history – PAM Bulletin

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

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.