Tower, Joanne Scharich Linda Skolarus, Laura Neilson, Joan Martin, Nancy Yee Keynote speakers Stephen Abraham and Cindy Hill Patricia Zacharias of the Detroit News accepts a certificate from Diane Rockall on behalf of the first President of the Michigan Chapter, Ford M. Pettit, also of the Detroit News. Volume 67:3 7 (is) important for us to step back a tegrated technologies, multi- The Michigan Chapter, Special moment and reflect on the long- tasking, experimental learning, in- Libraries Association (SLA), lasting strength and value of our tegration of professional and per- celebrated its Diamond 75th An- professional organization over the sonal lives, adaptive and flexible niversary on May 13 with a gala past 75 years which provide a work styles, and direct or assertive reception and banquet in Dear- solid foundation for the years approaches to seeking informa- born. ahead. In this rushed world, we tion. often take our successes for More than 100 information profes- granted and forget to stop and en- “They (Millennials) travel seam- sionals, representing public, aca- joy them!” lessly between formats and don’t demic, corporate, government, value text as highly (as previous medical and law libraries through- The Michigan Chapter SLA kicked generations of consumers),” out the State of Michigan, gath- off festivities with a gala afternoon Abram said. ered in Dearborn to recognize and reception for attendants at the applaud the accomplishments and Henry Ford Centennial Library.