To continuously enhance my professional growth as an information expert in biology and the sciences and to remain abreast of the research topics in these areas, it is vital for me to become an active member of related organizations, associations, and to utilize available resources.
Upcoming Conferences:
SLA 2011 Annual Conference
Philadelphia, PA, USA, 13 - 16 June
SLA 2012 Annual Conference
Chicago, IL, USA, 15 -18 July
2013 Annual Conference
San Diego, CA, 9-12 June
2014 Annual Conference
Vancouver, BC, 8-11 June
2015 Annual Conference
Boston, MA, 14-17 June
Contributed Papers from 2009 Conference (contributed items for 2010 were not displayed; however, I hope that similiar topics of research and discussion are covered for upcoming conferences!)
Biomedical and Life Sciences Division Contributed Papers Breakfast
Monday, June 15
7:00 am – 8:30 am
Sponsored by Portland Press
Implementation of a new research discovery tool by the university libraries at Cornell University and the University of Florida
E-Books in the Sciences - Gauging Faculty and Graduate Students Needs
Rajiv Nariani, Science Librarian, Steacie Science & Engineering Library, York University, Ontario, Canada
“Practice Makes Perfect” - Curriculum Integration into a Third Year Biology Program: Collaboration between Faculty and Librarians
Ilo-Katryn Maimets, Science Librarian, Steacie Science and Engineering Library, York University, Ontario, Canada
Roberto Quinlan, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, York University, Ontario, Canada
Ricardo Laskaris, Reference Assistant, York University Libraries, Ontario, Canada
Helpful Science & Biology associations or organizations:
The SLA Biomedical and Life Sciences Division(DBIO). (2010). Retrieved from
http://units.sla.org/division/dbio
Serves as a forum for members who are engaged in or interested in the exchage of information in the biomedical and health sciences.
Special Libraries Association (SLA). (2010). Retrieved from
http://www.sla.org/
Consists of many resources, pertaining to pubications, events, conferences, membership information, and news on science and technology issues that libraries face.
Chemistry Division of (SLA). (2010). Retrieved from
http://units.sla.org/division/dche/mrm/index.htm
Lists information on chemistry-related informational resources, publications, events, and conferences.
Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL). (2010). Retrieved from
www.ala.org/acrl
A professional association of academic librarians and other interested persons dedicated to increasing the abilities of information professionals to serve the informational needs of higher education communities. Also, ACRL promotes learning, teaching, and research opportunities.
Medical Library Association. (2010). Retrieved from
www.mlnet.org
A non-profit educational organization with more than 4000+ medical and health science library professionals, which includes opportunities for conferences, publications, career development, and continuing education programs for current and future medical/health science librarians.
Association for Library and Info. Science Education (ALISE). (2010). Retrieved from
wwww.alise.org
Promotes research, teaching, and services for library and information science education.
Science & Technology Section (STS) Mentoring Program. (2010). Retrieved from
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/about/sections/is/projpubs/mentoring/index.cfm
Encourages or provides mentoring opportunities for academic librarians actively involved in science information literacy instruction by pairing new academic librarians with more experienced information professionals.
SciCentral: Gateway to the best news science news sources. (2010). Retrieved from
http://www.scicentral.com/
Current resource tool for accessing various research informmation in the biosciences, health sciences, physics/chemistry, earth & space, and engineering.
ARL Summer Brown Bag Discussion Series:Issues in Scholarly Communication. (2010). Retrieved from http://www.arl.org/sc/brownbag/
Provides discussion questions and resources as intial starting points for holding conversations with library staff and faculty.
ARCL Scholarly Communication Toolkit.(2010). Retrieved from
http://acrl.ala.org/scholcomm/
Developed to support advocacy efforts and provide information on scholarly commmunication for librarians, faculty, and campus administrators. Contains discussions or views on various scholarly communication issues.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). (2010). Retrieved from
http:www.doaj.org
Lists approximately 2,700 free, full-text, scientific and scholarly journals.
Libraries and Scholarly Communication, University of California Libraries. (2010). Retrieved from
http://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/scholarly
Displays a very good example of how a large university library promotes scholarly communication. Case studies on developing and implementing scholarly communication programs or outreach toolkits are shown.
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