Now on wikibooks: “Information Competencies for Chemistry Undergraduates”
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 [...]
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Slides and Recording – 6/20/12 “Truncating Molecules: Basic Techniques in Structure and Substructure Searching…” Webinar
Posted on July 4, 2012.
The presentation slides and recording are now available for Judith Currano’s 6/20/12 webinar on “Truncating Molecules: Basic Techniques in Structure and Substructure Searching for Information Professionals”
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June 20, 2012 Webinar – “Truncating Molecules: Basic Techniques in Structure and Substructure Searching for Information Professionals”
Posted on June 4, 2012.
Title: Truncating Molecules: Basic Techniques in Structure and Substructure Searching for Information Professionals Date/Time: Wednesday, June 20 from 3-4:30 pm EST Presenter: Judith Currano, University of Pennsylvania Sponsored by: Chemistry Division, Special Libraries Association: http://chemistry.sla.org Cost: Free of charge to both SLA members and non-members. Note: A recording of the webinar will be posted to [...]
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Slides and Recording – 4/30/12 “Introduction to Patents…” Webinar
Posted on May 8, 2012.
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
Posted on April 18, 2012.
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
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 [...]
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Negotiating for fun (and profit) webinar
Posted on February 20, 2012.
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
Posted on February 20, 2012.
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.
Ellis Mount
Posted on February 20, 2012.
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
Posted on February 20, 2012.
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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