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physics astronomy mathP-A-M BULLETINVol. 22, No. 1 August 1994 ISSN 1063-91 36MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRHaving just returned from the AnnualConference in Atlanta, thanks must begiven to past chair Ellen Bouton for herplanning, the sponsors for their support,and the roundtable and update moderatorsand Hospitality officers for theirexcellent programs.Our strong P-A?? atfe=ldar.ce figzesonce again demonstrate the value ofmeeting in person. The new PAM-wideroundtable was a success and will becontinued next year. A great deal of newinformation was shared at our sessions,and stimulating presentations were givenby a variety of speakers.We continue to act as a group topresent a unified library position in relationshipswith vendors, societies, andother librarians. Our visibility and influencecontinues to grow as we-engage in amore proactive rather than reactive fashion.The decision to create and post anInternet directory for useful gopher andWorld Wide Web (WWW) locations is justone example of taking the lead in the newand dynamic information network. Let'sstrive to have the PAM Division continueto be seen on the cutting edge well intothe future.Plans are already underway for nextyear's conference in Montreal. Preliminarysessions will include the usualroundtables (see the list of next year'smoderators in the front of the new PAMDirectory), a multi-Division session entitledNavigators and Collaborators on theIP~teriiei, a broader vendor update, andour PAM Division Wentieth AnniversaryParty.Once again, thank you to all the volunteersthat make PAM work. The incomingofficers are listed in the front of the newDirectory; if you have not recently volunteered,please get involved. This is yourTABLE OF CONTENTSAccessing PAMnetAnnual Business MeetingAstronomy NewsComputer Science NewsMathematics NewsMessage from the ChairPAM NewsPAMnet NewsPhysics NewsSee Message, page 2Page 2Page 4Page 3Page 6Page 8Page 1page 11page 15page 13DIVISION BULLETIN - S.L.A.

Vol. 22, No. 1 P-A-M Bulletin August 1994MessageACCESSING PAMnetchance to be in touch and to make adifference (whether you do or don'tattend the conference).PAMnet is a listserv discussion group 1'I know I speak for all of our members for librarians/information specialistswhen I offer thanks to our past Bulletin working in the areas of physics, as- ,IEditor, Janice Jaguszewski, and to our tronomy and mathematics. It was origi-Past Chair Ellen Bouton for their enor- nally set up for the members of the PAMmous efforts in the past yearb).Division of SLA, but membership in SLA/PAM is not a requirement for subscribingDavid Stemdstem@minerva.cis. yale.edu&lPAM BULLETINto PAMnet. There is no charge forPAMnet.To subscribe send an e-mail messageto:MAIL LISTSERV@UKCC.UKY.EDUIn the body of the message type:The PAM Bulletin is published by the SUB SLA-PAM (your name) -Physics-Astronomy-Mathematics Divisionof the Special Libraries Association, The~ulletin-is issued four times a year: August,November, February, and May.Articles should be submitted in asciiformat if possible to the bulletin editor:Thurston MillerUniversity of Notre DameMathematics LibraryNotre Dame, IN 46556(219) 631 -4549miller.ll5@nd.eduDEADLINE FOR NEXT ISSUEOctober 15,1994The listserv software extracts your email address from the header of yourmessage and adds your name exactly asyou have written it in your message to thelisting of names of PAMnet subscribers.Do not put your e-mail address in yourmessage or it will be included as part ofyour name on the name list. The subjectline of your message may be left blanksince the listserv does not take any informationfrom it.To post questions or messages on SLA-PAM, send mail toSubscriptions are free to PAM membersand retired PAM members. Nonmembersubscriptions cost $9.00 per year.Checks should be made payable to PAM-SLA and sent to the assistant editor:Irene LaursenWellesley CollegeScience LibraryWellesley, MA 02181-8289(617) 283-3082ilaursen@lucy.wellesley.eduexactly as if you were sending a messageto a person. The listsew then automaticallydistributes your message toeveryone on the PAMnet list.Contact James Manasco, (jemanaOO@ukcc.uky.edu), if you have questionsabout subscribing, signing off, etc. &l

Vol. 22. NO. 1 P-A-M Bulletin August 1994ASTRONOMY NEWSAstronomy RoundtableModerated byJane Homquistjane@pucc.princeton.eduElectronic Publishing in AstronomyWe were fortunate to have the directorof publishing at the American AstronomicalSociety (AAS), Heather Dalterio(dalterio@bla&hole.aas.org), as a featuredspeaker at the PAM Vendor Update heldon Sunday, 12 June 1994 from 3:OO-430p.m. This event, moderated by HelenKnudsen, afforded us a great opportunityto hear a detailed presentation on thelatest AAS projects, including convertingApJ Letters into an electronic format, theongoing CD-ROM series, and extensiveWorld Wide Web (MTWW) and FP archives.Heather announced that JeanetteBarnes (jbarnes @noao.edu) has recentlybeen appointed by the AAS to be thecoordinator for electronic manusaiptsubmissions to all AAS journals (AJ, ApJ,ApJ Letters). Her role is to provide supportto authors using the AASTeX macropackage to prepare and submit journalarticles. Marlene Cummins is the officiallibrarians' representative on the AASPublications Board.IntroductionsThirty-five PAM members attendedthe Astronomy Roundtable on Tuesdaymorning (including four first-timers:Elaine Adams from the University ofCalifornia in Los Angeles; AntoinetteBeiser from Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff,Arizona; Peggy Markham from theUniversity of North Carolina in ChapelHill; and Patricia Sulouff of the Universityof Rochester in New York). There were atleast two members present who hadattended more than twenty previous SLAAstronomy Roundtables - Joyce Watsonfrom the Harvard/Smithsonian Center forAstrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusettsand Jack Weigel from the Universityof Michigan in Ann Arbor!Ellen Bouton, Astronomy librarian atthe National Radio Astronomy Observatoryin Charlotte, Virginia and 1993-94Chair of the Physics-Astronomy-MathematicsDivision, was given a round ofapplause for organizing a @eat conference!Also introduced were CarolHutchins (Immediate Past-Chair), DavidStem (Incoming Chair) and Diane Fortner(Chair-Elect).International Astronomy MeetingsLiz Bryson distributed instructions forobtaining nurent information on internationalastronomy meetings via hardcopy,e-~.d, f ~ fa , =A/E &.e vnaw ~~tp://cadcwww. dao.nrc.ca/meetings/meetings-html).Observatory Manuals via the InternetLiz Bryson showed us her homepageand demonstrated web access to observatorymanuals (http:/ /www.cfht.hawaii.edu/html/obs-manuals.htrn1) from CFHT(Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope), IRTF(NASA Infrared Telescope Facility) andSTScI (Space Telescope Science Institute).[For those interested in designing theirown homepages, A Beginner's Guide toHTML is available at http://www. ncsa.uiuc.edu/demoweb/html-primer, and anHTML Tutorial is available at http: //fire.clarkson.edu/doc/html/htut.html.]LISA2Brenda Corbin reported on plans forthe second international meeting onLibrary and Information Sources inSee Astronomy, page 4

Vol. 22, NO. 1P-A-MAstronomyAstronomy to be held at the EuropeanSouthern Observatory in Garching-bei-Munchen, Germany on 11-15 May 1995.Brenda Corbin, Robyn Shobbrook andMarlene Cummins are PAM members onthe Scientific Organizing Committee forLISA2 and Uta Michold is on the LocalOrganizing Committee. Additional copies of the published proceedings of thefirst LISA meeting (See IAU Colloquiumno.110 for published proceedings of thefirst LISA meeting, held in Washington,DC in 1988.) are still available from eitherBrenda Corbin or Sarah Stevens-Rayburn.International T-REXRobyn Shobbrook distributed copiesof the Astronomy Thesaurus compiled forthe IAU by Robyn and her husbandRobert (in collaboration with others,including several PAM members) andpublished by the Anglo-American Observatoryin Australia in 1993. She describedthe &ti-lingual version (English, French,German, italian and Spanish) that she iscurrently preparing for publication.Union List of Astronomy Serials I1Sarah Stevens-Rayburn announced theelectronic availability of the second editionof the Union List of Astronomy Serialscompiled by Judy Bausch . Instructionsfor obtaining copies via anonymous ftp,WWW/Mosaic (http:/ /stsci.edu/searchtools-form.html), Gopher, andWAIS are available from either Sarah orJudy-Astronomy NewslettersCathy Van Atta reported the results ofher recent survey on how astronomylibrarians deal with newsletters. Pleasecontact her if you would like to receive acopy. A list of astronomy newsletterscurrently (or recently) received by contributinginstitutions is included.Bulletin August 1994Electronic PreprintsJoyce Watson announced that a speaalmeeting on electronic preprint distributionis being planned in conjunction withthe fourth annual meeting of the Astro-nomical Data Analysis Software andSystems group (ADASS) in Baltimore onThursday, 29 September 1994. Moreinformation is available via e-mail(softconf@stsci.edu) or the ADMShomepage on the World Wide Web (http://ra.stsci/edu/ADMS. html). A nominalregistation fee of $50 will be charged forthe preprints meeting.Astronomy K-12 EducationPete Banholzer from NMA/Goddardin Greenbelt, Maryland and BetsySandf ord from NASA/ Ames in Californiabriefly discussed NASA SpaceLink. (Fordetails, telnet spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov).FSU Partner LibrariesMolly White inquired about the publicationof joumals in the Fomer SovietUnion. Ellen Bouton reported on thestatus of the FSU Partner Libraries projectand urged us to continue sending materialseven though we are not always surethese are received.ARIELPeggy Dominy described ARIEL, thedocument transmission system used forILL at the University of Pennsylvania.Using commercially available hardwareand RLG's ARIEL (now for Windows)software, users can scan articles, transmitthe resulting electronic images over theInternet to each other's ARIEL workstations,and print them locally on a laserprinter. (For details, send e-mail to bl.mxr@rlg.bitnet or telephone 415-691-2284.)SLA '95 in MontrealThe next Astronomy Roundtable willbe held at the SLA Annual Conference inMontreal, Quebec, Canada 11-15 June1995. Hope to see you there! b4

Vol. 22, No. 1 P-A-M Bulletin August 1994BUSINESS MEETINGEditor.Ellen said that the current PAM membershipis 187. Ellen gave a report fromMinutes of P-A-M Division of SLA Maggie Johnson about PAMNET. Thereare current 315 members on PAMNET.Judy Bausch and Sara Stevens-June 13,1994The meeting began at 7:30 A.M. with abreakfast sponsored by the AmericanMathematical Society. Ellen Bouton, chair,thanked the AMS for sponsoring ourbreakfast. The SLA Board proctor wasDidi Pancake.After everyone introduced themselves,it was noted that the previous businessminutes had been approved and werealready in the PAM Bullefin of Aug. 1993.The Treasurer's report for May 1994 wasread and approved. A revised version issubmitted with this report. An appendedreport is attached.The PAM Division's awards went toNancy Anderson and James Rovnyak. Ms.Anderson was chosen for her work as cochairof the American MathematicalSociety's Library Committee and her landmarkbibliography of French mathematicalseminars. Dr. Rovnyak, professor of mathematicsat the University of Virginia, washonored for his role in initiating a LibraryCommittee for the American MathematicalSociety and for his continuing leadership onthat committee.Judy Bausch was chair of the nominatingcommittee. There was a motion toaccept the slate. It was moved, secondedand unanimously approved. The officersand terms for 1994-95 are: David Stem,Chair; Diane Fornter, Chair-elect. EllenBouton; Past-Chair; Pat Allen, Treasurer(through 96); and Pam Enrici, Secretary(through June 95).Janice Jaguszewski is the outgoingBulletin editor. Thurston Miller will beeditor and Irene Laursen will be AssistantRayburn said the secondedition of theUnion List ofAstronomica1 Serials is readyand is available by ftp. A paper copy willgo to the Archives. We will copyright thepublication and Ellen agreed to do thepaper work. A paper copy will be availablefor those libraries unable to ftp.There was discussion about when theMembership Directory will be distributed.From now on the Directory will be distributedin August so that the current officerswill be shown. This will be sent "snail" orsurface mail. It was moved, seconded,and approved unanimously that themembership committee look into distributing,upon request, the membership list,electronicallv. It was also moved. secondedand &animously approved tosend noncontiguous U.S. membershiplists via air mail.The Executive Board brought twoissues to the general membership. Thefirst deals with incidental expenses. Requestsfor incidental expenses must bepreapproved by the Executive Board bysubmitting a request and estimate of cost.After the expenditure, the receipt shouldbe submitted to the Treasurer.In the second, the Executive Boardrecommended that $200, each, be madeavailable to the Chair and Chair-elect,upon their request, to help cover expensesfor attending the mid-Winter meeting. Amotion was so made, seconded andunanimously approved.A formal request had made to the SLABoard (on Friday) to help support librariansfrom developing countries to attendSee Business Meeting, page 14

VO~. 22. NO. 1 P-A-M-COMPUTER SCIENCE NEWSComputer Science RoundtableModerated byJames W. Leonardleonard@watson.ibm.comOn the last afternoon before field tripday, about 50 people gathered for discussionof the literature of computer science.To promote informality and conversation,we rearranged the chairs from straightrows to an oval. We also began with acircuit around the group giving ournames and institutions.Computer Science - Technical Reports:Rebecca Lasher, Stanford UniversityComputer Science and MathematicsLibrarian, reviewed the CS-TR project formaking computer science technical reportsavailable electronically among theparticipating universities: Stanford, UCBerkeley, Carnegie-Mellon University,Cornell, and MIT. US ARPA is funding theproject via the Corporation for NationalResearch Initiatives (CNRI). The infrastructurehas been assembled, and scanningis being done. Access via Mosaic isbeing developed, and they are also workingon filters and SDI programs. Handlingof copyright is important in theproject because technical reports are oftenpublished later as journal articles, withcopyright ownership being signed over tothe journal publisher. Reports that haveappeared as journal articles may havecopyright-based restrictions on theirdistribution. At Stanford, they are usingnon-exclusive copyright agreementswhere possible. Work is being done withthe Library of Congress to develop anelectronic copyright registration system.Bulletin August 1994Also being developed are unique identifiers(like URNS) that indicate content andallow bibliographic records to be independentof machine addresses. A client willbe able search an index and then access a"name resolver" to get copyright registrationinformation and location informationfor desired documents, which are thenretrieved from servers.Chicago Journal of TheoreticalComputer Science:Ruth Seidman, Head of the MIT Engineeringand Science Libraries, gave anupdate on this electronic journal to bepublished by MIT Press. After paying asubscription fee, subscribers will be enrolledon a listserv. Articles will be availablein either LaTex or Postscript format.A version in SGML is also being developed.There will be electronic archives atMIT and at Virginia Tech. In the discussionRuth distributed a flyer that includedthe foEowing E-mail address md phonenumber: journals-orders@mit.edu, 617-253-2889. The MIT Libraries will have iton a Gopher, and subscribers may putcopies on their internal networks. Therewill be a call for papers in late June andthe first articles are expected to be publishedin August or September. Fifteenabstracting and indexing services havebeen contacted. Already three serviceshave agreed to list the articles in theirdatabases: ISI, ACM, and MR. Copyrightwill be as usual. Nonsubscribers will beable to obtain copies from the MIT Libraries.Computer Science Homepage:David Stem mentioned that KathleenRobertson is attempting to develop a listof WWW access points for the creation ofa computer science Home Page locatortool. Her later PAMnet note made it clearSee Computer Science, page 7

Vol. 22, No. I P-A-M Bulletin August 1994Computer Scienceto include most IEEE Computer Societythat she wishes to cover physics-as- publications: codes CH (major confertronomy-mathematicsmaterial as well. ences) and TH (other). It is expected thatShe has asked for contributions of univer- the open order system, OOPS, will alsosal resource location addresses (WWW have a Plus version.URLs) as well as gopher locations for IEEE Publications via MELVYL:useful information (roberts@hubble.ifa. It was announced that IEEE is supplyhawaiiedu).In the discussion, it was also ing images of all of their publications tomentioned that an Internet tools of the the University of California to be accessedtrade book is expected to be announced through the MELW online catalogsoon by Hope Tillman.system. The IEEE-UC experiment in-Computer Science Material Preservation: cludes all IEEE journals, magazines,Next, Suzanne Bell, of Carnegie standards and conference proceedingsMellon University, reported on progress since 1988 - over one million pages in all,in locating places to send older computer and this information is fully searchablescience material for preservation. So far, and indexed to the Inspec database. Thetwo places would like to receive lists of test will run about three years. A surveyavailable computer science material: of UC users will be done to see if somePerham Foundation in Los Altos Califor- drop their memberships in IEEE becausenia and the Historical Electronics Mu- of the easy access to IEEE publications viaseum in Baltimore Maryland. Other MELVYL. A press release is to come outdetails are in Suzanne's article in the soon.previous issue of the PAM Bulletin, vol. 21, Copies of Older INSPEC Listings:no. 4, May 1994, pp 9-10. Her emailIt was also asked how to get copies ofaddress is suzanne8cs.cmu.eduolder material listed in INSPEC that wasBooks with Diskettes:not published by IEEE or IEE. Two sug-The handling of books containing gestions were made: the British Librarycomputer diskettes was brought up. Most and the Canada Institute for Scientific andpeople present agreed with putting a Technical Inf onnation (CISTI).notice in the books to remind kers to Our thanks go to all who attended andobserve the diskette's software license to the people who represented publishersagreement. Beyond that, practice varied: in this discussion: Ruth Seidman (MITleaving the diskettes in the books with no Press), Carol Meyer (ACM), Jim Ashlingfurther action, checking for viruses, mak- (IEEE/IEE), Jonathan Dahl (IEEE/IEE),ing backup copies, or separately drculat- and Frieda Koester (IEEE Computering the diskettes in order to protect them Society). Also, thanks go to Carolfrom the magnetic field of a book loss Hutchins for contributing her notes on thedetection system. discussion. 6IEEE Blanket Orders:Representatives from IEEE were askedabout their new POP Plus blanket ordersystem. POP Plus will be a "best effort"

Vol. 22, No. 1 P-A-M Bulletin August 19941994-95 PAM Committees and AppointmentsPAM Executive BoardChair-Elect: Diane For tner, dfor tner@library.berkeley.eduChak David Stern, ds tern@minerva.as. yale.eduPast-Chair: Ellen Bouton, library@nrao.eduTreasurer: Pat Allen, rallen@mentor.cc.purdue.eduSeaetary: Pam Enrici, penria@d.umn.eduPAM BulletinBulletin Editor: Thurstom Miller, miller.ll5@nd.eduAsst. Bulletin Editor: Irene Laursen, ilaursen@lucy.wellesley.eduPAMnet monitor for Bulletin: Alice Primack, aliprim@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu1995 SLA Conference - Montreal95 Astronomy Roundtable: Antoinette Beiser, asb@lowell.edu95 Physics Roundtable: Donna Cromer, dcromer@hal.unm.edu95 Mathematics Roundtable: Janice Jaguszewski, janice@math.umn.edu95 Computer Science Roundtable: Deborah Kegel, dkegel@ucsd.edu95 Vendor Update: Bob Michaelson, rmichael@nwu.edu95 PAM-wide Roundtable: David Stem, dstem@mh~erva.cis.yale.edtlHospitality: Peggy Dominy, pdominy@math.upenn.eduBert Tepaske-King,PAM Liaisons & Committee ChairsArchives: Jack Weigel, usergbpw@um.cc.umich.eduGovenunent Relations: Chair, Dorothy Manderscheid, 20676mth@msu.eduInternational Relations: Chair, Uta Michold, esolib@eso.orgLiaison to Cataloging Committee: Mary Ann Southern, mplib@physics.duke.eduMembership: Chair, Mary DeCarlo, mmdecarl@hawk.syr.eduNetworking: Chair, Kathleen Robertson, robertsQhubble.ifa.hawaii.eduNominating: TBAPAM Award: Chair, Mary Ann Southern, mplib@phy.duke.eduPAM Liaison to AAS Publications Board: Marlene Cummins, astlibr@astro.utoronto.caProcedures Manual: Marlene Cummins, astlibr@astro.utoronto.caProfessional Development: Chair, Carol Hutchins, hutchins@nyu.eduPublic Relations: Chair, Liz Bryson, libraq@uhdht.bit.netStrategic Planning: Chair, Brenda Corbin, lib@sicon.usno.navy.mil

-Vol. 22, No. 1 P-A-M Bulletin Augrcst 1994PAM NEWSto make sure action items get presented toBoard.) Members split fairly evenly onPAM-wide Roundtablequestion of having vendor update early inthe conference (and then going to particu-Moderated by lar vendors for more information) or atNancy Anderson the end of the conference (so we can bringndanders@uxl.cso.uiuc.edu the vendors accumulated wisdom). ThereNotes by was a consensus that those membersHelen Knudsen arriving on Saturday (June 10,1995) inMontreal would gather for dinner as weThirty-five PAM members attended did in San Antonio. Nancy Andersonthe first division-wide roundtable. This would check on an interesting and inexroundtablewas planned as a result of pensive restaurant that could accommodiscussionsduring the 1993 business date 15-20 PAM members. There was ameeting. ~embers thought there should consensus that one open house be heldbe some forum where they could talk early in the evening (probably Tuesdayabout issues which were common to all and definitely not Monday). Open housesand for which there was never enough will be held Sunday through Tuesday,time at the annual business meeting. with leftovers served Wednesday.Nancy Anderson had posted a list of COMMUNICATION:discussion topics on PAMnet two weeks The discussion of the relationship ofbefore the roundtable.PAM Bulletin and PXkf.net is relevant asSCHEDULING:we have 2 new Bulletin editors. SomeUnevenness of conference scheduling question that if the information is onwas a concern of many. It is difficult to PAMnet, isn't it too old for the Bulletin.schedule sessions without conflicting with Ellen Bouton reminded us that 35-40% ofother groups, although PAM tries hard PAMnet users do not receive the Bulletin.not to schedule against Sci-Tech Division. Both groups overlap, but are differentThe Internet theme day (which will be with some non-PAM users of PAIM.net andheld in 1995, too) was not scheduled some non-PAMnet readers of the Bulletin.against this year; will be held in 1995, too. Marlene Tebo said that, at a minimum,Members wanted the ability to go to one-third of the membership requires theexhibits on Sunday afternoon to meet paper form of the Bulletin. Someonevendors and pick up freebies. Consensus succinctly stated that Bulletin could bethat the PAM-wide roundtable be held viewed as archival version with valuebefore noon on Sunday in 1995 even added, while PAMnet was for currentthough this would present conflicts for awareness. Most agreed that it was usefulchair and chair-elect, this would enable to continue to have PAh4.net Moderatornewcomers to gauge which meetings to (Alice Primack) select stuff from PAMnetattend. Agendas for subject roundtables for inclusion in the various subject secshouldbe distributed at PAM-wide tions of the Bulletin. A concern was exroundtable.(If the moderators are not at pressed that those e-mailing informationthe PAM-wide roundtable, they will needSee PAM, page 12

Vol. 22, No. 1 P-A-M Bulletin August 1994PAMinto PAM..net understand that it may be work along with the researchers. Forprinted in the Bulletin. Sarah Stevens- example, we need to formulate an actionRayburn recommended that instructions plan for dealing with electronic journalsto new subscribers include information so that the library is not by-passed. PAMthat anything submitted to PAMnet can could prod AIP and the other large societbeprinted in Bulletin.ies to make databases available to all ofINVOLVEMENT:us. She would like PAM to formulate anCarol Hutchins recommended that we action plan which she could show herstart a PAM Mentor Program, matching library administration and which wouldup a member who would agree to act as be useful to others in one-person libraries.mentor to a newcomer, especially in a Questions arose on how to come up withsubject area. The mentor could also a methodology for such an action planencourage the newcomer to serve on and where leadership would come from.committees, to better enable him/her to 6%obtain funding for conference attendance,etc. Concern was expressed that wespread the load. Several thought weneeded a survey to determine who wouldparticipate in mentoring. Carol Hutchinswill conduct the survey. If the idea floats,the Membership Chair would be asked topass along names of new members toProfessional Development Chair, whowould make the assignments.A brief discussion addressed thechallenge of involving those who cannotattend all annual PAM meetings. Concernsaddressed when agendas made upfor subject roundtables. It was recommendedthat since PAMnet and e-mailcommunication is invaluable to newmembers a synopsis of each of the subjectroundtables be put on PAM.net.Consensus that more members couldbecome involved if we were to publish asingle page description of each of thePAM committees in the February issue ofthe Bulletin and also have the descriptionsand signup sheets available at next year'sPAM-wide roundtable.PROACrIVITY:Carol Hutchins urged that PAM librariansrid themselves of inertia and becomeproactive parts of the information net-I I1995Middle Management InstituteTechnology and ApplicationsJanuary 30-3 1, Raleigh, PJCMarketing and Public RelationsMarch 16-17, San Francisco, CAManagement SkillsMay 18-19, Washington, DCHuman ResourcesJune 9- 10, Montreal, CanadaMarketing and Public RelationsJune 9- 10, Montreal, CanadaAnalytical ToolsSeptember 14-15, Chicago, ILFor more information, contact theSpecial Libraries Association'sProfessional Development Sectionat (202) 234-4700, ext. 649.I I

Vol. 22, No. 1 P-A-M Bulletin August 1994year. Taissa also mentioned other plan-PHYSICS NEWSning efforts at AIP for electronic distribution.Physics RoundtableINSPEC/FIZ MergerModerated by We were fortunate enough to have JimCarol Chatfield Ashling from INSPEC to speak with uscarol.chatfield@fors~the.stanford.edu about the merger of Physics Briefs fromFIZ Karlsruhe into the INSPEC database.1994 SLA PAM Physics Roundtable The change will take effect January 1995.Atlanta, GeorgiaMonday, June 13,1994 10:30 - 11:45 a.m. MOSAIC access to the WWW (worldwide web) networkHere is the agenda for the PhysicsRoundtable discussion at SLA this yearwith a few brief annotations of each pointin the agenda.We first went around the room andintroduced ourselves. About 25 peoplewere present, including vendor representativesand PAM members.Maturation of preprint electronicbulletin boardsDiscussion of hard-copy vs. onlyonline access.Electronically distributed physicsjournalsTaissa Kusma of AIP joined us indescribing plans for the electronic distributionof Physical Review Letters throughthe OCLC Guidon search software Guidonstarting in January 1995. A CD-ROMdisk compilation of each year's issues willbe sent to subscribers at the end of eachIssues of managing MOSAIC resourcesand educating users in effectivelyaccessing these resources were discussed.The possibility of a "clearinghouse" forphysics-related Internet-based addresseswas brought up. David Stern offered toset up a database to collect these resources.Discussion and AnnouncementsIssues of librarian proactivity werebrought up by Carol Hutchins, whosuggested a mentor system be set up forpairing less-experienced and more-experiencedlibrarians. bSpecial Libraries Associationassumes no responsibility for thestatements and opinions advancedby contributors to the Association's publications.Editorial views do not necessarilv . re~resenthe .position of Special Libraries Association.Acceptance of an advertisement doesnot imply endorsement of the productby Special Libraries Association.

Vol. 22, No. 1 P-A-M Bulletin August 1994Business Meetingavailable)the LISA2 to be held May 1995. The Board Dorothy has been elected a Fellow ofvoted to give $2000. It was moved. sec- SLA. Everyone sends their congratulaondedand unanimously approved a tions. rformal thank you to the SLA Board for Nancy Anderson was elected chair oftheir generous support LISA2. the Sci-Tech Section and Chair of theDavid Stern is busy scheduling for Special Libraries Division of IFLA. SheIMontreal. He also had a few spots left on will be attending IFLA in Cuba.various committees. (Currently the 1994 Jack Weigel reminded people to sendHospitality Committee and the PAMAward Committee positions are stillmaterial to him for the Archives.The meeting adjourned at 8:27 A.M.Submitted by Pam Enrici, Secretary epSLA Unit: Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics DivisionFinancial Status at May 31,1994; revised 06/23/9412/31 /93 Add Deduct 5/31 /94Balance Receipts Disbursements BalanceOperating Account $2,76535 $3,822.91 $378.75 $6,20951Reserve Account $1,646.70 $1,646.70Project Account $2,422.04 $28.30 $2450.34TotalsLess Unpaid Bills as of 5/31/94 $37.10Net WorthAllocation of Funds at 05/31/94CheckingSavingMoney MarketCertificate of DepositOtherTotal (Must equal the 05/31/94 balance above)

Vol. 22, No. 1 P-A-M Bulletin August 1994PAMnet NEWSRecent Sightings on PAMnetCompiled by,Alice Primackaliprim@nervrn.nerdc.ufl.eduScience in the former Soviet UnionThe May 27,1994 issue of Sciencefeatures a section devoted to science,including physics, astronomy, and math,in the former Soviet Union.Marlene Cummins-------Coping Skills of LibrariansMark Mounts is doing research intocoping skills of librarians assigned reference,online searching, and/or collectiondevelopment duties in subject areas forwhich the librarian does not have coursework or degrees. He would like to learnwhat others do and to formulate strategiesfor general use. Mark would appreciateyour reponse: Mark Mounts, Scienceand Technology Librarian, RDD Library.,Auburn University.* - - m e - -ESO Acquisition ListsTo receive a monthly electronic list ofESO's new acquisitions, send a messageto esolib@eso.org.-------Award Application DeadlineApplications for a Diversity LeadershipDevelopment award are due by Sept.15, to the SLA Affirmative Action Committeeat SLA headquarters. The aim ofthis program is to nurture Associationleaders by focusing on the diverse groupswithin the Association's membership.Five candiates will be selected to receive$1000 to encourage continuing educationor assist with conference expenses; complimentaryregistration to the 1995 AnnualConference; and will be teamed withan experienced mentor. Candidates mustbe members of the Association for at least2 years and have between 2 and 5 yearsprofessional library information experience.Nomination forms can be obtainedfrom Joy Lerner at SLA Headquarters,(202) 234-4700.--------Homepage for Mount WilsonMount Wilson Observatory offers anew a WWW archive, including a virtualtour of the observatory, and future compilationof an abstract service and historicalimages archive. A "What's New" page(http: / /www.mtwilson.edu/whats-new. html) gives information as toadditions to and changes in the archiveand the WWW exhibits. Bob Donahue-------Useful Resources on the NetThe PAM Networking Committee iscompiling a list of the Internet/Gopher/World Wide Web resources useful to PAMmembers. Send the description andaddress of your Internet finds to: roberts@uhifa.ifa.hawaii.edu. Kathleen RobertsonHomepage for CometComet Shoemaker-Levy Home Page isnow available at the Jet Propulsion Lab:http:/ /newproducts.jpl.nasa.gov/s19/sl9.html.--------MathSci UsersUsers of MathSci disk may Tex theirdownloaded set of records, so that theequations may be viewed properly. Youmay contact SilverMatter Technical Supportfor assistance: supportGhilverplat ter.comeo

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