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Tuesday 21 November 2006

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... (14:38)

Friday 13 October 2006

ASEE-ELD: nominations sought - Nominations are being sought for the positions of Secretary/Treasurer and Director for the Engineering Libraries Division of ASEE. You may nominate yourself, or someone else. Election to the ELD Secretary/Treasurer is a four-year job assignment, with the workload heaviest during... (15:43 | 0 Trackbacks)

Thursday 31 August 2006

SLA joint poster session - The latest bulletin of the Chemistry Division of SLA contains a review of the all-sciences poster session in Baltimore (read starting page 9). The accompanying Web conference will take place from October 10-22, 2006. The Web Conference is free, however... (11:25 | 0 Trackbacks)

Wednesday 30 August 2006

ASEE-ELD: volunteering opportunity - The Extended Executive Committee of the Engineering Libraries Division of ASEE is looking for members who would be interested in helping organize an Information Literacy Special Interest Group. A webpage would be created containing teaching objects, handouts, tutorials and the... (20:43 | 0 Trackbacks)
ASIS&T-STI: board members needed - The Special Interest Group on Scientific and Technical Information Systems of the American Society for Information Science has open positions on the Board to be filled. Chair-Elect: automatically becomes chair in the following year, works closely with the chair in... (11:48 | 0 Trackbacks)

Tuesday 29 August 2006

ACS-CINF: volunteers needed - The Publications Committee of the Chemical Information Division of ACS needs volunteers to fill several vacancies on the committee: Business Manager: the Business Manager is responsible for soliciting advertisements for the CIB, ensuring timely receipt of advertising copy, issueing and... (17:01 | 0 Trackbacks)
ACS-CINF: volunteers needed - The Publications Committee of the Chemical Information Division of ACS needs volunteers to fill several vacancies on the committee: Business Manager: the Business Manager is responsible for soliciting advertisements for the CIB, ensuring timely receipt of advertising copy, issueing and... (17:01 | 0 Trackbacks)

Friday 7 July 2006

ACRL-STS volunteering opportunity - The Science and Technology Section of ACRL is looking for an individual interested in representing the Section on an advisory group of librarians from different science library member associations for the National Science Digital Library. The group usually meets at... (13:10 | 0 Trackbacks)

Friday 23 June 2006

ACRL-STS: call for volunteers - Members of the ACRL's Science and Technology Section are invited to show their interest to become STS liaisons to other professional associations. The association groups are: American Chemical Society (ACS) American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Engineering Librarians... (13:08 | 0 Trackbacks)

Thursday 8 June 2006

Volunteer opportunity: ACRL-STS rep to IFLA - Tomorrow is the deadline to submit your candidacy to become the ACRL-STS representative to IFLA. The four-year term will begin in August 2007 but the reps are named now. Criteria include: Be an ACRL member be a a member of... (14:30 | 0 Trackbacks)

Monday 29 May 2006

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... (19:17 | 0 Trackbacks)

Friday 12 May 2006

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.... (23:41 | 0 Trackbacks)

Friday 7 April 2006

ASEE-ELD award winners announced - The Engineering Libraries Division of ASEE announced its award winners earlier this week. Readers of EngLib have seen this name here before. Roddy MacLeod (of EEVL fame) and Jim Corlett won the 2006 Best Reference Work Award for their work... (11:00 | 0 Trackbacks)

Monday 13 March 2006

Still time for the SLA Engineering Librarian of the Year Award - There is still time to nominate yourself or a deserving colleague to the Engineering Division's SLA Engineering Librarian of the Year Award. The winner wins a plaque and $1,500 stipend from Elsevier Engineering Information. The deadline is now March 30th.... (09:17 | 0 Trackbacks)

Friday 10 March 2006

ASEE-ELD election in progress - The election for the new board members of the Engineering Libraries Division of ASEE started today. You can vote by electronic ballot (also accessible at the ELD home page. You need your membership number (check your membership card or the... (14:43 | 0 Trackbacks)

Monday 20 February 2006

SLA Sci-Tech: call for nominations - The Science and Technology Division of SLA is now accepting nominations for two board positions: Chair-Elect (January-December 2007, term as chair begins January 2008) Treasurer (January 2007-December 2008, always a two-year term) Deadline is March 15. Self-nominations are also encouraged.... (15:36 | 0 Trackbacks)

Monday 13 February 2006

SLA Chemistry Division e-Newsletter is online - The latest issue of SLA's Chemistry Division newsletter is now online. Inside you will find more details from the chair Ted Baldwin about the activities and programming the Division is planning for Baltimore and a nice article from David Flaxbart... (15:38 | 0 Trackbacks)
SLA-ST: call for awards nomination - The Awards Committee of SLA's Science & Technology Division is now ready to accept nominations for two of its Awards: the S. Kirk Cabeen Travel Stipend Award the Sci-Tech Achievement Award For more info, contact Awards Committee chair Cheryl Hansen.... (15:21 | 0 Trackbacks)

Wednesday 8 February 2006

SLA-PAM: awards nominations sought - The Awards Committee of the Physics-Astronomy-Mathematics Division of SLA is now accepting nominations for the Division's awards: the PAM Division Award and the PAM Achievement Award. Deadline is March 1st. Send your nominations to one of the committee's members: Stella... (13:48 | 0 Trackbacks)

Monday 23 January 2006

SLA-ENG: nominations for travel awards - The Awards Committee of the Engineering Division of SLA is now accepting nominations to its new Engineering Division Continuing Education Travel Award, sponsored by IEEE. The award is a $1000 stipend for expenses incurred while attending any CE course offered... (14:42 | 0 Trackbacks)
ASEE-ELD - slate of candidates - Speaking of votes and elections, the ASEE-Engineering Libraries Division's Nominating Committee has announced the slate of candidates for 2006: Director: John Forys, University of Iowa Michael White, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario Secretary / Treasurer: Alice Trussell, Kansas State University Amy... (12:37 | 0 Trackbacks)
SLA vote starts today - Of interest to members of SLA that are EngLib readers : voting starts today for the election of the new Board of Directors. IIf you have an electronic email address on file with the association, you should receive information to... (12:02 | 0 Trackbacks)

Thursday 19 January 2006

SLA-FAN: volunteering opportunities - The Food-Agriculture-Nutrition Division of SLA is also looking for candidates for their Board: Chair-Elect: a 3-year commitment, as this individual then rotates into the Chair and Past-Chair positions Secretary: a 1-yr term of office Director (need 2) : a 1-yr... (23:57 | 0 Trackbacks)
SLA-FAN: awards nominations - The Awards Committee of the Food-Agriculture-Nutrition Division of SLA is now accepting nominations for its different awards: Distinguished Member Travel Grant Applications are due February 16th to any member of the Committee: Anne Hurst, Awards Committee Chair; Regina Cannon or... (23:45 | 0 Trackbacks)

Friday 13 January 2006

ICSTI workshop - The International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) will hold its winter meeting workshop in Paris, France on February 3rd. The theme is Information and Data in e-Science - Making Seamless Access a Reality. Don't let the expression "workshop"... (16:23 | 0 Trackbacks)
SLA-Chemistry: call for nominations - The Chemistry Division of the SLA is now accepting nominations or self-nominations for board positions: Chair-Elect (January –December 2007, term as chair begins January 2008) and Treasurer (January 2007-December 2008). Nominations are due February 15 to Dawn French, Chair, Nomination... (16:15 | 0 Trackbacks)

Wednesday 4 January 2006

SLA-ENG Awards: call for nominations - The Awards Committee of the Engineering Division of SLA is now accepting nominations for its annual Engineering Librarian of the Year award. Nominations are due March 15th. Self-nominations are welcomed. Provide full name, address, telephone numbers, e-mail address, and a... (16:04 | 0 Trackbacks)
ASEE Meriam/Wiley Distinguished Author Award - This is a award offered by ASEE, not ASEE's Engineering Libraries Division, but I'm sure librarians could have ideas for nominations, due on January 15. The Meriam/Wiley Distinguished Author Award wants to recognize published "work that contributes to the advancement... (15:54 | 0 Trackbacks)

Wednesday 21 December 2005

SLA-ST Awards nominations sought - The Science-Technology Division of SLA is now accepting nominations for its three awards: Sci-Tech Achievement Award (deadline, April 3rd) S. Kirk Cabeen Travel Stipend Award (deadline, April 3rd) Bonnie Hilditch International Science-Technology Division Librarian Award (deadline, January 9th) Send your... (15:48 | 0 Trackbacks)

Tuesday 20 December 2005

ASEE-ELD volunteering opportunities - The Engineering Libraries Division of ASEE is looking for nominations/volunteers for two elected positions and two appointed positions: Secretary/Treasurer (elected) Director (elected) Membership Committee Chair (appointed) Development Committee Coordinator (appointed) For more information of the responsabilities, check the ELD bylaws.... (16:28 | 0 Trackbacks)

Thursday 8 December 2005

SLA-PAM: call for officer nominations - The Physics-Astronomy-Mathematics Division of SLA is now calling for nominations for the officer position of Treasurer. This is a 2-year term from January 2006 through December 2007. Express your interest or nominate someone by contacting one of the Nominating Committee... (11:22 | 0 Trackbacks)

Wednesday 23 November 2005

SLA-Engineering board: call for nominations - The SLA Engineering Division Nominating Committee is looking for division members interested in serving in the positions of Chair Elect, Director, and Secretary. The Secretary and Director positions serve for two years; the Chair Elect position is a three-year commitment.... (15:17 | 0 Trackbacks)
Open access with ACRL - Not solely related to scitech librarianship but a little something to be thankful for: the ACRL has announced that its journal College & Research Libraries will now be available free of charge in PDF format on the ACRL website six... (14:56 | 0 Trackbacks)

Monday 14 November 2005

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 8th, 2006. Self-nominations... (16:24 | 0 Trackbacks)
STS/ASEE ELD/SLA Sci-Tech Continuing Education Survey 2005 - November 18 is the last date to participate in the ACRL-STS / ASEE-ELD / SLA Sci-Tech Continuing Education 2005 Survey. This survey helps the association units serving scitech librarians propose ce classes that responds to their members needs. For more... (16:16 | 0 Trackbacks)

Thursday 20 October 2005

SLA PAM International Membership Award - deadline extended - The deadline for the International Membership Award from the SLA's Physics-Astronomy-Mathematics Division has been extended to November 18th.... (16:23 | 0 Trackbacks)
CINF E-News now available to all - The bulletin of the ACS's Division of Chemical Information, CINF E-News, is now available to all (thank you!). In the latest issue, you can read about the ACS meeting in Washington, DC, the call for applications to the 2006 Lucille... (16:07 | 0 Trackbacks)

Thursday 13 October 2005

ASIS&T-SIG STI activities during the conference + call for volunteers - The SIG STI group has prepared several activities for the ASIS&T Annual Conference in Charlotte, NC: business meeting: Monday, Oct. 31st, 11-12am Dutch Treat dinner: Monday the 31st at 7pm, at the Mimosa Grill. There will be a sign-up sheet... (11:31 | 0 Trackbacks)

Thursday 29 September 2005

ASEE-ELD - volunteering opportunity - The ASEE-ELD has a position open for a liaison to the advisory board of the National Digital Science Library. The responsibilities, as the ELD is concerned, include attendance at the meetings, writing reports of the meetings to ELD, and looking... (23:02 | 0 Trackbacks)

Tuesday 27 September 2005

SLA-PAM - volunteering opportunity - I am a bit late for this but maybe a volunteer is still needed. The Physics-Astronomy-Mathematics Division of SLA is looking for a new keeper of the Astronomy subject page. Contact Ruth A. Kneale if interested.... (20:51 | 0 Trackbacks)

Thursday 8 September 2005

PAM Fall Bulletin in online - The Physics-Astronomy-Mathematics Division of SLA just published its Fall bulletin. The issue offers notes from the round tables and other PAM activities at the last SLA annual conference in Toronto. There are also two interesting tidbits: - the Division will... (11:18 | 0 Trackbacks)

Monday 22 August 2005

ASEE-ELD volunteering opportunity - ELD's new Scholarly Communication Committee is looking for a few more members. Forward your interest, along with a brief description of any background or experience you might have that is relevant to the areas of responsibility of the Committee, to... (13:45 | 0 Trackbacks)

Wednesday 3 August 2005

SLA-PAM International Membership Award - The Physics-Astronomy-Mathematics division of SLA is now ready to accept nominations for its International Membership Award. This award is given to a librarian from the developing world; it provides a two-year SLA membership, for the years 2006 and 2007, among... (16:16 | 0 Trackbacks)

Friday 29 July 2005

IFLA - Agricultural Libraries Group- Start-up in Oslo - There will be a start-up meeting of the new Agricultural Libraries Discussion Group at the IFLA's annual conference taking place in Oslo, Norway. The meeting is Thursday August 18, session 158. The theme is "Meeting the Information Needs of Farmers... (16:11 | 0 Trackbacks)
ACS CINF volunteering opportunity - The American Chemical Society's Division of Chemical Information (CINF) is looking for a new webmaster for the Division, to start in 2006. Interested members, contact Bruce Slutsky (Bruce.Slutsky@njit.edu or BruceSCINF@aol.com)... (11:01 | 0 Trackbacks)
ELD's Task Force on Best Practices rebirth - The Task Force on Best Practices Committee of the Engineering Libraries Division of ASEE has become an established committee. Its new name is the ELD Scholarly Communication Committee. Mel DeSart is the chair. The Committee will still take care of... (10:58 | 0 Trackbacks)

Monday 25 July 2005

Best meteorological / climatological / atmospheric sciences book of 2005 - The Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) is calling for nominations for the best meteorological/climatological/atmospheric sciences book of 2005. The award winner will be announced during the 2006 Annual American Meteorological Society meeting in Atlanta, GA. You can nominate several book... (16:08 | 0 Trackbacks)

Wednesday 13 July 2005

ACS CINF volunteering opportunity - The Chemical Information Bulletin (CINF), of the Division of Chemical Information of ACS, needs Editors. The terms of the Bulletin Editor and Assistant Editor are limited to 3 years. If interested, please contact Publications Chair Bruce Slutsky at bruceSCINF@aol.com or... (16:28 | 0 Trackbacks)

Monday 27 June 2005

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.... (11:34 | 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.... (11:34 | 0 Trackbacks)

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