The first-ever recipient of the APA Librarian Conference Travel Award, Jahala Simuel from Shaw University, used the award to defray the cost of attendance at Electronic Resources & Libraries in April. Alison Cody, a Training Specialist in APA’s Databases & Electronic Resources Customer Relations group, recently talked with her to get her impressions of the conference. The following transcript of our conversation has been lightly edited for clarity and context.
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Exhibits Update: Special Libraries Association
The Special Libraries Association Annual Conference will be held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA, from June 12-14, 2016. Look for representatives from the American Psychological Association in the exhibit hall, at booth 217. Stop by to learn more about APA Style CENTRAL™, an exciting new electronic resource for APA Style® that’s launching this summer, and get the latest updates about APA Journals, Books, and Databases.
Exhibit hours:
- Sunday, June 12: 11:15 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. (No conflicts: 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.)
- Monday, June 13: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (No conflicts: 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.)
- Tuesday, June 14: 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. (No conflicts: noon – 2:00 p.m.)
Webinar Alert: PsycINFO Sessions for Students & Faculty June 15-17
Our next series of PsycINFO® webinars for students and faculty will run on June 15, 16, and 17 from 11 – 11:30 a.m. (EDT). The sessions may be taken separately, but we encourage those who are interested to take all three, and offer them on consecutive days:
- Wednesday, June 15: Basic Search
- Thursday, June 16: Advanced Search
- Friday, June 17: Results Management
We will provide information relevant to all search platforms including APA PsycNET, EBSCOhost, Ovid, and ProQuest. The platform used will be based on the needs of the attendees of each session. For more information on this series, including full descriptions, please visit our website.
These webinars are an ideal way for students to get a refresher on PsycINFO if they have had a previous training session. Please help us spread the word to interested students and faculty!
Lunch & Learn (and more!) at ALA Annual
The American Library Association Annual Conference & Exhibition will be held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL, from June 23-28, 2016. APA will be exhibiting at booth 1743, and Training Specialists are offering two sessions: An Introduction to APA Style CENTRAL™ on Sunday, and our usual APA Lunch & Learn on Monday. Continue reading
Introducing Dawn Harper
The APA Databases & Electronic Resources Customer Relations team is growing! Dawn Harper, MSLIS, joined the team in April 2016 as the APA Style Documentation and Training Specialist.
Prior to joining APA, she was a Distance and Instruction Librarian at Nova Southeastern University, where she managed online workshops and e-learning for the library. In addition, she worked with the Colleges of Business, Education, and Psychology to provide instruction in information literacy and research using subject-specific resources. In previous positions, Dawn worked with copyright and scholarly communications at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and provided reference and instructional services at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, Massachusetts.
She has an MS in Library and Information Science from Simmons College and a BA in Media Arts and Design from James Madison University.
Dawn’s role at APA will focus mainly on training for APA Style CENTRAL™, and she will join the other training specialists in providing webinars, print and online training materials, and conducting in-person training sessions. Her experience working with students, faculty, staff, and librarians and APA Style® will ensure training materials are as useful and relevant as possible.