2001 News Division Program
Special Libraries Association Annual Conference

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Saturday, June 9

7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
SLA Annual Conference Registration
Facility: CC
Location: East Registration
Sponsor: Mergent, Inc.

4:30 p.m.- 7:00 p.m.
DNWS Tour: San Antonio Express-News
Facility:
The San Antonio Express-News
Location: The newspaper office is at the corner of Ave E and Third St., two blocks from the Alamo. 
The Express-News newsroom features a news research team integrated among news departments. The newsroom's Intranet and text archives will be demonstrated, and, if all goes well, the new CCI MediaStore digital assets management system will also be online. Tour groups will meet in the lobby of the Express-News.
Sponsor: The San Antonio Express-News
Moderator: Kathy Foley

6:00 p.m.- 12:00 a.m.
DNWS Open House
Facility:
Hyatt: Lone Star Palace 
Location: Division Suite--The News Division Suite is outside of the Hyatt Riverwalk. Look for signs. Cross Losoya Street in front of the Hyatt, take the next left, Maverick Walkway and the Lone Star Palace is on your right. It is well marked.
Meet and catch up with your News Division friends on the first night of conference. 
Sponsor: Lexis/Nexis

Sunday, June 10

7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
SLA Annual Conference Registration
Facility: CC
Location: East Registration
Sponsor: Mergent, Inc.

8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
DNWS CE: News Research: Critical Evaluation of Specific Industry Resources
Ticket #:
305 
Cost: $220 member.; $275 nonmember. 
Facility: CC 
Location: 206A
CE Course
News Research: a Critical Evaluation of Specific Industry Resources:
News researchers are generalists who need to be experts in all areas, most often in deadline situations. This session provides news researchers the best sources to use for efficient research on specific topics from the experts in their respective fields. Speakers from other SLA divisions will give their perspective on the best tools of their trade. The speakers will be from these divisions: Legal, Business/Finance, Telecommunications, Transportation, Military and Pharmaceutical/Health Technology.
Speakers: Constance Ard, Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC;Mary Ellen Bates, Bates Information Services; Paul Brock, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; Gerri Klumpp, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; Barbara Fox, Defense Technical Information Center; Marie O'Mara, Technical Information Specialist, Defense Technical Information Center; Barbara Post, Transportation Research Board 
Moderator: Carolyn Edds, San Antonio Express-News/News Division Education Chair

5:30 p.m.- 6:00 p.m. 
News Division Board Meeting -- News Division Suite
Facility: Hyatt: Lone Star Palace 
Location: Division Suite--The News Division Suite is outside of the Hyatt Riverwalk. Look for signs. Cross Losoya Street in front of the Hyatt, take the next left, Maverick Walkway and the Lone Star Palace is on your right. It is well marked.
Meeting of the outgoing News Division Executive Board.
Moderator: Debra Bade, CNN

6:00 p.m.- 12:00 a.m.
News Division Open House and Newcomers Night -- News Division Suite
Facility: Hyatt: Lone Star Palace 
Location: Division Suite--The News Division Suite is outside of the Hyatt Riverwalk. Look for signs. Cross Losoya Street in front of the Hyatt, take the next left, Maverick Walkway and the Lone Star Palace is on your right. It is well marked.
Spend time meeting newcomers to the conference and reconnect with colleagues.
Sponsor: Factiva

Monday, June 11

INFO-EXPO: SLA Information Partners (Exhibit Hall) is open 10:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
SLA Annual Conference Registration
Facility: CC
Location: East Registration
Sponsor: Mergent, Inc.

9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Facility:
CC
Location: Ballroom C1-C3
SLA Annual Conference General Session 
Keynote: Molly Ivins, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Moderators: Donna Scheeder, President, SLA, Library of Congress; Denise Chochrek, Chair, 2001 San Antonio Annual Conference Program Committee, Bass Enterprises 
Sponsor: Lexis/Nexis

10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
INFO-EXPO: SLA Information Partners Refreshment Break
Facility: CC
Location: Halls CD
INFO-EXPO refreshment break. Make sure that you get a moment to view the exhibits for one last time while you are in San Antonio. Here is your opportunity to stop by and say hi to all the SLA "Information Partners." 
Sponsors: nStein Technologies, Special Libraries Association

10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. 
Copyrights in New Media:
Facility: CC
Location: 207A
Today news organizations publish in multimedia. Newspapers are partnering and converging content. Copyright issues must be addressed to protect our products. Speakers will address the complex issues presented by publishing multimedia content as well as discussing recent lawsuits on the topic that will soon be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Speakers: Scott Clark, Houston Chronicle; Paul Van Slyke, Locke Liddell & Sapp
Moderator: Sherry Adams, Houston Chronicle

12:00 p.m.- 1:15 p.m.
News Division Annual Luncheon
Facility: MRC (Marriott Rivercenter)
Location: Salon I
With NewsBank's Media Services' recent acquisition of MediaStream's NewsLibrary and SAVE product lines, NewsBank is now the world's leading provider of archive hosting for newspaper web sites. Chuck Palsho will talk about what the acquisition means to the News Division members.
Speaker: Chuck Palsho, NewsBank Media Services 
Moderator: Jody Habayeb, The Tampa Tribune/NBC-WFLA/Tampa Bay Online
Sponsor: NewsBank

1:30 p.m.- 2:45 p.m.
Internet Tool Shop
Facility: CC
Location: 207A
The Binford 2001 Librarian's Tool Kit: A fast paced demo of 20 - 30 Internet tools that News Librarians can use in their daily work as well as integrating into their Intranet sites. 
Moderator: Alice Pepper, Detroit Free-Press
Speaker: Jim Hunter, The Columbus Dispatch
Sponsor: Dialog
Presentation: Jim Hunter: Powerpoint, HTML, Calculators, List of Internet Tools with Description and Ranking

3:00 p.m.- 4:15 p.m.
News Division Annual Business Meeting 
Facility: CC
Location: 214A
This is the annual business meeting of the division. All members are encouraged to attend.
Moderator: Debra Bade, CNN

6:00 p.m.- 10:00 p.m.
Ticket #:
490
Cost: $65
Facility: SW School of Art & Craft
News Division Annual Awards Banquet & Reception
Enjoy a cocktail reception at 6:00, sponsored by Bell & Howell, and the News Division Awards Banquet at San Antonio's Southwest School of Art & Craft downtown on the San Antonio River. The School of Art and Craft, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was the home for more than a hundred years to the Ursuline Academy and Convent. Reception will be held in the informal gardens overlooking the river before we move into the 19th century French chapel at 7:30 for the awards banquet. Join your News Division colleagues in a picture-perfect setting as we honor our award recipients.
Moderator: Ginny Everett, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sponsor: Bell & Howell/UMI

10:00 p.m.- 12:00 a.m.
News Division Open House & Dessert Reception -- News Division Suite
Facility: Hyatt: Lone Star Palace 
Location: Division Suite--The News Division Suite is outside of the Hyatt Riverwalk. Look for signs. Cross Losoya Street in front of the Hyatt, take the next left, Maverick Walkway and the Lone Star Palace is on your right. It is well marked.
The perfect ending to the evening. Join your colleagues for dessert after the News Division's awards dinner in the suite.
Sponsor: Cold North Wind

Tuesday, June 12

INFO-EXPO: SLA Information Partners (Exhibit Hall) is open 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
SLA Annual Conference Registration
Facility: CC
Location: East Registration
Sponsor: Mergent, Inc.

7:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
News Division Roundtable -- News Division Suite
Facility: Hyatt: Lone Star Palace 
Location: Division Suite--The News Division Suite is outside of the Hyatt Riverwalk. Look for signs. Cross Losoya Street in front of the Hyatt, take the next left, Maverick Walkway and the Lone Star Palace is on your right. It is well marked.
News librarians share their best practices on garnering support within news organizations for credit and bylines on stories they have contributed to.
Moderator: Carolyn Edds, San Antonio Express-News 

9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Media Asset Management
Facility: CC
Location: 210B
Media Asset Management (MAM) enables the organization of video, audio, image and text assets and allows the control of rights and usage along with the ability to find and reuse media. Panelists involved in MAM will share their experiences and plans for future projects.
Speakers: Kathi Doak, AOL Time Warner; Timothy Donovan, President, NewsHunter; Nancy Hiegel, ABC News
Moderator: Melinda Carlson, ABC
Presentations: Nancy Hiegel--Media Asset Management: Getting Started: PowerPoint, HTML
Handouts: Nancy Hiegel: Media Asset Management:Getting Started, Media Asset Management: Vendor Vocabulary, MAM Software for Photo Collections

10:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Boot Scootin' Through the Exhibit Hall: INFO-EXPO: SLA Information Partners: No Conflict Time
Facility: CC
Location: Halls CD
Boot Scootin' Through the Exhibit Hall! Come join us for a good time! Tap your foot, sway through the aisles and do-si-do with the exhibitors. The 2001 San Antonio no-conflict time to visit the exhibitors is brought to you by SilverPlatter! All program activity has been suspended for this special time period. Come to the exhibit hall, enjoy an energy break and visit the new INFO-EXPO and learn what's new from our "Information Partners."
Sponsor: SilverPlatter Information

12:00 p.m.- 1:15 p.m.
Freedom Forum Luncheon 
Facility: MRC (Marriott Rivercenter)
Location: Salon I
The Freedom Forum continues its series of international programs highlighting the challenges of journalists and information professionals working in developing countries with featured speaker: Rossana Fuentes Berain, Managing Editor of Foreign Affairs en Espanol and advisor to the president of Grupo Reformas, in Mexico City.
Moderator: Nancy Stewart, Freedom Forum 
Speaker: Rossana Fuentes Berain, Foreign Affairs en Espanol 
Sponsor: Freedom Forum

1:30 p.m.- 2:45 p.m.
Census: The Numbers Are In -- Now What?
Facility: MRC (Marriott Rivercenter)
Location: 17-18
The census has been taken for 1990 - 1999. Now that the numbers are in, what can news organizations do to generate stories that will put it all in perspective? Great story ideas by reporters with experience in the translation of data.
Speaker: Rob Gebeloff, Newark Star-Ledger

Moderator: Jim Hunter, The Columbus Dispatch
Presentation: Jim Hunter: HTML

3:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.
Disaster Planning: Who Says You Can't Plan for Disasters?
Facility: MRC (Marriott Rivercenter)
Location: Salon D
When breaking news finds you, feel better prepared to handle the situation by planning in advance. Joe Adams, journalist and author, will discuss news topics that you can preplan, as well as ways to find people who would know the people involved. He will outline roles to be played by reporters and researchers during disastrous events.
Speaker: Joe Adams, The Jacksonville Florida Times-Union 
Handouts: Breaking news will find you, Crash courses for breaking news, How news librarians can make a difference in covering breaking news, Reporter breaking news roles, Someone knows them! A starter list for finding people who know players in breaking news stories
Moderator: Jody Habayeb, The Tampa Tribune/NBC-WFLA/Tampa Bay Online
Sponsor: Lexis/Nexis

6:00 p.m.- 12:00 p.m.
News Division Open House/Auction -- News Division Suite
Facility: Hyatt: Lone Star Palace 
Location: Division Suite--The News Division Suite is outside of the Hyatt Riverwalk. Look for signs. Cross Losoya Street in front of the Hyatt, take the next left, Maverick Walkway and the Lone Star Palace is on your right. It is well marked.
Annual silent auction for News Division members. Place a silent bid on memorabilia and collectors' items donated by your colleagues. The Open House will take place in the News Division Suite at the Hyatt Regency San Antonio. Ask for directions to the Lone Star Palace suite.
Sponsor: Bell & Howell/UMI

Wednesday, June 13

INFO-EXPO: SLA Information Partners (Exhibit Hall) is open 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
SLA Annual Conference Registration
Facility: CC
Location: East Registration
Sponsor: Mergent, Inc.

9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m
SLA Annual Business Meeting and Closing General Session
Facility:
CC
Location: Ballroom C1-C3
Keynote: Dave Barry, Miami Herald
Moderators: Donna Scheeder, President, SLA, Library of Congress; David Bender, Executive Director, Special Libraries Association; Hope Tillman, President-Elect, Special Libraries Association
Sponsor: Factiva

1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m
Management Spotlight - Keeping the Team Motivated:
Facility: CC
Location: 207A
With enhancement of text and photos and the daily grind of research, staff can become bored, burnt out, or feel less a part of the team than we would like. Speakers will share successful methods for motivating your news library staff.
Speakers: Christine De Bow Klein, Director of Knowledge and Information, LifeCare.com; Marty Cullen, Vice President, Lehman Brothers Business Information Services; Carolyn Grimes, Program Manager, Global Sales Enablement, Tivoli Systems Inc. (Carolyn is also First Vice President / President Elect of SLA Texas Chapter)
Moderator: Denise Jones, The News & Observer
Presentations: Christine De Bow Klein: PowerPoint, HTML

2:30 p.m.- 3:45 p.m.
Media Convergence
Facility: CC
Location: 207A
News organizations are figuring out how to cohabitate and share resources. Listen to representatives from several news members on how it happened and get a report card on whether it's working.
Speakers: Debra Bade, CNN; Jody Habayeb, The Tampa Tribune/NBC-WFLA/Tampa Bay Online; Jim Hunter, The Columbus Dispatch
Moderator: Richard Geiger, San Francisco Chronicle 
Sponsor: CCI MediaStore

4:00 p.m.- 5:30 p.m.
Digital Photo Archiving
Facility: MRC (Marriott Rivercenter)
Location: Salon D
Digital photo archiving has been around for a while now. It's time to step back, take a look and assess how it's working. What does the future hold for digital images in news organizations and what are the opportunities?
Speakers: Jessica Baumgart, Harvard University, Office of News and Public Affairs; Kelly Guckian, San Antonio Express-News; Peter Johnson, The Los Angeles Times; Susan Sweetnam, The Christian Science Monitor
Moderator: Claire Giglio, The St. Petersburg Times
Sponsor: Bell & Howell/UMI
Presentations: Jessica Baumgart: pdf (Harvard News Office Image Collection)

6:00 p.m.- 12:00 p.m.
News Division Open House -- News Division Suite
Facility: Hyatt: Lone Star Palace 
Location: Division Suite--The News Division Suite is outside of the Hyatt Riverwalk. Look for signs. Cross Losoya Street in front of the Hyatt, take the next left, Maverick Walkway and the Lone Star Palace is on your right. It is well marked.
This will be our final evening in the News Division suite. Come join your new friends and old for a final toast as another stellar SLA conference winds down. The News Division suite is located at the Hyatt Regency San Antonio. Ask for directions to the Lone Star Palace suite.
Sponsor: Gale Group

Thursday, June 12
9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
News Division Tour 
Ticket #: 760
Cost: $30
Come join us for a scenic drive through the Hill Country to Fredericksburg, the quintessential country town. Founded by German settlers in 1846, Fredericksburg is known for its small town charm and gemutlichkeit. We will start the day with a tour of the Admiral Nimitz Museum & History Center.  Whether your choice of cuisine is Tex-Mex, German, or home cooking; you are sure to find a great place to have lunch. Wrap up the day by browsing through Fredericksburg's numerous craft and antique stores and wineries.
Tour guides: Michael Knoop, San Antonio Express-News & Jalyn Kelly, CSC Consulting


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