New Year's Resolution Solution

Englib is here to help you with your New Year's Resolutions. No, not the one that ends with "pounds before summer." We're thinking of "1. Help my SLA Division."

Volunteer.

Sci tech Chair Ann Koopman recently said almost all committees could use additional volunteers, but the following could use your help now:

Government Relations, Chair and Committee
International Relations, Chair and Committee
Nominating Committee
Programming Committee
Membership Committee

Check the Division website for committee descriptions. For more information or to volunteer email ann.koopman@jefferson.edu

IEEE Continuing Education Stipend

The students have an essay award and so do SLA Engineering Division members looking at continuing their education.

The IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Continuing Education Stipend is $1000 given to the SLA Engineering Division member who submits the best essay on how he or she would benefit from a continuing education course. The submission deadline is March 1, 2007.

Essay details and submission information after the jump.

Inspec's SLA Student Travel Award

If you were a Librarian, in charge of the science or engineering collections, how would you go about promoting databases within your collection to the appropriate departments that can benefit from it? What could the database producers do to assist in your efforts (e.g., send you promotional items, etc.). Explain how your efforts will benefit your organization.

That's the challenge to students looking to attend the Special Libraries Association conference in Denver CO (June 3-6, 2007). Students looking to win the $1200 Inspec Award can submit an essay answering the questions above. To enter, you must be a student member of SLA and attending your first conference. The deadline for your submission is March 1, 2007.

Get the scoop after the jump.

Engineering Division Team Award

John Donne didn't write "No librarian is an island," but he might have had he been a part of the SLA Engineering Division. They're looking for nominations for the Engineering Division Team Award.

This award is offered annually to honor a team. It is sponsored by the SLA Engineering Division and highlights the accomplishments and contributions of a team working on projects in the area of engineering. A team may consist of members who work in a collaborative environment – academic libraries and corporations with several libraries or one librarian involved in a group project.

It's a $1500 stipend -- split amomng the team -- and nominations are due by March 1, 2007.

Details after the jump.

Engineering Librarian of the Year Award

Elsevier and the SLA Engineering Division are looking for nominations for the Engineering Librarian of the Year. It's a $1500 gift "to highlight the accomplishments and contributions of members to the engineering librarian profession." Nominations are due March 1, 2007.

Criteria and submission details after the jump.

More papers

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Science and Technology Libraries Section is planning a two-hour program in Durban as part of the World Library and Information Congress 19-23 August 2007. The theme of the IFLA conference is "Libraries for the future: Progress, Development and Partnerships"

The conference is look for three papers to be selected for presentation. You must submit your proposal by January 15, 2007. Details after the jump...

Bonnie Hilditch International Science-Technology Division Librarian Award

Help a librarian get to the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Conference in Denver, CO, in June!

If you know of a librarian who lives and works outside of the United States and Canada then he or she may be eligible for the Bonnie Hilditch International Science-Technology Division Librarian Award. The award is conference registration, lodging, and airfare (not to exceed $2000).

Yes, you can nominate yourself. But hurry. The deadline is February 1, 2007.

Details after the jump....

Papers not Posters

The ACRL Science and Technology Section's (STS) Research Committee is looking for research papers to be given at the ALA Annual Conference in Washington D.C. on Sunday June 24th, 2007, from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m.

The committee needs your abstract by January 19, 2007!

Complete details after the jump...

Call for ALA Annual Conference Poster Proposals

The ACRL STS Research Committee and STS Program Planning Committee are looking for your proposals for posters to be exhibited at the ALA Annual Conference in Washington D.C.

If accepted, your poster will be displayed from 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. on Monday, June 25, 2007. You must submit your ideas to the committees by January 19th.

Complete information after the jump....

ASEE-ELD Awards: call for nominations

The Engineering Libraries Division of ASEE is now accepting nominations for its three annual awards:

• Homer I. Bernhardt Distinguished Service Award


• Best Publication Award


• Best Reference Work Award

Deadline for nominations to all three awards is February 8, 2007. Self-nominations are welcomed. Send all nominations via regular mail and/or e-mail to: John C. Teleha, Chair, ELD Awards Committee, F.D. Bluford Library, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State
University, 1601 East Market Street, Greensboro, NC 27411, teleha@ncat.edu.