NOTE: This message is being sent to multiple lists: my apologies if you receive it more than once. CALL FOR PAPERS ================ MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION ON AVAILABLE CHEMICALS The Division of Chemical Information (CINF) of ACS is actively soliciting papers for this symposium to be held at the 1997 Spring ACS Meeting in San Francisco, April 13 - 17. The symposium will examine the ways in which information on available chemicals is handled, with a focus on locating compound samples and suppliers; dealing with requisitions, POs and purchasing; constructing and managing inventories; and the interaction between chemical suppliers and their customers. We invite presentations (oral and posters) on the following topics: the use and evaluation of the various sources of information on commercially available chemicals, the issues involved in building, maintaining and using in-house chemical stores and inventories, and the evolution of new ways of doing business with chemical suppliers such as outsourcing, online and WWW-based ordering, and electronic data interchange. Vendors are invited to present research-based papers and objective overviews or comparative studies, but presentations in the form of product reviews are discouraged. If you are interested in contributing to this symposium, either by presenting a paper/poster or by helping with the organization, please contact Phil McHale at the address below, preferably by email. Abstracts on official ACS abstract forms will be required before December 1, 1996 to the same address. PLEASE DO NOT SEND YOUR REPLY TO THE WHOLE LIST. Phil McHale MDL Information Systems, Inc. 14600 Catalina Street San Leandro CA 94577 tel: 510-895-1313 ext. 1378 fax: 510 614 3652 email phil@mdli.com ----- chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. Archived as: http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To unsubscribe, send to listserver@ic.ac.uk the following message; unsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (rzepa@ic.ac.uk)