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IAMSLIC 41st Annual Conference Day 2

Wednesday – 9 September 2015
Submitted by Kris Anderson

Today is Blue Growth Day!  Blue Growth is an FAO initiative to address sustainability in food from the ocean.
Pauline Simpson introduced our first speakers, Lahsen Ababouch and Marc Taconet of FAO.  Lahsen started with statistics and projections of fish production worldwide.  The Blue Growth initiative focuses on four areas: capture fisheries, aquaculture, processing, and cultural importance.  The Initiative addresses environmental and socio-economic considerations related to the four areas of focus.  Blue Growth focuses on food security where Blue Economy involves ALL uses of the oceans.  Marc Taconet talked about information needs related to forwarding the initiative.  FAO offers much information on related websites for our use.  An example is: http://www.fao.org/biodiversity/cross-sectoral-issues/ecosystem-approach/en/
For those interested in fisheries, you should look at the SOFIA reports (State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture): http://www.fao.org/fishery/sofia/en

Suzette Soomai was the next speaker.  Her focus is advancing the Blue Growth agenda. She is working on her PhD and focusing on scientific information use in influencing/driving policy.  There is a need to bridge the gap between conceptual use of science and engagement of data support in creating policy.  There are “drivers, enablers and barriers in the information pathways” that must be identified in order to move forward.

Anton Ellenbroek followed Suzette and he informed us about iMarine Dataset Citation. www.i-marine.eu/
Data e-Infrastructure Initiative for Fisheries Management and Conservation of Marine Living Resources.
He briefly commented on copyright and ownership issues and the went on to show what is in iMarine.  The issues surrounding sharing data were addressed.  The next step is BlueBridge.  http://tinyurl.com/pu4pogl

Yay!! Break!  Stretch the legs and swill some coffee.

Next topic was OpenAIRE, an Open Access Publication infrastructure for Europe. https://www.openaire.eu  The presentation was delivered by Alessia Bardi.  She gave a summary of the history and the examples of what is contained and who is depositing.  They are also looking to BlueBridge.

Uwe Barg followed Alessia to present the project under development to collate Codes of Practice (COP) or Better Management Practices (BMP) for Aquaculture.  They have compiled 350 documents from around the world thus far. The ultimate goal is to make these documents available online on the FAO/FI site and also in Aquatic Commons.

Lunch!

Dorothy Barr reminded all paper and poster presenters to get their submissions to Dorothy in a timely manner!!

Michelle Leonard then introduced Stephen Alayon who explained the importance of fisheries in the Philippines and Asia in general.  He then discussed how marine and aquatic information is disseminated in Asia.  Stephen did a study on the topic.  He first did an inventory, then a survey of institutions.  His survey requested who was in charge of information and asked about knowledge/membership in IAMSLIC.  International partnerships for document exchange were also identified.  Last was information about ASFA and ASFA partnership and knowledge/interest in Aquatic Commons.  Stephen closed with a brief mention of interest in creating an Asian regional group.

Following Stephen, Rizia Begum told us about fisheries information users in Bangladesh.   Since 1984 fish production in Bangladesh has increased over 400%.  There are 100,000 seekers of fisheries information.  Rizia then gave us a breakdown of services provided. She recommended increase flow in information sharing, expansion of Aquatic Commons, and establishment of a regional repository.

Last of presentations for the day was Daryl Superio. Daryl did a survey of milkfish aquaculturists in certain areas of the Philippines.  His findings identified profile info about the respondents from age, education, knowledge of laws applicable to aquaculture, health and safety, and information seeking behavior.  Libraries are not utilized for daily information needs.  Most relied on personal communication for daily information needs. His conclusions discussed preferred methods of dissemination to support this important industry.

Break!

Business Meeting, whoo hoo!!!

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September 9, 2015 · Filed under Announcements

Tweet the conference!!

 

#iameura15

 

Tweet and Follow!!

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September 8, 2015 · Filed under Announcements

41st Annual IAMSLIC Conference and 16th Biennial EURASLIC Conference Report Day 1-2

Submitted by Kris Anderson

Monday – 7 September 2015

Monday set aside for meetings.  EURASLIC held exec and business meetings.  There was also a meeting of librarians from Asia who are interested in creating an Asian regional group.
The IAMSLIC executive board met.
The opening reception on the 8th floor of FAO with stellar views of Rome!  Plenty of food, wine, and juice lubricated the networking amongst the attendees.  I did give a welcome to everyone and then proceeded to meet friends both new and old ( or should I say “established” in light of the greying of  some of us).

Tuesday – 8 September 2015
Let the conference begin!

Stephanie Ronan of Oceanus Library in Ireland is the official tweeter for the conference and wants everyone to tweet and follow:  #iameura15
Watch for her collation at the end of the conference!

Maria welcomed attendees and introduced Arni Mathiesen the Assistant Director-General of FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department.

Arni welcomed IAMSLIC and talked about how influential the Fisheries Branch Library was in its long years of service.  He then spoke of ASFA and the importance of information dissemination.  He wished us all a productive meeting.

Guillermina then offered her welcome and a brief insight into the benefit of collaboration for an organization.

It was my job to present the fine points – bathrooms, wifi password – and urge speakers to speak slowly and clearly in respect to the varying levels of English understanding.  I then had the privilege to introduce the keynote speaker, Dr. Devin Bartley.

Dr Bartley is an inland fisheries and aquaculture specialist.  He was very persuasive in his arguments that inland fisheries have been overlooked/under researched as protein resources in food stability, monetary value, and land use.  Why isn’t dried fish included in disaster response kits?  He is an advocate of Scopus but I won’t hold that against him.  Devin is a strong advocate of libraries and information dissemination.  He also spoke to us in 2005 when we were last at FAO, I’d welcome him back anytime.

Linda Pikula followed Devin with a report on the collaboration between IAMSLIC and IODE GEMIM.  She was very good with the acronyms.

BREAK!  Great to stretch the legs and get a caffeine hit…  Espresso!!!  Brain is now awake!

Herded the cats back into the meeting room.  David Baca extended greetings and got back at it starting off with Marcel Brannemann talking about European Copyright.  He started by singing “Happy Birthday” and then explaining that even though it is an old song and everyone sings it, it doesn’t enter into public domain until next December.  Check out TheHagueDeclaration at www.thehaguedeclaration.com  and sign!

Marcel was followed by Sofija Konjevic of the Rudjer Boskovic Institute Library in Zagreb, Croatia.  Sofija is head of ILL.  She told us about a system they use in house for ILL which they call Send 2.0 with the number being the version they are currently using.  She demo-ed it for us as well.  The interface is very clean and intuitive.

Lunch!  Again good to get up and move around.  Buffet lunch with something for everyone.

Back to the meeting room and introduction of Ian Stewart by Marcel. Ian told us about what’s happening at Inter-Research.  IR is the publisher of venerated titles such as Marine Ecology Progress Series and has long been a strong supporter of IAMSLIC.

Next up the second and last vendor presentation by Anneli Meeder of NHBS.  NHBS started Natural History Book Service and now sells as many tools for naturalists as it sells books.  They have a small list of books for which they will take applications from conservation organizations anywhere in the world and the organizations selected will get a free copy of the book shipped to them at no charge.  Check their website www.nhbs.com and look for Gratis Book Scheme.  Check them out and help the small vendors in our Amazon world.

After the vendors we commenced with short poster presentations:
-Teresa Barriga Ramirez told us about starting an information literacy program at CICIMAR-IPN in Mexico
-Dang Hai Yen from Vietnam spoke of the FAO fishery publications importance for research support at the Vietnam Institute of Oceanography (VINO)
-Ningsheng Yang  of Chinese Academy of Fisheries Science has presented information about his institute and highlight his area of interest Information and Strategic Development Studies.  There are four areas of focus that you will need to look up in the proceedings when they come out.
-Saida Messaoudi shared the projects her institution INSTM in Tunisa is working on and how their affiliation with IAMSLIC and FAO and IODE have benefited them.
-Arame Keita showed how IAMSLIC has contributed to sustaining aquatic and marine resources management in Africa.
-Carolina Monti inspired us with 10 steps to remaining calm while starting a new career in a library without organization!

Marcel sang a song to break up the two poster sessions.  What a guy!!!

-Ingrid Catic started off the EURASLIC poster session with the poster she did with her colleague Anita Murusic on the successful partnership of an IOF library as an ASFA centre.
-Irina Iniaeva then told us about the evolution of the PINRO publications database.
-Malgorzata Grabowska-Popow reminded us all of the importance of respectful communication!
-Marina Mayer let us know about how her institution, Ruder Boskovic Institute Library has been promoting and participating in Open Access for a number of years.
-Natalya Kondratyeva shared on the information needs of scientists and researchers and the value of the Library in her poster From Information to Knowledge.
-Stephanie Ronan enthusiastically introduced herself and her library, the Oceanus Library at the Irish Marine Institute.
-Vladimira Bendova told us about library cooperation in support of fisheries research in the Czech Republic.
-Elitsa Petrova, in a poster she did with Daniela Klisarova, finished the session with a brief discussion of sustainable information management in the Institute of Fish Resources Library in Varna, Bulgaria

BREAK!!!

I got another espresso and then spent some time perusing the posters.  They were all quite impressive!  There are some very talented and brilliant members in IAMSLIC.

The last two presentations of the day were introduced by Steve Watkins.
First up was Doctor-Doc: an Open Source Tool to Handle Literature Requests.  Olivia Diehr started off with an amusing discription of a researcher’s approach to a librarian.  She then passed to Christina Fromm who demonstrated the interface of Doctor-Doc.  Back to Olivia to explain the implementation of the program which took her about 20 hours of work.   http://www.doctor-doc.com/
Their researchers are quite pleased!

The last presenter of the day was Bart Goossens who explained the (R)evolution Towards an Open Research Institute at Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO).  They had some directives set in 2009 they are still striving to complete.  They have been inhibited by licensing and copyright.  Changes have been implemented and they are moving forward with some impressive advances and they have some fun data available to play with.

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September 8, 2015 · Filed under Announcements

New STS/ALA- IAMSLIC liaison 2015-2017

Mary Markland, from the Guin Library, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport, Oregon, USA (where Jane Webster worked for such a long time),  is a long-time member of STS (Science & Technology Section) of ALA (American Library Association), and now the new STS/ALA- IAMSLIC liaison 2015-2017.  She will be attending the Conference in Rome and then submitting a report to STS prior to their midwinter meeting.

ACRL-STS Liaison Program– Charge: To promote and coordinate the work of the STS Liaisons to different professional groups with which STS has established formal and informal relationships and to provide information sharing within the Section that may lead to collaboration and exchange.

Any doubts or suggestions, you can contact her in Rome or by mail anytime.

Thank you Mary for getting involved with IAMSLIC from the very beginning!

Guillermina Cosulich (IAMSLIC President 2014-2015)

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August 14, 2015 · Filed under Announcements

INTERVIEW WITH AN IAMSLIC LIBRARIAN: Carolina Monti from Argentina

SHARING EXPERIENCES & TRANSFERRING KNOWLEDGE

This is a new format to introduce ourselves professionally in a friendly, short and informal manner and with a touch of some personal likes or dislikes. It is in English language for IAMSLIC international but, my suggestion: each one can share it in their own language for the Regional Group. Carolina (from the Institute of Limnology “Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet”, La Plata, Argentina), thank you for accepting introducing yourself this way and letting us know you better !
Interview with Carolina Monti (pdf version)

Guillermina (IAMSLIC President 2014-2015)

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August 13, 2015 · Filed under Announcements

INTERVIEW WITH AN IAMSLIC LIBRARIAN: Geoffrey Salanje from Malawi

SHARING EXPERIENCES & TRANSFERRING KNOWLEDGE

This is a new format to introduce ourselves professionally in a friendly, short and informal manner  and with a touch of some personal likes or dislikes. It will be in English language for IAMSLIC international but, my suggestion:  each one can share it in their own language for the Regional Group. Geoffrey,  from Malawi and Afriamslic,  thank you for accepting introducing yourself this way and letting us know you better !

Interview with Geoffrey Salanje (pdf version)

Guillermina (IAMSLIC President 2014-2015)

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July 31, 2015 · Filed under Announcements

Yikes, is this really happening?

After never missing an IAMSLIC conference since I first learned about the organization and attended my first meeting in 1981 at Scripps, I am not going to make it to this years meeting in Rome.  It is taking place during my last week at work.  It looks like a great group of folks will be attending, and you have my best wishes for a wonderful and productive conference.  I am hoping to join some of the ever growing “ElderSLIC” group and attend the 2016 meeting in Merida.

Today my retirement started to feel like it is really going to happen with the publication of the lead story in the Stanford University Libraries newsletter.  Check it out at the URL below.

Joe Wible, Hopkins Marine Station

http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/260487/54ce472df0/1693601863/e9c8e8d42d/

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July 23, 2015 · Filed under Announcements

STATE OF THE CLIMATE 2014 report available

An international, peer-reviewed publication released annually, “State of the Climate” is the authoritative summary of the global climate of the previous year published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. The U.S. National Climatic Data Center serves as the lead editors. The report is based on contributions from 413 scientists from 58 countries around the world. It provides a detailed update on global climate indicators, notable weather events, and other data collected by environmental monitoring stations and instruments located on land, water, ice, and in space.

It is available free of charge here:
http://www2.ametsoc.org/ams/index.cfm/publications/bulletin-of-the-american-meteorological-society-bams/state-of-the-climate/

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July 17, 2015 · Filed under Announcements, Interesting sites

2014/15 Summary of Resource Sharing Statistics

In July of each year, I collate and summarize the resource sharing statistics from the IAMSLIC Distributed Library project. 2014/15 represents the 13th complete year of the resource sharing program. A total of 2932 requests were submitted during 2014/15, an overall decrease of 19% from the previous year. This is the third consecutive year in which the overall volume of transactions has declined significantly, from a peak of 5310 in 2010/11. A total of 49,528 requests have been submitted via the system since its inception in 2002. Of particular note this year, 99% of all requests were for copies of papers, while only 1% (31) were requests to borrow physical items.

The resource sharing program continues to be broadly international in scope, with 68 different IAMSLIC lending libraries in 26 countries receiving borrowing requests from 96 IAMSLIC libraries in 43 countries, similar to previous years’ numbers. 25 (37%) of those 68 lending libraries are in the United States and they received 62.5% of the total requests, which is close to the historical average. Four libraries in Germany received 17.7% of the total requests, while Mexico, Canada, Australia, Brazil, India, New Zealand, Argentina, and Greece collectively received 11.5% of the borrowing requests.

The Alfred Wegener Institut in Bremerhaven (Germany) retained its status as the top lending library this year, followed by Hatfield Marine Science Center of Oregon State University (U.S.), the Pell Marine Science Library at the University of Rhode Island (U.S.), Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University (U.S.), and GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum fur Ozeanforschung Kiel (Germany).

Overall activity across the Regional Groups remains fairly balanced and the number of European libraries who are requesting and lending materials via the system has continued to increase. EURASLIC and SAIL still conduct much of their regional interlibrary loan activity via their discussion lists, so the number of transactions via the Distributed Library does not reflect the full volume of resource sharing in those regions. The Latin American region continues to make active use of the resource sharing program while contributing a substantial amount of lending in return, including an significant percentage of requests filled within the region. Borrowing activity in Africa and the Pacific region also continued at moderate levels, concentrated primarily in a small number of institutions.

The complete set of data is available on the Distributed Library website via the Resource Sharing Statistics link at http://www.iamslic.org/ill/. It includes a spreadsheet for each year that offers charts and additional analysis of lending and borrowing patterns. I encourage you to look at the 2014/15 numbers and will be glad to answer any questions you may have about the data.

Steve Watkins
California State University, Monterey Bay, Library
swatkins@csumb.edu

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July 1, 2015 · Filed under Announcements

Otto Kinne of Inter-Research died

Otte Kinne died at the age of 91 on March 3, 2015.  He was the founder and editor of Inter-Research which publishes a number of marine related journals including Marine Ecology Progress Series.  Below is a link to the open access obituary published in v.528 of MEPS.

Joe Wible, Hopkins Marine Station

http://www.int-res.com/articles/meps_oa/m528p001.pdf

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June 29, 2015 · Filed under Announcements

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