- New book: The Literature of Chemistry: Recommended Titles for Undergraduate Chemistry Library Collections - Gary Wiggins told on CHMINF-L of a new guide to chemistry literature: Douville, Judith A. The Literature of Chemistry: Recommended Titles for Undergraduate Chemistry Library Collections. Chicago: Association of College & Research Libraries, Division of the American Library Association, 2004....
- New book: Browsing Science Research at the Federal Level in Canada - An entry in John Dupuis's blog led me to this new book, written by Brian Wilks, former head of the Steacie Science and Engineering Library of York University: Wilks, Brian B. Browsing Science Research at the Federal Level in Canada...
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January 2005
- New version of IEEE Xplore coming up - A new version of IEEE's Xplore search interface, Xplore 2.0, will be arriving "early in the second quarter of 2005". A beta version will be available for testing in a few weeks. For what will be new: The release will...
- Kluwer titles now on Springer - Following the acquisition of Kluwer by Springer, last week, the Kluwer titles were soft-launched onto e-products platform Springer Link. Kluwer Online will be shut down sometime in February. Re-directs will be in effect for several months after which they will...
- EPA website in Spanish - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched a website in Spanish. The site gives information on environmental health, educational resources for students and teachers, EPA grants, small business opportunities and jobs at the Agency....
- Engineers Week - Engineers Week is coming soon, from February 20th to the 26th. Is your library/information center doing anything special for the occasion? At work here, we are putting up our annual exhibit, this time on Wireless and Mobile Computing....
- Supervisory Librarian IV via ASRC Aerospace Corporation, Pensacola Beach, FL - ASRC is looking for a Supervisory Librarian IV for a Pensacola Beach, FL location. Look for job #EPAFLA005 at the employment site....
- Information Management Center Analyst III - Baxter International Inc., Round Lake, IL - Baxter International Inc. is seeking an Information Management Center Analyst III for its location in the NW suburbs of Chicago, IL. (I liked the last sentence of the ad, asking for a candidate "active in the information community".)...
- Information Specialist/Lead Indexer - Dow AgroSciences, Indianapolis, IN - Dow AgroSciences is seeking an Information Specialist/Lead Indexer for its Indianapolis, IN location. Look for job #0400567 on the employment website....
- Research Librarian/Corporate Librarian - Dorris and Associates, Inc., Atlanta, GA - Dorris and Associates, Inc., an engineering firm in Atlanta, GA, is looking for a Research Librarian/Corporate Librarian....
- Technical STN Consultants - Chemical Abstracts Service, New Jersey or Chicago, IL - Chemical Abstracts Service has two positions open for Technical STN Consultants. It doesn't require an MLIS but it could be an interesting change of career for a librarian....
- Librarian - Globe Institute of Technology, New York, NY - The Globe Institute of Technology, in Manhattan, is searching for a Librarian....
- Science Librarian - Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI - Eastern Michigan University, in Ypsilanti, MI, is seeking a Science Librarian....
- Librarian IV - via ASRC Aerospace Corporation, Ft. Meade, MD - ASRC is looking for a Librarian IV for a Ft. Meade, MD location. Look for job #EPAMD005 at the employment site....
- Burndy Library moving? - Bob Michaelson posted on relevant newsgroups today about the possible move of the Burndy Library and the Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology after being associated with MIT since 1992. Among the interested for the new site...
- Technical Services Librarian - Phillips Research Laboratory Technical and Research Library, Kirtland AFB, NM - The Phillips Research Laboratory Technical and Research Library, located at the Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, NM, is looking for a Technical Services Librarian. Hiring is done through Information International Associates....
- No comments! - Englib is now on a new server and a few changes were made. The most important is that commenting functions were taken off, maybe permanently. The spam was way out of hand. But, you are always welcome to write me...
- EV2 enhancements - Imminent is the release of a new version of Ei's Engineering Village 2. There will be a new Easy Search function, which results can be refined with faceted searching. The Easy Search will start as a Beta first....
- Conference blog for PAM? - Christina Pikas, science librarian blogger, mentioned the Public Library Association Winter Conference blog on the SLA-PAM listserv today. She wonders if any members of PAM would be interested in participating in a similar blog for SLA Toronto. If so, let...
- SLA 2006 Baltimore - programming ideas - Marcia J. Rodney, for Engineering and Aerospace, and Laurel Kristick, for PAM, are both collecting programming ideas for SLA Annual Conference in Baltimore in 2006 either for their division/section or the conference as a whole. They will both be in...
- Natural Sciences Information Services Librarian - University of Washington, Seattle, WA - The University of Washington, in Seattle, WA, is seeking a Natural Sciences Information Services Librarian....
- Science Librarian - Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA - Mount Holyoke College, in South Hadley, MA, is looking for a Science Librarian. Sandy Ward, retiring later this year, is willing to answer questions about her position....
- Information Specialist - CISTI, Saguenay, QU - The Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information is searching for an Information Specialist for its Saguenay region offices in Québec, Canada....
- Science Liaison Librarian - University of Toronto at Mississauga, Mississauga, ON - The University of Toronto at Mississauga, in Mississauga, ON is looking for a Science Liaison Librarian....
- Research Librarian for Chemistry & Earth System Science - University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA - The University of California in Irvine, Ca is seeking a Research Librarian for Chemistry & Earth System Science....
- Acquisitions Librarian - Mathematical Reviews, Ann Arbor, MI - Mathematical Reviews, a division of the American Mathematical Society, is looking for an Acquisitions Librarian in Ann Arbor, MI....
- Technical Information Specialist (Physical Science) - USPTO, Arlington, VA - The US Patent and Trademark Office is looking for a Technical Information Specialist (Physical Science) for its Scientific and Technical Information Center, Biotechnology/Chemical Division, Information Branch in Arlington, VA....
- American Institute of Physics archives news - AIP have now made available its journals archives. Regular subscriptions give access to a five-year online backfile; adding a relatively small annual maintenance fee (between $95 and $130) gives access to every issue, back to Volume 1, issue 1 for...
- American Physical Society archives news - Some announcements from APS: 2001 material is now part of PROLA (Physical Review Online Archive) (a subscription is needed) Full text searching of all APS material has been added to the search engine Links for articles chosen for coverage in...
- Sales Representatives, Electronic Information Products in Chemistry - Thieme Publishers, New York, NY - Thieme Publishers is looking for a Sales Representatives, Electronic Information Products in Chemistry for its New York, NY location. They are looking for candidates with "experience in the information industry, either in information management and librarianship or in publishing."...
- Electronic Services and Reference Librarian - Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN - This may not be strictly sci-tech librarianship but the Tennessee Technological University, in Cookeville, TN, is searching for an Electronic Services and Reference Librarian....
- Library - Metadata Specialist - Lincoln Laboratory, MIT, Lexington, MA - The Lincoln Laboratory, part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Lexington, MA, is looking for Metadata Specialist for the Library....
- Associate Head for Monograph Cataloging - MIT, Cambridge, MA - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, MA is seeking an Associate Head for Monograph Cataloging....
- Reference Librarian - Colorado School of Mines, Goldern, CO - The Colorado School of Mines, in Golden, CO, is looking for an Assistant Reference Librarian....
- Subscriptions Coordinator - Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC - For something a bit different but that would sure benefit from a librarian's point of view, the Society for Neuroscience, in Washington, DC, is looking for a Subscriptions Coordinator....
- New ISTL Column - Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship will be sporting a new column, entitled Viewpoints, hopefully with the Spring Issue of 2005. This new column intends to be a venue to individual librarians' opinions. The topic does not necessarily have to...
- ACS news - Starting in mid-January, it will be possible to all to freely view the abstract or first page of any ACS journal article at the ACS Publications website as well as search the full text of all ACS journal content. Journal...
- SLA Hotel registration open - It is now possible to reserve your hotel room using the SLA rates for that association's Annual Conference in June....
- ASEE Portland Registration open - Conference registration for the ASEE Annual Conference in Portland, OR, is now open. Early registration rates are available until February 23, 2005 and you can save an additional 35$ on that fee if you register online. See the extended entry...
- Volunteer opportunities at Sci-Tech News - (I may be late for this but here goes...) Sci-Tech News, the bulletin of the Sci-Tech, Chemistry, Engineering, Materials Research and Manufacturing, Transportation Divisions and the Aerospace Section of the Engineering Division of SLA, is looking for two volunteers: Advertising...
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Information Management Center Analyst III - Baxter International Inc., Round Lake, IL
Information Specialist/Lead Indexer - Dow AgroSciences, Indianapolis, IN
Research Librarian/Corporate Librarian - Dorris and Associates, Inc., Atlanta, GA
Technical STN Consultants - Chemical Abstracts Service, New Jersey or Chicago, IL
Librarian - Globe Institute of Technology, New York, NY
Science Librarian - Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
Librarian IV - via ASRC Aerospace Corporation, Ft. Meade, MD
Technical Services Librarian - Phillips Research Laboratory Technical and Research Library, Kirtland AFB, NM
Natural Sciences Information Services Librarian - University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Science Librarian - Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
Information Specialist - CISTI, Saguenay, QU
Science Liaison Librarian - University of Toronto at Mississauga, Mississauga, ON
Research Librarian for Chemistry & Earth System Science - University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA
Acquisitions Librarian - Mathematical Reviews, Ann Arbor, MI
Technical Information Specialist (Physical Science) - USPTO, Arlington, VA
Sales Representatives, Electronic Information Products in Chemistry - Thieme Publishers, New York, NY
Electronic Services and Reference Librarian - Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN
Library - Metadata Specialist - Lincoln Laboratory, MIT, Lexington, MA
Associate Head for Monograph Cataloging - MIT, Cambridge, MA
Reference Librarian - Colorado School of Mines, Goldern, CO
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