AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2015

Patti McCall, Science Librarian, University of Central Florida

ACS IS………??• Why, it’s Chemistry of course!

• The are over 158k members from academia, government, companies

• One of the world’s largest (and likely nerdiest) scientific societies

WHY SHOULD I JOIN ANOTHER EXPENSIVE ASSOCIATION???

• Local chapters, student chapters, regional meetings• Interdisciplinary for us science librarian types • Two annual conferences (Denver, March 2015) Boston (August 2015)• Tons of divisions • ACS CINF only $20.00!!

ACS CINF• “The Division fosters the sharing of expertise in science informatics,

information technology, and librarianship to ensure members benefit from the experience of others and are able to improve the dissemination and utilization of scientific information. We do this through innovative, high quality programming, education, career mentoring, collaboration and outreach, and recognition of excellence.”

WORTH $20 AND THEN SOME• Networking • Frequent collaboration/crossover with ACRL and SLA• Webinars• Newsletters• Workshops, tutorials, online resources• Liaison between vendors/publishers and chemical information instructors

FOR MORE INFORMATION• American Chemical Society http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en.html

• ACS CINF Division http://www.acscinf.org/

Chemical Information Teaching Resources http://www.xcitr.org/

Thank you!Patti McCallpatti.mccall@ucf.edu