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Tel: 613-231-7472
FAX: 613-231-3739
All other emails and the Toll free number (North America only) 1-800-665-6413 remain the same.
There have also been some changes in responsibilities and job titles at SIRC. The following is a list and synopsis of responsibilities of most of the personnel:
Debra Gassewitz, President (debrag@sirc.ca)
Debra continues to set the course of direction for SIRC’s future growth and to identify new opportunities to enhance the delivery of sport information throughout the world.
Christine Lalande, Director, Client Services (clalande@sirc.ca)
Christine is responsible for the production and delivery of SPORTDetective (SDI services), SPORTRetriever , SIRCUIT, and SIRCExpress.
Jean-Michel Johnson, Director, Indexing Services (jmjohnso@sirc.ca)
His main responsibilities are international relations, the management of the indexing team for the database, SPORTDiscus, and development of SIRC’s SPORT Thesaurus.
Linda Wheeler, Director, Product Development, Email:lwheeler@sirc.ca
Linda is responsible for developing the content and new features of the SPORTDiscus. Linda is also managing the acquisitions and collection development for SPORTDiscus. If you have complimentary copies of monographs, conference proceedings, and new serials to be indexed for the SPORTDiscus database, send them to Linda.
Rob Gallaher, Director of Sales and Marketing, (rgallaher@sirc.ca)
Robert looks after the sales, marketing and promotion of SIRC products and services.
Nancy Banks, Senior Indexer and SPORTQuest Editor, Email: nbanks@sirc.ca
Besides the regular indexing duties, Nancy oversees the additions to the SPORTQuest database of websites. Please note that website additions to SPORTQuest and SPORTDiscus should be sent using the online form on SIRC’s website.
Other behind-the-scenes managers include:
Susan Duncan Director, Computer Operations, Email: sduncan@sirc.ca
Susan is the webmaster for SPORTQuest and the computer guru for SIRC
David Roberts, Director, Finance, (droberts@sirc.ca)
David manages SIRC’s financial affairs and does the development for the internal database management system with which SIRC operates, Cuadra STAR.
The all-important indexers who index those books, theses, periodical articles, conference papers include:
Nancy Banks, Paula Van Strien, Lydia Replansky and Ingrid Moisil. (Ingrid joined the SIRC staff July 4 and has extensive experience in indexing, cataloguing and thesaurus development plus speaks German, Romanian and French)
And we must not forget the other behind the scenes staff including Paula Dickman who looks after the interlibrary loan requests for SIRC’s SPORTExpress service; Danielle Desmarais, the acquisitions coordinator, Nicole Brazeau, office manager and those most vital, fast data entry/Indexing Assistants, Linda Lee Boan and Sushma Malhotra.
SPORT Thesaurus
The latest edition of the SPORT Thesaurus is 1994 and work is underway at SIRC to decide how best to publish a new edition and to communicate to users the new terms added after the monthly meetings of the SIRC Indexing Committee. It is anticipated that an electronic or printed product will be available by the end of 2000. In the interim, to assist with student questions and term paper topics this fall, listed below are some of the new non-geographic terms that have been added since the 1994 edition:
Albuterol
Ambush marketing
Apoptosis
Asian American
Bankruptcy
Body mass index
Caregiver
Celebrity
Clap skates
Climbing wall
Cytokines
Delayed onset muscle soreness
Electronic commerce
Empathy
Exercise physiology
Expert testimony
Extreme Games
Extreme Sports
FAQ
Fluoroscopy
Foreign athlete
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Gender equity
Gene therapy
Globalization
Glutathione
Grief
Hazing
Homocysteine
Hormone replacement therapy
Hydration
Hypervolemia
Intergenerational relation
Internet
Leptin
Lipid Peroxidation
Mentoring
Mismatch
Myography
Nandrolone
News group
Nonsteroidal anti-inflamatory agent
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Organizational culture
Oxidative stress
Pay equity
Patellar ligament
Patellofemoral joint
Personal trainer
Pilates
Prepubescent
Privatization
Reform
Salary cap
Serotonin
Spirituality
Sports science
Strength training
Subtalar joint
Tryout
Verbal abuse
Virtual reality
Well-being
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Note: Because of space considerations, none of the Broader terms (BT), Related terms (RT) or Narrower terms (NT) have been included.
SIRC Web Board for Thesaurus Updates
At the April, Annual Meeting of IASI in Valparaiso/Vina del Mar, Chile, Jean-Michel Johnson announced to IASI members that they are welcome to join the thesaurus chat room and access the new thesaurus terms added as a result of the monthly Indexing Committee meetings. The entries on the SIRC Web Board have the full listing of new terms, plus NTs, BTs, RTs, and the Scope Notes. An invitation is extended to NASLIN members also. Send a note to Jean-Michel at: jmjohnson@sirc.ca if you would like to have access and he will send a return email with instructions on how to sign up.
International Council for Coach Education (ICCE) Meeting
From July 2nd to July 55th, Rob Gallaher, the Director of Sales and Marketing for SIRC attended the Special Assembly of the International Council for Coach Education in Magglingen, Switzerland.
On the second day of meetings, Robert gave a presentation on SIRC and all of its products and services to the 26 member countries in attendance. Out of these meetings came new and exciting dialogue between SIRC and the international coaching community.
Also, while in Switzerland Robert met with staff at the Olympic Museum Library in Lausanne to discuss the SPORTDiscus database. The visit provided Robert with a sound knowledge of how the Museum’s library functions and how to ensure that the SPORTdiscus continues to be one of the pre-eminent databases available at the museum.
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