Article 5 of 10 in PAM Bulletin Vol 40, No 2by Carol Hutchins and Laurie Reeves Proof of the ABC Conjecture? The New York Times and Science, as well as other media outlets, have reported on the possible proof from Shinichi Mochizuki on the ABC conjecture. This proof is contained in four papers, totaling more [...]

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Article 6 of 10 in PAM Bulletin Vol 40, No 2by John Kromer and Mat Willmott SLA’s 2013 Conference in San Diego is fast-approaching, and your PAM division colleagues are putting together ideas for many events including the roundtable sessions.  This Conference’s Physics Roundtable will be moderated by John Kromer, Physical Sciences Librarian at Miami [...]

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Article 7 of 10 in PAM Bulletin Vol 40, No 2by 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 [...]

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Article 8 of 10 in PAM Bulletin Vol 40, No 2by Cunera Buys Work is starting to get underway for the next PAM Membership Directory.  Remember, I obtain your information from SLA, so please update your membership information with any changes. To update your information go to http://www.sla.org/ and log in using your SLA user [...]

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Article 9 of 10 in PAM Bulletin Vol 40, No 2by Alison Verbeck The IAU General Assembly Commission 5 Working Group Libraries (Marsha Bishop (NRAO/USA) and Robert Hanisch (STScI/USA), co-chairs) kicked off its first multi-day meeting on the 23rd of August 2012 in Beijing, China. This meeting was designed to bring astronomy librarians and scientists [...]

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Article 1 of 17 in PAM Bulletin Vol 40, No 1by Nisa Bakkalbasi I am delighted to say that we had a very successful Annual Conference in Chicago this past July. Congratulations to all moderators, speakers, committee chairs, and board members, who worked tirelessly to put together a fantastic program. I especially want to thank [...]

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Article 2 of 17 in PAM Bulletin Vol 40, No 1by Stella Ota The countdown is on for the 2013 SLA Annual Conference to be held June 9-11 in San Diego! The conference is shortened by one day, compressing the schedule, and providing all attendees with more opportunities for interesting interactions with colleagues, like a [...]

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Article 3 of 17 in PAM Bulletin Vol 40, No 1by Ruth Kneale This July, I had the delightful honor of hosting the Newcomer’s Lunch and welcoming several new members to PAM and to the conference. It was great seeing them all around the conference halls and in the Daily Retreat. I want to thank [...]

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Article 4 of 17 in PAM Bulletin Vol 40, No 1by Elizabeth Brown Chicago, Il, July 15, 2012 Present: N. Bakalbassi, E. Brown, D. Thompson, J. Bussman, S. Ota, U. Hussong-Christian, E. Poworoznek, C. Buys, M. Chesnes, K. Ta, L. Utley, K. Duong, L. Yamamoto, D. Kegel, R. Dasler, J. Matthews Absent: R. Kneale, M. [...]

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