Article 1 of 15 in PAM Bulletin Vol 40, No 3by Stella Ota Happy 2013! January is the transition month for a number of Division leadership positions. All current PAM leaders, including Committee Chairs, Committee Members, and Annual Conference Moderators can be found on the Current Staff Listing page on the PAM website: http://pam.sla.org/manual/staff/current/. The [...]

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Article 2 of 15 in PAM Bulletin Vol 40, No 3by Jeffra Bussmann The Strategic Planning Committee began the revision of the strategic plan in the Fall of 2011 with the PAM division survey (summary of results can be found at the PAM website). During the PAM Business meeting at the 2012 SLA Annual conference, [...]

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Article 3 of 15 in PAM Bulletin Vol 40, No 3 by Michael ChesnesPAM FINANCIAL REPORT Jan-13 Account Balance as of 12/31/2012 ASSETS Cash & Bank Accounts           PAM Division balance $15,162.82           SLA Pooled Fund  $        28,622.50           TOTAL Cash & Bank Accounts  $     43,785.32 TOTAL ASSETS  $     43,785.32   LIABILITIES $672.00 OVERALL TOTAL [...]

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Article 4 of 15 in PAM Bulletin Vol 40, No 3by Stella Ota Registration, reservations, and scheduling for the 2013 SLA Annual Conference in San Diego all become available in February. With the conference theme of “Connect, Collaborate, Strategize”, expect to have a lot of opportunities for interaction with colleagues. To help with your planning, [...]

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Article 5 of 15 in PAM Bulletin Vol 40, No 3by Ruth Kneale Wrestling with the decision whether to switch to Windows 8 or not? Got questions about your network? Refereeing a battle between PC and Mac? Well, come to the Information Technology Roundtable with your questions and meet like-minded folks from the PAM, Sci-Tech [...]

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Article 6 of 15 in PAM Bulletin Vol 40, No 3by Carol Hutchins and Laurie Reeves 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 7 of 15 in PAM Bulletin Vol 40, No 3by Dianne Dietrich and Lance Utley Unified Astronomy Thesaurus Announced Through PAMNET and other outlets, we are learning about the Unified Astronomy Thesaurus (UAT). The project is and “open, interoperable, and community-supported” effort to unify divergent astronomy thesauri of the past. Visit http://astrothesaurus.org to learn more. [...]

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Article 8 of 15 in PAM Bulletin Vol 40, No 3by John Kromer As this year’s SLA Conference draws nearer, there is a small change to report with the PAM Roundtable.  Mat Willmott has stepped down as co-moderator, so John Kromer will be the sole moderator as we head into the conference.  If you previously [...]

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Article 9 of 15 in PAM Bulletin Vol 40, No 3by Kathleen Lehman Although the election results have been announced on PAMNet, the Nominations and Elections Committee would again like to congratulate Barbara Kern for being elected as the new PAM Division Chair-Elect and Jeffra Bussmann as the new PAM Division Secretary!  Both have already [...]

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Article 10 of 15 in PAM Bulletin Vol 40, No 3by Mangala Krishnamurthy The PAM Awards Committee cordially invites you to submit, **by May 1**, your nominations for the 2013 PAM Division Award and/or for the 2013 PAM Achievement Award. Previous recipients of the Division Award include the Jahrbuch Project, the American Physical Society, and [...]

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