Vol. 65 no. 4 of SciTech News, the official bulletin of the Chemistry, Engineering, and Science-Technology Divisions, the Aerospace Section of the Engineering Division, and the Materials Research and Manufacturing Section of the Chemistry Division of the Special Libraries Association, is now available at http://www.sla.org/scitechnews.

OK, this may be a bit hokey but don’t you think this nomination would make a great Christmas gift for a librarian that you know?  I’m sure that you are aware of things that the librarians in your neck of the woods are doing that are pretty nifty…let us know what those things are….are they using social media in a different way…have they brought in old technology but used it in a new way….are they expanding opportunities for their library/information center/technology palace/whatever it is called doing something that the rest of us could benefit from….have they written articles or given presentations in publications or at a conference that spread the good news that engineers need libraries and especially librarians?

Think about spreading some holiday cheer amongst your professional colleagues and nominate someone for our Division’s Engineering Librarian of the Year!  This would be a great stocking stuffer for someone OR you could play Secret Santa and nominate a colleague anonymously!

In the spirit of the season, spread some Christmas cheer and nominate someone you know,

- Sara Davis (past recipient of the award and still reaping benefits from it!)

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Randy Reichardt, Winner of the 2011 SLA Engineering Librarian of the Year Award, with Rob Kurtz and Heather Fairfield of IHS

Engineering Division & Aerospace Section Members,

We had a request to share the information below with you. Please read and participate if you are interested. Thank you!

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Colleagues, please accept this invitation to participate in the Career Q&A survey. We’re gathering data in preparation for our forthcoming publication on managing a successful career in libraries. We are collecting responses from librarians working in all types of libraries at all stages of their careers. We anticipate the survey will take 10-20 minutes to complete, and individual responses will be anonymous. There are no foreseeable risks associated with this survey, and the confidentiality of your responses will be protected. We’re aiming for a large number of responses, so please feel free to share this survey with colleagues — all responses are welcome and valuable.

 Link to survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Career_Q_and_A

With much appreciation,
The Library Career People
email: librarycareerpeople@lisjobs.com
web site: http://www.lisjobs.com/careerqa_blog/

Please direct questions or concerns regarding this survey to:
Tiffany Allen
Director of Library Human Resources
CB#3932, 213 Davis Library
UNC Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
(919) 962-8027
(919) 843-8936 [fax]
Tiffany_Allen@unc.edu

It gives me great pleasure to announce the winner of the 2011 George Mandel Memorial Award – Gale Harris of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics!

Gale Harris has been a Librarian for over 34 years. She began her career as a Librarian for a private school teaching fashion design, interior design and fashion merchandising. From there, she went into the University environment where she was head of Acquisitions at Texas Wesleyan University for 5 years. Leaving the academic world, she joined the corporate world as a Special Librarian for General Dynamics in 1983, now Lockheed Martin. She worked her way up to Chief Librarian of Aeronautics and has held that position for over 10 years. Her expertise includes business and engineering research, collection development and con tract negotiations for electronic information.

Gale is a member of the Lockheed Martin Business Capture Association (LMBCA) and a regular contributor to the LMBCA newsletter. She is also a member of the Lockheed Martin Competitive Intelligence Working Group, the Lockheed Martin Librarians Task Force, and the Tarrant County College Advisory Council, which was created to develop a Library Assistant Certificate Program to be offered in the Fall 2011 semester. Gale has also been a member of the Special Libraries Association since 2001, and she has held the office of Government Relations for the Engineering Division and Chair of the Aerospace Section. She is respected by her fellow librarians at Lockheed Martin and peers in the Library world and has received praise and a cknowledgement awards from customers, including the F-16 Program Manager’s award for Excellence for her contributions to the program. Volunteering is also important to Gale. She makes time to volunteer annually on the planning committee of the Marine Corps birthday celebration held at Lockheed Martin for over 275 Marines, friends, and family. Gale and her Library staff are hosts to numerous drives held at LM including collecting blankets and children’s books given to the USO, as well as CDs, DVDs , toiletries, games, and more to package and send to our troops overseas.

Gale received a B.A. and B.S. in French and English and a Master’s of Library Science from Texas Woman’s University.

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We are now accepting nominations for the 2012 George Mandel Memorial Award. For more information about the award and how to make a nomination, click here or email the 2012 Aerospace section Chair, Barbara Williams.

The Aerospace Section of the Engineering Division invites nominations from its membership for candidates for the George Mandel Award. The award, sponsored by AIAA and Dr. David Mandel, is given each year to the Aerospace Section Member who meets one or more of the following qualifications:

1. A nominee must be a current member in good standing of the Aerospace Section for at least a year.

2. Current members of the nominating committee are ineligible for nomination.

3. Past recipients of the award are generally ineligible for nomination, except for momentous contributions.

4. Nomination or application of an Aerospace Section member should be based on at least one of the following criteria:

a. Present a paper at the annual conference, serve on the annual conference program planning committee, be a speaker or panel member (but not a moderator) of a program at conference, or lead a continuing education segment at conference.

b. Become or be elected as chair of the section, an officer of the Engineering Division, or a member of any of the boards or committees of the SLA, or have participated actively in or contributed significantly to Aerospace Section activities.

c. Make significant contributions to the profession through place of employment or publications.

d. Receive an award for outstanding service from his/her employer in the aerospace industry.

To nominate a peer or yourself for this award, please email a brief justification to the Aerospace Section Chair-Elect 2012, Barbara Williams at barbaraw@mit.edu by January 31, 2012. For more information about the Mandel Award, please click here.

This is your new webmaster, Dale Copps, welcoming you to your new SLA Engineering Division web site! It is still in development (and I am still learning my way around WordPress), but we are ready for launch!