The SLA Engineering Division is pleased to announce:

Susan Morley is the recipient of the the SLA Engineering Librarian of the Year Award . The Engineering Librarian of the Year, sponsored by IHS, highlights the accomplishments and contributions of SLA Engineering Division members to the engineering librarian profession.

Susan Morley, Manager, Information & Knowledge Management of CSA Group (aka Canadian Standards Association, CSA International, etc.) is a Solo Librarian whose responsibilities include both information & knowledge management. Susan has worked at CSA Group for 34 years, managing the Information Centre since 1992, the Communities of Practice (CoP) since 2006 and as a solo librarian for the past 4 years. A key accomplishment has been providing CSA Group worldwide access to information resources, enabling staff from any of the 30+  locations to resources previously only available to those in the organization’s Toronto HQ.  Susan was featured in the April 2013 edition of SLA Solo Division’s Flying Solo Blog “20 Questions, Get to Know a Solo” 

IHS will present Susan Morley with the award and a $1500 check during the 2013 SLA Annual Conference in San Diego Engineering Division Luncheon & Business Meeting, Monday, June 10, 12:00 to 1:30.

Congratulations Susan!

2013 Momentum Press SLA Annual Conference Grant

The SLA Engineering Division is pleased to announce:  

Laura Palumbo is the recipient the of the 2013 Momentum Press SLA Annual Conference Grant

Laura Palumbo is a recent graduate of the MLIS program at Rutgers University, where she is employed as a Science Librarian at the Library of Science and Medicine. She has a BS in Agricultural Engineering from Rutgers, and is also a licensed professional civil engineer with over ten years of engineering experience. She lives in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, with her husband, two children, and two dogs.

Momentum Press will present Laura Palumbo with the $1,500 grant to be used toward payment of expenses incurred while attending the 2013 SLA Annual Conference in San Diego.  The presentation will take place during the Engineering Division Luncheon & Business Meeting, Monday, June 10, 12:00 to 1:30.

Congratulations Laura!

2013 SPIE Digital Library Student Travel Stipend Award
The SLA Engineering Division is pleased to announce:  

Jenny Wong-Welch is the recipient the of the SPIE Digital Library Student Travel Stipend Award

Jenny Wong-Welch is finishing her Master’s degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. While in school, she has worked as a Pre-Professional Graduate Assistant at the Grainger Engineering Library Information Center on the Illinois campus. Originally from San Diego, Jenny is excited to be returning to attend the SLA conference and looks forward to meeting everyone.

SPIE Digital Library will present Jenny Wong-Welch with the award and $1200 check to support her attendance at the 2013 SLA Annual Conference in San Diego.  The presentation will take place during the Engineering Division Luncheon & Business Meeting, Monday, June 10, 12:00 to 1:30.

Congratulations Jenny!

• Are you attending your first conference (or haven’t attended one for a while)?
• Are you overwhelmed by the number of sessions or would like someone with whom to walk through the vendor expo?
If you answered yes, request a Buddy!

• Are you a seasoned conference attendee?
• Do you have your conference schedule planned and know all the best networking events?
If you answered yes, volunteer to Be a Buddy!

The Engineering Division is offering a Conference Buddy Program for San Diego. First-timers or less-experienced conference attendees will be paired with Engineering Division members who have been to several conferences. The pair can attend an open house or event, grab something to eat or drink during a break, or walk through the INFO-Expo. Experienced buddies can introduce first-timers to people and provide tips on getting the most out of the SLA conference.

Newer members would benefit from the wisdom of seasoned conference attendees. Experienced attendees can demonstrate the caliber of Engineering Division members by sharing their knowledge. The Buddy Program pairs are just for the duration of the conference.

We’ll match buddies up and get you into contact with one another so that you can make plans to meet at the conference. Please click here to request a Buddy or offer to be a Buddy. Please respond by May 17th.

(Please note: This offer is available to Engineering Division members and non-members. However, if Buddy requests exceeds the number of Volunteers, members will be matched first.)

Questions? Contact Bonnie Osif, Mentoring Chair, at bao2@psu.edu.

• Attending an Engineering Division program at the conference?
• Want to share a short summary of the program with those who can’t attend?
• Want to see your name splashed among the Engineering community?
• Want an opportunity to win a $25 Amazon gift card?

If you answered yes to all of these questions, please volunteer to be a Reporter for the 2013 Conference. You’ll be asked to submit a 1 page summary of the program’s content to be published in SciTech News, posted on the Engineering Division webpage, and sent out on the Division discussion list. (If we receive a large response, we may ask that you report on only 1 speaker in the session.)
Click here to see examples of summaries from previous conferences.

All reporters who register and submit a summary will be entered into a drawing to win a $25 Amazon gift card.
Please review the list of Engineering Division programs below. Click here to indicate the session(s) on which you’d like to report and register your contact information.
Please respond by April 30^th.

• Standards Update, Sunday, June 9, 1:30 to 3:00
• Project Management Certification– What’s In It For You, Sunday, June 9, 3:30 to 5:00
• Systems Thinking in Libraries, Sunday, June 9, 3:30-5 pm
• Race to the Patent Office: Impact of America Invents Act, Monday, June 10, 8 to 9:30
• Lightning Talks, Tuesday, June 11, 2:00 to 3:30

Thank you for helping the Division disseminate program content.

(This offer is available to Engineering Division members and non-members. If we receive a large response, we may ask that only Division members report.)

Contact Penny Sympson, Engineering Division Chair, psympson@wje.com.