Sci-Tech News

Volume 67 Issue 3 Article 5

August 2013

Chemistry Division

Susan Makar National Institute of Standards and Technology, [email protected]

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News from the Chemistry Division

Chemistry Division Susan Makar, Chair

The Chemistry Division is concerned with chemistry and chemical technology, and the economics, educational advances, and information handling of developments in the field of chemistry and related subjects.

It’s hard to believe that SLA 2013 has come and gone! Where did the summer go? I am sure many will agree that San Diego was a for the attendees of these outstanding courses wonderful conference location with much to was the shortened course length. Attendees see and do after conference hours. I know en- wanted more time, but SLA Conference sched- joyed both the conference and this fun city. uling logistics prevented us from having the I was very happy with the informal feedback full-day courses that we have had in the past. we received on the DCHE programs for the We are hoping to address this issue at future 2013 conference. Our excellent programs were conferences. the results of the efforts on many member volunteers who worked very hard as co- Jason Priem, co-founder of ImpactStory, planners, instructors, moderators, and speak- drew a huge crowd as a speaker at the DCHE ers. I owe a very special thanks to my 2013 sponsored “Next Generation Sci-Tech Librar- program co-planner, Luti Salisbury, who was ian” program. It was standing room only! He instrumental in planning the well-attended definitely kept the audience’s attention as he “Science and Technology on the Go” ses- walked us through his presentation on “Alt- sion. Bringing together seven speakers is no metrics and Revolutions: New Products, New small task! Plus, Luti helped with countless Metrics, and the New Era of Web-native Schol- other tasks and details to make the DCHE arship.” programming a big success. Val Tucci, 2013 DCHE Chair-elect, also assisted with many last This year we combined our Newcomer’s Lun- minute details and planning ideas. She is cur- cheon and DCHE No-Host Dinner into one rently in the throes of planning for SLA 2014 event – dinner Saturday evening at Lou & in Vancouver. Mickey’s, a steak and seafood restaurant con- veniently located just across from the confer- We offer a big thanks to our sponsors, without ence center. I want to thank Mindy Peters, whom the conference would not be possible. our Membership Chair, for planning this event They are valued partners, both at the confer- and inviting our DCHE Newcomers. We had a ence and throughout the year, as we bring the large crowd, filling two tables. This new format best products and solutions to our customers. gave newcomers the opportunity to not only Bill Armstrong, Sponsorship Chair, worked with meet the DCHE Officers and Board members our generous sponsors to make our San Diego but also to mingle with other DCHE members. conference programming possible. This year’s We got mostly positive feedback on combining conference was sponsored by: ACS Publica- these two dining events. tions, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Elsevier, IHS, Knovel, RSC Publishing, This year we also combined the Academic and Taylor and Francis Group, Thomson Reuters, Corporate Roundtables into one early morn- and World Scientific Publishing. ing breakfast meeting led by Ben Wagner and As always, the DCHE CE courses were a huge Marie Fraties-Block, who selected some very success, thanks to the efforts of Ted Bald- relevant topics for roundtable discussions. win, our Professional Development Chair, Topics included data management, the chang- and course instructors Judith Currano, Susan ing world of document delivery, techie topics, Cardinal, and Dawn French. Ted organized two scholarly communications, and outreach to half-day CE courses this year: Chemistry for chemists. the Non-Chemist Librarian, taught by Susan Cardinal and Judith Currano, and Chemical Our Mentoring Chair, Denise Callihan, once Information Sources, taught by Judith Currano again organized a conference buddy program and Dawn French. The only disappointment for our first-time conference attendees in San

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Diego. I was one of the lucky ones to get to Also at the conference, ACS Publications Li- know a first-timer as their buddy. I think all brary Relations presented Linda Galloway, participants in this year’s buddy program had Librarian for Biology, Chemistry, and Foren- a great opportunity to learn from one another. sic Science at Syracuse University, the 2013 At this year’s conference we celebrated the ACS Publications Travel Award to SLA. As the accomplishments of two DCHE award winners award recipient, Linda has generously agreed during our Annual Business Meeting. to collaborate on ongoing ACS Publications Library Outreach in 2013. Shu Guo is the winner of the 2013 Marion E. Sparks Award for Professional Development. Because there are so many volunteers that The Sparks Award is presented to a student make a conference like this a success, I know or new member and is intended to encourage that I have probably missed someone. To all of their participation in DCHE activities. Shu is a those that did not get mentioned by name, we Science Librarian at the Park Libraries, Cen- are deeply grateful for your time and effort. tral Michigan University. She has been very The conference would not have been a success successful introducing chemical information without the work of so many. training into the CMU curriculum for Chemistry majors.

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