At the Business Meeting last month in New Orleans, the Nominating Committee's report was accepted. Congratulations to:
The first video presentation from this year's Sci-Tech Contributed Papers session is now online: (DCHE Member) Dana Roth's The Future of Librarianship in Science & Technology Libraries. The remaining videos will be up shortly.
Ann Bolek's bibliography of polymer information resources is online at http://gozips.uakron.edu/~bolek/polymer.html.
The presentations for the Collection Intelligence session at SLA are now online:
Another great round of CE courses, presentations, posters and networking came and went last week in (hot and humid) New Orleans at the 2010 SLA Conference. Reports from the various sessions will be published in the next issue of Sci-Tech News. And if you have additional feedback on this year’s programs or suggestions for next year’s conference, please send them to Bill Armstrong (notwaa@lsu.edu), next year’s DCHE Chair.
THANKS to everyone who helped make this year’s Chemistry Division programming at the SLA Conference a success:
The 6/12 Board Meeting Agenda, Nomination Report, and minutes from the 2/4 Board Meeting (held by teleconference) have been posted to the Reports & Minutes section of the DCHE website.
DCHE Survey Results and Analysis
Answers to Question 5
Answers to Question 7
Answers to Question 9
----answers to questions 5,7 and 9 sorted to display alphabetically
As you may remember, the SLA membership was asked to vote for or against a proposed name change (Association of Strategic Knowledge Professionals) late last year.
During the debate and voting period, I sent out a survey to the Chemistry Division to get your opinion on the name. Regardless of the final vote, we felt it was important to have a record of what the DCHE membership thought at the time, including how our division’s voting would compare with the larger association.
We also asked about your knowledge of the Alignment Project, how you kept up with the debate and discussion before and during the vote, and how you felt SLA had handled the process.
My thanks to the Executive and Advisory Boards for their feedback, as well as everyone who took the time to complete the survey.
2010 Marion E. Sparks Award for Professional Development
The SLA Chemistry Division (DCHE) is pleased to announce: Ye Li is the winner of the 2010 Marion E. Sparks Award for Professional Development. Ms. Li is the Chemistry Librarian at the Shapiro Science Library at the University of Michigan. She obtained her Masters degree in Library Science and her PhD in Chemistry at the University of Iowa in 2009.
DCHE will present Ms. Li with a $1500 check and award certificate to support her attendance at the 2010 SLA Annual Conference. Presentation will take place during the DCHE Annual Business Meeting/Breakfast in New Orleans, LA on Tuesday June 15th.
The Sparks Award is named to honor Marion E. Sparks, a pioneering and influential chemistry librarian who worked at the University of Illinois from 1913 through 1929.
If you're attending SLA this year in New Orleans, don't forget to order your breakfast tickets.
ROUNDTABLES - Join your DCHE colleagues for breakfast, networking and a spirited discussion on current topics and concerns.
The SLA Chemistry Division’s Nominations Committee is pleased to announce their candidates for Treasurer and Chair-Elect (terms starting in 2011).
Chair-elect: Marie Fraties-Block
Treasurer: Yan He
To suggest additional candidates, send a petition with the names of 10 members along with the written consent of the proposed candidates to either Luray M. Minkiewicz, Cathy DiPalma or Mary Ann Mahoney by May 25.
All Sciences Poster Session - June 15, 2010 (Tuesday) - SLA Conference, New Orleans
SESSION CO-SPONSORS:
Biomedical & Life Sciences, Chemistry, Engineering, Food Agriculture and Nutrition, Physics-Astronomy-Mathematics, and Science-Technology Divisions, Special Libraries Association
CALL FOR POSTERS:
Is your library or knowledge center engaged in a new or innovative project that builds on a new strategic alignment, develops or adapts a novel operational model to reframe services, or synthesizes creative approaches to achieve scientific information or visual fluency in your group or organization?
Please consider sharing the results of your efforts at the upcoming All-Sciences Poster Session on Tuesday, June 15, 2010, at the Annual SLA Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. We are looking for poster submissions that explore any of these themes [more information about these poster themes are at the end of this post].:
Will you be at the Special Libraries Association 101st annual conference in New Orleans this June? Please consider attending the SLA Chemistry Division’s Continuing Education courses on June 12-13. These highly-regarded courses provide essential hands-on learning on the fundamentals of chemistry and chemical information, and are taught by experts in their field. Full course details are provided below. Both courses provide discounted rates for SLA student members.
SLA 2010 conference registration is now open at http://s36.a2zinc.net/clients/sla/sla2010/public/enter.aspx. CE course tickets can be purchased during the registration process.
Note: you are NOT required to attend the conference in order to come to a CE course. Contact Ted Baldwin for details.
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Chemistry for the Non-Chemist Librarian
Date: Saturday, June 12, 2010, 8am-5pm
Ticket # 130 : $299 members / $399 non-members / $149 student members (limit 5)
Instructors: Bartow Culp (Purdue U.), Judith Currano (U. of Pennsylvania)
Description: It is necessary that any information scientist with responsibilities for providing chemistry reference services understand the structure and language of chemistry. This course takes a hands-on approach to introduce learners to the five major divisions of chemistry, their basic principles, and the intellectual tools that chemists need to do their work. It will be composed of three basic sections, an introduction to chemistry as a science, basic concepts and research questions in chemistry and strategies for effective communication with chemists, and the ways in which chemists' research needs dictate their information needs. SPECIAL NOTE: Student Member Rate = $149.
Chemical Information Sources, Request, and References
Date: Sunday, June 13, 2010, 8am-12noon
Ticket # 305 : $199 members / $299 non-members / $99 student members (limit 5)
Instructors: Judith Currano (U. of Pennsylvania), Dawn French (Millennium Inorganic Chemicals)
Description: The course takes a hands-on approach to introduce learners to the types of questions that chemical researchers ask and reference sources that can be used to answer them. It will provide an overview of the structure of the chemical literature, types of reference sources in the chemical sciences, unique access points for chemical information, and strategies for an effective search. Informal lectures, interspersed with hands-on reference questions, will compare and describe the major chemical information resources. SPECIAL NOTE: Student Member Rate = $99.
2010 Marion E. Sparks Award for Professional Development
The Chemistry Division of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) is sponsoring a student/new member travel award to defray the costs of attending the 2010 SLA Annual Meeting June 13-16 in New Orleans, LA. The award is intended to encourage the professional development of student members and new members of the Chemistry Division and encourage their participation in Chemistry Division activities.
TRAVEL AWARD: $1,500 stipend to attend the 2010 SLA Annual Conference. The winner will also receive a certificate of achievement and will be introduced at the Chemistry Division Business Meeting & Breakfast.
ELIGIBILITY: All student members of the SLA Chemistry Division and all new members of the SLA Chemistry Division (individuals who have joined since January 2009) are eligible. All applicants must have joined the SLA Chemistry Division by February 16, 2010. See below for how to join.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
Please submit the following:
-A brief essay that: a) clearly articulates your objectives for professional development; and b) indicates what you hope to gain from attending the SLA Annual Meeting. Maximum length: 2 pages.
-Resumé
-Names of two references.
-Brief budget (expected expenses for registration, airfare, lodging, food and/or continuing education course).
Registration in a Chemistry Division or other Continuing Education (CE) course is recommended, but not required.
DEADLINE: All applications for the award must be received by March 1, 2010 (all applicants must have joined the SLA Chemistry Division by February 16, 2010). The winner will be notified March 15, 2010. Essays will be judged by the SLA Chemistry Division Awards Committee.
SUBMIT APPLICATION VIA EMAIL TO:
Cory Craig
University of California, Davis
Physical Sciences & Engineering Library
One Shields Avenue
Davis, California 95616-8676 cjcraig@ucdavis.edu
SLA CHEMISTRY DIVISION SPARKS AWARD: http://www.sla.org/division/dche/sparks.htm
HISTORY: The award is named to honor Marion E. Sparks, a chemistry librarian at the University of Illinois from 1913 until her death in 1929. Ms. Sparks contributed a great deal to the field of chemical information, her achievements include teaching courses on chemical information, and authoring and publishing what is argued to be the first book to formally address chemical literature and library instruction.
Want to join the Chemistry Division of SLA?
Not a member of SLA? Use this link to join SLA: http://www.sla.org/content/membership/joinsla/index.cfm
When you join SLA, you can also join one division for free, additional divisions are $18/year.
Already an SLA member? To join the Chemistry Division either: 1) Download the SLA Change/Add Units form: http://www.sla.org/content/membership/unitchange.cfm and fax or mail it to SLA. Or 2) Call 1-703-647-4936 and pay with a credit card. When you join SLA, you can also join one division for free, additional divisions are $18/year.
