Information Competencies for Chemistry Undergrads

The Ad Hoc Committee on Information Literacy has released their draft guidelines:

Information Competencies for Chemistry Undergraduates: The Elements of Information Literacy

Please send comments or questions to Cory Craig and Linda Maddux, co-chairs.

Leadership Summit - DCHE Board Minutes

Missed the Leadership Summit in Reno earlier this year? The minutes of the DCHE Board Meeting have been posted.

Denver Newcomer's Lunch on June 3 (RSVP)

Are you are new member within about the past 18 months? Will Denver Annual Meeting in June be the first SLA conference you have ever attended?

If the answer to either question is yes, we'd like to invite you to a free lunch on Sunday, June 3 from 12 noon until about 1:30 p.m. A few key people will be available from each sponsoring division (Biomed-Life Sciences / Sci-Tech / Chem) to answer any questions you may have about their division, how to navigate the conference, and how to get the most out of your SLA membership. And you get to meet other new people to SLA!

The only catch is that due to long lead times required for our large annual conference, I need to have an RSVP from you by Wed, March 14. Please reserve a spot as soon as you know you are sure you are going to the June conference (even if you haven't yet registered).

Note this lunch is invitation only for new members and 1st time conference attendees. Everyone is welcome to our open house on Tuesday evening, the All Sciences Reception earlier on Tuesday (tickets required), and our Tuesday morning business meeting & breakfast (also a ticketed event). And of course there are many regular programs for all conference attendees. Please visit our divisional website for the preliminary program at http://units.sla.org/division/dche/2007/index.htm.

Our annual newcomers lunch is sponsored by three divisions: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Science-Technology, and your own Chemistry Division. Please contact me if you have any questions.

A. Ben Wagner (abwagner@buffalo.edu)
Chair, SLA Chemistry Division; Denver 2007 Co-planner
University at Buffalo
716-645-2947 x230

DCHE Sponsors, Preliminary Schedule for 2007

The 2007 Conference pages have been updated!!

• The 2007 conference homepage has been updated with the logos of our 7 conference sponsors: RSC Publishing, ACS Publications, Scopus (Elsevier), CAS, Paterra, East View Information Services, and Springer.
  
• The preliminary schedule has also been posted. It includes DCHE activities as well as no-conflict events like the general sessions. A text version of the schedule with event descriptions will be posted next month.