| Year |
Event |
| 1876 |
American Chemical Society (ACS) founded. |
| 1877 |
Proceedings of the American Chemical Society started. |
| 1879 |
Journal of the American Chemical Society started (Hermann Endemann, editor). |
| 1884 |
ACS Committee on Nomenclature and Notation established. |
| 1893 |
ACS symposium on "Bibliography", chaired by G. Thoms, presented at the World's Congress of Chemists in Chicago. |
| 1895 |
Review of American Chemical Research started (Arthur A. Noyes, editor) (became part of the Journal of the American Chemical Society in 1897). |
| 1907 |
Chemical Abstracts started (William A. Noyes, Sr., editor). |
| 1919 |
First literature-oriented symposium on "Chemical Libraries and Their Problems" presented at the 57th ACS National Meeting in Buffalo. |
| 1937 |
ACS given the National Charter enacted by the 75th US Congress. |
| 1943 |
First Group luncheon held at the 106th ACS National Meeting in Pittsburgh (Edward R. Weidlein, guest speaker). |
| 1943 |
Symposium on "Technical Library Techniques", chaired by Norman C. Hill, presented at the 106th ACS National Meeting in Pittsburgh |
| 1943 |
Chemical Literature Group (within the ACS Division of Chemical Education) founded. |
| 1943 |
Paper on "Problems of the Scientific Literature Survey" (G. Egloff, M. Alexander, and P. Van Arsdell) presented at the 105th ACS National Meeting in Detroit |
| Year |
Event |
| 1948 |
Division of Chemical Literature founded (Norman C. Hill, acting chairman). |
| 1949 |
First Divisional symposium on "The University Library as an Aid to Scientific Work", chaired by Norman C. Hill, presented at the 115th ACS National Meeting in San Francisco. |
| 1949 |
First Divisional luncheon held at the 115th ACS National Meeting in San Francisco (G. Malcolm Dyson, guest speaker). |
| 1949 |
First joint symposium (with Division of Chemical Education) on "Foreign Chemical Literature. Language Instruction", chaired by James W. Perry, presented at the 116th ACS National Meeting in Atlantic City. |
| 1949 |
Austin M. Patterson Award for documentation of chemistry established by the ACS Dayton Local Section; first recipient, Austin M. Patterson, received the Award at a meeting of the Dayton Local Section. |
| 1950 |
First elected Divisional chairman: E. J. Crane. |
| 1950 |
First issue of Divisional bulletin Chemical Literature published (Ben H. Weil, editor). |
| 1951 |
First ACS Advances in Chemistry Series (No. 4) based on a Divisional symposium on "Searching the Chemical Literature" published. |
| 1953 |
First technical demonstration of equipment for the preparation, reproduction, and utilization of technical information sponsored at the 124th ACS National Meeting in Chicago (46 companies participated). |
| 1955 |
First Divisional Regional Meeting organized in Houston on February 25. |
| 1959 |
10th anniversary of the Division celebrated at the 136th ACS National Meeting in Atlantic City. |
| 1961 |
First Local (Delaware Valley) Chemical Literature Group formed, cosponsored by the ACS Delaware and Philadelphia Local Sections (Carleton C. Conrad, chairman). |
| 1961 |
ACS Journal of Chemical Documentation (J. Chem. Doc.) started (Herman Skolnik, editor). |
| 1966 |
Documentation Abstracts (DA) started (cosponsored with the American Documentation Institute and Special Libraries Association). |
| 1966 |
Documentation Abstracts, Inc. (DAI) organized (with a CINF representative as a member of the DAI Board of Directors). |
| 1968 |
First tutorial session on "Wiswesser Line Notation", sponsored by the Division, conducted at the 155th ACS National Meeting in San Francisco. |
| 1969 |
DA changed its name to Information Science Abstracts (ISA). |
| 1973 |
25th anniversary of the Division celebrated at the 166th ACS National Meeting in Chicago. |
| Year |
Event |
| 1976 |
First Vendor's Seminar/Workshop, sponsored by the Division and presented by CAS, at the 171st ACS National Meeting in New York. |
| 1976 |
Herman Skolnik Award established to recognize outstanding contributions to and achievements in the theory and practice of chemical information science; first recipient, Herman Skolnik, received the Award at the 171st ACS National Meeting in New York. |
| 1977 |
Austin M. Patterson Award expanded to honor E. J. Crane and renamed Austin M. Patterson-E. J. Crane Award (cosponsored by the ACS Dayton and Columbus Local Sections; the CINF chairman is a member of the Selection Jury); first recipient of the joint Award, Ben H. Weil, received the Award at a meeting of the Columbus Local Section. |
| 1978 |
First Tri-Society Symposium on "Future of Chemical Information", cosponsored with the American Society for Information Science (ASIS) and the Special Libraries Association (SLA), presented in conjunction with the SLA 69th Annual Conference in Kansas City.
1978 Divisional representation on the CHEMTECH Editorial Advisory Board established; first representative: Cynthia H. O'Donohue. |
| 1979 |
Divisional logo introduced. |
| 1980 |
Subdivision of Chemistry and the Law formed (Howard M. Peters, chairman). |
| 1982 |
ACS Outstanding Intermediate Division Performance Award received. |
| 1983 |
ACS Division of Chemistry and the Law formally founded (Hubert E. Dubb, chairman). |
| 1984 |
First joint session with the ACS Society Committee on Chemical Abstracts Service conducted at the 188th ACS National Meeting in Philadelphia. |
| 1984 |
Symposium on "Chemical Information Science", organized by Herman Skolnik and Kurt L. Loening, presented at the first International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies in Honolulu. |
| 1984 |
Videotape on Chemical Information produced. |
| 1985 |
ACS Computer Secretariat formed (CINF was a founding member). |
| 1985 |
Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences celebrated its 25th anniversary with a Silver Anniversary Issue. |
| 1986 |
First teaching guide (module) for searching chemical information online produced. |
| 1986 |
ACS Biotechnology Secretariat formed (CINF was a founding member). |
| 1986 |
Divisional Newsletter published to provide an additional medium of communication with members (Ann P. Moffett, editor). |
| 1987 |
First International Conference on Chemical Structures (Wendy A. Warr, chairman) organized at Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands (cosponsored with the UK Chemical Structure Association, the RSC Chemical Information Group, and the GDCh Fachgruppe Chemie-Information). |
| 1987 |
Clearinghouse for Chemical Information Instructional Materials established (jointly with the Special Libraries Association). |
| 1987 |
ACS Outstanding Intermediate Division Performance Award received for the second time. |
| 1987 |
Division's formal Mission Statement published. |
| 1988 |
Poster "Chemical Information in the Computer Age" created for the Journal of Chemical Education. |
| 1989 |
Divisional Newsletter in a new format, CINFnews, published (Bonnie Lawlor, editor). |
| 1989 |
Student Scholarship Award established to recognize chemists pursuing graduate studies in information, library, or computer science, leading to a career in chemical information; first recipient, Joan M. Evans, received the Award at a meeting of the ACS Philadelphia Local Section. |
| 1990 |
Information Science Abstracts observed its 25th anniversary. |
| 1992 |
Divisional Meritorious Service Award established to recognize outstanding contributions to the Division; first recipient, W. Val Metanomski, received the Award at the 204th ACS National Meeting in Washington. |
| 1992 |
Salary Survey: Scientific Information Professionals with a Focus on Chemistry published (Patricia E. O'Neill and Joanne L. Witiak, editors). |
| 1993 |
50th anniversary of the formation of the Chemical Literature Group in 1943 celebrated at the 206th ACS National Meeting in Chicago. |
| 1994 |
First National Chemical Information Symposium (NCIS), chaired by Guenter Grethe, organized at the University of Vermont, Burlington. |
| 1996 |
Divisional Web home page developed (Andrea B. Twiss-Brooks, Webmaster). |
| 1996 |
Student Scholarship Award renamed as Lucille M. Wert Scholarship Award. |
| 1997 |
Division recognized as one of the pioneer organizations in information science in the ASIS "Pioneers of Information Science in North America" report (Robert V. Williams, project director). |
| 1997 |
Division became a cosponsor of the Chemical Information Sources Discussion List (CHMINF-L). |
| 1998 |
50th anniversary of the formation of the Division in 1948 celebrated at the 216th ACS National Meeting in Boston. |
