by Nisa Bakkalbasi This is the last Bulletin issue before our Annual Meeting in Chicago. I am delighted to share with you a sneak preview of the 2012 PAM Division’s program. The whole program is coming together through the goodwill of librarians, publishers, and SLA staff. PAM staff proves what I knew all along. The [...]

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by Ruth Kneale The Newcomer’s Lunch, open to new Division members and also to those Division members attending Conference for the first time, will be Sunday July 15th from 11:30am to 1:00pm. We’ll be enjoying the culinary treats of the Russian Tea Room (www.russianteatime.com), across from the Art Institute. Transportation won’t be provided, so you’re [...]

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Now in its fifteenth year! by Emily Poworoznek, Mentoring Subcommittee Chair Are you going to SLA in Chicago? Would you like to make the most of the SLA Annual Conference? If you’re feeling a bit new at all this – or would just like to be introduced to other PAM members, have a guide, get [...]

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by Michael Chesnes and Jill Postma Please join us for the PAM Early Bird Dinner at 6:00 PM on Saturday, July 14. Jill Postma has made arrangements for us to eat at Blackie’s Chicago on 755 South Clark Street, (312-786-1161). Blackie’s has been a family-owned fixture in the Printer’s Row neighborhood of the Loop since [...]

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by Jill Postma When you arrive at the Planetarium’s south entrance, we’ll check the weather. If it’s not cloudy, we’ll walk over to the Doane Observatory at the tip of the peninsula the museum sits on and look through a modern telescope at the sun with the astronomer on duty that day. If we’re lucky [...]

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by Margaret Lam 2012 SLA Conference: Astronomy Roundtable The scheduled speakers for the Astronomy Roundtable at the SLA Conference this year are: Christopher Erdmann, John G. Wolbach Library, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Lance Utley, National Radio Astronomy Observatory; Donna Thompson, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Molly White, John M. Kuehne Physics Mathematics Astronomy Library. The topics [...]

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by Jane Holmquist & Andy Shimp Math Roundtable Preview The Mathematics Roundtable is scheduled to be held at the annual conference in Chicago on Wednesday, July 18 at 10am. We will devote this session to group discussion about topics of current interest such as collections issues, developments in math librarianship, non-traditional services, outreach and space [...]

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by Kathleen Lehman & Michael Chesnes Looking forward to gathering with your fellow PAM members at SLA 2012? So are we! And we are hoping that you make plans to join us for the Physics Roundtable discussion session to take place on July 17th from 2:00pm-3:30pm. Join us Tuesday afternoon to share your best practices [...]

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by Zari Kamerei This year the PAM Wide Roundtable will be on July 16th from 10:00 to 11:30 am (1.5 hours). We will have a totally traditional roundtable! You will be talking about your institutions, cool projects, budget woes and whatever professional news that will help your colleagues in their institutions to move forward. We [...]

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by Julie Arendt We are currently soliciting speakers for PAM’s Vendor Update session at SLA 2012 in Chicago. See the details below for what we are looking for: Time: Tuesday, July 17 from 8:00-9:30am. Format: Breakfast session, sponsored by SIAM. Lecture-style with open Q&A. Presentation equipment will include a presentation screen and a computer with [...]

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