From arleenl@iea.com Thu May 8 14:59:47 1997
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 18:04:49 GMT
From: Arleen Libertini
Reply-To: hlib-nw@u.washington.edu
To: Health Library NW List
Subject: NW Notes Oct-Dec 1996 part 1 of 4
Here is part 1 of 4 messages which contains pages 1-2 of NW Notes for
Oct-Dec 1996. The printed copy in in the mail so that you can compare the two.
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NORTHWEST NOTES
October - December 1996 Volume 17 Number 4
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INSIDE
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PNC Officers & Chairs 2 New PNC Members 4
Governmental Relations 2 Bylaws Fun & Games 5
CE Annual Report 2 Final Report - 1995
Automation Report 3 Annual Meeting 6
Research Committee 3 PNC Course
HTML Add-ons 3 Development Fund 6-7
Around the Region 4
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Letter from the Chair
Leilani St. Anna lstanna@u.washington.edu
It's been a challenging, but rewarding, year for me as PNC/MLA chair. I
could not have made it through the year without the help of a great set of
Board members. I'd especially like to thank the
outgoing members of the board: Suzy Holt, Vicki Croft, Terry Wiggins, and
Mary Wood. I'd also like to thank the committee chairs and members for all
of their hard work.
PNC had a great meeting in Whitefish, Montana this fall. The setting was
wonderful, the weather fantastic, and the meeting itself substantive and
full of thought-provoking ideas. The Board had two all-day board meetings
this year. In another article Jan Schueller will describe the
proposed changes to the bylaws. Board members, the professional development
committee, and others are working on a survey that will be sent to all
members in the next few months. In 1997 the Board will be re-doing the
Chapter Map and the survey results will set the direction that the
Map will go; Chapter goals to the year 2000. An ad-hoc committee was
created to look at issues dealing with our yearly conference. The Board
continues to work on documenting PNC's work to orient new board members and
to keep the wisdom of past years from being lost.
PNC exists and thrives because talented members spend many hours doing the
organization's work. Please contact any of the board members to volunteer
to serve on a committee and to make your concerns and needs known. I look
forward to continuing to work on the Board with Marcy as Chair. Thanks
again to all of you and have a Happy Holiday season.
Reminder - MLA will be in Seattle next May. Help show off the Northwest by
staffing the hospitality desk or by hosting a dine- around dinner to your
favorite Seattle restaurant. To volunteer, please contact Jackie Morton
, Leilani St. Anna , or call
209.326.3393.
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PAGE 2 Northwest Notes/October-December 1996
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1997 PNC BOARD & COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Chair Marcia Horner hornerm@kmc.org
Chair-Elect Maryanne Blake blakema@u.washington.edu
Past-Chair Leilani St. Anna lstanna@halcyon.com
Recording Secretary Janice Bacino jbacino@wln.com
Membership Secretary Natalie Norcross norcross@ohsu.edu
Treasurer Pamela Spickelmier spickelp@slrmc.org
CHAPTER COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES
Nancy Press pressno@u.washington.edu
Bonnie Chadbourne (Alt.) chadbrn@wln.com
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Archives Janet Schnall schnall@u.washington.edu
Automation & Technology open
Bylaws Jan Schueller schuelle@battelle.org
Education Carolyn Olson olsonc@ohsu.edu
Governmental Relations Kathy Martin martink@teleport.com
Nominating & Elections Leilani St.Anna [see above]
Program Portland '97 Caroline Mann cmann@linfield.edu
Publications/Newsletter open
Research Nancy Griffin grifnanc@isu.edu
Liaison to MLA/AHIP Kim Granath kimb@selway.umt.edu
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Governmental Relations
Kathy Martin martink@teleport.com
As 1996 draws to a close, one of the most important issues affecting all
libraries is the international debate on copyright law in the digital age.
During December, the World Intellectual Property Organization is debating
this issue in Geneva, Switzerland. Library supporters, including
the Medical Library Association, fear the treaties being considered at the
conference will severely limit the U.S. Congress' ability to preserve Fair
Use, encourage basic scientific and academic research, and to facilitate
browsing on the Internet. Supporters also fear that the pending treaty
will hinder efforts to use digital technology for library preservation
efforts and that it will bar the manufacture of devices that facilitate
distance education.
This is a very complicated area of law, and library supporters worry that it
will limit Congress' flexibility in adopting policies that will work for
both business and the public. Other international proposals, if adopted,
would require Congress to enact new laws governing databases now
outside the scope of copyright, such as compiled raw scientific data.
The Clinton administration has decided not to leap prematurely into
ratifying these treaty proposals. The digital frontier is still too new and
the Executive Branch feels that action on the treaty would be premature.
This issue is important to medical librarians since we are often in the
forefront of the digital frontier. Any international law governing
copyright could affect our functions profoundly. The PNC Government
Relations Committee will continue to watch this issue and others which will
impact us all.
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Continuing Education Committee Annual Report
Carolyn Olson olsonc@ohsu.edu
This year's annual meeting offered an excellent roster of CE courses, three
of which were created and presented by our own members. This was an
ambitious roster for a resort setting meeting.
Fifty-six members attended CE and the courses actually generated a small
profit. Hats off to Janice Bacino, the one-person local CE chair and
committee, for providing this year's excellent
offerings:
Copyright Law in the Age of Technology by Laura Gasaway
Clinical Genetics for the Medical Librarian by Suzy Holt
Alternative Medicine Resources by Deborah Caplow
Finding and Creating on the WWW by Nancy Ottman Press &
Michael Boer
In past years the CE committee altered its agenda and structure in order to
have better geographic representation, take a more active role in course
selection and develop a broader curriculum of classes that would balance
immediate needs with more fundamental medical librarianship courses and
those that challenge us to push out the boundaries of our traditional
roles.
We are also seeking to identify courses, well in advance of annual meetings,
that our own members can develop and teach. This will allow instructors
plenty of time to plan their classes. Seed money is available through PNC
for course development [see later article] and instructors
receive honoraria as well. Please contact a member of the committee if you
have a course you would like to teach or if you know of someone that should
be strongly encouraged to develop a class.
This year we have been focusing on an in-depth needs assessment that would
be a better indicator of continuing education needs. We had a
brainstorming/planning session in Seattle in May to discuss this issue and
continued our work at the meeting in Whitefish. Progress is slower
than anticipated, but it looks like we will end up with a survey that will
provide us with a broader picture of continuing education needs that can
form the basis of a longer-range plan.
Most committee members have been working together for the past 2-3 years and
we are seeing the benefits of this long-term participation. The extended
participation of the local CE chair is particularly valuable. (Janice
Bacino was on the committee for 2 years before assuming local CE
chair responsibilities for this year's meeting.) Upcoming local chairs are
Carolyn Olson for Portland ('97) and Lea Starr for Banff ('98). The Banff
CE chair may change as meeting plans develop.
Our committee's lack of representation from Idaho was conveniently solved by
Mary Ellen Lemon, who moved to Boise and will continue her work with the
committee. Committee members are:
Philip Arny, Washington
Doreen Smith, Alaska
Mary Ellen Lemon, Idaho
Janice Bacino, Montana
Cliff Cornish, British Columbia
Lea Starr, Alberta
Nancy Ottman Press, RML Liaison
Carolyn Olson, Oregon, Chair
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