Article 1 of 12 in PAM Bulletin Vol 40, No 4by Stella Ota Welcome to the unofficial “conference preview” issue of the PAM Bulletin! SLA 2013 will be held in San Diego, California, June 9-11. Yet another amazing group of PAM volunteers and sponsors has developed a suite of PAM programs and events for your [...]

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Article 2 of 12 in PAM Bulletin Vol 40, No 4by Stella Ota The PAM Board Meeting (as opposed to the “Business” meeting) will be held virtually on Monday June 3, 7-9 p.m. ET, using SLA’s GoToMeeting account. This is an experiment. In recent years, the Board Meeting had been held on Sunday, prior to [...]

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Article 3 of 12 in PAM Bulletin Vol 40, No 4by Margaret Lam & Sharice Collins Congratulations to the 2013 Louise Leckner Memorial Travel Stipend Recipients! Since 2009, IOP Publishing, a generous and long-time supporter of libraries and librarians, has provided funding for new PAM librarians with four $1,000 stipends to help defray the costs [...]

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Article 4 of 12 in PAM Bulletin Vol 40, No 4by Emily L. Poworoznek New PAM Division members and PAM members attending SLA for the first time are cordially invited to attend the PAM Early Bird & Newcomers’ Dinner, to be held Saturday, June 8th, 2013, from 6-8 pm (after the SLA Fellows & First-Timers [...]

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Article 5 of 12 in PAM Bulletin Vol 40, No 4by Emily Poworoznek, Mentoring Subcommittee Chair …now in its 16th year… sweet! Hola! Are you coming to SLA in San Diego? Are you feeling a tiny bit new at all this… and would you like to have a guide, be introduced to other PAM members, [...]

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Article 6 of 12 in PAM Bulletin Vol 40, No 4by Kim Bevis Please join us for the PAM combined Early Dinner and Newcomers Dinner at SLA 2013 in San Diego! Date & Time: Saturday, June 8, 2013, 6:00-8:00 pm Restaurant: Casa Guadalajara, 4105 Taylor Street, San Diego, CA 92110 http://www.casaguadalajara.com (in San Diego’s historic [...]

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Article 7 of 12 in PAM Bulletin Vol 40, No 4by Susan Koskinen, Moderator Chair, Publisher Relations Connect, Collaborate, Strategize: Publishers and vendors share updates on current and future directions in changing times. Plan to attend this year’s Vendor Update & Networking Breakfast meeting, generously sponsored by SIAM, The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. [...]

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Article 8 of 12 in PAM Bulletin Vol 40, No 4by Dianne Dietrich Greetings from your Astronomy Roundtable co-moderators! June is fast approaching, and we’re looking forward to putting together an engaging roundtable for you this year. This years’ session features lightning talks on topics such as bibliometrics, electronic resources, and virtual libraries. We hope [...]

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Article 9 of 12 in PAM Bulletin Vol 40, No 4by Laurie Reeves & Carol Hutchins Call for discussion topics The Mathematics Roundtable is scheduled to be held at the annual conference in San Diego on Sunday, June 9th at 3:30pm. We would like this session to include a discussion of topics of current interest. [...]

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Article 10 of 12 in PAM Bulletin Vol 40, No 4by Susan Koskinen Are you a PAM Publisher Liaison or would you like to become one? Publisher Liaisons connect PAM members with publishers, vendors, and library advisory boards in physics, math, astronomy and computer science. There are three types of liaison relationships. Formal PAM appointments [...]

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