Chuck Huber

Contact Information Telephone: 805/893-2762 Fax: 805/893-8620 E-mail: huber@library.ucsb.edu

Library Responsibilities

• Collection Manager (June, 1987-present) for:
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Materials Science
  • Mechanical Engineering (2007-present)
• Instructor
  • Chemistry 184/284, Chemical Literature (taught Winter Quarter only, Winter 1988-present)
  • Interdisciplinary Studies 1, Library Skills (usually taught Spring Quarter)
• former Networked Information Access Coordinator (Web Administrator for UCSB Libraries) (August, 1999 - June, 2003)
• former Sciences Collections Coordinator (July, 1993 - August, 1999)

Professional Organizations

• American Library Association (ALA)
  • Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
    • Instruction Section (IS)
    • Science and Technology Section (STS)
    • University Libraries Section (ULS)
• American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • Division of Chemical Information (CINF) Chair of Awards Committee, 1997-99; Division Chair-Elect, 2002, Division Chair, 2003, Division Past Chair, 2004
    • Education Committee (Consulting Member)
    • Program Committee (2005-2007)
  • California Los Padres Section
• Beta Phi Mu
• Special Libraries Association (SLA)
  • Chemistry Division (Chair-Elect of Chemistry Division, 1993-94; Chair of Chemistry Division, 1994-95)
  • Southern California Chapter
• Librarians' Association of the University of California (LAUC) (1987 - present)
  • Executive Board (9/91 - 9/92; 3/93 - 9/93)
  • Research and Professional Development Committee (9/96 - 9/98)
  • Santa Barbara Division (LAUC-SB)
    • Secretary, 9/88-9/90
    • Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect, 9/90-9/91
    • Chair, 9/91-9/92; 3/93-9/93
    • Past Chair, 9/92-3/93; 9/93-9/94
    • Committee on Professional Development (CPD) Chair-Elect, 9/95-9/96
    • CPD Chair, 9/96-9/97
    • LAUC-SB Executive Board, 9/88-9/94; 9/96-9/97
    • Committee on Welcoming, Orientation and Mentoring (WOM) 9/2006-9/2008

Education

• 1987, M.S. in Library and Information Science, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
• 1976-1978, Two years graduate study in inorganic chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 1976, B.S. (summa cum laude) in Chemistry, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign

Publications

Articles

• LaGuardia, Cheryl, Huber, Chuck and Doyle, Carol, "CD-ROM Networking in ARL Academic Libraries: A Survey", CD-ROM Professional 4(2) (March, 1991) p.36-39
• LaGuardia, Cheryl and Huber, Chuck, "Digital Dreams: A CD-ROM User's Wish List", Library Journal 117(2) (Feb. 1, 1992) p.40-43
• LaGuardia, Cheryl and Huber, Chuck, "Tomorrow's CD-ROM: Realizing Progress", CD-ROM Professional 6(3) (May, 1993) p.90-93
• Huber, Chuck, "Related Record Searching on SciSearch - STN makes it easy", STN News 10(12) (Dec. 1994) p.7-9
• Huber, Charles F., "SciSearch on STN: Unique Features for Sophisticated Searching", Database 18(2) (April/May 1995) p.52-62
• Huber, Charles F. and Baysinger, Grace, "Training the Trainers: Creating A Workshop on Teaching Chemical Information", Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship [Online], Issue 16, Fall, 1997
  http://www.istl.org/
• Huber, Charles F. "Chemistry Resources on the Internet", Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship [Online], Issue 17, Winter 1998
  http://www.istl.org/
• Huber, Charles F. "Electronic Journal Publishers: A Reference Librarian's Guide", Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship [Online], Issue 27, Summer 2000
  http://www.istl.org/
• Huber, Charles F. "Nanotechnology" (A "Tips from the Experts" column), Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship [Online], Issue 55, Fall 2008
  http://www.istl.org/

Invited Papers

• Huber, Charles F., "Environmental Toxicology: Answering the Need for Tabulated Data" Presented at 206th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 22-27, 1993
• Huber, Charles F., "Exploiting the Web for Chemical Information Instruction" Presented at the 5th North American Chemical Congress, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico, on November 12, 1997
• Markham, James W.; Huber, Charles F.. "Chemistry meets marine biology: Where is the literature indexed?" (abstract only.) Presented at the 229th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 13-17, 2005
• Huber, Charles F., Chemical information instruction in the age of Google® Presented at the 232nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 10-14, 2006.

Poster Sessions

• Huber, Charles F., "The RLG Long-Term Serials Project: Developing a Methodology for Cooperative Serials Collection" Presented at the ACRL 5th National Conference, Cincinnati, OH, April 5-8,1989
• LaGuardia, Cheryl, Huber, Chuck and Doyle, Carol, "ARL Academic Libraries CD-ROM Networking Survey" Presented at Online/CD-ROM '90, Washington, DC, November 5-7, 1990
• Huber, Charles F., "Teaching Environmental Toxicology Information" Presented at 206th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 22-27, 1993
• Huber, Charles F. "Tips for chemical information instructors: Techniques and content." Presented at the 215th ACS National Meeting, Dallas, March 29-April 2, 1998
• Duda, Andrea, Huber, Chuck and Lewis, Sandy, "Whodunit? Wedunit! Introducing Web of Science to the UC-Santa Barbara Campus", Presented at the American Library Association National Meeting, Washington, DC, June, 1999
• Huber, Charles F. "What a difference a decade makes: From the eighties to the noughties in an academic chemical information course." Presented at the 222nd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 26-30, 2001
• Huber, Charles F., "Balancing theory and practice in chemical information instruction." Presented at the 228th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 22-26, 2004

Reviews

• CD-ROM Professional -- Twelve reviews of CD-ROM products in science and engineering, published in the "CD-ROMs in Brief" column, irregularly from July, 1990 to November, 1992.
• Huber, Charles F., "Help for Scientists Searching STN" (Review of Online Searching: A Scientist's Perspective by Damon D. Ridley), Chemical & Engineering News 75(5) (February 3, 1997) p. 65-66
• Huber, Charles F., Review of Online Searching: A Scientist's Perspective by Damon D. Ridley, Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship [Online], Issue 14, Spring, 1997
  http://www.istl.org/

Workshops

• Teaching Chemical Information: Tips and Techniques, a half-day workshop presented by Grace Baysinger (Swain Chemistry Library, Stanford University) and Chuck Huber (Davidson Library, UC-Santa Barbara), on Sunday, June 8th, 1997 at the SLA National Meeting in Seattle, WA.
• Teaching Chemical Information: Techniques and Teaching Chemical Information: Sources, a pair of half-day workshops presented by Bartow Culp (Chemistry Library, Purdue University) and Chuck Huber (UC-Santa Barbara) on Thursday, June 11, 1998 at the SLA National Meeting in Indianapolis, IN.

Conference Sessions Organized/Chaired

• Chemical Information and Public Policy: Green Chemistry and Homeland Security Topics, Helen Yun and Charles Huber, organizers, Presented at 230th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, Thurday morning, Sept. 1, 2005.
• Science Reporting to the Public: Science and the Media. Charles Huber, organizer. Presented at the 231st American Chemical Society National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, Wednesday morning, March 29, 2006.
• Rediscovery of Older Information, Charles Huber and Jan Williams, organizers. Presented at 232nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2006.
• E-Books for Chemical Research and Instruction, Charles Huber, organizer. Presented at 234th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, MA. Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007.
• Pioneers in Chemical Information, Charles Huber, organizer. Presented at 236th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008.