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Megan Heinrichs, National Association of Chain Drug Stores Hugh Howard, US Deptartment of State Elena Howell Vannaver Keane, US Patent Trademark Office Tina Kelley, Hogan & Hartson Chryssoula Kinna Mary Martha Lorber, Mitre Corporation Keith Martin, NIST Sheri Massey, University of Maryland Charles McCallum Mylene Ouimette Denise L. Patterson Trudie Punaro-Thomas, Dialog Corporation Roberta Shaffer, Special Libraries Association Nadiye Strishenetz Tom Turner, US Patent & Trademark Office Margaret Turqman Kelley Weber, Surface Transportation Board Valeria Werner, World Wildlife Fund
TIME: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, 6th February 2002 PLACE: National Public Radio 635 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20001 CONTACT: Alphonse Vinh NPR Reference Library E-mail: avinh@npr.org Phone: 202-513-235
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President's Corner by Sue O'Neill Johnson This month's innovator is Jim Madigan, Innovative synthesizer. Jim works for GCI Information Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Stanley Associates www.stanleyassociates.com, an information technology contractor in Alexandria, Virginia. He is the project manager for the Library Automation and Digital Library development at the U.S. Census Bureau in Suitland, Maryland, where he supervises a staff of thirty. The project's mission is to preserve and give access to Census owned materials and Census publications through their online library catalog and to develop programs which address user needs with respect to staff and public access to Census published information. Jim's approach to his work is to integrate multiple disciplines and points of view to create a holistic end product. His management skills incorporate diverse approaches from association management, organizational behavior and development, comparative perspectives, anthropology, and information architecture. His tools of choice are models, flow charts, Venn diagrams, and matrix representations and interpretations. His favorite matrix is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, which helps him to understand personnel in order to maximize innovation and change. Currently, he is constructing a new matrix involving the variables of institutional change and worker satisfaction. In addition to his work at the Census Bureau, he teaches Library Automation and Project Management at Catholic University of America, School of Library and Information Science. Jim packs in a lot of action to a day and he admits to reading late into the night. His work schedule and his teaching enable him to sustain high energy throughout the day, which is steeped in variety, study, and intellectual growth, with an emphasis on learning from his customers, colleagues and students alike. He likes change and glories in seeing ideas grow and flourish. Some thoughts from Jim that may be useful for you:
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