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Science and Technology Libraries Section

Scope

The Section brings together special libraries collecting materials in, and offering access to, information about the physical sciences and technology to users in science and technology departments of national libraries, university and polytechnic libraries, public libraries and corporate and government research libraries. A major focus of the Section will be on computer networks and digital information for professional and scholarly communication.

The Section collaborates with various national and international science and technology library associations.

Strategic Plan

2008-2009 | 2006-2007

Projects

Survey of Scientific and Technological Information Needs in Less-Developed and Developing Countries:

An Outline of Cooperative International Partnerships for Sci-Tech Libraries

Electronic Deposition of Full-Text Grey Literature Documents

Publications

The formation and evolution of the IFLA Science and Technology Libraries Section
1978-90, by Dennis Shaw, IATUL Quarterly Vol.4, No.4, 1990, pp.205-214

Newsletter

Membership Information Brochure

Annual Report

2008 | 2006-2007 | 1997-1998 | 1994-1995

Conferences

Minutes of Meetings

Mailing lists:

STL-SC: Science and Technology Section Mailing List
Messages intended for distribution to the list should be sent to: STL-SC@infoserv.inist.fr

IATUL - the International Association of Technological University Libraries
Report to the IFLA Science & Technology Section on the 1999 IATUL Conference, 17-21 May, Crete, by Julia Gelfand
ICSU Press (International Council for Science): Second ICSU-UNESCO Conference of Experts on Electronic Publishing in Science. Paris 20-23 February 2001.
Proceedings of ICSU Press Workshop on Economics, real costs and benefits of electronic publishing in science - a technical study.
Keble College, University of Oxford UK, 31 March to 2 April 1998

Useful Addresses

Chair/Treasurer:
Jill B. Mayer
Asst. Director North Carolina Area Health Education Center Library & Information Services Network
Health Sciences Library University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
CB # 7585
CHAPEL HILL, NC 27599-7583
United States
Tel. +(1)(919)9660960
Fax +(1)(919)9661029

Secretary/Information Coordinator/Editor of Newsletter:
Deva E. Reddy
Associate Professor of Library Science
Texas A&M University
5000 TAMU, Sterling C. Evans Library
COLLEGE STATION, TX 77843-5000
United States
Tel. +(1)(979)8621062
Fax +(1)(979)4580112