The Sci-Tech Division Nominations and Elections Committee is very excited to present to the you the candidates who have stepped up to run for Chair-Elect and Treasurer (starting in 2013).  Get to know these candidates and thank them for offering to run for these important and critical leadership positions within our Division.  We have fantastic, [...]

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DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS: March 31, 2012 The S. Kirk Cabeen Travel Stipend Award is offered to a library school student or first time conference attendee. This $750 award is to be used toward expenses of attending the SLA Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois, July 15-18, 2012. QUALIFICATIONS: Be a library school student or first time [...]

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DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS: March 31, 2012 The Sci-Tech Achievement Award is the highest annual award presented by the Science-Technology Division and is reserved for those recipients whose professional work is marked by distinction and dedication to scientific and technical librarianship. The purpose of the award is to recognize those Division members who have made outstanding [...]

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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS! CALL FOR ABSTRACTS!! SESSION CO-SPONSORS Biomedical & Life Sciences, Chemistry, Engineering, and Science-Technology Divisions Conference theme this year is Practicing Agility in an Open World Economy. Your poster presentation could help your colleagues immeasurably as we all seek to cultivate or enhance scientists’ knowledge management skills and to demonstrate the value of [...]

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SLA’s Best Kept Secrets: The Contributed Papers Sessions SLA is now accepting proposals for Contributed Papers to be presented at the 2012 Annual Conference and INFO-EXPO to be held 15-18 July 2012 in Chicago. Do ontologies, taxonomies and semantics make your tail wag? Are mobile devices your passion? Is social media your thing? Are you [...]

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I want to let you all know the results from the Sci-Tech Division Election.  Congratulations to: Helen Josephine for Chair-Elect 2012 (Chair for 2013, and Past-Chair for 2014) Margaret Smith for Secretary (2012 and 2013) I’d also like to congratulate Jeffrey Bond for running against Helen Josephine.  Both were worthy candidates.

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Please join us on Monday, October 24th for a free online seminar devoted to a discussion of the changing landscape of scholarly communication and scientific publishing.  The speakers (John Wilbanks, Heather Piwowar, and Molly Keener) will address what STM subject librarians and other information professionals should understand about the changing nature of publishing.  They will [...]

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We really want to thank the vendors who contributed to the Sci-Tech Division this year to sponsor our conference sessions and the awards that we offer. American Chemical Society Publications (ACS) Annual Reviews ASTM Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) CrossRef Elsevier H.W. Wilson IEEE IET/Inspec Knovel SPIE Springer Thomson Reuters World Scientific

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This is also available as a PDF document.  Print out the PDF and fold to fit into your name badge. Sci-Tech Division Schedule 2011 —– Sunday, June 12, 2011 —– INFO-EXPO “Historic Philadelphia” Networking Reception 3:00 PM-5:00 PM (INFO-EXPO ) SLA General Session and Awards Presentation 5:15 PM-6:15 PM (Convention Center Ballroom AB) Opening General [...]

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There is still space for people to sign up for the Thursday (June 16th, 2011) tour of the EPA Library.  For more information, go to the wiki. The Sci-Tech Division is also co-hosting the tour of the TastyKake facility.

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