[Chapters-l] Congratulations to LACASIS and NEASIST - 2007 ASIS&T Chapters of the Year!

Thu Sep 27 17:41:57 EDT 2007

Hello Christina and Chapter colleagues,

How wonderful to see your message Cristina. We have taken a lot of 
inspiration from LACASIS over the years, so our win is really partly 
your win too. :) It's fantastic and fitting to share it!

The New England chapter is planning a dinner on Sunday night in 
Milwaukee (after a little time at SIG-RUSH). It would be great fun if 
the two chapters could go to dinner together. What do you think?

I'd also like to acknowledge all the other regional chapters out there. 
I think that Boston and LACASIS are very lucky in that they represent 
comparatively small regional areas. Some of you are trying to serve 
members across enormous geographies, which must put incredible strains 
on your ability to generate programs and services of value to everyone. 
I know that you are extremely dedicated and admire your commitment to 
ASIS&T and your colleagues and the irrepressible good cheer I see so 
much of.

I've really come to love ASIST - mostly because the people are so great 
(whatever their chapter or SIG). Thanks again to the awards committee 
and we'll see you all very soon!!

Cheers,

Caryn
Chair, NEASIS&T

Caryn Anderson
Doctoral Studies Program Manager
GSLIS, Simmons College
300 The Fenway, P-310H
Boston, MA  02115
caryn.anderson at simmons.edu
617.521.2829
http://www.simmons.edu/gslis/academics/programs/doctoral/

Christina Salazar wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> On behalf of LACASIS I would like to congratulate our Chapters of the
> Year co-winners, NEASIST: great job with some really interesting ideas
> and obviously a very motivated membership and Board; personally I'm
> humbled to share the Chapter of the Year award with such an accomplished
> Chapter.
> 
> Awards committee: thank you so much. I know how busy we all are and you
> three ladies provide an excellent service for National by serving on
> this committee and reading through all those awards submissions!
> 
> Unlike many academic librarians, participating in professional
> associations does not translate to tenure for me, however, I choose to
> participate in LACASIS because I so enjoy working with this group of
> professionals. Not to single any one of this amazing group out (but I
> will), Aura Lippincott, my co-chair this year, is an outstanding example
> of the caliber of people that LACASIS is made up of and deserves
> virtually all of the credit for this award.
> 
> I'm look forward to seeing many of you at conference and congratulating
> and thanking you in person.
> Christina Salazar, Co-chair with Aura Lippincott, LACASIS 2006-07
> 
>>>> On 09/26/2007 at 11:17 AM, <beata_panagopoulos at harvard.edu> wrote:
>> Dear ASIS&T members:
>>
>> The work of the 2007 ASIS&T Chapter of the Year Jury was difficult
> this 
>> year because we received several great nominations for the award.  
> These 
>> submissions are a wonderful testament to the value and impact that
> the 
>> chapters have in their local information science and technology 
>> communities.  If you are lucky enough to live in an area where there
> is an 
>> active ASIS&T chapter, I highly recommend that you check it out! 
> Attend a 
>> program and/or become involved.  It's a very rewarding experience. 
>>
>> Speaking of rewards, I would like to sincerely thank the 2007 Chapter
> of 
>> the Year Award Jury for their tireless work: Heather Hessell,
> Christine 
>> Connors, and Tatjana Aparac-Jelusic. 
>>
>> This year we have two winners: LACASIS and New England - it was a
> dead 
>> heat between the two chapters.  Below is the citation for them which
> will 
>> be in The Bulletin, the ASIS&T Annual Meeting Program and on the
> ASIS&T 
>> website.
>>
>>
>>
> ****************************************************************************
>> **************
>>
>> 2007 Chapter of the Year (Two Winners): Los Angeles and New England
>>
>> The Los Angeles Chapter was selected 2007 Chapter of the Year due to
> its 
>> stellar performance in all of the assessment criteria.  With 25
> active 
>> local members, LACASIS provides its membership with myriad
> educational and 
>> networking opportunities in the Los Angeles area.  The five events 
>> organized by LACASIS were on topics which ranged from the practical 
>> “Working with Wikis” to the theoretical “Toward Multimedia
> Surrogation,” 
>> each incorporating time for socializing and networking.  With one
> board 
>> member responsible for member recruitment and retention, LACASIS has
> an 
>> impressive array of activities geared towards attracting members from
> many 
>> different professional and geographic areas and keeping them hooked
> on the 
>> Society.  The chapter sponsors two awards: The Margaret McKinley
> Memorial 
>> Student Scholarship which provides reimbursement funding up to $1000
> for 
>> one student to attend ASIS&T Annual, and The Contribution to
> Information 
>> Science and Technology Award honoring individuals who have made 
>> significant contributions to the field.  It also co-sponsors the UCLA
> 
>> GSE&IS Lazerow Lecture.  Additionally, LACASIS recognizes the 
>> extraordinary service of its active members with a LACASIS Member
> Award. 
>> This year the chapter moved their award-winning quarterly newsletter,
> 
>> OASIS, from a traditional print/pdf format to a wiki format, enabling
> 
>> registered users to contribute content to it.  And finally, by
> watching 
>> expenses and juggling priorities, LACASIS maintains its fiscal health
> 
>> while continuing to offer its members rich local programming and
> services.
>> Our second winner, the New England Chapter, was equally outstanding
> in all 
>> Chapter of the Year assessment criteria.  The Chapter sponsored four
> 
>> successful programs with an average attendance of 85.  The diversity
> of 
>> the program topics (“The Dawn of the Embedded Library”,
> “Geographic 
>> Information Made Accessible,” “Designing Usable Interfaces”,
> and 
>> “Visualizing Wikipedia”) reflects the understanding that not all
> of its 
>> 200 members work in libraries.  In support of the Society’s goal to
> 
>> increase membership, NEASIS&T has begun offering discounted ASIS&T 
>> memberships to nonmembers who join ASIST at the same time they
> register 
>> for a NEASIST program.  The chapter has also shifted the pricing
> structure 
>> of its programs to provide deeper discounts to ASIS&T members, thus 
>> encouraging membership.  By convincing speakers to waive fees and
> securing 
>> free meeting space, the major programs net profits that enable the
> Chapter 
>> to offer free programs as well.  At an annual awards banquet, the
> Chapter 
>> honors the Student Member of the Year, as well as the Chapter Member
> of 
>> the Year.  NEASIST sponsors a Student Travel Award competition: up to
> two 
>> winners receive $750 to cover travel expenses to attend the ASIS&T
> Annual 
>> Meeting.  The Chapter also supports the International Calendar of 
>> Information Science.  With these initiatives which nurture and
> support the 
>> information science and technology community in New England and 
>> internationally, the chapter exemplifies the old adage: “Think
> Globally, 
>> Act Locally.”
>>
>> A hearty congratulations to both Los Angeles and New England for
> winning 
>> the Chapter of the Year Award – with your dedication to your local
> 
>> membership you promote ASIST's core values from coast to coast.
>>
>> Beata Panagopoulos
>> ASIS&T Chapter Assembly Director
>>
>> Head of Technical Services
>> Kennedy School of Government Library
>> Harvard University
>> 79 JFK Street
>> Cambridge, MA 02138
>> tel. 617-496-1775
>> fax 617-495-1972
>> email: beata_panagopoulos at harvard.edu 
>>
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