The event will last through October 29

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

Registration is free. Ideas and topics for discussion are welcome. There is also a listserv in which non-attendees can participate as well.

STELLA Unconference 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

Twitter and conference meetings is a post from: EngLib

I presented at Brick and Click in 2004 and thoroughly enjoyed my experience.

Call for Proposals – Brick and Click 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

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
(IFLA) Science and Technology Libraries Section is planning a two-hour program in Durban as part of the World Library and Information Congress 19-23 August 2007. The theme of the IFLA conference is “Libraries for the future: Progress, Development and Partnerships”

The conference is look for three papers to be selected for presentation. You must submit your proposal by January 15, 2007. Details after the jump…

All listings are quoted from the source document, website, or listserv post.

Call for Papers IFLA Science and Technology Libraries Section program for the World Library and Information Congress: 73rd IFLA General Conference and Council 19-23 August 2007, Durban, South Africa

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Science and Technology Libraries Section is planning a two-hour program in Durban as part of the World Library and Information Congress 19-23 August 2007. The theme of the IFLA conference is “Libraries for the future: Progress, Development and Partnerships”

Science and technology play an important role in promoting economic growth and social progress. In Africa, there is a need to build and boost science, engineering and technology capacity together with universities and research institutes. Developing local expertise is vital for a sustainable future. Higher education is crucial in ensuring that scientific and technical professionals can identify opportunities for innovation and scientific discoveries.

In recent years, these issues have been emphasized by policymakers such as the African Commission, Association of African Universities, and the G8 countries. A ten-year program to revitalize the universities of Africa is underway. The need to embed science, technology and innovation in all development programs has been stated by the Academies of Science of the G8 countries.

Libraries in science and technology are an important source of information that can help to realize the objectives of the developing programs. Our conference program will explore the role of the science and technology libraries in these circumstances under the theme “Changing trends in higher education and its impact on the delivery of science and technology information”. We are looking for papers that demonstrate or describe innovative ways in which libraries in the field of science and technology can contribute to and be partners in this development. Proposals are not limited to the African experience.

Three papers will be selected for presentation. Proposals for papers must be submitted by 15 January 2007 to Jill Mayer, e-mail jbmayer@email.unc.edu. The proposal should include a title, a 200-400 word abstract and relevant biographical information of author(s) / presenter(s).
Successful proposals will be identified by 15 February 2007 and the full paper is due by 1 May 2007.

Please note that all fees, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation, etc. are the responsibility of the authors of accepted papers. For additional information, please contact Irma Pasanen, e-mail irma.pasanen@tkk.fi.

More papers is a post from: EngLib

The theme is Responding to the New in Sci-Tech and Engineering Libraries . The deadline for submission is October 31st.

Change is a constant in libraries and information centers and all indications are for more and bigger changes in the future. We are looking for papers that explore how you are informing, instructing, managing, providing, evaluating, or creating the modern information environments for your users with change in mind. Consider how you take advantage of new situations and changes that are coming to provide change leadership in your organization. Theoretical and practical approaches are welcome.

Possible questions include, but are not limited to:

• Has collaboration between corporate executives and librarians been increasing? Are external forces a large factor in what is driving change in your library?
• Are you working with faculty to incorporate more curriculum-based library instruction in your strategy?
• Do you spend more time evaluating existing services and using that data to develop new services?
• If fewer users are coming to our information centers or libraries to use traditional print resources how are we providing help in using the resources that they want?
• Is your website the most useful tool in providing services to your users? Are the Googles and MySpaces of the world forcing us to develop services that are more intuitive and offer better results?
• How are you going about increasing awareness and generating advocacy for the value of the library?

ELIGIBILITY: Any SLA member is welcome to submit an abstract for consideration. Preference will be given to members of the Science & Technology Division and the Engineering Division.

CRITERIA: Criteria for review will include relevance to the session theme and evidence of scholarship and methodology.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS: October 31, 2006.

ABSTRACT: A 300-500 word abstract should accurately convey the subject of the paper, its scope, conclusions, and relevance to the program theme.

PAPERS: If chosen, acceptance of your paper reflects a commitment on your part to:

• submit the complete text of your paper to the program convener by March 30, 2007.
• give a presentation of your paper for no longer than 20 minutes at the SLA annual conference June 3-6, 2007 in Denver, Colorado.
• allow your paper to be posted on the Sci-Tech Division website (http://www.sla.org/division/dst/) and/or printed in the session preprints

SUBMIT ABSTRACTS/QUESTIONS TO:
Roger Beckman
beckmanr@indiana.edu (e-mail submissions preferred)
Life Sciences Library and Chemistry Library
Indiana University
Jordan Hall A304
1001 E. Third St.
Bloomington, IN 47405-3700
Phone: (812) 855-9792 Fax: (812) 855-6612

SLA-Sci-Tech: call for papers for Denver is a post from: EngLib

The conference is free but you do need to register. The conference started October 10th and will continue on until October 22nd so you still have plenty of time to participate. “Working outside of the box: Science and Technology academic and corporate librarians interacting with non-traditional user groups, materials, spaces, and resources” is an asynchronous discussion and the site is open 24 hours a day.

SLA 2006 poster session web conference now in session is a post from: EngLib

Presenters are:

• Heather Joseph, Executive Director of SPARC
• Daviess Menefee, Director of Library Relations for the Americas at Elsevier
• Alice Ra’anan, Director of Government Relations and Public Policy for the American Physiological Society
• Melissa Norton, Medical Editor for BioMed Central
• John Wilbanks, Executive Director of Science Commons
• Gavin Yamey, Senior Editor for Public Library of Science

Mass and Matter: Public Access to Scientific Discovery symposium is a post from: EngLib

Speakers are:

• Elizabeth Brown, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY
  Introduction and Overview to Scholarly Communications
• David P. Martinsen, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC
  The impact of web technology on scholarly publishing
• Linda J. Miller, Nature Publishing, New York, NY
  Nature’s trial of open peer review
• Julia C. Blixrud, Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), Washington, DC
  Advocating for new models of scholarly communication: the role of SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition)
• William G. Town, Kilmorie Clarke Ltd, London, United Kingdom and Bryan Vickery, BioMed Central Ltd, London, United Kingdom
  Open access publishing in chemical research
• A. Ben Wagner, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
  Open access: changing the equation for scholars and librarians

Advance registration for NERM 2006 is available until September 11, 2006. A discounted registration fee ($65) is available for librarians attending the day of the symposium.

Future of Scholarly Communications symposium is a post from: EngLib

The following topics are suggested; they are not mandatory.

• Applications of Course Management Technologies in Engineering
  How are webCT, Blackboard or any other course management systems used by engineering librarians? Use of RSS, Wikis and ipods in distance learning. (Combining these two areas in one session; This depends on the number of abstracts received and accepted)
• Managing and Mentoring (such as breaking in to engineering librarianship and related issues)
  Panel discussion with new librarians and senior librarians on Challenges and Opportunities for New Engineering Librarians. Budget and Strategic Planning International library job exchanges
• Emergency Preparedness
  Use of libraries in Emergency Preparedness Experiences of real events and recommendations to ELD members based on those experiences
• Entrepreneurship, business and engineering information
  How are engineering librarians meeting business information needs of engineering students?
• Nanotechnology Information Access
  Session co-sponsored by other divisions including Materials and Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering and ELD on Nanotechnology research and teaching. USPTO, European Patent and the new patent classifications that address the interdisciplinary nature of nanotechnology.
• Marketing/Outreach – innovative approaches
  ‘Getting to know you’ – relationship building/collaboration in Engineering Librarianship’; new and innovative ways of connecting with faculty and students

Scholarly communication/Institutional repositories

• ELD Technical Papers Session
  Papers that don’t fit into the other sessions go here.

ASEE-ELD: call for papers is a post from: EngLib

The theme of the contributed papers session is Increasing access to Agriculture, Food and Life Sciences Information. Papers should discuss original research, innovative projects, or other professional activities of interest relevant to the theme. You do not need to be a member of FAN or SLA to submit. Presentations will be 25 minutes long including a 5 minutes question period.

The deadline for submissions is September 18, 2006. Proposals must include author’s name, affiliation, full contact information, presentation title and 300-500 words abstract. Send by mail, email or fax to Luti Salisbury, Librarian/University Professor, Agriculture, Food and Life Sciences Subject Specialist, University of Arkansas, 365 N. Ozark Avenue, Fayetteville, AR 72701-4002, lsalisbu@uark.edu, Ph: 479-575-8418, Fax: 479-575-459
or
Anita Ezzo, Food Science & Technology Librarian, 100 Library, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1048, Phone: (517) 432-6123, ext 131, Fax: (517) 432-8050, E-mail: ezzoa@msu.edu.

SLA-FAN: call for papers is a post from: EngLib

ACRL-STS conference materials online is a post from: EngLib

SLA joint poster session is a post from: EngLib

The symposium will correspond with DASER III and will take place on Friday, Nov 3, 2006 in Austin, TX. The theme is “Shaping Things to Come”.

Things you can help with:

• Program planning: develop a call for papers and/or invite speakers; review submissions and develop the program for the day
• Promotion of the symposium
• Website design and deployment
• Partner development – at the moment we are planning to work with SLA Chem and ACS Cheminf (after all, it is the TRIsociety), but more partners would be welcome!
• Proceedings managment
• “Talent” liaisons and local logistics

Contact KTL Vaughan for more info or to volunteer.

Trisociety symposium – volunteers needed is a post from: EngLib

Update: the URL was corrected

ACS-CINF: social software sessions podcasts is a post from: EngLib

But there were nonetheless many interesting sessions pertaining to sci-tech information and many exhibitors in the Hall (I even got the impression that they actually outnumbered the business people this year but I have no hard data on that). Since others have already posted interesting news before, let me just link to their excellent posts, instead of trying to start from scratch:

• Paula Hane, of the Information Today blog, talked about Springer’s new e-book collection

. Stephen Leary did the same on the SLA Conference blog.

Dick Kaser, of Information Today, posted about the access to e-books from Wiley Interscience (including pay-per-view). At Knovel, the books will be soon searchable by chemical structure.

• Terri Vogel, on the ACS blog, posted about the sci-tech Poster Session
• Doug Storm, of the same blog, posted about ACS pricing
• Of course, the SLA-PAM blog has good postings on all things of interest to the Division

Finally, and maybe this will have nothing to do with science or engineering, SAGE is announcing a new e-reference collection but would not give me details until ALA in New Orleans has passed. ??!! Why then advertise it on their exhibitor mailcard?

Publisher news from SLA Baltimore is a post from: EngLib

Ms Ifill spoke about on the current state of Journalism. An interesting observation was how the huge growth in news sources intensifies the public responsibility to choose competent outlets. Ifill spoke how her experience in journalism helped her learn the difference between skepticism and cynicism. She pointed out that journalists, not just politicians, need to held responsible for what they report.

It’s late. More to come tomorrow….

SLA Opening Session Keynote Speaker is a post from: EngLib

Don’t forget about the SLA Bloggers Get-Together on Monday. I look forward to discuss blogging with you.

In Baltimore is a post from: EngLib