The DCHE 2011 Nominating Committee has identified these candidates for the open positions:

For Chair-Elect in 2012 (a three-year term, including Chair in 2013 and Past Chair in 2014)

• Susan Makar from National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD USA

For Secretary, 2012-2013 (a two-year term):

• Lee Pedersen from Brown University, Providence, RI USA

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At the Business Meeting last month in New Orleans, the Nominating Committee’s report was accepted. Congratulations to:

• Marie Fraties-Block (BASF)
  2011 DCHE Chair-Elect
• Yan He (Georgetown University)
  2011-2012 DCHE Treasurer

Marie and Yan will be joining Bill, Lee and I on next year’s Executive Board.

The SLA Chemistry Division’s Nominations Committee is pleased to announce their candidates for Treasurer and Chair-Elect (terms starting in 2011).

Chair-elect: Marie Fraties-Block

Treasurer: Yan He

To suggest additional candidates, send a petition with the names of 10 members along with the written consent of the proposed candidates to either Luray M. Minkiewicz, Cathy DiPalma or Mary Ann Mahoney by May 25.

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Marie Fraties-Block
Marie is currently the senior librarian for BASF Corporation and has been employed there since 1990. Previously she was employed at Bon Secours Hospital in Grosse Pointe, MI as the medical librarian. Marie received an MLS from the University of Pittsburgh and a B. A. from Central Michigan University.

Marie has been a member of SLA since 1992. As a Chemistry Division member she was the co-chair of the 2007 conference planning committee and was part of the 2008 nominating committee. In addition, Marie will participate at the 2010 annual conference at a panelist for the session on “Resources for Polymer Information” Marie has been involved with the SLA Michigan Chapter for many years and most recently as the Hospitality Committee Chair.

Marie notes that she takes the opportunity to attend SLA’s annual conferences because she gains practical work-related information, connects with informative and influential people, and develops lasting business contacts.

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Yan He

Yan obtained her B.S. in Chemistry from Beijing Normal University and M.S. in Organic Chemistry from Peking University in China. After she came to the states, she finished all PhD coursework in Organic Chemistry at University of Minnesota (Twin Cities) and she obtained her M.L.S. with Chemical Information Specialization from the School of Library and Information Science at Indiana University (Bloomington) in 2006. Yan was the winner of the SLA Chemistry Division Marion E. Sparks Award for Professional Development in 2006. Yan has been the Science Reference Librarian and Chemistry and Mathematics Bibliographer at the Blommer Science Library of Georgetown University since 2007. She has coordinated several recent SLA Chemistry Division No-Host Dinner events at the SLA Annual Conferences.

The DCHE Executive Board for 2010. The Advisory Board & Committee members will be posted later this month.

Chair:
Teri Vogel, UC San Diego

Chair-Elect:
Bill Armstrong, Louisiana State University

Past-Chair:
Luray Minkiewicz, E I DuPont De Nemours Co

Secretary (2010-2011):
Lee Pedersen, Brown University

Treasurer (2009-2010):
Bob Buchanan, Auburn University

Members of the SLA Chemistry Division —

It’s been 5 years since the Division last “took the pulse” of our membership, so it’s time to tell us (the Division Board and Committees) what’s important to you. Tell us what it is you need and what you think should be the Division’s focus; this will help the Division effectively plan the activities that will be offered to you in the near future. The survey covers communication, professional development, membership, mentoring, and also provides the chance for you to comment on other topics. Please take a few minutes and fill out the Strategic Planning survey; the survey will be open for 3 weeks (from August 13 to September 7th.)

Enter the Survey here

Don’t miss this opportunity to have your opinions heard!

Linda Shackle, Strategic Planning
Luray M Minkiewicz, Division Chair
Judith Currano, Membership
Ted Baldwin, Professional Development

If you have any difficulty getting to the survey, please contact Linda Shackle at linda.shackle@asu.edu

The SLA Chemistry Division’s Nominations Committee are pleased to announce their candidates for Secretary and Chair-Elect (terms starting in 2010).

Chair-elect: William Armstrong

Secretary: Lee A. Pedersen

To suggest additional candidates, send a petition with 10 members names along with the written consent of the proposed candidates to either Sue Cardinal, Betsy Aldridge, or Dana Roth by June 5th

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William Armstrong
Head of the Chemistry Library at Louisiana State University from 1999 until its closing in 2005, Bill Armstrong now serves as Collection Development Coordinator for LSU Libraries, coordinating collection development activities and procurement (or “de-selection,” as the case may be) of information resources for all academic departments on campus. For ten years, he co-taught a semester long for-credit course for biochemistry majors, “Information Retrieval in the Sciences,” with a colleague from the Biochemistry faculty, and has taught numerous sessions for chemistry graduate students.

Bill has been a member of SLA and the Chemistry Division since 2001 and has served as administrator for the online poster sessions since 2004, and moderator for the live sessions since 2005. He has served as President of the Louisiana/Southern Mississippi Chapter and is currently Networking Chair for the chapter.

Bill has published on diverse topics, including “Communication in the Sciences as Seen through Physics and Chemistry…” and “Cyberspace: Relationship Between Place and Being,” in addition to having given talks at ACS meetings on the future of Chemistry libraries and the Biofuel economy. He holds an MLIS and an MA in Philosophy from LSU.

Once a flamenco and classical guitarist as well as composer, Bill still has an avid interest in music, which is confined largely to listening these days, due to time constraints. He and his wife have a daughter whom they have raised bilingually in German and English – Bill has only spoken to her in German since she was born almost 18 years ago. He and his family enjoy hiking and horseback riding, among many other things.

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Lee A. Pedersen

Lee Pedersen became a librarian in 2003 with an MLIS from Dominican University. Before then, she was a seasoned professional with a Ph.D. in physical chemistry and had years of experience doing research in industry and later serving in chemistry faculty positions. Her first job as an academic librarian has been at Brown University. She started at the end of 2004. She is currently the subject librarian and department liaison for chemistry, computer science, engineering, and physics, developing the collections, doing research, conducting instruction, and creating outreach opportunities. As a research chemist, she has published in journals, presented at national and international meetings, and been granted two patents. She also was elected as the secretary and later the alternate councilor for the Pittsburgh section of the American Chemical Society. As a librarian, her research is currently in instruction and outreach. She has presented at SLA and ASEE national meetings and, recently, had a poster on her program Librarian in the Lobby at the ARL forum on 21st Century Science Libraries. Her professional memberships are DCHEM, PAM, DST, and the RI Chapter within SLA. She is currently in her first year of a two-year term as President-elect of the RI Chapter. She is also a member of the Engineering Libraries Division of the American Society for Engineering Education.

The list DCHE Executive and Advisory Board members for 2008 is now available.

• Sue Cardinal (Univ Rochester), Chair
• Luray Minkiewicz (DuPont), Chair-Elect
• A. Ben Wagner (SUNY Buffalo), Past-Chair

• Nora Stoecker (NKS Info Svcs), MRM Section Chair
• Cathy DiPalma (Saint-Gobain NorPro), MRM Section Chair-Elect
• Betsy Aldridge (PACCAR Inc), MRM Section Past-Chair

Other than these transitions, most of the 2008 Board members are continuing from the previous year.

At the Chemistry Division Business Meeting on June 5, Luray Minkiewicz (DuPont Experimental Station) was elected Chair-Elect 2008 and Division Chair for 2009. She is currently the division’s archivist.

Remember, SLA has moved to calendar years so there was no changeover of the Executive Board during the conference. In January, Chair-Elect Sue Cardinal (Univ Rochester) will become DCHE Chair, and current Chair Ben Wagner (Univ Buffalo) will become Past-Chair/Nominating Committee Chair.

Margarete Bower (Univ Pittsburgh), who was appointed secretary earlier this year, was elected to remain as such for 2008-2009. Secretaries and treasurers are elected in alternate years, so Bob Buchanan (Auburn) will continue as treasurer through 2008.

Reports from the DCHE Executive and Advisory Board members are now online. See what we’ve been up to and what we have planned for the coming months.

Executive Board Changes:

• Chair: Ben Wagner (State Univ of NY – Buffalo)
• Chair-Elect: Sue Cardinal (Univ Rochester)
• Past-Chair/Nominating Committee Chair: Ted Baldwin (Univ Cincinnati)
• Secretary: Margarete Bower (Univ Pittsburgh)
• Treasurer: Bob Buchanan (Auburn Univ)

Advisory Board Changes:

• ACS Liaision: Bing Wang (Georgia Tech)
• Bulletin Editor: Meghan Lafferty (Univ Minnesota)
• NSDL Liaison: Hilary Davis (NC State)
• 2008 Program Planner: Rachel Ellison (Ecolab)
• Sparks Award: Cory Craig (UC Davis)
• Sponsorship: Mindy Pennington (Pfizer)