IAMSLIC news & events

Dear IAMSLIC,

The OceanTeacher Academy Training Course Prospectus 2010 is now online and can be downloaded on the page:

http://www.oceanteacher.org/course_prospectus.html

The brochure contains an overview of the course calendar and contains 8  training courses, aimed at Marine Data Management and Marine Information Management.

Interested candidates for the training courses can participate either:

-self-funded
-with sponsorship from OceanTeacher Academy. Interested candidates have to submit the required documents (motivation letter, endorsement letter and CV) to the email address below before the deadline indicated with each course.

training@iode.org

Best regards

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Wouter ROMMENS, Ph.D.
Training coordinator
UNESCO/IOC Project Office for IODE
Wandelaarkaai 7
B-8400 Oostende
Belgium
Tel:       +32(0)59 34 01 60 (direct)
Fax:      +32(0)59 34 01 52
Skype:   wouter_rommens
Email:    wouter.rommens@vliz.be
wouter.rommens@gmail.com

Below is text from the EThOS “About” page. It appears downloading is free for those that have been digitized, but if they haven’t you may have to pay to have it digitized.  Once someone pays for it to be digitized, it is free to future downloaders.  I expect if it is a recent dissertation you will be able to get it here for free, but it will take a while before most older dissertations are free.  I checked to see if the 1987 dissertation I digitized for the Aquatic Commons was available here, and it wasn’t.

Joe Wible

Hopkins Marine Station

http://ethos.bl.uk/

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The aim of EThOS is:

•To offer a ’single point of access’ where researchers the world over can access ALL theses produced by UK Higher Education
•To support Higher Education Institutions through the transition from print to e-theses
•To help UK Higher Education Institutions expand available content by digitising paper theses
•To demonstrate the quality of UK research and help attract students and research investment into UK HE\
To achieve this, EThOS offers a coherent and consistent interface by implementing a central ‘hub’ comprising an e-store and a digitisation suite at The British Library site in Boston Spa, Yorkshire. The hub automatically harvests e-theses from Institutional Repositories and digitises paper theses from participating institutions to offer the single point of access.

Many UK institutions support Open Access to their theses, so download of their digital and digitised theses is free to the researcher. A small number of participating institutions may not be able to offer Open Access and in this case the researcher may have to pay for the digitisation.

Where a thesis must be digitised before supply, you can expect a short delay. However, you will be informed when the thesis is ready for collection and you can then log on to the system and download it.

EThOS can only offer the theses of participating institutions. While we expect a large number of institutions to take part, we cannot supply from an institutions which chooses not to. In this case, you should approach the institution’s library directly to gain access to a thesis.

This link will take you to an eight and a half minute video clip from the PBS NewHour that aired on December 30, 2009.  It discusses the Google Books project.

Joe Wible

Hopkins Marine Station

http://www.youtube.com/pbsnewshour#p/search/0/zwa9jnqcXsU

Dear Colleagues,

The planning for the 36th IAMSLIC Conference is well underway. But we need one crucial element — you!
We invite submissions of proposals for papers, posters, workshops, and panel session.

Since the theme is Netting Knowledge: Two Hemispheres-One World , we are looking for your insights on sharing and managing marine & aquatic science data, information and knowledge and its retrieval, renewal and use. How are we adopting, negotiating, repelling, embracing and developing strategies to provide the best possible knowledge and information services to our clientele?

Some potential topics:

• Information/knowledge services for our clients: new capabilities, new utilities, new opportunities, new problems
• Dealing with digital media
• Creating savvy researchers: extending theoretical knowledge to field research
• Assessment: website performance measures; survey design; partnerships
• Importance of research and documentation in the digital age
• Collaboration with staff/faculty and becoming part of the publishing team
• Disaster planning around the world
• User advisory committees; user-driven services; improvements to existing services
• Writing successful grant applications
• Personnel: successful recruitment, coaching and retirement

For complete details, including what to include in your proposal, see the conference web site.

Please email conference proposals to Marcia.croyvanwely@dfo-mpo.gc.ca by April 9, 2010.

We look forward to receiving your proposal and hope you will be able to join us in Argentina in October.

Marcia Croy Vanwely, Chair/Convenor IAMSLIC 2010

There is an article in the December 2009 issue of “Fisheries” put out by the American Fisheries Society titled “Maintaining the Competitiveness of the American Fisheries Society Journals: An Assessment Based on Influence and Cost-Effectiveness” that might be of interest to IAMSLIC members.  It has some nice figures with tabular data comparing fisheries journals identifying which provide the greatest value and whether they are published by non-profit or for-profit groups.

Joe Wible

Hopkins Marine Station

CASSI, the CAS Source Index is now freely available on the web and it contains more than just chemistry titles, so if you need a source for titles/abbreviations you might want to take a look:

http://cassi.cas.org/search.jsp

Barb Butler

It does not have many papers yet, but it looks like Journal of Marine Biology may be set to take off.  I just saw a call for papers for a special issue titled “Toward Ecosystem Mangement of Pacific Islands” that is being put together by University of Hawaii scientists Rob Toonen, Judy Lemus, and Kim Selkoe.  The fourth guest editor is Ben Halpern from the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis.  They plan to publish the special issue in a year (December 2010).

The journal can be found at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jmb/contents.html

Joe Wible

Hopkins Marine Station

The Marine Protected Areas Monitoring Enterprise is seeking a Knowledge Manager to lead the design, development, and implementation of an online information management system including online products and tools that will serve diverse user needs and interests. The ideal candidate will combine a solid and broad understanding of information technologies with the capacities to think big, innovate, and work collaboratively. The Knowledge Manager will play a critical role in the MPA Monitoring Enterprise’s work to develop innovative, effective, and sustainable approaches to monitoring and evaluating California’s statewide network of marine protected areas, currently being implemented under the Marine Life Protection Act. This unique position will be based in Oakland, California, in the offices of the California Ocean Science Trust. Starting date is as soon as possible, preferably by March 1, 2010. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Review of applications will begin January 4, 2010. Salary will be commensurate with experience and is expected to be in the range of $75,000 - $95,000. Generous benefits (including medical, dental, vision, and retirement) are included in the full compensation package.

Joe Wible

Hopkins Marine Station

http://www.calost.org/Knowlege_Manger.pdf

The University of British Columbia Archives has digitized the two complete volumes of Traité général des pesches written in 1769-1782 by Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau and Jean-Louis De La Marre. The work contains beautiful plates of fresh and salt water fishes, fishing boats, fishing equipment and fishers.

The plates have been entered into ContentDM and are available on the UBC Library web site at:
http://digitalcollections.library.ubc.ca/cdm4/index_tgdp.php?CISOROOT=/tgdp

The complete two volumes are available in the Internet Archive and Aquatic Commons.

Special thanks to Rob Stibravy at UBC Library who managed the project, Tony Pitcher who lent us the two volumes for digitization, and to University Archives and Cyamus for funding.

Sally Taylor, UBC

IAMSLIC welcomes 12 new members (below) and would like to give a special thanks to ASFA/FAO and Mr. Richard Pepe for their generous continued support of 31 IAMSLIC members.  For more information on ASFA: http://www.fao.org/fishery/asfa/2/en

  

Feruggia, Celeste

Facultad Regional Chubut UTN (Universidad Tecnologica Nacional Biblioteca

Address: Roberts 61

City: Puerto Madryn

State/Prov: Chubut

Postal Code: 9120

Country: Argentina

Email: cele_f78@hotmail.com

 

Franklin, Kay

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Gulf Ecology Division

Address: 1 Sabine Island Drive

City: Gulf Breeze

State/Prov: Florida

Postal Code: 32561

Country: United States

Telephone: 850-934-9218

Email: Franklin.Kay@epa.gov

 

 

Giovannini, Floriane

CEMAGREF IST

Address: Parc de Tourvoie, BP 44

City: Antony Cedex

Postal Code: 92163

Country: France

Telephone: 33-140966287

Email: floriane.giovannini@cemagref.fr

 

Jamili, Shahla

Iranian Fisheries Research Organization (IFRO)

Address: No. 297, W. Fatemi Avenue ; PO Box 1415506116

City: Tehran

Country: Iran

Telephone:  21 6919133, 6946878

Email: shahlajamili45@yahoo.com

 

 

Jannes-Ober, Emmanuelle

CEMAGREF IST

Address: Parc de Tourvoie, BP 44

City: Antony Cedex

Postal Code: 92163

Country: France

Telephone: 33-140966096

Email: emmanuelle.jannes-ober@cemagref.fr

 

 

Lapchenko, Valentyna

Karadag Nature Reserve, Library

Address: 24, Nauki Street

City: Kurortnoe, Feodosia

State/Prov: Crimea

Postal Code: 98188

Country: Ukraine

Telephone: (380-6562) 26-289

Email: karadag_libr@pochta.ru

 

 

Mamer, Liz

Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Address: PO Box 25, 600 South Walnut

City: Boise

State/Prov: ID

Postal Code: 83707

Country: United States

Telephone: 208-465-8404 x270

Email: liz.mamer@idfg.idaho.gov

 

Mychalechko, Olena

Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, Odessa Branch

Address: 37, Pushkinskaya Street

City: Odessa

Postal Code: 65125

Country: Ukraine

Telephone: 048-725-09-18

Email: mey@mail.ru

 

Ortiz, Silverio

Instituto de Biologia Marina y Pesquera

Address: San Martin 247

City: San Antonio Oeste

State/Prov: Rio Negro

Postal Code: 224

Country: Argentina

Telephone: (02934) 42 2752

Email: bibliotecaibmp@ibmpas.org

 

Panagiotoglou, Popi

Hellenic Center for Marine Research- Documentation and Information Center

Address: P.O. Box 712, 46.7 km Athens-Sounion Avenue

City: Anavyssos

State/Prov: Attiki

Postal Code: 19013

Country: Greece

Telephone: ﭽ22910-76319

Email: Popipan@ath.hcmr.gr

 

Roering, Anke

GKSS-Forschungszentrum 

Address: Max-Planck-Str

City: Geesthacht

Postal Code: 21502

Country: Germany

Telephone: 0049-4152-87-1692

Email: anke.roering@gkss.de

 

 

Steimle, Claire L.

U.S. NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service

Address: 74 Magruder Rd.

City: Highlands

State/Prov: NJ

Postal Code: 07732

Country: United States

Telephone: 732-872-3035

Email: Claire.Steimle@noaa.gov

 

 

Kristen L. Metzger, Membership Chair (outgoing)