Date: April 29, 30, & May 1, 1991
Location: NOAA/NMFS/SEFC Charleston Laboratory — Charleston, SC
Hosts: Linda Pikula, Program Planner; Lois Winemiller, Local Arrangements

SAIL, the Southeast Affiliate of IAMSLIC has its first meeting in Charleston, South Carolina on April 29, 30, and May 1, 1991. Twenty representatives of government, private and university marine science libraries attended. We discussed our own libraries, electronic communication in libraries, resource sharing in economic hard times, periodical subscriptions and planning ahead for budget cuts. Michael Trinckley from Chicora Foundation spoke on disaster preparedness and preservation. Helen Ivy gave us a tour of the South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Library. By formal vote, it was decided to apply for recognition as a regional affiliate of IAMSLIC. We named the group afterwards by mail. Our next meeting, scheduled for spring of 1992, will be held at the Skidaway Institute in Savannah, Georgia. Presented by Linda Pikula, Director, NOAA Miami Branch Library at the 1991 IAMSLIC Conference.