Slides and Recording – 4/30/12 “Introduction to Patents…” Webinar

The presentation slides and recording are now available for Michael White’s 4/30/12 webinar on “Introduction to Patents for Chemistry Librarians and Information Professionals”

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April 30, 2012 – “Introduction to Patents” webinar

Title: Introduction to Patents for Chemistry Librarians and Information Professionals Date/Time: Monday, April 30 from 3-4:30 pm EST Presenter: Michael White, Queen’s University Sponsored by: Chemistry Division, Special Libraries Association: http://chemistry.sla.org Cost: Free of charge to both SLA members and non-members.  Registration is limited. Description: Patents are an important source of chemical information, much of [...]

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2012 Annual Conference, Chicago Illinois, July 14 – 19

Early Bird registration will open on February 27, 2012 Click here for details about Early Bird Registraion Programs Chemistry on the Go – chemical information on mobile devices Chemistry information training: present and future How and Why Things Fail – Forensic Engineers and Information Specialists Institutional Repositories National Science Foundation Data Management Plans The Science [...]

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Negotiating for fun (and profit) webinar

Join us for LMD’s February Virtual Professional Development Series Webinar.   Title:  Negotiating for fun (and profit) Date/Time:  February 23rd, 2012 / 2 – 3 PM ET Presenter:  Barbara Hirsh                         Director, Information Resources & Knowledge Management                         NERA Economic Consulting, New York, NY

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Academic Library Award

The Academic Division of SLA is very proud to present for the second year an award for academic libraries, sponsored by Springshare, Inc., creator of LibGuides!  This annual award recognizes a new program or service that demonstrates an innovative approach to academic librarianship. Please feel free to distribute to all innovative academic libraries you may know.

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Ellis Mount

Dear Colleagues:  I am sorry to pass on the very sad news that our friend and colleague Dr. Ellis Mount has passed away. Ellis was very active in SLA and he was the Editor of Sci Tech News .  He retired as aprofessor of Library Service at Columbia University. 

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Saving Data At Risk Survey

SLAColleagues: I am sending this survey notice on behalf of a student with whom I’m working on the Data At Risk Inventory project at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science.  If you know of any data collections (especially non-digital data or data in out-dated formats) at your workplace that are in danger [...]

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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS! All Sciences Poster Session – July 2012 Chicago

Conference theme this year is Practicing Agility in an Open World Economy Submission of Abstract:  Due by April 1, 2012 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 our services to our parent organizations or potential clients.  [...]

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Introduction to Copyright Management: Principles and Issues

Why is copyright a librarian issue?  Why does your organization need to be copyright compliant? What are some common copyright myths?  CCM100. Introduction to Copyright Management: Principles and Issues addresses these and other questions.  Join instructor Lesley Ellen Harris on 18 January to improve your copyright knowledge and add value in your organization. 

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Pharmaceutical & Health Technology Division’s 2012 Spring Meeting

  Registration for the SLA Pharmaceutical & Health Technology Division’s 2012 Spring Meeting will be held March 18-20, 2012 in Baltimore, Maryland is now open! Full meeting information and registration is online at:  http://www.regonline.com/pht2012

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