1994- Information Resources in the Southeast

Date: May 4-6, 1994
Location: Ramada Inn Conference Center, Panama City Beach, FL
Host: Rosalie Shaffer

Tuesday, May 3
8:00-10:00 P.M. Pre Conference Social
Wednesday, May 4
8:00-8:30 A.M. Registration
8:30-9:15 A.M. Member Networking Session: Welcoming remarks, attendees self-intros and news
9:15-10:00 A.M. NOAA Status and Trends Program: Overview and activities in Florida Bay Dr. Adriana Cantillo, NOAA, National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD
10:15 – 11:00 A.M. Wetlands Research, Libraries and information Transfer at the U.S. Army Waterways Experiment Station Elke Briur and Jim Dolan, COE, Vicksburg, MS
11:00-11:45 A.M. Marine Mammal Stranding Network Jeffery Brown, National Marine Fisheries Service, St. Petersburg, FL
1:00-End of Day Tour of Local Marine Science Facility: National Marine Fisheries Service, Panama City Laboratory
Thursday, May 5
9:00-10:00 A.M. The International Shark Attack File George Burgess, University of Florida, Gainesville FL
10:15-10:45 A.M. CMED: The Center for Marine and Estuarine Disease Research Dr. Doretha Foushee, EPA, Gulf Breeze FL
10:45-11-15 A.M. Copyright Issues for Libraries Doug Jones, Wakulla County Public Library
1:30-2:00 P.M. Multi-Type Library Networks Selma Jaskowski, Panhandle Library Access Network (PLAN), Panama City Beach, FL
2:00-3:15 P.M. Databases and Bulletin Boards Available: Coastal Information Exchange Bulletin Board (Helene Wetherington, Florida Coastal Management Program, Tallahassee) Aquatic Plant INformation Retrieval System (Karen Brown, University of Florida) Non-Indigenous Fish Database (Amy Benson, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Gainesville FL) Wetland Values Database (Paul Alford, Geonex Inc., St. Petersburg, FL)
3:00-4:15 P.M. Aqua Culture in the Southeast John Ogle, Gulf Coast Research Lab, Ocean Springs, MS
4:15-5:15 P.M. SAIL Round Table Discussions: How to Survive a Budget Crunch Library Self-Promotion
5:15-5:30 P.M. T-Shirt Exchange
Friday, May 6
8:30-9:30 A.M. Jobbers: how they operate, and why are journals and books so expensive?
10:00-11:00 A.M. Business Meeting and Wrap-Up
1:00-4:30 P.M. Optional Field Trip to Shell Island
1:00-4:30 P.M. Business Meeting: Future Directions, meeting plans for 1994. Linda Pikula, Presiding.
12:00-1:30 P.M. Meeting room available for any informal networking or exchanges