by Dianne Dietrich and Lance Utley

arXiv Receives Operating Grant from Simons Foundation: The Simons Foundation is providing arXiv with five years of matching funds to complement the annual membership fees paid by institutions. http://news.library.cornell.edu/news/120828/arXiv

NSF AST Awards Linked to Papers in ADS: The CfA Library has matched NSF AST awards from 1995 to 2012 to papers indexed in ADS and has placed the dataset in Astroverse. http://goo.gl/Ywtxj

Initial Call for Roundtable Topics
As we gear up for SLA in sunny San Diego, we are starting to think about potential roundtable themes. What topics are of interest to you? Considering the range of topics from past meetings, potential themes include the changing nature of libraries; adjusting to diminishing (or loss of) physical collections and space; how to use bibliometrics, or tracking staff publications to demonstrate impact of institutions, instruments, and scientists; or other topics that you are passionate about. Please contact us if you have thoughts or ideas.