- LISA V - Registration for LISA V, the fifth "Library and Information Services in Astronomy" Conference, is now closed has it isfull! Congrats to the organizers for their success....
- Directory of Published Proceedings now free - InterDok has announced that their database, Directory of Published Proceedings, is now free of charge for searches. InterDok will also unveil a "new product" at SLA in June....
- Turner Fairbank Highway Research Center tour in Baltimore - The Transportation Division has prepared a special tour during the SLA conference at the Turner Fairbank Highway Research Center. The Center is a federally owned and operated research facility in McLean, Virginia. TFHRC is the home of the Federal Highway...
- Latest ISTL out - The Spring 2006 issue of Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship is now available. The main theme of the issue is assessment....
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May 2006
- METRO Science Librarians SIG meeting - The next METRO Science Librarians SIG meeting will be held Tuesday June 6, 2006 1:30-4:30 PM at the METRO Headquarters, 57 East 11th Street, 4th Floor, in New York City. Speakers: Helen Ann Brown of the Weill Cornell Medical Library...
- Assistant Librarian - National Starch and Chemical, Bridgewater, NJ - National Starch and Chemical is looking for an Assistant Librarian for their Bridgewater, NJ location....
- Results of the Continuing Education Survey - Last fall, the sci-tech divisions/sections of the major professional library association (ACRL-STS, SLA-ST and ASEE-ELD) went ahead with their second member survey about continuing education interests. The results are now available. Top four topics of interest are "Promoting science information...
- Academic Program Director: Agricultural, Biological, & Environmental Sciences - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN - The University of Minnesota, in Minneapolis, MN is seeking an Academic Program Director: Agricultural, Biological, & Environmental Sciences....
- Chmoogle now eMolecules - Chmoogle schmoogle! Chmoogle, the search engine specializing in Chemistry, has announced that it was now changing its name to eMolecules. The name change is due to pressures from Google....
- New sci-tech library blog - Pat Viele, Physics & Astronomy Librarian at the Edna McConnell Clark Physical Sciences Library, Cornell University, has lauched a new blog, Physics Information Fluency. The objective of the blog is facilitate the exchange of information and ideas about adding information...
- Marketing Coordinator / Reference Librarian - Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology, Kansas City, MO - The Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology, in Kansas City, MO is looking for a Marketing Coordinator / Reference Librarian....
- Basic Sciences Librarian (Visiting) - University of Florida, Gainesville, FL - The University of Florida, in Gainesville, FL, is seeking a Basic Sciences Librarian (Visiting) to serve as, twist, liaison librarian to the basic sciences departments in the College of Medicine and the College of Veterinary Medicine and graduate student programs...
- Blogging CE class in Baltimore and bloggers get-together - Sunday June 11th, I will be teaching a pre-conference workshop at SLA titled Weblogging for Beginners: a Practical Approach. Time is running out for registering so don't miss out if you are interested in blogging but not quite sure where...
- List of chemistry journals with feeds - Tom Keays, Chemistry Librarian at Syracuse University, has compiled a list of chemistry e-journals that offer an RSS feed. Explore the website, there are other lists of interest as well for librarians....
- SLA-ENG Librarian of the Year announced - The Engineering Division of SLA has announced the winner of its 2006 Librarian of the Year award: Cheryl A. Hansen, Research Librarian for Engineering Systems, Inc. (ESI). Ms. Hansen has been very actively involved with the Division since the 1990s....
- Head Librarian - Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute, Wooster, OH - The Agricultural Technical Institute of Ohio State University, in Wooster, OH, is looking for an Head Librarian. I could not find anything on the Institute or OSU's websites....
- Science Instruction and Reference Librarian - Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ - Rider University, in Lawrenceville, NJ, is seeking a Science Instruction and Reference Librarian....
- Mr. & Mrs. Laurence S. Youngblood Chair for Energy Librarian (Geology Librarian) - University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK - The University of Oklahoma, in Norman, OK, is seeking candidates for the position of Mr. & Mrs. Laurence S. Youngblood Chair for Energy Librarian (Geology Librarian)....
- SLA-PAM's One Book/One Division title announced - Count down : Six Kids Vie for Glory at the World's Toughest Math Competition by Steve Olson, published by Houghton Mifflin, is the title for discussion during the One Book/One Division No-Host Dinner organized by the Physics-Astronomy-Mathematics Division of SLA...
- Library associations support legislation that improves public access to federal scientific research - A coalition of national library associations, including SLA, ALA and ARL, praised the introduction of the "Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006." The Act is introduced by Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) and would require...
- 75th anniversary of the Journal of Applied Physics - The Journal of Applied Physics is celebrating its 75th anniversary and its 100th volume. More than 94 000 articles have been published in its pages, from its creation in 1931 as Physics under the auspices of the American Physical Society,...
- TechXtra more xtra good stuff - EngLib's friend Roddy McLeod has announced enhancements to EEVL Xtra. Now called TechXtra, the service now offers more information sources along with the cross-search of scientific databases. And all is free. See the extended entry for a listing....
- Library Director in Training - New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM - The New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, in Socorro, NM, is seeking a Library Director in Training. This is an interim appointment of approximately 6 months (starting July 1st) working closely with the library director. This successful candidate will...
- Science Librarian - Iowa State University, Ames, IA - Iowa State University, in Ames, IA, is looking for a Science Librarian. Search for job ID 060344 on the employment site....
- Volunteering at ALA annual - Attendees of the ALA annual conference in New Orleans still have the possibility of volunteering in the Libraries Build Communities projects to help rebuild libraries and the communities in and around New Orleans on Friday, June 23 and Tuesday, June...
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