[SLA-SF] SLA Program reminder - SF Bay Region Chapter program

[kobayavi at wellsfargo.com]

It's not too late -- you can still sign up for the June 6 program featuring SF Chronicle reporters Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams speaking about one of the more if not the most controversial figure in professional sports!



San Francisco Bay Region Chapter Program
Tuesday, June 6, 2006

Simpson, Gumpertz & Heger, Inc. Consulting Engineers
The Landmark @ One Market, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94105

Game of Shadows - research and investigations of the back story

Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams, award-winning investigative reporters at the San Francisco Chronicle discuss research, sources and libraries for their book  Game of Shadows. 

The opening of the 2006 pro baseball season also saw the release of the book Game of Shadows, written by Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams. Their investigative stories for the Chronicle form the basis of the book. The book is a culmination of a multi-year investigation of the distribution and use of steroids and other performance enhancing drugs in baseball as well as other sports. Featured prominently are Victor Conte and the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO) and the left fielder for the San Francisco Giants, Barry Bonds. 

Fans are following Bonds in his attempt to tie and break one of the sport's most hallowed records, Babe Ruth's home run record. Looming over Bonds is his alleged use of performance enhancing drugs over the last several years and the effect it has had on the record number of home runs he has hit.

While the media has turned its attention to super star athletes and the use of drugs for a competitive edge, researchers might be interested in  the role the IRS investigator played in exposing a darker side of professional sports.  Whether you are a sports fan or not, the book is fascinating reading and the evening promises to be interesting and lively. 

Location: Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc., Consulting Engineers, 
The Landmark @ One Market, Suite 600 (The Landmark is at Market and Steuart Streets.) San Francisco CA 94105. Tel. 415/ 495-3700. 

Public Transportation and Driving Directions:
See the Simpson, Gumpert & Heger website for a map and directions: http://www.sgh.com/contact/sanfrancisco.pdf 
***Thank you to Bonnie Willdorf, Librarian at Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. for arranging this meeting space.  

Agenda: 
5:30 - 6:30 pm. Social Hour/Variety of appetizers and beverages
6:30 - 7:30 pm. Program 

Cost:  Members $30.00; Guests/non-members $35.00; Students, retirees, unemployed $15.00; program only $5.00. 

Registration Deadline: May 31, 2006 

Send registration and check to: 
Daniel Scott Angel, Ph, D., MLIS 
Research Director 
Krames Health Science Library 
1100 Grundy Lane 
San Bruno CA 94066 
T. 650/244-4533  F. 650/244-4345 
Danielscottangel at yahoo.com or Daniel.angel at krames.com 

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Vivian Kobayashi -- SLA SF Bay Region Chapter Program Chair
Wells Fargo Technical Library  A0186-010
T. 415/243-6361   F. 415/977-9333
 
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