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June 2005

Seminar on Geoscience Librarianship - The Geoscience Information Society (GSIS) in conjunction with the Geological Society of America annual meeting is sponsoring a *free* seminar on Geoscience Librarianship. The program will take place on Saturday, October 15, 2005 from 10:30 to 5:00 at the Gould... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
IEEE news - All or not quite all - IEEE announced this week that they were planning to digitize all of their print content back from volume 1, number 1. The first step of this new project was the complete digitization of the society's flagship journal, Proceedings of the... ( | 0 Trackbacks)

New SLA Caucus - Of possible interest to engineering librarians, the SLA Board of Director has approved the creation of a new Caucus during the last annual conference. The Architecture, Building Engineering, Construction and Design Caucus, is set to serve those working for public... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
LISA V: Call for papers - Proposed papers are now being accepted for the Library and Information Services in Astronomy V (LISA V) conference that will be held in Cambridge, MA, June 18-21, 2006. The conference is hosted by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics(CfA), the John... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
ASEE-ELD volunteering opportunities - The Engineering Libraries Division of ASEE is looking for two members to serve on the Accreditation and Standards Committee. If interested, contact Kevin Drees before July 8, 5PM Central time with a brief description.... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
ASEE-ELD volunteering opportunities - The Engineering Libraries Division of ASEE is looking for two members to serve on the Accreditation and Standards Committee. If interested, contact Kevin Drees before July 8, 5PM Central time with a brief description.... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
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Research and Instructional Librarian - University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada - The University of Western Ontario, in London, ON, is searching for a Research and Instructional Librarian. This person will be responsible for the subject areas of Physics, Astronomy, Mathematics and Statistics.... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
Technical Business Analyst, RCO - National Research Council, Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (NRC-CISTI), Edmonton, AL, Canada - The National Research Council is also seeking a Technical Business Analyst, RCO for its Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (NRC-CISTI) location in Edmonton, AL.... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
Technical Business Analyst, RCO - National Research Council, Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (NRC-CISTI), St. John's, NF - The National Research Council is seeking a Technical Business Analyst, RCO for its Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (NRC-CISTI) location in St. John's, NF.... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
International Technology Analyst - Mitre, McLean, VA - Mitre is looking for a International Technology Analyst for its McLean, VA location. US citizens only. Look for job 4386BR on the employer website.... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
Head, Reference, Instruction, and Government Information Services - Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI - The Michigan Technological University, in Houghton, MI, is seeking an Head, Reference, Instruction, and Government Information Services.... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
Rare Book Cataloger - Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL - The Chicago Botanic Garden, in Glencoe, IL, is looking for a Rare Book Cataloger for a two-year special project.... ( | 0 Trackbacks)

Head of Engineering Library - University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB - The University of New Brunswick, in Fredericton, NB is still searching for an Head of Engineering Library.... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
Associate University Librarian (Access Services And Projects), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong - The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, located at Clear Water Bay in Hong Kong, is seeking an Associate University Librarian (Access Services And Projects).... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
Head of Science Library Reference Department - University of California at Irvine - The University of California at Irvine is looking for an Head of Science Library Reference Department.... ( | 0 Trackbacks)

RefWorks: Scopus Edition is coming - CSA will introduce its RefWorks: Scopus Edition at ALA in a few days. It is said to "provide a sophisticated level of interoperability between the two services; enabling researchers uninterrupted workflow when finding and managing their research information." You can... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
Information Analyst - Battelle, Dugway Proving Ground, UT - Battelle is looking for an Information Analyst for the West Desert Technical Information Center (WDTIC) at Dugway Proving Ground, UT. Must be a US citizen. Search for job #10745 at the employment site.... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
Science Reference Librarian (Engineering) - Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA - The Louisiana State University, in Baton Rouge, LA is searching for a Science Reference Librarian (Engineering).... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
Science Librarian - University of Minnesota Libraries Twin Cities Campus, St. Paul, MN - The University of Minnesota Libraries is seeking a Science Librarian for its Twin Cities Campus in St. Paul, MN.... ( | 0 Trackbacks)

STS General Discussion Group on blogging science libraries - The Science and Technology Section of ACRL is focusing its General Discussion Group on science libraries and blogs at the ALA annual conference. Sunday June 26, 9:30-11:00, Holiday Inn City Center, Ohio. Topic: Science Libraries and Blogs Blogs. They're everywhere.... ( )
2nd Digital Archives for Science & Engineering Resources Summit - rescheduling - The 2nd Digital Archives for Science & Engineering Resources Summit(DASER-2), previously planned for April 2005, has been rescheduled to the first week of December 2005. UPDATE: the year has been corrected to 2005, from 2006.... ( | 0 Trackbacks)

Coming up for Landolt-Börnstein - A post on the PAMNet reminded me what a Springer rep also told me at this past SLA. Coming next year, a current subscription to Landolt-Börnstein in print won't be necessary to obtain the electronic version. The online-only access should... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
Searching blogs with Yahoo - In my presentation last week at SLA, I said that it was difficult to use common search engines to search blog contents. I spoke too quickly. Yahoo proposes a way of doing so: in the advanced search, select "RSS/XML (.xml)"... ( | 0 Trackbacks)

ACRL-STS Dinner in Chicago - There will be a Science Librarians Dinner at ALA Sunday, June 26, starting at 5:30. Harry Caray's is the location. RSVP to Norma Kobzina. I assume this is Dutch treat. The dinner is sponsored by the co-chairs of the College... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
Senior Cyber/Systems Librarian/Information Scientist - National Biological Information Infrastructure, Reston, VA - Information International Associates, Inc. (IIa) is searching for a Senior Cyber/Systems Librarian/Information Scientist to work at the National Biological Information Infrastructure in Reston, VA. Another description of the position is also available.... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
Supervisory Librarian V - EPA, Washington, DC - ASRC is also seeking a Supervisory Librarian V for the EPA headquarters in Washington, DC.... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
Technical Information Specialist II - USPTO?, Alexandria, VA - ASRC Aerospace is also looking for a Technical Information Specialist II for a client in Alexandria, VA. Search for position #PTOAX371 on the employment site. This is most likely for the USPTO as well.... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
Technical Information Specialist III - USPTO, Alexandria, VA - ASRC Aerospace is looking for two Technical Information Specialist III for the USPTO offices in Alexandria, VA. Search for position #PTOAX375-376 on the employment site.... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
Science and Engineering Librarian - University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL - The University of Miami, in Coral Gables, FL, is looking for a Science and Engineering Librarian.... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
Do you get Cell? - If you have a site license to the Cell journal from Elsevier, you might be interested to know that, starting July 2005, free personal print-only subscriptions will be given to anyone affiliated with an institution licensing Cell Online via ScienceDirect... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
Scirus gets into the institutional repository market - Elsevier has announced that Scirus was used to index the institutional repository of the University of Toronto, named T-Space. So, not only Scirus will be the search engine for the repository users at UofT, but the repository content will be... ( | 0 Trackbacks)

The British Library launches a research service - The British Library has launched a research service, British Library Direct, that offers access to a fully searchable database of nine million article titles from 20,000 international research journals. The records go back five years. More entries are added each... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
ACS eliminates floating wall for e-journals - ACS has put forh a new policy concerning the subscription to its e-journals. Beginning in 2006, all institutional subscribers to the ACS Web Editions will receive access to journal content from 1996 to the present. This new definition of a... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
ASEE's Best Practices for Electronic Resources Task Force - There is new content from ASEE-ELD's Best Practices for Electronic Resources Task Force, who produced the "Punch List" for publishers and vendors. New composition: Mel DeSart is now chair, with him, Alesia McManus; Beth Mohler; Don Richardson; Mike White; Karen... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
Assistant University Librarian - Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada - The Dalhousie University, in Halifax, NS, Canada, is seeking an Assistant University Librarian. This person will work with a team of multidisciplinary subject specialists/library liaison staff in the Killam, Kellogg Health Sciences and Sexton Design and Technology libraries (which contains... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
Director of the Othmer Library - Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia, PA - The Chemical Heritage Foundation, in Philadelphia, PA, is seeking a Director of the Othmer Library.... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
Engineering Librarian or Specialist - Texas A&M University at Qatar, Doha, Qatar - The Texas A&M University at Qatar, in Doha, Qatar, is also looking for an Engineering Librarian or Specialist.... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
Information Literacy Librarian, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Doha, Qatar - The Texas A&M University at Qatar, in Doha, Qatar, is looking for an Information Literacy Librarian. The College has four departments: chemical, electrical, petroleum and mechanical engineering.... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
Dialog news - The Cambridge Scientific Abstracts databases are making a return on Dialog. At the time of the SLA conference, they were still loading contents. But right now, at least Metadex and the Aerospace databases should be back online through them. UPDATE:... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
CRCnetBASE news - At SLA, I took a few minutes to talk to the CRCnetBASE people. They have new collections coming up: PlantSCIENCEnetBASE- Continues CRC's role as the agriculturist's and botanist's resource of choice, providing handbooks, and texts on soil science, pesticides, plant... ( | 0 Trackbacks)

Back from SLA - What have I learned at SLA: - that I am a cheapstake and it hurt my blogging. Resolution: next year, get a room with (free :) ) Internet access - that Canadian sci-tech librarians bloggers wear khakis. Check out pictures... ( | 0 Trackbacks)

InfoToday's view on my presentation - Don Hawkins attended my session and blogged about it in the InfoToday blog. Thanks Don!... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
Information Consultant - Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA - Amgen is also looking for an Information Consultant, for Thousand Oaks, CA.... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
A day at SLA - And what a day! Of course, I'm already totally out of time, with sessions, business meetings, dinners, open houses and receptions. Leaves little time for blogging. Pretty much everyone has arrived by now, and there is quite a buzz going... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
Information Consultant - Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA - Amgen is also looking for an Information Consultant, for Thousand Oaks, CA.... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
Associate Director - Library Services, Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA - Amgen is looking for an Associate Director, Library Services for its Thousand Oaks, CA location.... ( | 0 Trackbacks)

Volunteering opportunities for ASIS&T's SIG STI members - Volunteers from the Scientific and Technical Information Systems (STI) Special Interest Group of the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) are needed to organize the 2006 Trisociety Symposium on Chemical Information. This Symposium happens every four years and... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
IoP leaves books publishing - The Institute of Physics (IoP) has sold its 600 titles to T&F Informa and is pulling out of the academic book publishing to focus on its core journals market. Back list titles and those currently in production will still carry... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
More on the Chemical Market Reporter for libraries - Randy Reichardt has updated information about the new and improved Chemical Market Reporter academic subscriptions on the STLQ.... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
T-shirts and other gadgets for librarians - Bizarre or not, one of the top search terms for Englib is "librarians t shirt". To satisfy my readers in search of garments and other librarian-related gifts, here are two sites to check out: The Curmudgeony Librarian Superstore the Librarian... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
What do physical science librarians read? - Joseph Kraus shared this interesting looking article about the reading habits of physical science librarians: Ortega, Lina and C.M. Brown. 2005. "Information Seeking Behavior of Physical Science Librarians: Does Research Inform Practice?" College and Research Libraries 66(3):231-247. Abstract Physical science... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
Librarian - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienne, Austria - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in Vienna, Austria, is also looking for a Librarian. Quick though, the deadline is Monday, June 6.... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
Section Head (Library) - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), located in Vienna, Austria, is seeking an Section Head (Library) for a fixed term of three years.... ( | 0 Trackbacks)

SLA-PAM is blogging - Guess what, I am a Check out the PAM Division blog for the Toronto conference and the Conference official blog.... ( )
Librarian III, Research Services Librarian for the Life Sciences - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD - Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore, MD, is searching for a Librarian III, Research Services Librarian for the Life Sciences.... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
Librarian - Nalco, Naperville, IL - Nalco is seeking two Librarians for its Naperville, IL location. I have no direct link, go to the employment page and search for "Librarian" for more details.... ( | 0 Trackbacks)
Manager, Scientific Information Services - Symyx, Santa Clara, CA - Symyx is looking for a Manager, Scientific Information Services, for its Santa Clara, CA location. A chemistry background would be a plus.... ( | 0 Trackbacks)

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Catherine Lavallée-Welch