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Great Lakes Science Boot Camp for Librarians

Great Lakes Science Boot Camp for Librarians
July 8 – 10, 2025, VIRTUAL
Hosts: Librarian Colleagues Around the Great Lakes
Cost: Free

The 2025 Great Lakes Science Boot Camp for Librarians will be held July 8 – 10, 2025, and hosted by librarian colleagues from around the Great Lakes region. THIS IS A VIRTUAL EVENT!!

This year’s immersive conference offers librarians an opportunity to learn about historical advances in sciences and breakthrough scientific anniversaries. The Great Lakes Science Boot Camp will strive to cultivate an ongoing learning community of librarians providing research support for scientists. Details will be added to our website as they are determined. Contact Jennifer Simms simms29@iu.edu if you have any questions.

Call for Lightning Talks


Have a topic in science librarianship that you would like to give a 7 – 10 minute talk on? Great Lakes Science Bootcamp is now taking submissions for 2025. Topics on the history of science are encouraged but not required.
Proposals are to be submitted by Friday, May 16, 2025, and you will be informed of acceptance by Wednesday, May 30, 2025.
If accepted, you will present virtually.

Contact Kristen Adams (adamsk3@miamioh.edu) or Sherry Larson-Rhodes (rhodes@geneseo.edu) if you have any questions about the lighting talks.

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2025 New England Science Boot Camp

Registration is now open for the 2025 New England Science Boot Camp for Librarians ! This year’s Boot Camp will be held on *June 25-27, 2025* at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. Science Boot Camp is a fun and affordable 2 day immersion into science topics offering opportunities for librarians and library students interested in science, health sciences, and technology to learn, meet and network in a fun, laid-back atmosphere. You can find more information at the 2025 New England Science Boot Camp conference website.

The topics for this year’s Science Boot Camp sessions are AI, astronomy,
and health science. Each topical session will include one researcher
presenting an overview of the field, followed by a second researcher
discussing their own research within the field. This year’s Capstone will
feature AI in science librarianship.

Students, faculty, librarians, library workers, and anyone interested in
learning more about science, health sciences, and technology are encouraged to attend this conference!

Registration is open until Friday, June 6, 2025, at 5 pm ET.

*Questions?* Email Laura Wilson, Science Librarian at College of the Holy Cross, at llwilson@holycross.edu

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LISA 10 Conference Is Looking For Submissions

The time is nearing the halfway mark for LISA 10 pre-registration and abstract submissions, due 31 May 2025! Come join your fellow information professionals online or in-person in Santiago.

For more information, please bookmark the LISA 10 website or click the registration link to pre-register to attend or submit your abstract today.

LISA 10, Research Equity and Access in the Age of AI, will take place the week of Mon, 03 Nov – Fri, 07 Nov 2025. The conference will be held in-person at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) premises in Santiago, Chile, with remote participation available via MS Teams. The conference will provide participants the opportunity to engage with fellow librarians, archivists, data specialists, bibliographers, publishers, documentalists, experts on evolving technologies, and scientists. The LISA conference series aims to provide a platform to discuss the state-of-the-art for information maintenance, retrieval, metrics, preservation, scholarly publishing, and information systems.

Conference timeline as follows. Announcements will be sent at each step:

  *   01 April 2025 – 31 May 2025: Pre-registration and abstract submission open. Abstracts will be accepted through 31 May.
  *   Mid-late June: abstract decisions announced
  *   July to mid-Aug: programme announcement and final registration/payment

Participants will know if their abstract has been accepted before final registration and payment are required in summer 2025.

Remote participants are equally encouraged to submit their abstracts for consideration. Both presentations and digital posters are welcome and will be organized around the following themes:

Using AI/ML/LLMs Responsibly: Topics on current or potential application of AI/LLMs/ML at your institution or in your information service community, including opportunities and challenges

Research Equity, Inclusiveness & Access: Ensuring equity with perspectives from around the globe

Stewarding Astronomical Knowledge: Best practices in traditional and data archives, documentation, and knowledge transfer and representation

Assessing the Impact of Research: Sharing insights into tools, platforms, documentation and the ?why? of bibliometrics. Presentations on researcher/staff, institutional, and observatory metrics are encouraged

The Future of Multidisciplinary Research: Current and future expansion of science disciplines and SciX; changes to where and how astronomy gets published; diversity of research communities and media beyond the traditional journal article

Enabling Open Science: Topics on data curation, data management and open software; ensuring reproducibility and access to others

Navigating Open Access: How changes in publishing models are impacting libraries and their customers; publishing challenges at your institution; topics on affordability and reputability of journals

The Changing Roles of Astronomy Libraries: Additional topics, such as:

o   changing role of special libraries, connecting users to resources and managing collections;

o   changing demands on libraries, such as research/data support;

o   role in organizing conferences or publishing conference proceedings;

o   navigating copyright law;

o   organizing training for research skills like proposal writing/Overleaf, etc

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Say Cheers and Celebrations For Our Sponsor: SIAM!!

We have amazing news to share. Thanks to our new sponsor, the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), we were able to upgrade the PAM Bulletin to eliminate ads and add a lot of great new features – like our own Domain Name!!

Yes, we are now pambulletin.com: easy to remember, easy to type!! You can still use our old URL pambulletin.wordpress.com if you have that linked, and it will redirect you to our new URL. We encourage you, however, to update your links to pambulletin.com.

There are other changes and upgrades we can now implement, so look for some of those in the next few months. Feedback is greatly appreciated as we work to make this a newsletter truly worthy of the PAM name.

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Chair’s Message: Winter 2025

Time flies — it’s already 2025.

Thank you to everyone who volunteered for PAM roles in 2024. As the incoming PAM President, I also want to thank our outgoing President (now Past President!), Sarah Siddiqui, and especially for stepping up to coordinate our conference proposals for roundtables while I was out for surgery this past autumn. Our volunteers for the roundtables submitted their proposed programs to SLA in mid-December.

Right now, I am starting the process for committee membership selection. If you are a current committee member and would like to continue, please let me know by emailing me at kayleigh.bohemier@yale.edu. If you have not served on a committee before and would like to, drop a line to tell me your interests. We especially welcome newer PAM members, as committee participation is a great way to get to know others in our community!

Last year’s committee list with members is listed at the end of this post.

Registration and housing selection for the 2025 SLA Annual Conference has started. This will be an in-person conference from June 7-10 in Pittsburgh, PA, at the University of Pittsburgh. I have heard that the program selection process is in its final stages and am sending good thoughts to everyone who worked hard on submitting this year’s roundtable proposals. Stay tuned for more information!

Best,

Kayleigh Bohémier (2025 PAM President)

PAM Committee Members for 2024:

Archives

  • Archivist: Lance Utley

Awards Committee

  • Chair: Nancy Curtis
  • Member: Zach Lannes  
  • Member: NuRee Lee  

Bulletin Editors

  • Editor: Emma Moore  
  • Assistant Editor: Jerrel Horn  

Hospitality Committee

  • Chair: Lance Utley  
  • Member: Jenny Mueller-Alexander  

Membership Committee

  • Chair: Brian Quigley
  • Member: Anya Bartelmann
  • Member: Kira Wyld

Mentoring Committee

  • Chair: Jenny Hart
  • Member: Mark Chalmers
  • Member: Khue Duong

Networking Committee

  • Chair and Webmaster: Chris Doty  
  • PAMnet Listserv Manager: Lance Utley  

Professional Development Committee

  • Chair: Jeffra Bussmann
  • Member: Danny Dotson  

Industry Partner Relations Committee

  • Chair: John Kromer  
  • Member: Emma Moore  
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PAM Election Results

The PAM Nominations and Elections Committee is pleased to announce the results of the election. Thank you to everyone who voted in the election.

Brian Quigley for PAM President-Elect: Yes 32, No 0.

Henrik Spoon for PAM Secretary: Yes 32, No 0.

Brian Quigley has been the Head of the Sciences Division in the UC Berkeley Library since 2023, having previously served as the Head of the Engineering & Physical Sciences Division since 2013. In his 24 years at UC Berkeley, he has served at various times as the librarian for computer science, engineering, physics, statistics, and earth sciences. He has been the Mathematics Librarian continuously since 2006. As an SLA and PAM member since 2007, Brian has always enjoyed working with and learning from his PAM colleagues. He previously served as chair of the Awards Committee and is currently chairing the Membership Committee.

Henrik Spoon serves as Physics, Astronomy, and Mathematics Librarian at Cornell University since Fall 2017. He is also a research data consultant in the Cornell Data Services team and a curator within the Data Curation Network. On Fridays he still works as an astrophysicist, studying colliding galaxies, as he did fulltime before moving into librarianship. Henrik has served as PAM Secretary for the last two years.

Congratulations to Brian and Henrik!

Sincerely,

PAM Nominations and Elections Committee

Jeff Bond (chair) j.bond@tcu.edu

Rebecca Hutchinson r3hutchinson@uwaterloo.ca

Ruth Kneale ruth.kneale@gmail.com

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Members Corner: John Kromer, from our PAMily, Named SLA Fellow

A long time member of our PAMily, John Kromer, was given the wonderful news that, in recognition of all of his work for the SLA, he was named an SLA Fellow. According to the letter that informed him of his new appointment, SLA Fellows are nominated

in recognition of past and present service, as well as expected future contributions to the association and the profession. Fellows are called upon and expected to advise the association’s Board of Directors, prepare necessary documentation, and alert the membership to issues and trends warranting action. As they are expected to continue serving the association, Fellows are expected to support and promote the Core Values of SLA (leadership, service, innovation and continuous learning, results and accountability, collaboration and partnering, and a commitment to a safe and equal space for professional participation)

I had the opportunity to speak with John about his nomination, and we had a delightful conversation. He told me about his work with the SLA, which, like most of us, involved seeing a need and stepping in to fulfill that need. As a result, he was a member of many SLA committees over the years and grew to love the work that the SLA does, as well as gaining a deep knowledge of the various needs and priorities that the SLA supports. He was even awarded the PAM Achievement Award in 2022, so that should give a good idea of how much he has participated in and supported the PAMily and the SLA over the years.

Congratulations, Cheers and Celebrations to John Kromer and his new appointment!

John Kromer is the Associate University Librarian for Research & Engagement at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.  He has held previous science librarian roles at Arizona State University, Brown University, and Miami University.  He holds master’s degrees in Chemistry and Library & Information Studies, both from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and French Language & Literature from Transylvania University.  John has been particularly active in the Physics-Astronomy-Mathematics (PAM) Division of SLA, where he served as Chair-Elect/Chair/Past-Chair in 2018-2020 and received the 2022 PAM Achievement Award.  John’s research interests include electronic research notebooks, the impact of library instruction on student success, and the cost of library materials for completing assignments.  Outside of work, John plays hockey with the New York City Pride Hockey Alliance, crochets, CrossFits, and plays trombone and occasionally bassoon with the NJIT Wind Ensemble and the Montclair Community Band.

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Adding Skills With LaTex /Overleaf To Your Portfolio

In Fall 2024, the PAM Professional Development Committee hosted a 3-part workshop on LaTex/Overleaf for Librarians. This workshop series was designed by Sam Hansen (Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation) and Alex Manchester (Stanford University).  The first session began with the basics of LaTex and using Overleaf to write LaTex code. The homework for participants was to take a document/article they already have and begin to recreate it in LaTeX, using Overleaf. They were to focus on getting it formatted nicely (with figures, lists, etc), but not worry about having it exactly match the original. Participants were encouraged to frequently consult outside resources such as (but not limited to) Google, StackExchange, and the Overleaf documentation. At the second session, Sam and Alex went into greater detail on tables and figures, style files, and other components of formatting. The homework for participants was to prepare a short (3-4min) ‘lightning’ presentation on how to do something in LaTeX/Overleaf that hasn’t been covered yet. For the third part in the series, participants presented their newly acquired skill in Overleaf, including footnotes, formatting paragraphs, columns, and accessibility. Sam and Alex completed the session with some approaches to accessibility, class files (such as dissertations), and CVs in LaTex.

The session recordings can be found here:
Session 1
https://stanford.zoom.us/rec/component-page?action=viewdetailpage&sharelevel=meeting&useWhichPasswd=meeting&clusterId=aw1&componentName=need-password&meetingId=IizmB1_oQfwdaPqvChnyBMioE9W1XrKbE0LfWPqobhlp47d-4Q2n3MT3yia4dw7f.KhCEXq9Az9nQNQ67&originRequestUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fstanford.zoom.us%2Frec%2Fshare%2Fdmlglnk_SN4rtpWKxrDWvzmqB2ztsfO4lpTgZpAmGHbFSh0qG718FRVEOt65QfR-.DYL73bzDgCVYRqnj%3FstartTime%3D1727110444000, password: AmH5Q=aK

Session 2
https://stanford.zoom.us/rec/component-page?action=viewdetailpage&sharelevel=meeting&useWhichPasswd=meeting&clusterId=aw1&componentName=need-password&meetingId=nEs2r0tL627ROSvd-ArtikX_sU8ukfNl6DKY-7BQgvYc9-cZQ08dDyhr7K0Em8fF.pWkFqp7xt5CdrHCR&originRequestUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fstanford.zoom.us%2Frec%2Fshare%2FTMBD1TfjEZ_jv3bxpuvj-IdioXKZedn9BJTFPUdKa24PnxapWXsocUrd7DkDjzSm.mvNUT3T-UaOPnjn2, password: 0&Lid=ef

Session 3
https://stanford.zoom.us/rec/share/fWNBK62F6nPEWSnEpAi5CxMN5v8gRSdSRmqiHtp_643LzRQ5DZN0VQe450FcNkbk.xYuyWXL-tOk-D2BG?startTime=1731694572000, password: %8F^%vtN

In the Spring, we are hoping to do a 4th session about teaching LaTex and Overleaf. More info to come! 

Does PAM have a great Professional Development Committee, or what?? I know I can’t wait for the next LaTex / Overleaf session!

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2025 SLA Conference: Creative Transformation

Check out the information for the 2025 SLA Conference: Creative Transformation. The conference is being hosted June 7 – 10 at the University of Pittsburgh. Presentations, posters and events are still being planned, but we know that the tracks are:

• Data Science & Research • Leadership & Management • Innovative Technology • Marketing & Competitive Intelligence • Knowledge & Record Management •

The conference is shaping up to be a fantastic chance to network and learn, so make sure you get your registration in and your reservations made before it’s too late!

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2025 is the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology

The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2025 to be the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. This year was chosen because, 100 years ago, quantum mechanics was developed.

Find out more information about events and ways to participate with the celebrations at Quantum.gov, the home of the government’s National Quantum Initiative.

The journal Physics Physique Fizika published a number of important articles on Quantum Science and Technology in the latter half of the 1960s. The American Physical Society (APS) has made these issues openly available if you would like to read through them. The APS also published a great article about the Year of Quantum in Physics Magazine, which you can read here.

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LISA 10 Conference: Research, Equity and Access in the Age of AI

We invite all those interested in Library and Information Services in Astronomy (LISA) to mark their calendars to attend LISA 10 in Santiago de Chile. LISA 10, Research Equity and Access in the Age of AI, will take place the week of Mon, 03 Nov – Fri, 07 Nov 2025 and will provide participants the opportunity to engage with fellow librarians, archivists, data specialists, bibliographers, publishers, documentalists, experts on evolving technologies, and scientists. The LISA conference series aims to provide a platform to discuss the state-of-the-art for information maintenance, retrieval, metrics, preservation, scholarly publishing, and information systems.

The conference will be held in-person at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) premises in Santiago, Chile, with remote participation available via MS Teams. Registration and abstract submission will open in April.

Remote participants are equally encouraged to submit their abstracts for consideration. Both presentations and digital posters are welcome and will be organized around the following themes:

• Using AI/ML/LLMs Responsibly Topics on current or potential application of AI/LLMs/ML at your institution or in your information service community, including opportunities and challenges

• Research Equity, Inclusiveness & Access Ensuring equity with perspectives from around the globe

• Stewarding Astronomical Knowledge Best practices in traditional and data archives, documentation, and knowledge transfer and representation

• Assessing the Impact of Research Sharing insights into tools, platforms, documentation and the ?why? of bibliometrics. Presentations on researcher/staff, institutional, and observatory metrics are encouraged

• The Future of Multidisciplinary Research Current and future expansion of science disciplines and SciX; changes to where and how astronomy gets published; diversity of research communities and media beyond the traditional journal article

• Enabling Open Science Topics on data curation, data management and open software; ensuring reproducibility and access to others

• Navigating Open Access How changes in publishing models are impacting libraries and their customers; publishing challenges at your institution; topics on affordability and credibility of journals

•The Changing Roles of Astronomy Libraries Additional topics, such as:

o   changing role of special libraries, connecting users to resources and managing collections;

o   changing demands on libraries, such as research/data support;

o   role in organizing conferences or publishing conference proceedings;

o   navigating copyright law;

o   organizing training for research skills like proposal writing/Overleaf, etc.

General questions can be directed to LISA10@eso.org<mailto:LISA10@eso.org>

We look forward to receiving your abstracts soon and to seeing you in Santiago.

LISA 10 SOC & LOC

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Chair’s Message: Autumn 2024

Dear PAMily,

I hope you are having a nice Fall! This summer flew by, with the conference and the engaging roundtables and workshops we got to attend. Thank you to everyone for organizing, presenting, and attending. We now have two things coming up:

Firstly, the call for proposals for the 2025 Annual SLA is open, with a deadline of December 6, 2024. More details about the CFP are available at https://sla.org/page/25CFP. We hope to continue the tradition of Physics, Astronomy, Mathematics and Industry Partners roundtables and need volunteers to moderate them! If you are available, please email both Kayleigh (2025 PAM President) and I at your earliest convenience.

Next, with the year coming to an end, we also need volunteers for the PAM committees. Below is the list of current committees. Please email Kayleigh if you are interested in joining or continuing in any of them:

  • Awards
  • Bulletin Editors
  • Hospitality
  • Industry Partners
  • Mentoring
  • Networking
  • Professional Development
  • Membership

Thank you and take care,

Sarah

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SLA Elections Results: 2025-2027

“The Special Libraries Association is pleased to announce the results of this year’s election for 2025 President-Elect and 2025-27 Board members. This year, 258 SLA members (13.57%) cast their votes. Below are the results of this year’s polling:

President-Elect (January 2025 -December 2025)
Heather Kotula | President and CEO, Access Innovations, Inc.

Board Members (January 2025-December 2027)
Emma Moore | Librarian, Institute for Advanced Study
Julie Maekask | Law Librarian, Eastman & Smith LTD
Stephanie Rollins | Director of Library Services, Air University Library
Meenal Oak | Librarian (Prof – Level 14), MEs’s Institute of Management and Career Courses (IMCC)

SLA congratulates the new Board members-elect and expresses its deepest gratitude to all who stood for office during this election. Their dedication to SLA and its members ensures that the Special Libraries Association will remain vibrant and member-led for years to come.”

The Special Libraries Association

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2024 Achievement Award: Daniel Dotson

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

This year our award goes to an individual who has consistently demonstrated their passion for education, service, and professional engagement. Our recipient is committed to supporting undergraduate access to information in the sciences, in particular by promoting affordable resources. As their supervisor noted, their “sharing of open and subscribed resources was invaluable during the pandemic when students could not access print course reserves, and also represents thousands of dollars of potential student savings.” They have served on statewide committees with other faculty to develop open educational materials for highly enrolled courses in mathematics: college-level algebra, calculus and pre-calculus.

These teams developed additional open material to support high-demand advanced mathematics courses as well, including both abstract and linear algebra, and ordinary differential equations. Notably, the products of this effort include compiled and/or originally produced ancillary content—videos, interactive machine-graded exercises, problem sets, worksheets, and lab activities—as well as conventional textbook material. The products of this effort, hosted on the OER Commons, are freely available beyond the recipient’s home state, serving as an invaluable resource for the larger international community of mathematics educators and their students. Our recipient and their colleagues described the process of building course content in a book chapter—which, of course, is an open access work itself.

At their home institution, our recipient teaches two for-credit university courses addressing scientific communication, information formats, and effective bibliographic search strategies in PAM and other scientific disciplines. In 2022 they received the Virginia Tiefel Achievement in Teaching Award from their parent university library system, which “recognizes outstanding teaching achievements that advance the mission of the library…over five or more years. It is the highest honor given by University Libraries to recognize quality, innovation and impact in all aspects of teaching.”

Regionally, they have supported the professional development of their colleagues by serving on myriad committees to organize and run the Great Lakes Science Boot Camp for Librarians, which they also co-chaired from 2019 to 2021. Within PAM, they have hosted a Professional Development Committee PAMinar, and organized numerous other educational online seminars and “Pint-Sized PAMinars.” They were recognized with the SLA Presidential Citation for their work on the 2020 Annual Conference Advisory Committee.

Our awardee is also distinguished by a long-standing commitment to interdisciplinary endeavors and public outreach, connecting PAM disciplines with other areas of study in the sciences and beyond. They explored how mathematicians and physicists are portrayed in popular media and published their findings in CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture, a journal focused on theory and criticism of comparative literature and cultural studies. They successfully collaborated with public library colleagues to host Science Cafés, introducing enthusiastic youngsters to physics and chemistry through crowd-pleasing “loud, flashy, and/or messy” events. This year, they successfully applied for their parent institution’s Growing Research Opportunities (GRO) Academy, a program to develop leaders of effective interdisciplinary research teams

A long-time PAM member who has worked with the recipient noted that they have been “a regular, consistent, active, dedicated member of PAM… [who] has significant expertise on PAM librarianship and is always willing to share and help others.” Their supervisor believes that their “open and positive attitude” and “competence, kindness, and generosity to…colleagues are a large part of what has made our team successful,” praising their efforts to improve internal communication and uplift organizational culture “in ways that feel light and fun…when the subject matter could feel hectoring or condescending with a different approach.” She notes that our awardee “says “yes” to an astonishing number of requests for teaching, service, and added duties, and still manages to perform excellent work across the board.”

On behalf of the PAM Awards Committee, it is my great pleasure to present the 26th PAM Achievement Award to Danny Dotson!

[Presented at the 2024 SLA PAM Annual Business Meeting, July 22, 2024]

2024 SLA PAM Awards Committee:

Nancy R. Curtis, Chair,

NuRee Lee,

Zach Lannes.

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STELLA 2024 Virtual Unconference December 13, 2024

The 2024 Stella Unconference is taking place VIRTUALLY on Friday, December 13, 2024. This free event welcomes current or aspiring science, technology, engineering and medical/health librarians and those interested in STEM librarianship. In the Unconference spirit, YOU will drive the agenda and determine what discussions and breakouts will take place. It’s a great chance to discuss and learn about current topics relevant to STEM librarianship.

IF you are interested in receiving updates about the Unconference, please follow the instructions on how you can subscribe to the STELLA Listserv at https://stellaunconference.com/about/ . (This is a relatively quiet list).

The latest information that was sent out is:

  • registration is open through Friday, November 15
  • voting is open for discussion sessions
  • a call is out for presenters, lightning talks and poster presentation
  • a second call is out for discussion session Facilitators (welcome presenters, run the Zoom room, ask submitted questions)

Please see the registration form to submit your information for the session vote, the call for presenters, and the call for session facilitators

STELLA Unconference Agenda – Schedule for Friday, December 13th (All times in Eastern Time):

11:00-11:30am Coffee Break & Welcome

11:30am-12:45pm Session 1

12:45-1:00pm Break

1:00-2:00pm Lightning Talks and Posters

2:00-2:15pm Break

2:15-3:30pm Session 2

3:30-4:00pm Close-Out

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the STELLA 2024 Organizing Committee at stellaunconference@gmail.com.

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Lots of Great Discussions Were Had at the SLA 2024 and the Summer Math Roundtables

SLA 2024 Math Roundtable

The Math Roundtable at the SLA 2024 conference was a plenary discussion. We covered a number of great topics, which are detailed below.

Accessible HTML for Math: We discussed what tools were available to convert mathematics papers to an HTML format that would be accessible for use with screen readers. The American Mathematical Society (AMS) noted they had developed some tools to make math documents accessible. They are hoping to make them more publicly available in the future.

ArXiv has their own LaTex to HTML converter, and they are hosting an online forum on accessibility soon. They will make an announcement on PAMnet when they have the details ready, so look out for that.

Artificial Intelligence and Math: We talked about AI training on math. A representative from ArXiv said there was evidence that AI models had been trained on ArXiv.

E-Books Versus Print Use of Math Materials: The AMS reported that 40% of their book sales are e-books. Also, 75% of their journal subscriptions are online only. The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) noted that their digital sales also outstrip print sales for books.

Author IDs Using ORCID: The discussion involved the use of ORCID by math researchers. Librarians at the University of Rochester said that they help populate their researchers’ ORCIDs for them. Various publishers reported that they have seen inconsistent use of ORCID from authors. Mathematical Reviews said that they focus more on using MRID instead of ORCID. SIAM doesn’t mandate that authors have an ORCID, but they encourage authors to get one. It was also noted that sometimes mathematicians use a new ORCID when they move to a new institution.

AMS versus EBSCOhost re: the MathSciNet Interface: The discussion revolved around teaching the two interfaces to students. Some librarians said that they teach undergraduate students about the EBSCOhost interface because the students are already used to using EBSCOhost for other databases.

Summer 2024 Math Roundtable

An online Math Roundtable was hosted over ZOOM late in the summer. The discussion was active and covered a number of topics.

A question was posed about relocating Lecture Notes in Mathematics to storage if they have not circulated in 10 years.

Next, the IMU Permissions report was discussed. The report may be viewed at https://www.mathunion.org/activities/ad-hoc-committee-permissions-cop .

After the report discussion, there was a proposal that the MathSciNet and the Mathematics Genealogy Project could link to Open Access theses & dissertations as well as ProQuest Dissertations. More and more schools are making their theses & dissertations freely available online, so being able to access the documents directly from the two databases would save time and effort. It was suggested that perhaps MathSciNet might be interested in doing a pilot with a select group of PAM people.

Another item brought up was an interest in learning LaTex and learning how to teach others to use it.

Tyler Kane, AMS, speaking about mathematics and accessibility, said, “I’d love to get Peter Krautzberger in a PAM session to discuss math and accessibility. We had him do a webinar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2y-4bGBwec on how this applies to one aspect of AMS publications, Mathviewer, but he is also a great source of information on development. The asterisk here is that he is pretty invested in projects that he has worked on, but he is very invested in this topic.”

Finally, a great article was brought up on the trending topic of Data Sharing: Making Mathematical Research Data FAIR: Pathways to Improved Data Sharing. (2024) Scientific Data, 11 (1), art. no. 676 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03480-0

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Members’ Corner: New Marketing Director for Science/AAAS

Sharice Collins is delighted to announce that she started a new position as the Marketing Director for Science/AAAS. In her new role, she is overseeing global sales and marketing activities for the Science family of journals, Science Careers, and Science Custom Publishing. 

Sharice said, “I am humbled to be a part of this prestigious organization whose mission and values so closely align with my own.  I am especially excited to continue to work with the library community, nurturing the essential librarian/publisher relationship.” 

A longtime PAM member, supporter, and 2015 PAM Achievement Award winner, Sharice is looking forward to maintaining her bonds with the PAMily and is grateful for the support and positivity she received from the library community as she made the professional transition to Science/AAAS.

Cheers and Celebrations from the PAMily for Sharice Collins!

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Chair’s Message: Spring 2024

Dear PAMily,

I hope you are well and having a nice summer! The annual conference is getting close, and I hope you are able to join us in Rhode Island. The full schedule is available at https://sla.org/page/Program2024_Program. Thank you to all our moderators and speakers for organizing the Physics, Astronomy, Mathematics and Industry Partners RT round tables! Our Hospitality Committee is also working on organizing a PAM dinner — might be slightly different this year ­­— more details are forthcoming. Also, thank you to our wonderful sponsors for their continuing support of PAM.

In addition to the conference, there is a slew of events this summer to keep us engaged with all things PAM. To maximize attendance, the PAM Annual Business Meeting will be held virtually soon after the conference on Monday, July 22nd at 1 pm EST. the Zoom link will be shared over PAMnet. Please save the date on your calendars. We also have the PAMinars and continuation of the subject roundtables organized by the Professional Development Committee, so I hope to see you often over Zoom.

Warm Regards,

Sarah Siddiqui (2024 PAM President)

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SLA 2024 Annual Conference: URI

Conference Session: Astronomy Roundtable

Eclipsing Topics for Astronomy and Other Science Librarians 

Sunday, July 14 • 3:30pm – 4:30pm

The Astronomy Roundtable is a moderated discussion of thought-provoking ideas about librarianship in astronomy and related fields, designed by and for anyone interested.  Our topics will include the April 8 Solar Eclipse; the future of astronomy libraries; sharing and making findable grey literature like PhD theses and capstone projects; and what we have learned from the Voyager I mission.  Come prepared with your questions and problems, and to share your tips and tricks with your colleagues.

Moderators: Jenny Mueller-Alexander; Donna Thompson

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SLA 2024 Annual Conference: URI

Conference Session: Industry Partners Roundtable

Tuesday, July 16 • 10:30am – 11:30am

The PAM Industry Partners Roundtable will feature a moderated discussion of the ways in which artificial intelligence (AI) threatens to compromise research integrity, and what tools are available to help publishers detect plagiarism, data fabrication, and image manipulation. We will also discuss how editorial policies on the use of AI in the research process are crafted, what they allow and prohibit for both authors and referees, and how they may change as we move forward. While the focus will be on the sciences, these issues are affecting publishers in every discipline and should be of interest to a broad audience. Format will include 30 minutes of presentations, followed by 20-30 minutes of open discussion and audience Q&A.

Panelists:

Kivmars Bowling, Publications Director, SIAM

Steven Smith, Publisher, Development & Open Science, AIP Publishing

Jon Speilburg, Manager, Publishing Strategy and Partnerships, SPIE

Moderator: Chris Doty