Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (www.istl.org) is an open access journal published by the Science and Technology Section of ACRL.  We are recruiting new members for our panel of referees.

ISTL publishes substantive material of interest to science and technology librarians. It serves as a vehicle for sci-tech librarians to share details of successful programs, materials for the delivery of information services, background information and opinions on topics of current interest, and to publish research and bibliographies on issues in science and technology libraries.

Authors submitting articles for ISTL may choose to have their articles accepted by the editorial board, or may submit them for review by referees.

We are currently seeking new members for our panel of referees.  We are particularly interested in librarians willing to review articles across a range of disciplines within science and technology librarianship.  The refereed articles editor will work with the new referees regarding ISTL policies and criteria for review.

If you are interested in becoming a referee for ISTL or would like more information, please contact our refereed articles editor:

Buffy Choinski
bchoinski@istl.org

ISTL looking for referees is a post from: EngLib

The event will last through October 29

2009 SLA All Sciences Online Poster Session starts today is a post from: EngLib

However, there is an existing Google Group. There will also be a meeting at ALA Chicago, in the ACRL Suite. If you are interested (even if not a ALA/ACRL member), it is requested that you fill out a survey in order to find the best time possible for all.

New Health Sciences SIG for ACRL is a post from: EngLib

• current and future -possibly permanent -budget cuts
• cancellation of ongoing commitments
• bigger preference of electronic over print
• shortening of “long tail” collection development
• changes in pricing models, which affects mostly negatively the bigger institutions.

ARL then makes recommendations to scholarly publishers about pricing, contract terms and renegociation, swith to electronic only, archiving, open access, and consultation with libraries.

ARL Statement to scholarly publishers on the global economic crisis is a post from: EngLib

Important actions that research libraries should undertake include the following:
• Build a range of new kinds of partnerships and alliances, both within institutions and between institutions.
• Base service-development strategies on substantive assessment of local needs rather than blindly replicating work done at another institution.
• Engage with key local policy issues and stakeholders to encourage institutional engagement with national and international policy issues.
• Develop outreach and marketing strategies that assist “early adopters” of repositories to connect with the developing repository-related service system.
• Define a scope of responsibility to guide the development of repository services for varied forms of content.

It is part of my Library’s strategic plan to produce a repository prototype. It’s a bit of a daunting task but I believe the benefits are real.

ARL Digital Repositories Task Force releases its final report is a post from: EngLib

UPDATE: I forgot to mention that those who cannot attend in person can register for the Virtual Conference, with synchronous and asynchronous sessions.

ACRL early-bird tomorrow is a post from: EngLib

I will also officially start my term there as Chair of the Information Technology Division. It will be my first visit to this Southern Belle of a city and I’m really looking forward to it.

Off to Savannah is a post from: EngLib

New SLA Division for academic librarians is a post from: EngLib

• 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.

ASEE-ELD Awards: call for nominations is a post from: EngLib

Election to the ELD Secretary/Treasurer is a four-year job assignment, with the workload heaviest during the program chair year. The person is Secretary/Treasurer for the first year (leading up to and including 2008, Pittsburgh), program chair for the 2nd year (2009, Austin, Texas), division chair for the 3rd year (2010, Louisville, Kentucky), and then chair of the nominations committee for the 4th year (2011 Vancouver, Canada).

The Director serves a 2-year term. Not to be confused with the division chair, the director is an additional member of the executive committee who organizes the banquet for 2008 in Pittsburgh and helps organize (with the membership chair) the ELD Welcome Reception for the 2009 conference in Austin.

See http://eld.lib.ucdavis.edu/bylaws.php for a description of the positions and duties. Please send nominations to Jill Powell, jhp1@cornell.edu.

ASEE-ELD: nominations sought is a post from: EngLib

SLA joint poster session is a post from: EngLib

If interested, email Kate Thomes with a brief description of what you would envision in a Special Interest Group devoted to information literacy and what you would bring to the position.

ASEE-ELD: volunteering opportunity is a post from: EngLib

• Chair-Elect: automatically becomes chair in the following year, works closely with the chair in planning and executing SIG programs and serves as the Alternate SIG Cabinet Representative. The chair-elect will assume the duties and repsponsibilities of the chair in the event of the chair’s absence, resignation or removal from office. In most ASIS&T SIGs, the chair-elect assumes the primary responsibility for planning the SIG’s programs during the year, including the technical sessions to be presentetd at the following Mid-year and annual meetings. The chair- Elect is also responsible for ensuring that the officers roster for the year he/she will serve as chair is sent to the Cabinet Director and Headquarters immediately following elections.
• Communications officer: The newsletter editor carries out one of the most important functions of the SIG * communicating with members. The newsletter editor should be in regular contact with the membership to solicit information for the newsletter. The editor should not only be familiar with the subject area but also should understand the procedures and mechanisms of producing and distributing the newsletter with the assistance of Headquarters.

If interested, or know someone who is, please contact Jian Qin by September 4.

ASIS&T-STI: board members needed is a post from: EngLib

Contact Julia Gelfand by July 17, 2006 if you are interested.

ACRL-STS volunteering opportunity is a post from: EngLib

• American Chemical Society (ACS)
• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• Engineering Librarians Division (ELD) of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)
• Special Libraries Association (SLA) Physics& Mathematics Sections (PAM)
• SLA Science & Technology Division (Sci-Tech)

Criteria:

• All liaisons must be a member of the cohort group to which they are assigned

• Provide annual reports to STS Council
• Share relevant information on STS-L
• Be able to attend annual conference and participate in relevant section(s) if appropriate
• Be able to pay expenses not met by financial stipend either from institution or independently.
• The emphasis is on the annual meeting; the capacity to attend the mid-year conference is a bonus
• Terms are for two years – analogous to other STS Committee Assignments unless there are special circumstances to suggest an alternative situation. Stipends are guarenteed for one year and perhaps extended to cover second year

Each liaison will be granted $500 towards the expenses of the conference. Submit a statement of interest to Julia Gelfand no later than July 9, 2006. The statement should include your name, institution, full address & contact information, proposed liaison priorities ( to what group do you wish to be assigned), confirmation of membership in proposed liaison group, current interest and/or involvement in this group, if you have attended conference of this group in the past and when, current involvements in and commitments to STS, confirmation of understanding of financial support and that you can attend conference with additional funding institutionally or self-provided and a brief self statement indicating how this will benefit you in your work and how you will share information with STS.

ACRL-STS: call for volunteers is a post from: EngLib

• Be an ACRL member
• be a a member of and active in an ACRL divisional or sectional committee concerned with the area being represented
• satisfy IFLA requirements for nomination
• have knowledge of at least one working language of IFLA
• have reasonable expectation of attending meetings of the standing committee without cost to IFLA, ALA or ACRL

More information, and links to forms, are on the ALA website. Materials are to go to the STS Chair, Julia Gelfand.

Volunteer opportunity: ACRL-STS rep to IFLA is a post from: EngLib

Results of the Continuing Education Survey is a post from: EngLib

SLA-ENG Librarian of the Year announced is a post from: EngLib

• 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 on the 4th edition of Information Sources in Engineering
• the 2006 Homer I. Bernhardt Distinguished Service Award goes to Linda R. Musser, Head of the Fletcher L. Byrom Earth and Mineral Sciences Library at the Pennsylvania State University.
• The 2006 Best Publication Award goes to Gül E. Okudan-Kremer, Ph.D. and Bonnie A. Osif, Ed.D. for their article “Effect of Guided Research Experience on Product Design Performance,” Journal of Engineering Education 94, no. 2 (2005): 255-262.

Congrats to the winners!

ASEE-ELD award winners announced is a post from: EngLib