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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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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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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