Posted on October 31, 2012.
The DCHE 2012 Nominating Committee is pleased to announce the nominees for the Chair-Elect and Treasurer positions for 2013:
• Valerie Tucci from The College of New Jersey for the three year term of Chair-Elect – 2013; Chair – 2014; and Past Chair – 2015;
• Yan He from Indiana University Kokomo for the Treasurer position for a second two year term, beginning 2013. Continue Reading
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Posted on July 13, 2012.
Now on Wikibooks:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Information_Competencies_for_Chemistry_Undergraduates
As some of you might recall, this document identifies the skills and knowledge chemistry undergraduates should develop in order to successfully navigate scientific and chemical literature, and will be well-prepared for graduate work or employment as a chemist.
The format change to a wikibooks document will make it much easier to keep the document current and work on future revisions. Wikibook tools also make it possible to:
–create a PDF or printable version on the fly
–maintain collections of wikibooks pages
History of Information Competencies for Chemistry Undergraduates:
The first edition was developed by the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Chemistry Division Ad Hoc Committee on Information Literacy and was published in in January 2007. A revised second edition was published in 2011, in consultation with the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Chemical Information (CINF) Education Committee, and members from the SLA Chemistry Division. These previous editions existed as PDF documents available on the SLA Chemistry Division website (and are still available there): http://chemistry.sla.org/il/
-Cory Craig
-Linda Maddux
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Posted on February 22, 2012.
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 of Beauty Care
CE Courses
Chemistry for the Non-Chemist Librarian
Chemical Information Sources, Requests, and Reference
Extreme Structure Searching: Organics, Organometallics, Polymers, and Markush
Events
All Sciences Posters & Reception
Tour -UniversityofChicagoLibrary
DCHE Academic Roundtable & Breakfast
DCHE Corporate Roundtable & breakfast
DCHE Newcomer’s Lunch
DCHE No Host Dinner
Business meetings
DCHE Board Meeting
DCHE Business Meeting & Breakfast
DCHE Board Meeting wrap-up
Early Bird registration will open on February 27, 2012
Click here for details about Early Bird registration.
Chemistry for the Non-Chemist Librarian
CE Full day course
Ticketed event
SLAMembers $299
Students/retired members $199
Non-members $399
It is necessary that any information scientist with responsibilities for providing chemistry reference services understand the structure and language of chemistry. This course takes a hands-on approach to introduce learners to the basic principles of the five major divisions of chemistry, chemical terminology and drawing, and other intellectual tools that chemists need to do their work. It will be composed of four basic sections: an introduction to chemistry as a science, strategies for effective communication with chemists, basic chemical concepts and research questions, and the ways in which chemists’ research needs dictate their information needs.
5:00 – 7:00 pm
DCHE Board Meeting
Chemistry Division Board Meeting
12:00 – 2:00 pm
DCHE Newcomer’s Lunch
Invitation Only event
This Lunch Event is for new members of the Chemistry Division or MRM Section. New members can find out more about our activities and how to get involved.
Chemical Information Sources, Requests, and Reference
CE ½ day course
Ticketed event
SLAMembers $199
Students/retired members $99
Non-members $299
The course takes a hands-on approach to introduce learners to the types of questions that chemical researchers ask and reference sources that can be used to answer them. It will provide an overview of the structure of the chemical literature, types of reference sources in the chemical sciences, unique access points for chemical information, and strategies for an effective search. Informal lectures, interspersed with hands-on reference questions, will compare and describe the major chemical information resources.
Extreme Structure Searching: Organics, Organometallics, Polymers, and Markush
CE ½ day course
Ticketed event
SLAMembers $199
Students/retired members $99
Non-members $299
This course will introduce participants to specialized search techniques for small molecules in the chemical literature: profiling organic, organometallic and catalytic substances by substructure, applying structure and substructure search techniques to polymer searching, and using basic substructure and Markush search strategies for patent information retrieval. Participants will learn advanced organic substructure search techniques and recommendations of where, when, and how to use them. This will be followed by techniques of locating organometallics and polymers using the substructure search techniques taught. Finally, the participants will examine the application of substructure techniques to patent searching, including learning the basics of Markush searching.
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
DCHE No Host Dinner
Join the Chemistry Division for a No Host Dinner at an exciting local restaurant.
7:30 am – 9:30 am
Ticketed event
SLAMembers $15
DCHE Academic Roundtable & Breakfast
Join your academic DCHE colleagues for breakfast and a moderated discussion on current topics and concerns. Topic(s) for this roundtable will be announced prior to the conference.
10:00 am – 11:30 am.
National Science Foundation Data Management Plans
Learn how libraries are supporting researchers in their efforts to comply with the NSF requirement for data management plans to accompany all grant proposals.
12:00 – 1:30 pm.
Chemistry information training: present and future
Learn about chemical information training resources from librarian colleagues.
7:30 am – 9:30 am
Ticketed event
SLAMembers $15
DCHE Business Meeting & Breakfast
Chemistry Division Business Meeting
10:00 am – 11:30 am
Chemistry on the Go
Learn how the major chemical information vendors are providing mobile access to important chemistry resources. And learn about anticipated new mobile accessibility.
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm.
How and Why Things Fail – Forensic Engineers and Information Specialists
Dr. Michael Stevenson, President of Engineernig Systems will talk about Forensic Engineering and how the library and knowledge play a key role.
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
The Science of Beauty Care
Back by popular demand, this session will focus on the science and chemistry of popular skin care products. Scientists will provide insight on the benefits of skincare products old and new, and experts from the industry will address the cultural side of skincare trends. Product samples will be available.
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm.
All Sciences Posters & Reception
7:30 am – 9:30 am
Ticketed event
SLAMembers $15
DCHE Corporate Roundtable & breakfast
Join your corporate DCHE colleagues for breakfast and a moderated discussion on current topics and concerns. Topic(s) for this roundtable will be announced prior to the conference.
10:00 – 11:30 am
Institutional Repositories
Learn from seasoned experts how to implement and manage institutional repositories, and tips for making them grow.
12:00 – 1:30 pm
DCHE Board Meeting wrap-up
All division members welcome to attend. We will evaluate this year’s meeting, suggestions for next year’s meeting, and follow-up’s to the Board Meeting.
11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Ticketed event
Cost TBD
Tour – University of Chicago Library
The newly opened Mansueto Library at theUniversityofChicagois already a city icon. We will take a behind the scene tour of the robotic book retrieval systems and the underground storage facility. Chemistry Division members will also tour theUniversityofChicago Crerar Chemistry Library.
Early Bird registration will open on February 27, 2012
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Posted on February 3, 2012.
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. The poster session provides an informal and lively venue for sharing your innovative ideas on an important topic.
Possible poster topics:
v Library disaster preparedness
v Automated storage & retrieval systems
v Measuring the value of information
v Science literacy; Information literacy
v E-Science librarianship
v Be creative … use your imagination
ELIGIBILITY: Any SLAmember is welcome to submit an abstract. In the event that a greater number of submissions are received than can be accommodated, members of the sponsoring science divisions will be given first preference.
GUIDELINES and LAYOUT: Guidelines for materials and layout of poster presentations are available on the SLA Chemistry Division website at: http://chemistry.sla.org/documents/poster-session-guidelines/
SUBMISSION of ABSTRACT:
NOTIFICATION of ACCEPTANCE: All applicants will be notified re: poster proposal acceptance on or before May 1, 2012.
SESSION CO-SPONSORS Biomedical & Life Sciences, Chemistry, Engineering, and Science-Technology Divisions
FOR QUESTIONS, CONTACT:
Cheryl Hansen
ESI Engineering Systems Inc.
630.851.4566 X1238
630.851.4870 (fax)
Email: cahansen@esi-il.com
4215 Campus Drive
Aurora,Il60504
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Posted on December 1, 2011.
As you plan for conference travel in 2012, please consider attending an SLA Chemistry Division CE course during the SLA 2012 conference in Chicago, IL. You will find brief course information and ticket prices here.
You are not required to register for the full conference in order to attend a weekend CE course. I hope that this entices your colleagues who live in the local area!
Contact Ted Baldwin Professional Development Chair, with any questions.
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