PAM Toronto Conference Information

Cynthia Holt
holt@gwu.edu

The Annual Conference will be here before you know it. Below is the final schedule for the Division at the Annual Conference in Toronto. Please note that because of the increased number of no-conflict times in this year's schedule, some PAM sessions will run concurrently.

SLA is strongly recommending that all non-Canadians carry a passport with them for crossing into Canada. When asked, you are a conference attendee/delegate, even if you are also a speaker; just say attendee or delegate. Also, when asked for your job title, say librarian, even if you are officially something other than that, i.e. Knowledge Manager, Web Manager, etc. This will make your crossing much faster and less stressful. Customs Officers understand Librarian, not Knowledge Manager. Lastly, SLA has an official letter from Canada Customs acknowledging that they are aware of the conference. If you would feel more secure carrying this letter with you as pass through Customs, please contact SLA and they will send you a copy. Canada Customs is usually pretty easy about conference attendees crossing into Canada so you probably won't have any problems. These suggestions are just to make it as smooth as possible for you.

The Division Suite will be Hospitality 401 in the InterContinental Toronto Centre.

PAM Program

Saturday, June 4, 2005

6:30-9:30 p.m.
PAM Early Bird Dinner
Host: Barbara Chu, bchu@physics.utoronto.ca
Location: TBA

Sunday, June 5, 2005

7:30-8:30 a.m.
PAM Division Outgoing Board Meeting
Chair: Cynthia Holt, holt@gwu.edu

9:30-11 a.m.
PAMWide Roundtable
Moderator: Susan Fingerman, susan.fingerman@jhuapl.edu
Sponsor: ACM

11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Newcomers Lunch
Host: Michael Fosmire, fosmire@purdue.edu
Sponsor: Turpion

1:30-3 p.m.
PAM Vendor Update
Moderators: Michiko Tanaka, mtanaka@bnl.gov, and Elaine Adams, ebadams@library.ucla.edu
Sponsor: Thomson Scientific

7-11 p.m.
PAM Open House
Location: Division Suite
Sponsor: AIP

Monday, June 6, 2005

7:30-9:00 a.m.
PAM Networking Breakfast
Location: Division Suite
Sponsor: SIAM

9 a.m.-4 p.m.
PAM Suite Daily Retreat
Location: Division Suite
Sponsor: IoP

11:30a.m.-1 p.m.
Computer Science Roundtable
Moderator: John Dupuis, jdupuis@yoku.ca
Sponsor: ACM

Chemistry, Sci-Tech, & PAM Poster Session: Better Understanding Your Users (Chemistry Division lead)
What's been done to learn about library and information users how and where they find and/or use information/technology,how (if) they use the library, what they think of the library, what technology they use, the role of the library in their studying/teaching/research and daily living, if/when/why they use google and other search engines.
Coordinator: Bill Armstrong, notwwa@lsu.edu

3:30-5 p.m.
Open Access in Developing Countries
Panelists will discuss what the Open Access movement means to developing countries and the challenges and opportunities that it brings.
Panelists: Awasom Cornelius Ngang, University of Yaounde 1, PAM Division International Member Award Winner; Innocent Afuh Awasom, University of Minnesota; Desmond Reaney, IoPP.
Moderators: Debra Bailey, dbailey@rice.edu, and Mangala Krishnamurthy, mkrishna@bama.ua.edu
Sponsor: AIP

Technology Petting Zoo (IT Division lead)
Join us for this interactive session to learn about the future of smalltechnologies and experience several gadgets and "technology toys." Some of the latest innovations in computing will be showcased and demonstrated.
Moderator: James E. Manasco, james.manasco@louisville.edu
Sponsor: ACM

7-11 p.m.
PAM Open House
Location: Division Suite
Sponsor: IoP

Tuesday, June 7, 2005

7:30-9 a.m.
PAM Annual Business Meeting and Breakfast
Sponsor: APS

9 a.m.-4 p.m.
PAM Suite Daily Retreat
Location: Division Suite
Sponsor: IoP

11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Mathematics Roundtable
Moderators: Michael Golden, goldenm@umkc.edu, and Nisa Bakkalbasi, nisa.bakkalbasi@purchase.edu
Sponsor: SIAM

1:30-3 p.m.
Open Access: Evaluating Quality and Participation (SciTech Division lead)
OK, we've gotten with the program, and we know what Open Access is. Let's take the next step. How do open access journals perform with citation analysis? How does self-archiving affect readership? How do publishers determine their business models? What are the most effective ways to engage faculty attention and participation in OA publishing?
Moderator: Lynn Berard, Head, Science Libraries, Carnegie Mellon University.
Speakers: George Kendall, Production, Licensing, and Marketing Manager, PNAS; Marie McVeigh, Thomson ISI; Peter Suber, Professor of Philosophy, Earlham College.
Sponsors: Springer Science+Business Media; Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA); Thomson Scientific

Wednesday, June 8, 2005

7:30-9 a.m.
PAM Division Incoming Board Meeting
Chair: Laurel Kristick, laurel.kristick@oregonstate.edu

11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Physics Roundtable
Moderators: Michael Leach, mrleach@fas.harvard.edu, and Skye Thomsen, libsct@langate.gsu.edu
Sponsor: Thomson Scientific

1:30-3 p.m.
Astronomy Roundtable I
Moderators: Kathleen Robertson, robertson@ifa.hawaii.edu, and Jessica Moy, jmoy@noao.edu

3:30-5 p.m.
Astronomy Roundtable II
Moderators: Kathleen Robertson, robertson@ifa.hawaii.edu, and Jessica Moy, jmoy@noao.edu

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