SLA Biomedical and Life Sciences Division

Nominations & Elections

2009 DBIO Election results

The Nominations and Elections Committee is pleased to announce the results results of our recent Biomedical and Life Sciences Division election held in October, 2008 via electronic ballots.

Diane Schmidt
Diane Carol Schmidt

For Chair – Elect: Diane Carol Schmidt
Education:

  • M.A. Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin – Madison 1987.
  • M.S. Biology (Behavioral Ecology), Purdue University, 1982.
  • B.A. Biology/Psychology, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN, 1978.

Current position: 2006 to present, Biology Librarian and Professor of Library Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL.

Previous positions:

  • 8/1997-2006: Biology Librarian and Associate Professor of Library Administration, UIUC
  • 8/1996-8/1997: Acting Biology Librarian and Associate Professor of Library Administration, UIUC
  • 1/1995-6/1995: Acting Biology Librarian and Assistant Professor of Library Administration, UIUC
  • 4/1990-8/1997: Assistant Biology Librarian and Assistant Professor of Library Administration, UIUC
  • 12/1987-3/1990: Reference Librarian/Bibliographer for Science and Technology and Assistant Professor, J.D. Williams Library, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS.

Positions held within SLA:

  • DBIO: Professional & Program Development Committee, member 1992-1999, chair 1997-1999.
  • DBIO Membership Committee, member 1999 – 2001, chair 2000 - 2001.
  • DBIO Publications Committee, member 2001 – 2003.
  • DBIO Vendor Relations Committee, chair 2005 – 2007.
  • DBIO Fund Development Committee member 2005 – 2008.
  • DBIO Program Planning Committee member, 2005 – 2006, chair 2007 – 2008.

Positions held within other organizations:

  •  ALA and ACRL, member, 2002 – 2005.
  • Health Sciences Librarians of Illinois 2006 to present

 

Diane Schmidt
Jonathan Nabe

Treasurer: Jonathan Nabe
Education:

  • M.S.L.I.S. University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, 1995
  • B.S. Zoology, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1989

Current position:
2007 – Present, Collection Development Librarian / Science & Technology, Morris Library, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL.

Previous positions:

  • 2002 – 2007, Agriculture and Natural Resources Librarian and Coordinator, Digital Commons, University of Connecticut
  • 2000 – 2002, Manager, Gerstenzang Science Library, Brandeis University.
  • 1998 – 2000, Head, Chemistry Library and Biology Librarian, Information Services Librarian, Acting Computer Science Librarian, SUNY at Stony Brook.

Positions held within SLA

  • DBIO Co-Editor, Biofeedback newsletter, 2001 – 2004.
  • DBIO Publications Committee, chair 1998 – 2000
  • DBIO Contributed Papers Committee, member 2004 – 2007, Chair 2006 – 2007
  • DBIO Program Planning Committee, member 2008 – 2009.
  • Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition Division, member 2004 – present
Rev. November 2008