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Thursday, 16 June 2011
Monday, 6 June 2011
The Southern Ohio Branch of AALAS hosted the District 5 Conference this year. Thanks to the supportive vendors and to the hard work of the conference committee for the solid turnout, informative sessions, and fun events!
Sharon Keys, 2011 District 5 Conference Chair
Tim Baechle, Fundraising Chair
Jefferson Childs, Publicity Chair
Dave Dietrich, Allied Trades Chair
Rachael Fitzpatrick, Registration Chair
Tamara Goodman Kuhel, Program Chair
Lois Shuler, Local Arrangements Chair
Kathy Wright, Poster Chair
Monday, 18 April 2011
Dr. Merida Roets, left, and Dr. Claudia Cordel, right, both from South Africa, spent the day at AALAS national headquarters in Memphis learning more about all aspects of laboratory animal science from staff and AALAS Executive Director, Dr. Ann Turner.
Dr. Roets is a principal of Scientific Roets which assists local, district, provincial and national authorities and other development agencies to achieve their community and enterprise development goals. Dr. Cordel is a veterinarian at ClinVet, a CRO in Bloemfontein.
Tuesday, 8 March 2011
Scientific articles from AALAS' journals, Comparative Medicine and JAALAS, are hosted by IngentaConnect. Full text downloads for 2010 have increased by 228% over the 2009 downloads. Other usage statistics for 2010:
- 47,897 full-text downloads
- 181,862 abstract pages viewed
- 86,240 contents pages viewed
Most popular articles in 2010 (click on image to increase size):
Friday, 4 March 2011
AALAS has an opening for an IT Programming Specialist
Organizational Relationships
Reports directly to and receives primary direction from the Associate Executive Director. Provides superb information technology services for the public, AALAS employees and members.
Position Summary
Responsible for performing the physical, technical and administrative tasks involved in all aspects of programming and computer related functions for AALAS.
Education / Experience / Job Specifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field plus 2 years experience desired. Additional experience may substitute for degree.
- Proven proficiency with ASP.NET, VB.NET, C# and T-SQL.
- Familiarity with Crystal Reports, ASP.NET MVC, XML web services, jQuery a plus.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work professionally with teams and independently
- Must have excellent attention to detail, organizational and multi-tasking skills.
- Must have initiative, good judgment, be able to assume responsibility, work independently, without close supervision, and cooperatively with other employees and the public.
- Must be able to read, write and understand directions.
Characteristic Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions)
- Use the membership database custom APIs to program and integrate ecommerce and other functionalities and features into websites and other online platforms managed by the association.
- Use customization tools to modify membership database based on staff requirements.
- Create and modify data universes for database Data Analyzer program.
- Assist, as directed, in ASP.net programming for the AALAS Learning Library and other online projects and platforms.
- Collaborate with staff to gather requirements to determine business needs.
- Provide support for, and assist staff responsible for, updating web content.
- Write, modify, and debug database reports and views as requested.
- Provide technical support to users of AALAS’ online products and services.
- Troubleshoot and solve programming-related issues with all AALAS websites and/or other online systems.
- Research, recommend--and upon approval--implement innovative IT solutions that provide cost effective solutions that keep AALAS current with technology trends, and that increase productivity, efficiency, and revenue.
Secondary Functions and Responsibilities
- Provide hardware/software troubleshooting backup support for staff.
- Work with the IT Specialist to maintain appropriate documentation of reports and other technical processes.
- Other duties as assigned.
Working Conditions
- AALAS is a non-smoking, office environment.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to handle, or feel; and talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to walk; stand; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, or crouch. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. The employee must be able to analyze and interpret data.
- The employee must be able to perform lifting up to 40 pounds, bend or squat routinely, and occasionally work with arms above shoulder level; ability to lift, carry or otherwise move and position objects weighing up to 75 pounds.
- Limited travel
Employee Benefits
- Personal time off (PTO)
- Life, Health, Dental insurance
- Section 125 Cafeteria Plan
- Long Term Disability
- Retirement Plan
- Voluntary benefits
To apply, please email resume to Chris Lyons.
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