ACS Professional Development Award Winner: Carrie Newsom

Congratulations to Carrie Newsom, winner of the 2008 ACS Professional Development Award. She is the Chemistry, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science Librarian at the University of Florida.

At the DCHE Annual Business Meeting/Breakfast in Seattle on Tuesday June 17th, ACS Publications will present Ms. Newsom with a $1500 check and award certificate to support her attendance at the 2008 SLA Annual Conference. She will also be interviewed for a future issue of ACS's librarians newsletter LiveWire.

DCHE thanks ACS Publications for their generous sponsorship of this award!

Sparks Award Winner: Margaret Smith

Congratulations to Margaret Smith, 2008 winner of the Sparks Award.

Margaret is the Physical Sciences Librarian at the New York University's Bobst Library. She is also enrolled in the Library and Information Science Masters Program at Syracuse University, with her degree expected in May 2010.

At the Chemistry Division's Annual Business Meeting & Breakfast on June 17th, Margaret will be presented with a $1500 check and award certificate to support her attendance at the 2008 SLA Annual Conference. Also look for her “Conference Impressions” article in the SLA Chemistry Division Newsletter after the conference.

Named in honor of chemistry librarian Marion E. Sparks (University of Illinois, 1913-1929), the Sparks 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.

April - June 2008 Newsletter

The April - June 2008 issue has been posted. Some highlights:

• Note from Chair Elect Luray Minkiewicz
• News from the MRM Section Chair Nora Stoecker
• Upcoming SLA Annual Conference in Seattle and Chemistry Division events
• Bob Buchanan's Beyond the Chemistry Web with a focus on nanomaterials
• Professional Focus - An Interview with Mary Ellen Bates
• 2008 Marion E. Sparks Award Winner Margaret Smith
• 2008 ACS Professional Development Award Winner Carrie Newsom

If you're interested in contributing to the July-September issue, please contact Meghan Lafferty or Kevin Lindstrom. The copy deadline for the next issue is July 2, 2008.

Professional Partnerships Project Wiki

The Professional Partnerships Project Wiki aims to provide our division's information professionals and library students with a unique learning opportunity that will engage them in projects that will add to the collective knowledge of our profession. Publishing and presentation opportunities will be listed and division members will be able to post details about the projects they are interested in collaborating on. Each project partner is expected to contribute equally to the finished product. Set up a watch under your SLA wiki account to get updates of edits made to the wiki page. Want to learn more? http://wiki.sla.org/display/SLACHEM/Professional+Partnerships+Project

DCHE Board Meeting (Leadership Summit)

The minutes from the DCHE Board Meeting at the SLA Leadership Summit are now available.

January - March 2008 Newsletter

The January - March 2008 issue has been posted. Some highlights:

• Exchange Librarian to China
  
• An interview with Judith Matthews - Head of the Biomedical & Physical Sciences Library at Michigan State University
  
• The use of creative items in a science library
• Job and career resources in "Beyond the Chemistry Web"
  

If you're interested in contributing to a future newsletter, please contact Meghan Lafferty (mlaffert@umn.edu) or Kevin Lindstrom (lindstro@interchange.ubc.ca).

Conference Schedule Posted

A preliminary first draft DCHE programming for the 2008 conference is now online. We will continue to update the schedule as more information becomes available.

Note: this still a work-in-progress. Please let me know if you see things that need to be fixed or updated.

2008 Executive and Advisory Board

The list DCHE Executive and Advisory Board members for 2008 is now available.

• Sue Cardinal (Univ Rochester), Chair
• Luray Minkiewicz (DuPont), Chair-Elect
• A. Ben Wagner (SUNY Buffalo), Past-Chair

• Nora Stoecker (NKS Info Svcs), MRM Section Chair
• Cathy DiPalma (Saint-Gobain NorPro), MRM Section Chair-Elect
• Betsy Aldridge (PACCAR Inc), MRM Section Past-Chair

Other than these transitions, most of the 2008 Board members are continuing from the previous year.

2008 Leadership Summit

The 2008 SLA Leadership Summit will be in Louisville this weekend. Here's what the DCHE Board will be discussing:

• The Agenda
• Treasurer's Report
• Travel Reimbursment - proposed changes to recommended practices
  
• Revised procedures for Sparks & ACS Awards
• Revised procedures for Occasional Awards
• Preliminary program for Seattle
  

October-December 2007 Newsletter

The October-December newsletter has been posted. Some highlights:

• Elements of Information Literacy
• Property Help: DIPPR
• More reports from the 2007 conference, plus an interview with one of the conference planners
  
• International resources/associations for materials and manufacturing

If you're interested in contributing to a future newsletter, please contact Meghan Lafferty (mlaffert@umn.edu)