Royal Society of Chemistry members will be getting their annual subscription details around now. Can I remind people that your membership entitles you to membership of up to THREE Interest Groups. Apparently only around 25% take advantage of this option so I'd urge you to have a look at the groups available

In particular I'd like to highlight:-

86 Chemical Information and Computer Applications Group

The Chemical Information and Computer Applications Group (CICAG) is one of the RSC’s many member-led Interest Groups, which exist to benefit RSC members and the wider chemical science community, and to meet the requirements of the RSC’s strategy and charter. The storage, retrieval, analysis and preservation of chemical information and data are of critical importance for research, development and education in the chemical sciences. All chemists, and everybody else who works with chemical substances, need tools and techniques for handling chemical information.

If you have already submitted your form you can make a request to join a group via email (membership@rsc.org) or telephone (01223 432141).

If you want to find out more about CICAG activities the newsletters are available here and if you have ideas for future activities feel free to contact the committee.