ACRL New England Chapter News Online

ISSN 1527-0106

Spring 2006, Number 108

In This Issue (Home):

President's Letter

Annual Conference Summaries:

C & B Committee Report

Legislative Report

Interest Group Reports and Announcements:

Board Meeting Minutes, March 10, 2006
Calendar Listings

Women's Studies Interest Group 2006 Spring Program

Naval War College and Newport Historical Society, RI, May 3, 2006

A cool and rainy, March-like May day did not deter nine WSIG members and friends from attending the Women's Studies Interest Group spring program, held at the Naval War College and the Newport Historical Society in Newport, Rhode Island on May 3, 2006. Evelyn Cherpak, Head, Naval Historical Collection, Naval War College, and co-chair of the Women's Studies Interest Group, gave a brief overview of the Naval War College and a presentation on Women's History Sources in the Naval Historical Collection. After the presentation we looked at some of the manuscripts, photograph albums, and other resources she had discussed.

We next headed to the Newport Historical Society Library. Bert Lippincott, Reference Librarian, Genealogist, and Acting Curator of Manuscripts, took us through a chronological walk-through of women's collections at the Newport Historical Society Library. He talked about sources of women's history in the collection and handed a number of items from the collections around the table for us to examine.

Other Accomplishments

Other accomplishments this year involved the creation of a new WSIG listserv and the moving of the WSIG web page to a more permanent home. The WSIG distribution list evolved into a listserv, WSIG-L, hosted at Bowdoin College. The WSIG Web page is being moved to the ACRL/NEC website. Christina Smith, who had run both the distribution list and the WSIG web page, stepped down as WSIG co-chair/chair after having served in that capacity since 1996. Continuing as co-chairs for WSIG for 2006 and 2007 are Evelyn Cherpak and Susan Klein. They met at the conclusion of the May 3 program in Newport to discuss program ideas for the coming year.