[sigCR] fun fact for the day about SIG CR

[Diane Neal]

Jane, I agree with everything you've said here! The interests represented by
CR members is vital to our work in library and information science. There
are so many changes occurring, from RDA to linked data to... well, we all
know this. :-) The continued internationalization of ASIS&T as well as
ISKO's current strengths can certainly benefit us if we are willing to
embrace and enact collaborations and changes. 

The web page is out of date. Currently, Joe Tennis is chair, and Megan
Winget is past chair. Unfortunately, I don't know anything about this year's
workshop plans. 

Diane

Diane Rasmussen Neal, PhD
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Information and Media Studies
The University of Western Ontario
North Campus Building, Room 240
London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7
519-661-2111 ext. 81034
dneal2 at uwo.ca
www.fims.uwo.ca


-----Original Message-----
From: sigcr-l-bounces at asis.org [mailto:sigcr-l-bounces at asis.org] On Behalf
Of Greenberg, Jane
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 8:57 AM
To: Kathryn La Barre; sigcr-l at asist.org
Subject: Re: [sigCR] fun fact for the day about SIG CR

Hello Kathryn and SIG-CR community,

I love hearing this history... it is inspiring to know about the foundation
for SIG-CR.  

This community is important (or can I say vital!), and I would love to see
it continue to expand and be inclusive.  Is SIG/CR in some sort of danger of
being lost for ASIST?  That would be really awful, given that
KO/classification fundamental component of our every-day lives and
information systems...

Some folks may be aware of the current discussion to expand ASIST to an
international organization  (see the president's message).  SIG/CR is has a
history of drawing folks from overseas to participate in workshops. There's
also potential to forge links with ISKO.

Where does SIG/CR stand in terms of the potential for a workshop next year?
I am unclear on who the current president of SIG/CR is.  Diane, is this you
(on the webpage), or KAthyn, are you new chair?  

I am happy to help out and engage in some sort of activity here.  

Best wishes, jane


-----Original Message-----
From: sigcr-l-bounces at asis.org [mailto:sigcr-l-bounces at asis.org] On Behalf
Of Kathryn La Barre
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 8:28 PM
To: sigcr-l at asist.org
Subject: [sigCR] fun fact for the day about SIG CR

Greetings!

As a member of the 75th anniversary task force, I've been preparing for the
upcoming ASIST annual meeting by visiting the ASIST records at the
University of Michigan. I've also been collecting information about SIG/CR
for a paper I'll be giving at the *Pre-Conference on the History of ASIST
and Information Science and Technology Worldwide *
http://www.asis.org/asist2012/historyofASIST.html

SIG/CR is one of seven original Special Interest Groups established at the
American Documentation Institute on March 3, 1966. At that time, Phyllis
Richmond was appointed Chair pro temps and Pauline Atherton was appointed
Vice Chair pro temps. Of this original group only SIG/CR and SIG/ES (now
ED) are still alive! It would also be fair to say that part of another
original SIG BC (Biological and Chemical Information Systems) still lives on
in the virtual SIG BIO (Bioinformatics).

SIG/CR has a long history. Though our numbers are quite small in our 46th
year, I'd like to see what we can do to breath new life into this SIG.
Perhaps we could devote the next SIG/CR workshop to looking back and looking
forward to planning the next 50 years?




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Kathryn La Barre
President ISKO C/US
Assistant Professor
Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois at
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