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Date and Time
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Event
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| Sunday - June 5th |
|
| 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM |
Get started early with the Academic Science Librarians'
Roundtable, once again shared with Chemistry, Biomedical & Life
Sciences, and Sci-Tech. Ticket
#200, $10 covers a continental breakfast. |
| 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
Sci-Tech Newcomer's Brunch. More
food! All students & newcomers
to the division (as well as current members) are invited
to meet division officers, learn more about the division,
and begin networking. Beware
of committee chairs wielding sign-up sheets! |
| 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM |
Vendor Update: Document
Delivery for Science & Technology. Hear from CISTI,
Linda Hall and the British Library about their products. Co-sponsored
by the Engineering Division. |
| 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
Outgoing Board Meeting. All
divisions members are welcome to attend as outgoing chair
Darra Ballance presides. |
| 4:00
PM - 6:00 PM |
Info-Expo Networking Reception in the Exhibit
Hall. |
| Monday - June 6th |
|
| 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM |
Sci-Tech Division Business Meeting & Breakfast. Ticket
#415 for $15 covers a continental breakfast. Join
your colleagues to celebrate division awards, network,
and catch up on the latest division activities. |
| 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
General Session #1. |
| 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM |
Computer Science Roundtable, cosponsored with
PAM Division. |
| 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM |
Standards Roundtable, cosponsored with Engineering
Division. |
| 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM |
Chemistry,
Sci-Tech & PAM Poster Session: Better
Understanding Your Users. Corporate
sponsors: ACS
and Dialog. |
| 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM |
Who Owns Scientific Knowledge and Who Deserves
To: Are Patents
an Incentive for Innovation or an Obstacle to Further
Development? An
international panel of experts on innovation, intellectual
property protection and bioethics will discuss the problems
presented by ownership of knowledge and offer some solutions
using examples from health care and other fields. Cosponsored
with Biomedical & Life Sciences Division. Corporate
sponsors: Dialog and IEEE. |
| 1:30
PM - 3:00 PM |
Visit the Exhibit Hall. |
| 3:30
PM - 5:00 PM |
Cooperating to Survive & Flourish in the Modern
Sci-Tech Library. The
contributed papers session for Sci-Tech examines cooperative
purchasing, collection sharing, innovative licensing,
staff exchange . Hear colleagues' creative solutions
to tough economic times. Corporate
sponsors: Elsevier
and OpenText. |
| 3:30
PM - 5:00 PM |
Technology Petting Zoo: PDAs
and Beyond. Join
colleagues from 5 divisions for this practical session
to learn about the future of small technologies and experience
several gadgets and "technology toys." Is
the PDA dying? What
will come next? Some
of the latest innovations in small computing will be
showcased and demonstrated. Cosponsored
with IT, Biomedical & Life Sciences, PAM, and Engineering. |
| 9:00
PM - 11:00 PM |
Science Fiction, the Future, and Libraries: an
IT, Engineering and Sci-Tech Division Open House. Science
fiction has plenty to tell us about the future of technology
and libraries. Join
us to hear from three leading science fiction authors: Robert
J. Sawyer, Karl Schroeder, and Robert Charles Wilson. We'll
have plenty of time for Q&A, book signing, as well
as refreshments & networking. |
| Tuesday - June 7th |
|
| 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM |
Another early start! This
time it's the Annual Diversity Breakfast -- Age and Diversity: Examining
the Impact of Age on the Information Profession. Co-sponsored
by IT, Sci-Tech, the European Chapter, and the Diversity
Leadership Development Committee. |
| 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
General Session #2. |
| 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM |
The Science of Hockey. Join
Alaine Hache, PhD, noted Canadian physicist and author
of The Physics of Hockey, for an entertaining yet substantive
look at the science behind the world's fastest sport. Corporate
sponsor: CAS. |
| 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
Open Access: Evaluating
Quality and Participation. OK,
we've gotten with the program and we know what Open Access
(OA) is. Let's
take the next step. How
do OA 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? Cosponsored
with PAM, Biomedical & Life Sciences, Chemistry and
Engineering. |
| 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
Visit the Exhibit Hall. |
| 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM |
All
Sciences & Engineering Reception
at the SteamWhistle Brewery. Ticket
#610 for $15 covers hors d'oeuvres, the local brew, and
a tour of the popular brewery within easy walking distance
of the Convention Center. Cosponsored
by Chemistry and Engineering. Corporate
sponsor: Elsevier. |
| Wednesday - June 8th |
|
| 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM |
Sci-Tech Incoming Board. All
division members are welcome to observe their incoming
officers struggle with yet another early morning encounter. It
should be highly entertaining. Corporate
sponsor: ACS. |
| 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
General Session: Annual
Business Meeting. |
| 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM |
Science & Engineering
Resources 101: Focus
on Technical Reports, Patents, Standards and Codes. Our
own Mary Frances Lembo and James Manasco will discuss how
these documents fit into the life of an engineer or scientist,
and introduce the best resources to discover, obtain and
work with these types of material. Cosponsored
with the Engineering Division. Corporate
sponsors: Dialog
and IEEE |
.
| 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
Self-Archiving, Information Repositories, and
Knowledge Management: What
Can Corporate and Academic Libraries Learn from Each
Other? A
panel of librarians from various institutions presents
what different libraries can learn from each other about
internal information management. Cosponsored
with the Engineering Division. |
| 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
Winner's Circle of Best Science Web Sites. Members
of SLA 's science-related divisions
will highlight the best new, recently revised and "must
see" Web sites in their respective subject areas. Cosponsored
with Biomedical & Life Sciences, Chemistry, and ERM. Corporate
sponsor: CrossRef. |
| 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
Sci-Tech & Engineering Happy Hour. It's
been a LONG conference! Unwind
with your friends at a local establishment -- Dutch treat. |
| Thursday - June 9th |
|
| 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
Yes, we have a tour! And
it's FREE, but you have to sign up in advance.
Tour
of the Merrill Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation,
and Fantasy. Join
us for a tour of this special collection at the Linda
H. Smith Branch of the Toronto Public Library. Staff
of the facility will provide a tour, show some of the
collection's more remarkable treasures, and discuss
the development of the collection. Stay
after the presentation for an informal walking tour
of bookstores in Toronto . Transportation
is on your own. This
tour is free, but preregistration is required - email
Stacey Greenwell at stacey@uky.edu by May 1, 2005 . |
