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2024 November STEM Librarians Collaborative Call For Proposals

A call for proposals was sent out for the STEM Librarians Collaborative meeting taking place November 20 – 22, 2024. The conference is virtual, and they are looking for sessions on topics related to STEM librarianship.

Proposals may be for lightning talks, short presentations, first-hand experience accounts, problem and scenario advice, and interactive learning. They will also consider ideas for other types of presentations that would fit the virtual format. The deadline for submissions is July 17, 2024.


The website for the 2024 conference is not available yet, but the Collaborative has provided links for submitting your proposals and guidance on what they are looking for in a successful proposal.


Proposal Form with topics


Guidance on what the Collaborative is looking for (video presentation)

Proposal Evaluation Rubric


Questions? Email proposals@stemlib.co

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PAM Award Committee: Call for Nominations

Dear PAMily,

This is the call for nominations for the PAM Achievement Award and the PAM Division Award. The deadline for nominations is March 15, 2024.

PAM Achievement Award

The PAM Achievement Award is reserved for those recipients whose professional work is marked by distinction and dedication to librarianship in astronomy, mathematics, and/or physics. The purpose of the award is to recognize those Division members who have made outstanding contributions to the Division. 

To be eligible, the nominee must

  • Be a member of the Special Libraries Association and of PAM
  • Have been a member of the PAM Division for at least five years
  • Be working currently in a library, information center, library school, or other information related capacity

The PAM Awards Committee reserves the right to withhold the award if a sufficient number of appropriate candidates are not nominated.

To make a nomination for the PAM Achievement Award, please send an email to Nancy R. Curtis, Chair, Awards Committee (curtisnb@bc.edu), including the nominee’s name and a brief justification of why you believe this person is deserving of this recognition. We appreciate any documentation you provide to support your case. The Committee will send confirmation of the receipt of your nomination, and we may follow up if more information on the nominee is needed to help us make a decision.

PAM Division Award

The PAM Division Award is given for a significant contribution to the literature of physics, mathematics, or astronomy, or to honor work that demonstrably improves the exchange of information in physics, mathematics, or astronomy. The contribution should also significantly benefit libraries or enhance the ability of librarians to provide service. It should be special—above and beyond the normal job requirements or scope of work of the individual(s), group, or entity concerned.

The individual(s), group, or entity so honored need not be, but may be, a SLA/PAM member.

The PAM Division Awards Committee reserves the right to withhold the award if a sufficient number of appropriate candidates are not nominated.

To make a nomination for the PAM Division Award, please send an email to Nancy R. Curtis, Chair, Awards Committee (curtisnb@bc.edu), including the nominee’s name and a brief justification of why you believe this person, group, or entity is deserving of this recognition. We appreciate any documentation you provide to support your case. The Committee will send confirmation of receiving your nomination and we may follow up if more information on the nominee is needed to help us make a decision.

Thank you,

PAM Awards Committee (Zach Lannes, NuRee Lee, and Nancy R. Curtis (Committee Chair))

(Editors’ Note: Check out out Past Awards Recipients for inspiration.)

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PAM Chair’s Message: Summer 2023

Dear PAMily,

I hope summer is treating everyone well! I wanted to update you on a few topics.

Volunteers

Two PAM Board positions will be open for election this year, President-elect and Member-at-Large, Finance. Please consider joining the PAM Board and contact your Nominations & Elections Committee to be nominated.

PAM committees rotate at the end of the year. Many of this year’s committee members generously agreed to continue their roles after serving in 2022. Our ability to fill the committee roles remains challenged, due to the impact of the ongoing uncertainty around SLA’s prospects, and it is imperative a need crop of volunteers steps forward. Your help is needed. If you want to serve in the coming term, please let Sarah Siddiqui know! And if Sarah reaches out to you in the months ahead to ask if you are interested in a volunteer role, please be sure to respond promptly. Even if all you can say immediately is that you need time to consider. The active PAM committees are: Awards, Bulletin Editors, Hospitality, Industry Partner Relations, Membership, and Professional Development.

Annual Conference

Annual Conference took place last month in Detroit. Overall, I call it a success. It was obviously different than any Annual we’ve attended before, and we often felt like the guests of MLA that we were. They were welcoming enough, and attendance at our sessions including many MLA librarians. We still got to do most of the things we PAMily look forward to at conference, and I personally enjoyed the experience. Thank you to all who attended, and congratulations to anyone who successfully traversed the maze of the RenCen, including the secret Applebee’s staircase to the skywalk to reach the PAM Suite!

PAM Sessions at the Annual Conference were a success. They were well attended, and executed professionally by our moderators and speakers. Thank you to our moderators for generously giving of your time to bring these education sessions together: Jenny Hart, Jordan Darby Green, Donna Thompson, Sandy Avila, Mea Warren, Khue Duong, Sam Hansen and Lauren Gala.

The below Community Events were held and fun and fellowship was enjoyed by all who attended.

PAM First Night Dinner, sponsored by Optica Publishing Group

PAM Suite Daily Retreat, sponsored by IOP Publishing

PAM Open House, sponsored by AIP

Thank you to the Hospitality Committee and bringing the Community Events together. And thank you to our generous sponsors. Without your support, PAM would not be the vibrant community we all love.

State of SLA

The AMC transition to Association Headquarters takes place July 1. AH (or AH! as many like to say) held an open forum at Annual. Throughout conference, I heard generally positive comments about hopes for our association with the new management company. The impacts to regular SLA business are not yet known. No plans exist for the 2024 SLA Annual Conference. We’ve been told to expect some word in September. I encourage everyone to be patient if you have any business to discuss with HQ in the next couple months. I will pass along any updates as soon as I get them. I encourage everyone to attend all upcoming Open Board Meetings and Town Halls. Ask questions, and get invested in the future of our association.

Other Business

Please look forward to the Summer Professional Development Sessions the PDC is putting together.

Sam Hansen continues to host the PAM Water Cooler on Friday afternoons. Many thanks to them!!!

Thank you to everyone who has contributed in some way to PAM this year. Thank you to our session moderators, our Committee chairs and members, and especially to the members of the PAM Board. I want to take this opportunity to call out John Kromer and Anya Bartelmann for their service as Industry Partner Relations this year. Not only are they both serving a second year, they have had to deal with an especially frustrating environment in which to seek sponsorships in large part because of many roadblocks presented by SLA HQ. Thank you both for your dedication, persistence, and grace.

Stay cool,

Lance Utley

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President’s Message: March 2023

Hello PAMily,

Thank you to everyone who stepped forward to moderate sessions at MLA/SLA 2023 Detroit. As you can see from other items in this edition of the Bulletin, planning is moving along for our conference sessions. PAM will also be hosting a First and Last Night Dinner and a PAM Open House.

There are MANY committee vacancies within PAM. People are simply not stepping forward. PAM is still very much active despite all factors to the contrary. We cannot keep PAM running with the same handful of people coordinating everything from year to year.

I have already had to fill 2½ committees by begging the prior members to stick around another year. There are still many committee openings unfilled. If we do not get vacancies filled in Hospitality, Awards, and the already combined Membership/Mentoring Committee, the Board will have to consider what to cut this year.

Please email me right away if you are willing to serve on the Awards, Hospitality and/or Membership Committees. The Board will re-evaluate PAM activities at our March meeting. How important is PAM to you?

Thank you,

Lance

PAM President

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Calls for Participants SLA 2023 Annual Conference: MLA-SLA

Conference Session: “Welcome to the Endemic”

Would you like to speak at MLA/SLA 2023 in Detroit? We’re recruiting speakers for the “Welcome to the Endemic: Librarianship in a Post-Pandemic World” PAM session!

Description: We made quick adaptations to new ways of librarianship during the most intense times of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now that the virus is becoming endemic, are these adaptations also around for the long term? You will hear stories of how librarians responded to the needs of users in new and creative ways as many transitioned to remote work in 2020 and how some of these methods and services have permanently changed how we work in 2023.

This program is broad so there are many topics you can speak about! Including (but absolutely not limited to):

  • How has instruction changed since the pandemic?
  • Anything you think changed for the better or the worse since the pandemic
  • Comparison of outreach activities before, during, and after
  • Conferences moving forward
  • Any trends you’ve noticed across your library or in your work through the pandemic
  • What specific transformations has PAM or STEAM librarianship seen happen through the pandemic?
  • Have user expectations changed since the pandemic?
  • Work/life balance and work expectations
  • A new resource that post pandemic you can’t live without
  • The new normal?

We estimate presentations to be around 15 mins each and then we’ll leave space for discussion amongst the speakers and attendees. If interested, please send an email to Khue Duong (Khue.Duong@csulb.edu) and Mea Warren (mewarren@uh.edu).

Thanks!

Mea and Khue

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Calls for Participants SLA 2023 Annual Conference: MLA-SLA

Conference Session: “What are Publishers’ Favorite Open Access Success Stories?”

Hello PAMily !!  

Sandy Avila and I will be chairing a session on OA success stories from the publishers’ point of view.

Description: Are citations up 200% for a journal that went Open Access (OA) only? Do you have 100 read-to-publish agreements with universities? Hear some OA success stories from publisher representatives, and see what’s next on the horizon. Panelist presenters will also respond to a series of moderated questions, and engage in question and answers with attendees.

 If you would like to be part of our panel, please contact one of us (dthompson@cfa.harvard.edu or sandya@spie.org) as soon as possible.  Come and share your successes with your librarian partners.  

Thank you,

Donna and Sandy

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Calls for Participants SLA 2023 Annual Conference: MLA-SLA

Conference Session: “How Do You Engage Reluctant or Hard to Reach Users? ” 

What is your Story?

Sheila Bryant and Adwoa Boateng are moderating this panel session at the upcoming MLA/SLA conference.   We would love to hear about your experiences.

·       If you are planning to attend the conference in person and would like to speak about your experiences,  please email us  with a Yes or No or Maybe response, so we can get a speaker head count.

·      Email both moderators at : aabwml@rit.edu; bryants@msu.edu

Here is the abstract for the session:

Many librarians struggle to reach their clients, who may only touch base at a moment of need. How can librarians find ways to interact with their users and build a more engaged relationship?  In this session, learn about outreach opportunities, engaging liaison faculty with non-traditional techniques, collaborating with researchers directly in research labs and clinical settings, and building deeper engagement within the library itself.   Speakers will share stories of their actual engagement successes followed by a full question and answer period.

For further information email both : aabwml@rit.edu; bryants@msu.edu.

Session Moderators:

·      Sheila J. Bryant

Science Librarian

MSU Libraries

East Lansing, MI. 48824

bryants@msu.edu

·     Adwoa Boateng  

Science, Health Sciences Librarian

RIT Libraries

Rochester, NY 14623

aabwml@rit.edu

See you at MLA/SLA 2023!

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Calls for Participants SLA 2023 Annual Conference: MLA-SLA

Conference Session: “Unique Teaching Ventures”

Hello,

Jordan Green and I are moderating this session at the upcoming MLA/SLA conference. We would love to include some short presentations (5-ish minutes) as part of our session. If you are attending the conference in person and have a unique teaching venture you would like to speak about, please get in touch! Below is the description for the session.

Unique Teaching Ventures: Making Inroads in New Areas

Description: Why is this librarian showing us cartoons? What are Latex (with or without Overleaf) and JupyterLab? Can my librarian help with data visualization and story maps? Why are these library course guides linked in my class? See how librarians are using different methods to reach users, and how these methods move beyond the traditional “search, evaluate, and cite” one-shot session. Presenters will share successful strategies for teaching excellence including non-information literacy opportunities to pursue in the classroom and breaking the instructor mold by teaching in new ways. Attendees will also learn about opportunities librarians have in the classroom to promote principles of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).

If you have any questions about this session, please let me (hartj@uchicago.edu) and Jordan (jordan22@email.unc.edu) know.

Best,

Jenny Hart

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Calls for Participants SLA 2023 Annual Conference: MLA-SLA

Conference Session: “Beyond The Impact Factor”

Are you coming to MLA/SLA 2023 in Detroit? Do you have experience with research impact? Do you want to share that experience? Well, do we have an opportunity for you! We are currently looking for speakers for the “Beyond the Impact Factor: How Do You Show Success Beyond a Single Number?” PAM session!

Description: What do you mean my journal doesn’t have an impact factor? Why am I not seeing my item in Web of Science? How do I show its impact with that? Many of us hear such examples from users who need to show how their work has impact, but the traditional citation counts and impact factors are not always sufficient – or paint only a partial picture. Find out how to paint more of that picture for your users, and help them understand alternative options for metrics.

We believe in the big tent approach for topics, so please do not hesitate to bring us any idea, as long as it is related, in some way, to research impact.

Here is an in no way comprehensive list of example topics:

Helping Faculty Tell their Engagement Stories

The Ways Narrative CVs Do and Do Not Work

Contextualizing and Problematizing Metrics for Different Audiences

How You Weaned your Faculty Off the H-Index

Implementing DORA, SCOPE, or Leiden at Your Institution

What Social Media Metrics Really Mean

Illustrating the Impact of Teaching, Leadership, and Outreach

….And many, many more

Do NOT let this list limit you! If you have a story to tell about going beyond the traditional impact metrics like the H-Factor, we want to hear about it.

We are open to presentations ranging in length from 5-15 minutes each, followed by a group discussion. Please email Sam Hansen (hansensm@umich.edu) or Meg Eastwood (meg.eastwood@du.edu) if you are interested.

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Call for Reviewers – Choice/ACRL Core Title Lists

Resources for College Libraries (RCL), the Choice/ACRL bibliography of essential titles for undergraduate teaching and research, seeks experienced library subject selectors and faculty to serve as peer reviewers. 

We are currently seeking referees for the following subjects: Astronomy, Computer Science, Mathematics, and Physics.

Reviewers are tasked with: assessing the subject collection comprehensively; providing recommendations for editorial improvement; and constructive feedback on how well the core title selections support the college curriculum. The RCL peer review is one-time professional service and a capacity-building exercise that strengthens collection development skills, improves subject expertise, and informs local projects.

To apply, submit a current CV and a brief description of your qualifications, particularly developing or evaluating core collections and/or teaching in the subject area to Anne Doherty, RCL Project Editor (adoherty@ala-choice.org). Preference will be given to those who apply by May 20, 2022. We are committed to pursuing equity and inclusion and seek reviewers with diverse backgrounds and new perspectives to the RCL work.