The New York Chapter ChapterNews
IN THIS ISSUE Message from the (Out-going) President
Letter from the President:
Chapter Highlights .....................1
Message from the
Incoming President ....................3
Message From
The Director of Publications:
Tempus Fugit .............................4
On the Frontlines ...........................5
Chapter Announcements...............8
NY Chapter Member
Wins Scholarship .......................9
Welcome to the NY Chapter........10
Career Day 2005 Wrap Up...........13
ADVERTISERS
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Donna Conti Career Resources .....9
EBSCO.........................................13
EOS International...........................6
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Prenax............................................6
Pro Libra ........................................5
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ChapterNews
Volume 77, #2 Summer 2005
Chapter Highlights from the Past Year
By Thomas Pellizzi
Dear Chapter Members:
It has been an honor serving as Chapter President this past year. I want to thank
all the current Board and Advisory Council Members for their contributions
during past term. Our collaboration has accomplished a number of important
goals for the New York Chapter that I would like to highlight for the entire
Chapter membership.
1. A New Sponsorship Strategy. In calendar year 2004, our chapter collected a
total of $12,350 in program sponsorship. To remedy this, we initiated a new
sponsorship strategy in 2005 and have collected $18,650 in the just the first
5 months of the year. How does this new strategy work?
a. We offer vendors a “product demo” opportunity at sponsored events.
b. We recognize our sponsors in every Discussion List announcement for an
event, and include a link to the sponsor’s web site in these announcements.
This provides a valuable means for new sponsors to introduce their prod-
ucts to our membership.
c. We’ve added a Corporate Sponsors Page to our web site. This page displays
the logos of all our sponsors and links them to their web sites. Furthermore,
it organizes the logos into categories that reflect the total level of support
from each sponsor. This encourages additional sponsorship because it
makes contribution levels transparent.
d. We’ve made a point of soliciting new companies as potential sponsors for
the New York Chapter.
e. We collaborate to share the load of contacting potential sponsors, and we
focus on reminding vendors of the size and purchasing power of the New
York Chapter.
2. A New Budgeting Process. We have controlled our budgets more tightly to
ensure that costs do not exceed revenues for our programs and other impor-
tant activities, such as ChapterNews. We have also revised our Chapter Budget
Spreadsheet, to make distinctions between mandatory expenses (e.g., holding
an Annual Meeting) and optional expenses (e.g., events that are contingent
upon obtaining revenue).
3. Chapter Programming. Our President Elect, Gwen Loeffler, did a remarkable
job of arranging very successful programs that increased attendance this year,
especially the program featuring the best-selling author, Malcolm Gladwell.
Others helped too, with additional successful programs organized by: Career
Day Chair Gretchen Hazlin, Library School Liaison Co-chairs Phyllis
Hodges and Paulette Toth, Diversity Chair Vandy Ranjan, and B& F Chair
Denise Slifer. (Letter continues on page 2)
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ChapterNews 4. Professional Development. Cathy Ciaccio and Mar-
New York Chapter lene Augustin-Lambert successfully organized all of
the Chapter’s Professional Development activities,
Special Libraries Association which included several Virtual Seminars held at SIBL.
Spring Vol. 77, No. 2 5. A New Chapter Logo. The Board retained a profes-
sional designer (Judi Burger) to create a dramatic new
PUBLICATION SCHEDULE Chapter logo. It can viewed on our Chapter’s web site.
ChapterNews, the bulletin of the New York Chapter of the 6. A New Web site Alias. The Board approved registra-
Special Libraries Association, is published four times a year. tion of an alias web address for the Chapter. It is much
Visit our web site: www.sla-ny.org easier to remember and distribute: sla-ny.org
7. A New Web site Design. Our Web Administrator,
Deadlines for submitting materials: Michael Rivas, worked closely with Michael Gruenberg,
Fall issue September 24 our Director of Publications, to redesign our web site.
Winter issue December 15 The resulting design has greatly improved functionality,
Spring issue March 15 visual clarity, and responsiveness for our membership.
Summer issue May 14 8. Other Fundraising Efforts. The Board is developing a
plan for a local Fundraising Program that will be target-
Submit all material to: ed to non-vendor sources of funds. Specifically, we are
Jennifer Kellerman planning to position ourselves as a worthy non-profit
ChapterNews Editor recipient of donations from local corporations.
E-mail: jkellerman@paulweiss.com 9. Association Awards and Scholarships. NY Chapter
member Carol L. Ginsburg was inducted into the
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group of fellow Board and Council Members, and I look
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A Message from Your ▲ And each year, the Chapter assembles a Career Day
Committee. Join this committee early and help select
Incoming President the location, program format and speakers. Or partici-
By Gwen Loeffler pate on the day of the event by meeting with students
and sharing your experience.
No discussion of committees would be complete here in
the New York Chapter if we didn’t mention our most
active group, the Diversity Committee. This committee
aving served as your President-Elect this past year, organizes programs, awards scholarships and participates

H I have learned so much from so many of you. Any-

time I’ve needed advice or guidance – or just plain
old help – I knew I could turn to the Board, the Advisory
Council or one of you – our members.
Perhaps the most important thing I learned this year is
that anything can get done if one puts her mind to it. But
I have also learned that much more can get done – and it
can get done better – when more people participate.
With this in mind, we would like to encourage our members
to become more involved this year. We’re revitalizing
many of our old committees and beginning a few new
ones so that we can be sure that our programs and initia-
tives reflect the interests and needs of our members.
We introduced this idea at the Chapter’s Annual Business
Meeting in May, and some of you have already expressed
an interest in joining one or more of our committees.
Now we would like to introduce the idea to all of our
members. We realize that everyone is busy, so we have
established a number of ways to get involved that vary in
terms of time commitment, responsibility and format.
▲ Your commitment can be as simple as welcoming guests
to an event and distributing name tags on a single
evening as a member of the Arrangements Committee.
in events throughout the year. They even have their own
page on the Chapter’s web site. You can find a link to it
in the left-hand column on our home page which you
can reach by visiting www.sla-ny.org.
And if that isn’t enough, there will be other ways for you
to participate. Your involvement might be as quick as
responding to a brief survey or bringing a colleague who
rarely attends to the next event. It is our hope that the
more members who get involved, the more opinions and
points of view will be represented. And the more opin-
ions and perspectives that are represented, the more rele-
vant our programs, events and initiatives will be to more
of our members.
Please join with me, the Board and the Advisory Council
to make this – our 90th year – a very special and produc-
tive year for the New York Chapter. To express your
interest in any of our committees, please visit
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=639401103988.
Gwen Loeffler is Senior Research Specialist at the global
advertising and marketing network Young & Rubicam Brands,
and President-Elect of the New York Chapter of SLA. She can
be reached at gwen.loeffler@yrbrands.com or 212-210-3986.

▲ Perhaps you have ideas for programs or recommenda-

tions for a speaker. You’d be perfect for the Program
Planning Committee.
▲ Maybe you’re a skilled party planner or you know all the
best places to gather for drinks after work. Put you exper-
tise to work on our Holiday Party Planning Committee
and help select the venue, the entertainment and the
menu for this year’s party.
▲ Perhaps you’d like to forge new relationships with
students and Deans from area library schools as a
member of the Library School Liaisons Committee.
▲ Or maybe you’d like to welcome our new members
and reconnect with members we haven’t seen in a
while as a member of the Membership Committee.
▲ If you prefer to work at your own pace in your own
time, you might become a regular contributor to
ChapterNews as a member of the Editorial Committee
– just be sure you meet the deadlines established by
ChapterNews Editor, Jennifer Kellerman.

ChapterNews 3 Vol. 77, #2 Summer 2005

Message From
The Director of Publications
Tempus Fugit
By Mike Gruenberg
Whew! That was fast. It seems like only yesterday that I
agreed to take on the role of Director of Publications for
the New York chapter. As I learned about the duties and
responsibilities required for this job, I quickly realized
that no small task lay in front of me.
The first order of business was to look at ChapterNews
and preside over its resuscitation. Therefore, my goals at
the outset were to:
1. put the e-publication on a regularly scheduled delivery
timetable
2. create the type of publication that vendors would sup-
port through their advertising
3. bring more relevant issues to the attention of the
membership through the publication
4. use ChapterNews as the main voice of the organization
to reach the widest array of members
5. earn enough revenue from advertising so the publica-
tion would pay for itself.
My first task was to create a working relationship among
the key members of the group – the Editor, Advertising
Director and me.
When I first met Jennifer Kellerman, I knew that the
editing would be in good hands. I caught a break when
I spoke one afternoon to my friend of many years,
Nancy Bowles. She accepted the role of Advertising-
Manager. I had sold products to Nancy when I was a
salesperson at Disclosure and she was at UBS. I knew
what a tough negotiator she was so I decided to use her
talents for the benefit of ChapterNews. With Nancy’s
acceptance, my team was in place.
I had high hopes, but really no idea if I could meet the
above stated goals.
In explaining my plans to the Board, I pointed out that,
in my opinion, we needed some degree of uniformity in
our “message” and “look” when communicating to the
membership and the rest of the world. The old look of
the Chapter web site was not in tandem with the look I
had envisioned for ChapterNews or the site. Thus, I was
given the responsibility of modernizing the web site. At
the time, the webmaster position was vacant and I
imposed on my friend, Shirley Loh, to take on the job.
She graciously accepted, but shortly thereafter had to
ChapterNews
step down due external pressures. Once again, I lucked out
when Michael Rivas agreed to be the webmaster and
bought into the vision of the new NY Chapter web site look.
The success of ChapterNews made it reasonable to assume
that the web site should be complimentary in look to the
publication. Once again, the Board was very active and
many of the changes proposed were open to discussion
and, ultimately, the majority ruled on whatever design
decisions had to be made.
All parts in place, two years later … I’m pleased to
announce that we have published on a regular basis
eleven issues of ChapterNews, and one bonus April Fool’s
issue. That makes 12 on-time issues. Through Agnes’
and Tom’s leadership, we brought to light many of the
pertinent and sometimes controversial topics facing our
members. We openly discussed the budget difficulties
faced by the Chapter. We highlighted some of the charity
work being done by our members. ChapterNews began to
pay for itself through increased ad revenues. We laughed
a little, cried a little, but mostly had a lot of fun produc-
ing ChapterNews.
Whether it was the incredible patience of Michael Rivas,
the extraordinary attention to detail of Jennifer Keller-
man or the dogged pursuit of Nancy Bowles to extract as
much advertising money as possible from the vendors, all
our objectives were met and, quite frankly, were surpassed.
Finally, a note of gratitude to Kevin Gatta of Gatta Design
who takes our articles and advertising and miraculously
turns them into ChapterNews: You are an incredible indi-
vidual whose traits are a combination of all those I have
just mentioned. I cannot thank you enough.
At the SLA Chapter meeting on May 24th, those in
attendance saw the new look of the web site. All of you
have had the opportunity to read all our ChapterNews
issues and hopefully you have enjoyed them. You may
not have agreed with everything we wrote, but we hope
we made you think and act and make the chapter better
because of that. As I look to new challenges and responsi-
bilities within the SLA organization, I am happy to have
made a contribution to the betterment of the chapter.
Thank you all for giving me this opportunity.
Pax
Michael Gruenberg is Corporate Sales Manager at Cambridge
Scientific Abstracts (CSA). He can be reached at 516 576-1575
and his e-mail is mgruenberg@csa.com.
Although Mike will no longer be the Director of Publications, he
won’t be leaving us. Look for a new column by Mike in the next
issue of ChapterNews!
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On the Frontlines…
By Kevin Manion

s announced in the spring issue of ChapterNews,

A this column will detail the stories, experiences and

successes of New York Chapter members. By com-
piling and sharing these stories, I hope to raise awareness
of the value of membership and to promote communica-
tion and professional networking.
There is a wealth of untapped creativity and ideas in our
membership. In the months to come, I will be sharing
some of those ideas with you. In my new role as Presi-
dent-Elect of the Chapter, I will also be reaching out to
members to hear their experiences and to understand
some of the ways they have solved problems. I hope to
bring people and ideas together so we can all learn from
our collective experience.
In the first installment of this column, I would like to
share a few recent personal experiences that give tangible
examples of the benefits of membership in SLA and the
New York Chapter.

Networking
In March of this year, we had the pleasure of promoting
Roberta Piccoli – a New York Chapter member – into the
role of Manager of our Information Center at Consumer
Reports. Roberta first came to us as a temporary placement
via InfoCurrent to help us work through some major
research projects related to development of our magazine
and web site content areas. After several months of solid
work, Roberta left us to take on another assignment.
I ran into Roberta regularly at SLA events and at the
2003 New York Chapter Holiday Party. At the party, we
shared a drink, had some laughs and talked about work.
She was finishing up a contract and was planning on
looking for a new assignment. The next morning, I walked
into my boss’s office and we talked about using the rest of
our consultant budget to handle some projects we had
been putting off for a while. I told her I had spent part of
the previous evening chatting with Roberta and that she
would be available after the holidays. We brought Rober-
ta back and at the end of our fiscal year (May), offered
her a full time researcher job – which, much to our
delight, she accepted. As a result of her exceptional skills
and “can do” attitude, she was promoted into the role of
manager this past March.
Our involvement in SLA and in the Chapter created an
opportunity for Roberta and I to meet regularly. The
events sponsored by the New York Chapter enable us to
step out of our busy daily routine and to interact with
colleagues we do not regularly encounter.
Connecting
Last summer, I spoke for the first time at an SLA confer-
ence as part of a panel on managing records, archives
and research presented by the Social Science Division,
Museums, Arts & Humanities Division, Retired Mem-
bers Caucus, and the Washington, D.C., chapter. I was
joined in this panel discussion by Susan Fifer Canby of
the National Geographic Society, Libraries & Information
Services and Pamela Tripp-Melby of the International
Monetary Fund, Information Services Division. The
program focused on the synergies between records,
archives and research and how each of us managed
our particular units.
Andrew Berner, a New York Chapter member, who is also
member of the Museum, Arts and Humanities Division,
had recommended me to the organizers of this program
as someone who was operating a unit that incorporated
these three activities. The program was a great success
and in November of 2004, Susan, Pamela and I were
asked to reconvene at the Library of Congress to speak
to members of the Washington, D.C. chapter. In the fall
of 2005, the three of us will be attending the third South
Atlantic Regional Conference and leading a half day con-
tinuing education course on integrating records, archives
and research. The half day session is to be followed by a
presentation to all attendees at the end of the conference.
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(Continued from page 5)
On the advice of another New York Chapter colleague,
Guy St-Clair, I repackaged the June 2004 Nashville pre-
sentation into an article which was published in January
in Information Management Journal. I have received
emails from Canada, Australia and various parts of the
United States asking follow up questions about both the
presentation and the article.

Yeah, so what?
Recently, I was asked by two colleagues at Which? (U.K.
counterpart to Consumer Reports), about the operations
of our Information Services unit. In our email exchange,
we discovered that our units have a great deal in com-
mon. I took advantage of the opportunity to ask my col-
leagues if they were at all involved in any professional
activities. I was delighted to find out that they had both
just recently re-joined SLA after a hiatus. I plan on
checking in with them in a few months about the activi-
ties of their chapter.
So why is all this important? Because membership offers
possibilities. Through our networking activities and by
contributing to our profession, we create opportunities
to meet, exchange and learn. Learning comes in many
ways – it comes when attending a continuing education
course at an annual conference, by reading the latest
issue of Information Outlook or other journal, and even

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 CHAPTER ANNOUNCEMENTS
CHAPTER ANNOUNCEMENTS
The New York Chapter
has a new web site address!
www.sla-ny.org
Check it out!!
DLDC names scholarship winner!
Betty Ann Derbentli is the recipient of this year’s Diversity
Leadership Development award. She started her career as
an Art Appreciation and English Literature teacher at the
secondary level at St. Andrews Episcopal School, a private
school on Long Island. She moved on to higher education
and worked as an adjunct professor of Art History at
Dowling College. Prior to joining the library school at
St. John's University, she was the Curator of the Visual
Resource Collection of the Visual Arts Department at
Dowling College.
Betty Ann believes that it is “very important to marry the
aspect of digital images with the information and standards
associated with library science.” She says, “the age of
technology has opened a unique ‘scholar's portal’ that
enables the scholarship of academia to be linked with the
visual imagery of art works and artifacts.” It is her belief that
art history, library science and digital images will be the
combination used for academic study in the 21st century.
Betty Ann is also a new SLA member. Welcome and con-
gratulations, Betty!
ChapterNews
“Thank You” to Our Colleagues
Warm Regards, Phyllis Hodges and Paulette Toth
Co-Chairs Library School Liaisons 2004-2005
On behalf of the library school students and the SLA
New York Chapter, we would like to say “thank you,”
to our colleagues and their respective library staff for
allowing us to visit their libraries on May 12, 2005 for
the Spring New York Midtown Library Tour.
Bear Stearns & Company Inc. Library
Mr. Steven H. Medley & Ms. Brigitte M. Anderson-Crumb
Business Week
Ms. Jamie Russell
Canadian Consulate General Library
Mr. Curtis L. Field
McGraw-Hill Company, Inc. Business Information Center
Ms. Susan M. Gormley
Pricewaterhouse Coopers
Ms. Elizabeth Croft
Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett
Ms. Peggy B. Martin & Ms. Cynthia Raha
Skadden Arps
Ms. Agnes Mattis
Time Inc.
Ms. Marilyn Adamo
Recent Graduate
Margaret “Maggie” Smith graduated from Pratt Institute
on May 13, 2005 with a Masters in Library and Informa-
tion Sciences. She also won the Sylvia G. Mechanic
Merit Award in Business Librarianship. This award is
given in memory of Sylvia G. Mechanic who was an
adjunct faculty member at Pratt and worked for forty-
two years in the Brooklyn Public Library, including
twenty-three years as a librarian in the Business Library.
Maggie has been a member of SLA since 1994. She is
active in the New York chapter in the Solo and Business
& Finance divisions and as chair of Downtown Network-
ing. She is also a recipient of the SLA-NY Fall 2003
scholarship award.
Maggie is Research Director at D. F. King & Co., Inc.
Congratulations, Maggie!
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NY Chapter Member
Wins Scholarship
By Jennifer Kellerman
Career Resources, Inc.
DC On-Line, Inc.
ecently, the Special Libraries Association announced

R the names of the 2005 scholarship recipients. New

York Chapter member Jeannie Bail was awarded
the Mary Adeline Connor Scholarship, which is granted
to an SLA member who is enrolled in a post-MLIS
certificate/degree program.
With an MLIS from Pratt Institute, Jeannie is now a
part-time student at Brooklyn Law School. When asked
to explain why she chose to go back to school for a law
degree, Jeannie says, “Pursuing a JD has always been an
interest of mine because the law affects our everyday lives
in so many ways.” Her favorite class in law school was
Constitutional Law. She says, “I had a phenomenal pro-
fessor and I find the issues fascinating, particularly for
libraries and the control of information in today’s society.
Before I started the course, I visited the National Archives
to view the Constitution in person. It was exceptionally
powerful to see the physical document and contemplate
the rights it reserves to us as American citizens, and to
learn how those rights have evolved over time based
upon its interpretation.”
Jeannie has one year of law school left before she gradu-
ates. She intends to remain in the information industry
“I’ve always loved libraries and library architecture. In
fact, wherever I travel, the central library is always on my Balancing a career, law school and home life is challenging
sightseeing list. During college, I worked in the reference but Jeannie says that she tries to stay “focused and not
and technical services departments of the campus library. lose sight of what [she] is trying to achieve.” She thinks
That experience opened my eyes to the possibility of of her demanding schedule as a marathon, “it requires a
librarianship as a career.” lot of stamina and I have to pace myself, so I don’t run
out of steam.” She is grateful to have had the support
For the past four years, Jeannie has worked at the invest-
of the library managers at Lazard, Beth Butler and Joan
ment bank, Lazard. In May, she started a new full-time
Morris, and of her fiancé, who is honing his skills as a
position as Library Director at Allen & Company, an
chef while Jeannie is in school.
investment bank serving the entertainment industry. “This
position is a bit of a change since I will be a solo librarian. Her time is pretty much consumed by work and school
However, it is a new challenge and I believe it is an excellent right now but, once she graduates, Jeannie looks “for-
chance to apply my skills and what I have learned on the ward to getting more involved with SLA,” perhaps on
job and through SLA over the years,” she notes. the Executive Board. The Chapter would be lucky to
have her!
Congratulations, Jeannie!

Jennifer Kellerman is the editor of ChapterNews and a corporate

reference librarian at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LP.
She can be reached at 212.373.2457.

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Welcome to
the New York Chapter
Sarah Warner, Membership Chair

We would like to welcome the following new members

to the New York Chapter. We look forward to meeting
you at our chapter events!

B M
Cryder Bankes Millard Mann
Philip Barkow Kristin McDonough
Joseph Barth Karen McGruder
Thomas Baskind Peter McInally
Jennifer Behne Timothy McTague
Lisa Bergtraum John Meador
Dorothy Bing Naa Koshie Mills
C N
Kathleen Collins Regina Nordquist
Ramon Curva
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Joyce Curwin
Priscilla O’Carroll
D Richard Orlando
Betty Ann Derbentli
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Kathleen Doak
Sarah Paul
Sheila Doherty
Phillip Peck
Patrick Dougherty
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Zhen Qian
Heather Edwards
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Career Day 2005 Wrap Up
By Gretchen Ebeler Hazlin, MLS

ore than 100 special librarians, aspiring librarians,

M vendors and colleagues met at Baruch College’s

Newman Conference Center on Friday, April 1,
for the annual New York Special Libraries Association
Career Day 2005. This year’s event targeted current
students and information professionals in order to
encourage their SLA membership and to introduce
them to the varied opportunities in librarianship.
The networking event featured two panels with eight
speakers from Business Week magazine, Credit Suisse First
Boston, InfoCurrent, New York Academy of Medicine,
New York Law School, PricewaterhouseCoopers and
Scholastic, Inc. They offered advice and guidance on
different aspects of librarianship.
At the “Career Café,” attendees had a chance to mingle
and get answers to their queries from other professionals.
A vendor area was set up for recruitment agencies, database
services and other organizations to showcase the vital ser-
vices they provide the industry. These included tables for
InfoCurrent, ProLibra, Wontawk and The Metropolitan
Jamie Russell, Director of Information Services/Research
New York Library’s METRO. Though in past years the
Library at Business Week magazine, related how she and
event was held with money allocated in the Chapter
her staff provide research to reporters and run an exten-
budget, Career Day 2005 was funded primarily through
sive training program for reporters on using the web.
generous sponsors, Factiva and Thomson Dialog, which
Barbara Hawkes, an Information Research Analyst at
had representatives on hand.
Credit Suisse First Boston, discussed the research areas
The first panel, “Perspectives on the Job Search,” featured of business, finance, and technology. Janie Kaplan,
three speakers who related their recent experiences as a Director of Library Services at the New York Academy
recruitment officer, a hiring manager and a job seeker. of Medicine, spoke about the various functions of a
Diane Goldstein from the InfoCurrent agency provided librarian in the medical arena.
useful suggestions and discussed using a library staffing
As with every Career Day, volunteers made the whole
agency in the search for a position. Paulette Toth from
day run smoothly, providing support for set-up, registra-
Kirkland & Ellis, described the kinds of skills she looks
tion, the Career Café, and cleaning up after the event.
for in a potential new hire. Jeffrey Dreiblatt, a recent
library school graduate, recounted his exhaustive job The Baruch College venue received raves from attendees
search ñfilled with ups and downs- and how he managed for setting, space, and food.
to acquire a coveted position at PricewaterhouseCoopers Upon review of the post-event evaluations, not a single
at the end of it. He also provided suggestions for job attendee indicated any disappointment in the event, so
search tools and web sites. it was truly a successful day.
The day’s second panel, “A Day in the Life of an Infor- A big thank you goes out to everyone who participated
mation Professional,” featured five speakers from fields in the event. I do hope that all SLA NY members get
across the information industry. Donna Slawskyn dis- involved in next year’s Career Day
cussed how she manages a digital archive of photographs
and illustrations at Scholastic, Inc.
Gretchen Ebeler Hazlin is Coordinator, Education & Outreach
Camille Broussard talked about her experiences as a Pro-
Services in the Library at the New York Academy of Medicine.
fessor of Legal Research and Acting Director of the Law She was also the chair of SLA NY Career Day 2005. She can be
Library at New York Law School. reached at ghazlin@nyam.org or 212.822.7323.

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