“Without ACS, you’ll be out in the middle of
the sea with not a drop of water to drink.”

BELA BUSLIG Retired chemist, Auburndale, Fla. He is a 44-year ACS member.

HIGHLIGHTS 2007

Authors choose ACS open-access op tion More than 70 authors selected the ACS Auth orChoice option to make their articles freely available on the Web. ACS AuthorChoice, an initiative implemented in October 2006, gives authors the option of sponsoring immediate open access to their research articles by paying a one-time fee. Unlike most other publishers, ACS offers significant discounts for contributing authors who are members of the American Chemical Society and/or who are affiliated with an ACS subscribing institution.

ChemInsight^® promotes chemists as legal, business consultants In early 2007, ACS debuted ChemInsight^®, a service that helps chemical scientists connect with legal and business consulting professionals who are seeking expert scientific advice. ChemInsight published its first Nationwide Directory of Scientific Experts, which was mailed to more than 80,000 firms engaged in legal, business consulting and forensic accounting services in the United States.

National meeting symposia, posters available on Web Videos of two 2007 national meeting Presidential symposia — on sustainability and material innovations — were posted at www.acspresident.org. At the Chicago national meeting, 358 autho rs uploaded their posters to ACS Posters2View^™, a Web site that allowed other meeting registrants to view their work. During the short time the site was active, it recorded 9,885 page views and 71,053 hits.

ACS creates online nano community The Society established www.acsnanotation.org, a Web community for nanoscience and nanotechnology researchers. The free site offers features such as Nano Picks, which provides timesaving synopses and commentary on the best emerging findings, and Nano Tube, where researchers can post short videos about their work.

ACS PRF supports 519 grants in 2007 In 2007, the ACS Petroleum Research Fund supported 519 research and educational grants valued at $25.1 million. The ACS PRF also developed new guidelines designed to support grants that promote innovative fundamental research and aid in significantly increasing the world’s energy options.