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newsletter posted directly to the FAFLRT page to make content search-able and increase our opportunity to have news stories in the AL Direct publications (http://ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/faflrt/newsletters/index.cfm). Great work by Alba Scott, our newest webmaster.

• The FAFLRT President’s blog (http://www.faflrt.ala.org/president/) is the best way to hear all the latest news. Set up your RSS feed to grab this information for you. New On the Blog? Minutes from midwinter, Feds on YouTube, images from President Obama’s visit to the library, two mini-Careers events at SJSU and FSU, Joyce Lee’s article on the San Jose State University event, and more.

• Don’t sit on the edge of your seats, but ALA promises the use of web confer-ence software to us for a virtual meet-ing. Let’s see if one can be set up for us.

• Plan to attend this March 6th event on Libraries in Tough Economic Times.

If you listen to the buzz, there’s a hum of excitement in the library. Library usage is up. Users need the library more than ever in a tough economic climate. How do we identify, market, and promote the needs of the library so that we may best serve our users?

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Libraries in Tough Economic TimesLearn how major associations and organizations are tackling the problem. Exchange ideas with experts who have demonstrated success in branding services. Join hands with others in a common effort to better serve all in our communities.

Date: Friday, March 6, 2009 Time: 1:00pm – 4:00pm Location: National Institutes of Health, Masur Auditorium (Building 10 near the south entrance — across from NIH library)

Want to take a tour of the NIH library at 12:00 before the event? Reserve a space with Dera Tompkins ([email protected])

By metro: From the Medical Center metro stop on the Red Line, take the NIH campus shut-tle bus which provides service to the Clinical Center (Building 10) from the Metro station every 15 to 20 minutes, OR walk from the top of the escalators past the bus stops down South Drive. Keep straight and cross over Center Drive. Continue to walk straight up the hill. The NIH Clinical Center (Building 10) is at the top of the hill on the right.

Driving Directions to NIH Clinical Center: Enter the NIH campus through the public entrance at Route 355 (Rockville Pike) and South Drive. Show your identification at security before proceeding on South Drive to Center Drive. Turn right on Center Drive following signs to “Patient Parking” and “Clinical Center.” The main entrance to the hospital will be on your left on Center Drive.

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Digitization Survey About to BeginThe FLICC Preservation & Digitization Working Group is beginning on a multi-year

project to survey all federal libraries and learn about their digitization efforts. Our Survey Committee has chosen to begin this effort by surveying you, the permanent members repre-senting your agencies to FLICC/FEDLINK.

The Working Group recommends:1. Begin by reading the instructions and glancing at the definitions of terms used through-

out the survey.2. Next, print out the survey questions (pdf document 9457341). It is likely that multiple

people in your library may need to be consulted in order to answer all of the questions accurately, and we know that this step may take some time.

3. Designate one person in your library to compile the answers and fill out the survey online using the link below. We are looking to get only one response from each library. Please respond before March 25, 2009.http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=zqM1XCOo2TlmZn_2bZFyI9TA_3d_3d

Please do not forward this link to other libraries. We have started our survey process with a small group of libraries and intend to survey additional federal libraries later.

We will be tracking responses by library even though we intend to report only trends that we see in the data. This is to ensure that we receive a response (and only one response) from each federal library. If we do not receive your survey response by March 25, a member of our team will be contacting you personally to follow up.

If you have any question about the survey, or if you have any documents that you would like to share concerning your library’s digitization efforts, please do not hesitate to contact me using the phone number or e-mail listed below.

Thank you in advance for your time and effort to complete this survey, and for the infor-mation that you are providing to help our Working Group improve FLICC/FEDLINK’s role as a resource to the federal library community.

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We have created a page that lists our volunteer resume reviewers including their place of employment, preferred contact, and any industry specialties. We are actively looking for resume reviewers that are current and former librarians and information professionals willing to share their career expertise with others!

Please feel free to contact me off list at [email protected] if you are interested in being a resume reviewer. If you are not yet a member of the Careers in Federal Libraries Google Group go to the URL: http://groups.google.com/group/careers-in-federal-libraries and click “Apply for Group Membership.”

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World War II. Used in several invasion plans in France and Eastern Europe, they were then hidden in a salt mine by slave labor when Berlin was fire-bombed by the Allies in 1944.

Just before the end of the war, the maps were discovered by Patton’s Third US Army in the mining town of Heringen, on the Werra River in central Germany.

The first article discusses how the major-ity of these maps were finally added to the US Geological Survey Library, where they are used today by geologists, civil engineers and mining companies. See: Robert Lee Hadden. 2008. “The Heringen Collection of the US Geological Survey Library of Reston, Virginia.” Earth Sciences History, Volume 27, Number 2. Pages 242-265. ISSN: 0736-623X.

The second article discusses how dupli-cate copies of these maps were distributed after the war by the Army Map Service to libraries all across the United States, and especially to the university librar-ies in the western states. See: Hadden, Robert Lee. “The Heringen Collection.” Information Bulletin. Western Association of Map Libraries (WAML). Volume 40 (1), November 2008. ISSN: 0049-7282. Pages 15-24.

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Fabulous FedsKathryn Davis, Systems Librarian at

the George C. Marshall Center Research Library retired from federal service on 3 Feb 2009. Most of her federal career was in Army libraries. Starting as a library intern in Korea, she worked at the Ft. Richardson Post Library, Ft. Stewart Post Library, Ft. Wainwright Post Library, the U.S. Army Military History Institute and the U.S. Army War College Library prior to mov-ing to her last assignment in Garmisch, Germany. Ms. Davis retired with almost 32 years of service and retired to the state of Maine with her husband, Rick.

Judy Bullwinkle retired from the Little Rock Corps of Engineer District Library on 31 December 2008.

Al Butcher retired from the Fort Sam Houston Library on 7 January 2009.

Doria Grimes, former FLRT President from 1988 -1989, will retire on 11 April 2009. Currently at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Mrs. Grimes also worked at the National Technical Information Service and at the Library of Congress during her thirty years of federal service.

Michelle Krewson formerly Reference Librarian at the Patrick Henry Village Library in Heidelberg, Germany is now the Supervisory Librarian at Vicenza Library in Italy.

Trent Reynolds, formerly Library Director, Marine Corps Air Station New River, NC began as Library Director, Sayers Library, Ft. Benning, GA on 19 March 2009.

Robin Cross-Walker, Library Director, Marine Corps Logistics Base, Barstow, CA passed away suddenly on 21 January 2009.

Jill Golden, who currently works at the Research Library, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (and who was recently awarded Federal Library Technician of the Year, 2007) has completed a Master of Science, Library and Information Science from Syracuse University. Jill achieved the distinction of a 3.943 cumulative grade point average. One of her more unique projects included a manuscripts internship at the National Library of the Czech Republic where she added metadata records for 175 Russian rare manuscripts. She also demonstrated

outstanding initiative by preparing a project plan to redesign the Library’s intranet portal. The 40 page plan included a study of the site’s user population, timelines for rollout, pilot testing recommendations and clearly defined strategies for marketing and assessment. The new webpage configura-tion has improved access and made it easier for users to find information. Her contribu-tions were recognized locally and she was nominated Employee of the Year (Junior category) at the Marshall Center.

R. James King, formerly Digital Library Innovations Librarian, Naval Research Laboratory, Ruth H. Hooker Research Library accepted a new position at the National Institutes of Health Library

Holly May, Library Director, Moody AF Base Library, Valdosta, GA has announced the opening of their new library. The new library is located in the Learning Resource Center and now features a story time and special events room, a quiet room, a teen’s corner, study cubicles and a group study room. The renovations included all new shelving and furniture.

Robert L. Hadden, of the Geospatial Information Library (GIL), US Army Corps of Engineers, Alexandria, VA has had two recent articles published. Both deal with geological and terrain maps, books and reports stolen from university, special and personal libraries by the Nazis during

Free ‘Unconference’ to be held at 2009 ALA Annual Conference

Are you interested in attending a conference program where you have a hand in determining the topics discussed? Have you always wondered what really goes on at an unconference? As part of ALA President Jim Rettig’s Creating Connections initiatives, 75 conference attendees will have the opportunity to participate in a free Unconference at the 2009 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago.

The Unconference is a full-day conference program where every attendee is an active participant and determines what will be discussed that day. The program will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, July 10. Attendees will collaborate online prior to the Unconference to identify topics they are interested in presenting to the group or on which they are interested in facilitating a discussion. Everyone will be both teacher and learner, discussing the topics of most interest to them.

Registration for this program is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Lunch will be included. Visit the Unconference page on the ALA Annual 2009 Wiki, http://wikis.ala.org/annual2009/index.php/Unconference, for details. Everyone will contribute, but every-one will gain more from the experience than what they contribute!


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ALA 2009 Annual Conference Events for FAFLRTfRIdAY JulY 10, 2009

Did you know that the average annual salary for all librarians in the Federal Government in non-supervisory, supervisory, and managerial positions was $80,873 in 2007? Join us to learn tips and practical advice from federal librarians working in a variety of federal agencies. Discover opportunities for internships, practicums, field experiences, and fellow-ships. Co-sponsors include FLICC, LSU School of Library and Information Science, Library Associates, and ALA Placement Office.

Meet to tour the Pritzker Military Library, and meet the 2009 FAFLRT Award Winners. You’ll enjoy the marvelous collections at the library. Learn about their Emmy nomi-nated programming http://www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org/pdf/pressReleases/PML_Emmy_2008PR.pdf. Tour their unique facilities. And lift a glass at the catered reception to honor this year’s winners. R.S.V.P. to the FAFLRT board for a ticket and directions (http://ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/faflrt/feedback.cfm).

This general discussion will apprise attendees of activities, sign up federal librarians as liai-sons to library schools, review needs of members and libraries. We will review the leadership positions that will be filled through the upcoming ALA elections as well as appointments to committees and special projects. Contact us for instructions to attend remotely (http://ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/faflrt/feedback.cfm).

How do researchers find the information needed to stay in the forefront of securing the country from terrorist activities? Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) have partnered to provide digital resources internally and externally. We will discuss types of information available and how electronic libraries were developed. Speakers: Lea Wade (Research and Information Services, DHS), Cindy Sheffield (National Biodefense and Countermeasures Center, DHS), and Greta Marlatt (Homeland Security Digital Library, NPS).

The FAFLRT Committee on Legislation hosts a “Town Hall” discussion about legislative issues and their impact on federal libraries. Attendees are encouraged to bring ideas & ques-tions about how Federal libraries can be strengthened through legislative initiatives sup-ported by the Association. Join us to discuss the issues over lunch!

Join us to learn how forensics librarians at federal agencies help with investigations. See how librarians at the FBI, Drug Enforcement Agency, and other agencies perform fascinating work to help solve the crime. Learn about the types of interesting requests they encounter ... as we compare their real work to the cases you’ve watched on hit television shows.

Meet the Preservation and Digitization Working Group of the Federal Library and Information Center Committee (FLICC), Library of Congress, a working group developing strategies for preservation of federal library resources. Learn about digital projects, hear pre-liminary findings of a recent digitization survey of federal libraries and discover implications for future access to federal government information. The program will illustrate myriad ways Federal libraries work together to respond to challenges and opportunities posed by digital information.

08:30 am - 03:30 pmSession Title: Careers in Federal Libraries

12:00 pm - 01:30 pmFederal Libraries and Legislative Initiatives (POC: Richard Huffine)

08:00 am - 10:00 amSession Title: What’s new with FAFLRT from the Board, Committee, and General Membership

04:00 pm - 06:00 pmSession Title: Awards Ceremony and Tour of the Pritzker Military Library

10:00 am - 12:00 pmSession Title: Outside the Wall: Homeland Security Digital Initiatives (POC: Lea Wade)

01:30 pm - 03:30 pmReal life Forensics — like on Numb3rs, CSI, and NCIS (POC: Jane Killian)

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03:30 pm - 05:30 pmThe FEDS are Scanning… It’s Not What You Think! (POC: Maria Pisa)

Vice President Conducts Interview at Naval Observatory LibraryVice President Biden taped two interviews (NBC and ABC) and went live for CBS from the USNO Library in late February.

The Asaph Hall desk in clearly visible in the background as is the USNO iron-gray circular staircase.He said “this is a great old library!”To view the video go to:http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/29384413#29384413http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4827290nhttp://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6954515


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The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) has joined Science.gov. This means that when you launch a search at the Science.gov gateway, your single query can find science information from 14 government agencies, including the DOT National Transportation Library (NTL) Integrated Search and more than 30 DOT websites. Major subject areas of highway and transportation engineering, statistics, planning, policies, and research are included in the Science.gov basic search and advanced search options.

“The National Transportation Library brings a wealth of important science con-tent to Science.gov,” said Eleanor Frierson, Deputy Director, National Agricultural Library and co-chair of the Science.gov Alliance. “The inclusion of the DOT NTL Integrated Search adds approximately 680,000 records and full-text documents

that citizens everywhere will find useful.” Science.gov provides search of 200 million pages of science information and research results. A single query searches across 38 databases and portals and more than 1,900 websites. The information is free and no registration is required.

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FAFLRT Careers in Federal Libraries workshop at 2008 at ALA annual conference; she starts a new job at U.S. Army Garrison Hohenfels in Germany near her husband’s assignment! Congratulations to her! Nancy urged her to write an article about her job search experience.

3. Reporting

A. ALA Legislation Assembly – Georgette Harris

Topics: FY10 appropriations, congressional stimulus plan, Google book agreement, need a new DOD librarian position (Discussion – does this need to be a resolution? Georgette could take it to the legislative assembly. FAFLRT COL should ask for opinions on the FAFLRT list and consult military libraries in particular. However, all large government agencies need these, not just the DOD. There are pros and cons for having a head librarian in an agency; one being that funding is a major issue). Regarding the Patriot Act, changes are expected in the future. There was outreach during the campaign from Michelle Obama to military families. The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a legal ruling on whether or not library books were included in the new legislation which seeks to restrict lead from imported for toys for kids 12 and under. The ruling from the Commission indicated that library books were included under the legislation. ALA seeks to clear up this misunderstanding created by the ruling since paper library books should probably not be included. Individuals should feel free to contact Tom Ward 301-504-7902 and tell him to please exempt all books for school and public libraries. It is suggested in resolutions that for funding of Broadband internet under the new economic stimulus plan, anyone getting funding must meet network neutrality guidelines. LSTA is up for reauthorization. ALA urges Congress to approve the reauthorization in a timely fashion. (Discussion: Will

FAFLRT board endorse this resolution? A copy of the legislation was provided by Georgette so the board can read and vote on the resolution.) (Discussion: Resolution is needed on the Information Impact statement. FAFLRT COL and FAFLRT members that sit on the COL believe that ALA should not act alone but should coordinate with other professional organizations such as SLA and FLICC. It might be that the information impact statement is folded into a statement with multiple sections such as staffing, budgeting, and analysis of information access for adding, restructuring, or closing libraries. This might be smarter than publishing a free standing statement on closing libraries. Some believe we need to include a statement that says you can’t close a federal library without putting it in the Federal Register. A DoD Instruction is working its way through the chain or command stating that the DOD cannot close a base library without the Deputy Under Secretary in the Pentagon signing off on the action. Richard suggested that FAFLRT ask an organization to test the information impact statement with a library. USGS libraries might participate in such a test. The test might look at what the alternatives are to closure and allow the library to do a self-analysis in partnership with an organization. This might even make an appropriate library school project. )

B. Newsletter Editor – Jane Sessa

Vendors and ads: Ron Clowney with ProQuest indicated they will continue their ad in the Federal Librarian newsletter and will continue funding the $1000 Adelaide Del Frate scholarship. We have the following vendor ads for the newsletter: Gale, ProQuest, Sirsi, and Telesec. Lexis-Nexis has quit. Vendors should be invoiced yearly. Work should continue with Pat May (ALA) to make sure that these are paid. Ask Marie if she would do this. Jane asks someone to talk to scientific vendors to generate more advertisements. Nancy urges to make an

FAFLRT Board and Committee Meeting2009 ALA Midwinter Meeting (Denver, CO)Sunday, January 25, 2009 8:00-10:00 a.m.Crowne Plaza Denver City Center - Museum Room

(Meeting notes provided by Sally Bosken, FAFLRT Secretary 2008-2010)

1. Call to order: Nancy Faget, FAFLRT President, called the meeting to order at 8:00. There are 14 people present (Nancy Faget, Doria Grimes, Sally Bosken, Georgette Harris, Angelique Simmons, Jessica McGilvray, Marla Chesler, Karl Debus-Lopez, Jane Sessa, Helen Sherman, Lucille Rosa, Richard Huffine, Terri Kirk, and John Chrastka).

2. Introduction of Guests:

A. Terri Kirk, from the ALA Executive Board is a high school librarian from Kentucky. Her husband is a retired Army reservist. She is happy to take things to the board from us.

B. John Chrastka, ALA Membership office spoke of his interest to help us with marketing. Trent Reynolds has done a great redesign to the brochure; that was free. We can continue to build marketing things, i.e. letterhead. Now we need to start sending out the brochure. He is working with Trent to get additional mailing lists and discussion lists to reach military libraries in particular. He is available to help move plans along. There will be pavilion space in Chicago; we should be there. They would like to add an existing FAFLRT meet and greet program as part of the ALA 101 program. We need to think of a clever title for it. Trent sent a copy of the new FAFLRT brochure to be added to the FAFLRT web site. We might try a marketing campaign mailing the brochure to current members and asking them to “give to a friend”. See appendix.

C. Angelique Simmons is a new federal librarian. She went to the


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appeal to the FAFLRT list; need people who are willing to call and people who have the names for people to call.

C. ALA Education Assembly/FLICC Liaison – Helen Sherman

Topics: There is an emphasis on core competencies in the education assembly. FLICC published their set of core competencies for Federal Librarians which is available on the FLICC web site. FLICC Institute for Library Technicians will also tie in with the core competencies, doing field-testing. RUSA offers professional development online courses in genealogy, marketing, business, and reference interviews among others. Participants do not have to be a RUSA member. For the third year, we will have “Careers in Federal Libraries” workshop at ALA Annual conference along with a full plate of classes planned. FLICC will sponsor “Learning at Lunch” on digital natives and digital immigrants, the Joint Spring workshop on Collaboration (April 2), and discounted registration for Computers in Libraries (March 30 - April 1).

D. Treasurer report – Marie Nelson

Marie submitted the following two files prior to the conference

1. FY08 Final Financial Statement (The newsletter advertising payments for 07 and 08 were not received leaving FAFLRT with a negative balance for the second year in a row. Two vendors who had said they would sponsor events at annual conference did not send funds. Pat May will reverse the duplicate charge for the Mark scholarship and will research a few questionable charges.)

2. FY09 Financial Statement to Date (FAFLRT miraculously ended FY 08 with a negative balance and started the FY 09 year with a positive balance! Pat May is working this issue but states that at this point it time ALA is unlikely to go back to the former fiscal year to make changes.)

E. Federal Director - Doria Grimes

The AF technical library, in the same building with NOAA, is being downsized. It is not officially being closed, but the librarians will not be replaced. She met with Atmospheric Librarians International and would like FAFLRT COL to write a resolution in support of her efforts. Helen Sherman said that DTIC needs a copy of everything and will be happy to help. Doria is retiring in April but will be with us in Chicago this summer at the ALA 2009 Annual Conference. For the 2010 ALA annual conference, Doria urges us to start ahead of time to reach out to federal libraries. The conference could be a time to promote tours of federal libraries.

F. Armed Forces Director - Jannie Davis

Jannie sent a report on a variety of activities in military libraries. See appendix.

G. Archivist – Lucille Rosa:

No report

H. ALA representative - Jessica McGilvray

Questions from FAFLRT were posed to Jessica about the recent transparency memo. Could ALA WO work with an organization such as the Sunlight Foundation to assign or rate agencies on their level of transparency in information dissemination or information access? Could ALA WO work to remove language such as in the National Defense Authorization Act on Army pilot projects that close libraries? (See this ALA web page for more information.) Can ALA WO tell Congress that there is a need for a DoD librarian and librarians to head each branch of the service? FAFLRT should reach agreement with the members and produce a resolution or a legislative strategy to provide clear direction to ALA WO.

I. Committee on Legislation – Richard Huffine

There is going to be a meeting at annual sponsored by Jim Rettig (half day before or after) about government information. The GIS Geographic Information Systems subcommittee of MAGERT is asking other Round Table interested in government information.

A survey will be sent to information professionals with questions such as:

• How do you help your users find government information (state, federal, and local?)

• What ways do you provide government information for your users? How is it important?

• What issues do your users have with government information?

Nancy will send it out to the members when she receives it.

The new GI Bill 2008 has changed the way service members sign up education benefits. Current soldiers need to decide by August 09 and incoming recruits must sign when they join. The new benefit is tied to the price of the most expensive public college in a service member’s home state, and an additional housing and living expenses based on regional averages. ALA needs to help get the word out to soldiers and their families. The Veterans group asked ALA to help them. They have developed a brochure with all the information. Perhaps the VA can come to Annual. Good opportunities to get corporate sponsors to help defray cost of mailings. We could put a link on our website Great chance for base libraries to help. DOD has not done a good job to telling people; VA has not done a god job; maybe we could! Perhaps the VA librarians could talk at PLA conference. Richard said that small foundations could give us $400 and print this. Nancy could send to all the depository libraries. Jessica McGilvray says that the brochure is not up to date. We need to find someone who will fund this. VA will

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was a co-author on library use of space for FLICC. He will be presenting the findings at SLA and CIL conferences. In addition, there is a new FLICC working group on integrated library systems. If you are thinking in changing, let them know so they can walk you through the process of getting a new one.

2. Richard suggested that FAFLRT should look to get more members by sending out information to all FLICC/FEDLINK members, .gov and .mil addresses, and State Department information specialists.

3. Georgette Harris reports that FEDLINK has a new consortium relationship with Nature magazine.

M. President Nancy Faget closed the meeting promptly at 10:00!

APPendIX

ALA 2009 Midwinter Report on Armed Forces LibrariesSubmitted by FAFLRT Armed Forces Director, Jannie Davis

Army Library ReportFLICC Human Resources Working

Group completed the Competencies for Federal Librarians in October 2008. They are posted on FLICC/FEDLINK homepage

Approval Authorities: Federal Library & Information Center Committee (FLICC); US Office of Personnel Management Individual Agencies (DOD), Army – Librarian Validation, Jan 09

Army Career Program – FY 200812 Librarians Centrally Funded ;

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not. We need a quorum to vote on this, and we do not have enough people today. When Nancy gets back to work, she can put the vote on the FAFLRT list. Richard will write up information on veterans @ your library project.

J. Round the table introductions:

1. Karl Debus-Lopez is a new employee at Library of Congress. He has worked in other federal libraries and active in ALA ALCTS. His experience in working with vendors and acquisitions will be helpful. Karl would like to be active in FAFLRT and is considering running as FAFLRT Vice President-President Elect.

2. Marla Chester is an employee from FLICC/FEDLINK.

K. Report of the President – Nancy Faget

1. FAFLRT will co-sponsor a March 6th gathering, “Libraries n Tough Economic Times”. NIH is a possible host. The event will feature marketing, branding, and promotional ideas from a host of speakers.

2. Marketing has worked well for us. Our membership overall increased 15% from 2007 to 2008 with an increase of 55% in student membership during that period. Recall we offered free membership to students beginning in this time period. One possible future marketing activity would be to offer free membership to all members of NMRT in 2010 to leverage the special activities we have planned in Washington D.C. for that annual conference. Many warm wishes to Trent Reynolds for his recovery from an automobile accident. His work on the brochure and marketing campaign for FAFLRT has really helped the round table these past six months. Get well soon, Trent!

3. An LSU faculty member is writing a book about military libraries. Libraries Unlimited might publish it. Nancy Faget is looking to begin recording oral history interviews with military librarians when she steps down as FAFLRT President.

The two projects might be combined to increase visibility for the oral histories.

4. The Organizational Excellence project of ALA is based on the 7 Measures of Success: What Remarkable Associations Do That Others Don’t. Nancy attended a meeting of the 7 measures team Saturday to discuss the data dashboard under construction. The dashboard will allow for easy access to vital data needed to manage the roundtable. Such data might include information on membership, budgets, funding, activities, and legislative initiatives.

5. Maria Pisa asked that FAFLRT reinstate the membership to the Coalition for Effective Change (CEC). At the same time, FAFLRT might reinstate the membership in the PERT (Public Employees Round Table). We need to see benefits to FAFLRT for membership in these organizations.

6. The newsletter as currently published is not searchable in PDF. Nancy would like it to be in both PDF and searchable format. FAFLRT currently produces two paper and two electronic newsletters each year. If the newsletter editor can make the newsletter pay for itself, then we can continue publishing in paper -- but we are losing too much money on the newsletter.

7. The draft agenda for ALA 2009 Annual conference includes a variety of interesting programs. Friday, July 10th Careers in Federal Libraries will be repeated. Library Associates was invited to continue their support. If we use an offsite facility, it may be able to offer cheaper telecommunication but we would need to pay for transportation. Our awards event will be Friday evening at the Pritzker Military Library. Five FAFLRT sessions will take place on Sunday, July 12. Our last activity ends at 5:30 Sunday night. Plan to spend the day with FAFLRT!

L. Oh, by the way –

1. Richard Huffine reminds us that he

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Army Career Program – FY 2009Professional Development Training-

Army central funding limited to classroom or online training –no conferences, seminars, and workshops

HQDA approved for 1 of 6 librarians; others cancelled; Applicants encouraged to identify their own training.

Interns MEDCOM – Jennifer Kuca, 24 Nov 08

TRADOC – To be re-recruited in Jan 09

Army Library Training Institute (ALTI) 2009:21-24 April 2009 at DoD Executive Management Training Center (EMTC), Southbridge MA

Program will include: Continuing education by library graduate school - 2 days of database training by FMWRC vendors - 1 day; Army Day – 1 day

Academic Libraries: Winner: Combined Arms Research

Library Federal Library of the Year (Large Library Category) New Army Logistics University Library, Ft. Lee – scheduled to open July 2009; Papers & Publications; MANSCEN Librarians, Ft. Leonard Wood -White Paper on RFID available via AKO; Vee Herrington, US Army Intelligence Ctr & School, Ft. Huachuca- “Intelligence reform brings new opportunities for info pros” Information Outlook, Mar 08

FY 05 Defense Authorization Act: Authorized pilots at 2 Army installations; Purpose: To evaluate feasibility and efficacy of obtaining specific installation services from local municipalities;

Program Scheduled to terminate on 30 Sep 2010-Pilot Installations: Forts Huachuca and Gordon; Fort Gordon - Elected not to participate -Fort Huachuca: Library Closed Mar 07; Contracted with Sierra Vista for Library Services

FY 08 National Defense Authorization Act- Extended MSP to all military services; Authorized 3 pilots for each

FAFLRT board Meeting Denver, January 2009

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service, Army selected Ft. Bragg for 3rd pilot, Stakeholder meeting, 16-17 Dec 08;Extended duration of program to 30 Sep 2012; FY 09 Defense Authorization Bill MSP was not included.

Medical Libraries Winner: Landstuhl Regional Medical

Library -Federal Library of the Year (Small Library Category)

Developed AKO Warrior Care Resources Page- Part of DoD-wide effort to educate and promote DoD’s Warrior Care programs & services for Soldiers & Families Warrior Transition Units (36) along with Soldier and Family Assistance Centers opened to provide focused care for wounded and ill Soldiers at medical facilities. AMEDD Virtual Library consortium purchase of biomedical databases - Cost avoidance of $6.5 million

Technical Libraries (AMC) 11 AMC Libraries- AMC Library

Program Office relocated to Redstone Arsenal, AL; Enterprise-wide services and initiatives -Central funding for library services - Single server initiative; Enterprise-wide access to AMC

knowledge bases -Consortia purchase of Military Specs & Standards ; Contract pending with significant cost avoidance expected .

Technical Libraries (USACE)45 US Army Corps of Engineers

Libraries; USACE Library Enterprise Services:

FY 08- 33 Participating Libraries; ISI Web of Knowledge; Knovel

Estimated FY 08 savings of $478,000 on Consortium Purchases of $460,000

Army Library Program -LinksDigital Army Library Service (DALS)

http://www.libraries.army.mil

MyLibrary on AKO https://www.us.army.mil/suite/page/255553

Library Reference Center http://www.libraries.army.mil/refctr.htm

AMEDD Virtual Library https://medlinet.amedd.army.mil

Military Education & Research Library Network (MERLN) http://merln.ndu.edu

President (2008-2009)nancy G. fagetLibrary Services & Content Mgmt U.S. Government Printing Office732 N. Capitol St., NWWashington, D.C. 20401 Phone: (202) 512-2290 Fax: (202) 512-2300 E-mail: [email protected]

Federal director (thru 6/2010)michele WorthingtonLibrary Services & Content

ManagementU.S. Government Printing Office732 North Capitol Street NWWashington, D.C. 20401Phone: (202) 512-2075Fax: (202) 512-2300E-mail: [email protected]

Past President

Janet m. scheitlePlanning & Development/Library

ServicesU. S. Government Printing Office732 N. Capitol St. NWWashington DC 20401Phone: (202) 512-0140E-mail: [email protected]

Federal director (thru 6/2009)doria GrimesChief, Contract Operations BranchNOAA Central Library1315 East-West Highway, #2805Silver Spring MD 20910Phone: 301-713-2607 x142Fax: 301-713-4599E-mail: [email protected]

Vice-President/President-elect (2008-09)Richard HuffineNational Library CoordinatorU.S. Geological Survey (MS 159)12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston, VA 20192Phone: (703) 648-7182Email: [email protected]

armed Forces director (thru 6/2010)trent ReynoldsLibrary ManagerStation LibraryMCAS New RiverPO Box 4128Jacksonville, NC 28540 Phone: (910) 449-6942 Fax: (910) 449-6037 E-mail: [email protected]

secretary (2008-2010)sally boskenLibrary Director U.S. Naval Observatory3450 Massachusetts Ave NW Washington DC 20392Phone: 202-762-1463Fax: 202-762-1083E-mail: sally.bosken@ usno.navy.mil

armed Forces director (thru 6/2009)Jannie davisU.S. Army Installation Management

CommandNortheast Region MWR Division 5-B Northgate Road, Room 111Fort Monroe, VA 23651-1038Phone: 757-788-5264Fax: 757-788-2750E-mail: [email protected]

treasurer (2007-2009)marie l. nelsonChief, AFFTC Technical Research

Library812 TSS/ENTL, Bldg 1400, Room 106307 E. Popson Ave.Edwards Air Force Base, CA

93524-6630Phone: 661-277-3606 (DSN 527-3606)Fax: 661-277-6451E-mail: [email protected]

fAflRt Committee Chairs and liaisons

ala legislation assembly

Georgette HarrisFLICC/FEDLINKLibrary of Congress101 Independence Ave SEAdams Building, Room 217Washington, DC 20540Phone: (202) 707-4850E-mail: [email protected]

awards committee

shirley loo, ChairLibrary of Congress, CRS625 A Street, S.E.Washington, D.C. 20003-1225Phone: (202) 707-6785Fax: (202) 707-7021E-mail: [email protected]

maria G. Pisa, Co-ChairAssociate Director for Public ServicesNational Agricultural Library6 Room 20310301 Baltimore Avenue, Rm. 203Beltsville, Maryland 20752Phone: (301) 504-5834Fax: (301) 504-6951E-mail: [email protected]

michele Worthington

ala councilor (through 6/2009)mary mcInroyUniversity of IowaUniversity LibrariesWashington & Madison StreetsIowa City, IA 52242-1420Phone: (319)335-6247Email: [email protected]

ala liaison

Rosalind (Ros) Reynolds, CPsAssistant Director, AdministrationAmerican Library Association1615 New Hampshire Ave NWFirst FloorWashington, D.C. 20009Phone: (202) 628-8410 or

(800) 941-8478Fax: (202) 628-8419E-mail: [email protected]

archiVist

lucille m. RosaHead, Tech ServicesEccles LibraryNaval War College686 Cushing RoadNewport, RI 02841-1207Phone: (401) 841-6492DSN: 948-6492E-mail: [email protected]

ala education assembly

Helen Q. shermanDirector, User ServicesDefense Technical Information Center

DTIC-B8725 John J. Kingman Road, Suite 0944Ft. Belvoir, VA. 22060-6218Phone: (703) 767-8246Fax: (703) 767-8228E-mail: [email protected]

fAflRt Committee Chairs and liaisons

membershiP committee

trent ReynoldsLibrary ManagerStation LibraryMCAS New RiverPO Box 4128Jacksonville, NC 28540 Phone: (910) 449-6942 Fax: (910) 449-6037 E-mail: [email protected]

ala Planning & budget assembly

marie l. nelsonChief, AFFTC Technical Research

Library812 TSS/ENTL, Bldg 1400, Room 106307 E. Popson Ave.Edwards Air Force Base, CA

93524-6630Phone: 661-277-3606 (DSN 527-3606)Fax: 661-277-6451E-mail: [email protected]

ala round table coordinating committee

nancy G. faget

internet / web enhancement committee

James KingNational Institute of Health Research

LibraryPhone: (301) 496-2187E-mail: [email protected]

Alba scottTechnical Information SpecialistMid-Pacific Regional OfficeUS Bureau of Reclamation2800 Cottage Way, Room W-1825Sacramento, CA 95825Phone: 916-978-5593 E-mail: [email protected]

booth coordinator

eileen WelchUSDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection4700 River Road, Unit 6Riverdale, MD 20737Phone: (301) 734-5240Fax: (301) 734-8391E-mail: [email protected]

Flicc liaison

Helen Q. sherman

bylaws and constitution

fran PerrosRalph J Bunche LibraryU.S. Dept of StateRoom 3239Washington, D.C. 20520Phone: (202) 647-2196Fax: (202) 647-0203E-mail: [email protected]

editor, Federal librarian Jane t. sessaDept. of Commerce Law LibraryRm. 189414th & Constitution Ave., N.W.Washington, D.C. 20230Phone: (202) 482-1610 (w)Fax: (202) 482-0221E-mail: [email protected]

annual conFerence

nancy G. faget

FaFlrt committee on legislation Richard HuffineNational Library CoordinatorU.S. Geological Survey (MS 159)12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston, VA 20192Phone: (703) 648-7182Email: [email protected]

Janet m. scheitle

nmrt liaison

Kim lyallNASA Center for Aerospace

Information (CASI)Hanover, MDEmail: [email protected]

federal and Armed forces libraries Round table board: 2008-2009