A new article by members of the PAMily has been published in the journal Library Leadership and Management:
Palumbo, Laura Bolton, Jeffra D. Bussmann, and Barbara Kern. “A View from the Top: Library Leaders’ Predictions for the Future of Science Liaison Librarianship.” Library Leadership & Management 36, no. 1. https://journals.tdl.org/llm/index.php/llm/article/view/7511
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.
This year’s Physics Roundtable will bring together librarians from different institutions to discuss transformative agreements in STEM disciplines. Following a brief introduction to transformative agreements, the session will focus on their implementation and outreach at the institutions, i.e. what are the best ways to advertise to the authors who can benefit from covered article processing charges (APCs). With various open access mandates/policies at the funder and institutional levels, we expect that many colleagues are hearing about different “flavors” of transformative agreements through their organizations or consortiums. As the PAM Industry Roundtable will be looking at such discussions with publishers, this beginner to intermediate level session will complement it by providing some tips for effective outreach. With an hour-long session, we hope to leave at least 20 minutes for attendees to share their perspectives.
Questions? Contact Sarah Siddiqui and JonLuc Christensen.
This year, your Astronomy moderators (Jenny Novacescu and Lance Utley) are putting together a panel session of observatory librarians to address open astronomy issues, that have a direct impact on library subscription costs and collections, research services, and support for astronomy departments.
Presentations will cover: developments in Open Access; new features and content at ADS; and upcoming mission, instrumentation, and policy initiatives underway. The audience will engage the panelists in a Q&A session to conclude this roundtable.
Attendees can expect to gain a deeper understanding of the pros and cons of various types of Open Access and gain insight into how to use SMD topical expansion, RORs, and citation formatting in ADS. The planning and resources required to comply with NASA SMD Policy Document SPD-41 will also be covered.
This year’s Industry Partner Roundtable (formerly Vendor Roundtable) will feature a lively, plenary style discussion on any issues that librarians have encountered related to open access transformative publishing. This will include read and publish and subscribe to open agreements. Representatives from scientific publishers will be available to respond to issues raised. If you have any specific questions that you would like to suggest, please feel free to reach out to the moderators.
In addition, Jenny Hart and Donna Thompson will present a short summary of their survey on the use of object identifiers in PAM subject publishing.
We are still working on recruiting speakers, so please reach out to us if you have any suggestions.
Jenny Hart (hartj@uchicago.edu) and Donna Thompson (dthompson@cfa.harvard.edu)
This session will focus on the engagement strategies for collaborative work between librarians and mathematicians. The session will help explore the depth and breadth of these collaborations and provide attendees with examples of the many different ways mathematics and libraries can work together. The open roundtable discussion time will provide librarians with the opportunity to learn from each other and share potential collaboration methods and how to better connect. The session is for current mathematics librarians and liaisons; librarians who support STEM disciplines; and librarians interested in learning new engagement strategies.
Questions? Contact Sam Hansen and Anya C. Bartelmann.
The PAM Professional Development Committee is offering special sessions on the Third Thursdays over the next few months (via Zoom):
Thursday, April 21: Advancing Your LibGuide. Registration information has been shared over PAMnet.
Thursday, May 19: PAMwide Roundtable. More information to come.
Thursday, June 16: TBD.
Thursday, July 21: TBD, focus on PAM Industry Partners.
Keep your eye on PAMnet for more information as these sessions further develop.
– Jeffra Bussmann and the PAM PDC
PAM Bulletin 