Guide to Marine Organisms of Texas
… and areas of the Gulf of Mexico. TAMUG faculty have put together a photo ID guide at: http://txmarspecies.tamug.edu/
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Archive for Announcements
Retirement of Avano
IAMSLIC,
For several years we have been fortunate to have IFREMER hosting our official OAI Harvester, Avano (http://www.ifremer.fr/avano/), for Aquatic Commons and other marine and ocean sciences resources.  Usage has dropped to a very low level.  I’m sure there will be a few who will miss this resource (and please contact me directly if this is the case) but I believe we all understand their decision to close a service with declining usage and limited staff available for support.
I cannot take credit for the following statement as it comes from Stephanie Haas’ and is a perfect description of the thanks we owe Fred and IFREMER. “Your foresight in developing Avano was extraordinary and occurred at the exact time when IAMSLIC was identifying the structural components that were needed to successfully serve the marine and aquatic science research communities. I think all of us recognize the contribution Avano made as one of the first successful harvesters. At that time, I don’t think anyone could have imagined the far reaching impact of Google on the whole universe of research endeavors. ”
Regards,
Joan Parker
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IAMSLIC Task Force on the IODE initiative is set up
I am pleased to inform you that the Task Force on the IODE initiative for establishment of a joint IAMSLIC-IODE Group of Experts on Marine Information Management (IAMSLIC/IODE GE-MIM) has been set up. The group will discuss the IODE proposal and work on the recommendations to the Executive Board.
 The members of the group are:  Suzie Davies, Maria A. Ginori, Maria Kalentsits, Chris Nelson, Edna Nyika, Pauline Simpson, Brian Voss, Jennifer Walton.
Once again, my sincere thanks to all the volunteers who are willing to give their time and energy to assist the Executive Board with this important issue.
Best regards,
Maria Kalentsits, IAMSLIC President 2012-2013
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Library 2.012 Starts Tomorrow – Worldwide and Free, 150 Sessions + 11 Keynotes
This free virtual conference may be of interest to many IAMSLIC members:
Library 2.012, the “Future of Libraries” conference, starts tomorrow, Wednesday, October 3rd, at 6:30 am US-Pacific Daylight Time and continues for 40 straight hours. The conference is free to attend, and is held virtually in Blackboard Collaborate. We have 150 presentation sessions and 11 keynote addresses from all over the world this year, and subject strands include physical and virtual learning spaces, evolving professional roles in today’s world, organizing and creating information, changing delivery methods, user-centered access, and mobile and geo-social information environments.
The schedule for the conference can be seen in your own time zone–allowing you to easily and quickly find and attend sessions that interest you. You can connect and converse with the presenters and other attendees in the 15,000-member Library 2.0 network. Recordings will be made of all sessions, will also be free, and will be posted on the conference site.
Special thanks to the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at San José State University (http://slisweb.sjsu.edu), the founding conference sponsor; to Follett Software Company and Blackboard Collaborate; and to our 31 partner organizations and our 70 international advisors.
We hope you will join us!
Steve
Steve Hargadon
Co-Chair, Library 2.012
[posted by Steve Watkins, who is co-presenting on Wednesday 03 October at 11:00 Pacific Daylight Time]
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IAMSLIC membership fees
Dear colleagues,
It is about 10 years now since IAMSLIC membership rates were raised last time. Last week, the IAMSLIC Executive Board has reviewed and approved a proposal by the Membership Committee to raise the annual membership fee from $20 to $25 for members from low and middle income countries, students, and retired members, and from $50 to $65 for members from high-income countires; but maintain the current rate for the 3-year renewals as an incentive.
New membership rates are the following:
Members from high-income countries: 1 year – $65; 2 years – $130; 3 years – $150
Members from low and middle income countries: 1 year – $25; 2 years – $50; 3 years – $60
Students: 1 year – $25; 2 years – $50; 3 years – $60
Retired members:Â 1 year – $25; 2 years – $50; 3 years – $60
If you are not a member or your membership has expired, we encourage you to join or renew.
 Best regards,
Maria Kalentsits
IAMSLIC President 2012-2013
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NOMINATION OF AFRIAMSLIC CHAIRPERSON AND SECRETARY
To all Members of Africa Regional Group of IAMSLIC.
Last year during 37th IAMSLIC Conference and 5th AFRIAMSLIC conference it was agreed that we hold elections during the ODINAFRICA workshop, where at least 25 members of the group will be arround. The information was communicated to all members in November 2011 via our mailing list. Now the ODIN MIM are meeting in Nairobi and we are holding a back to back meeting with AFRIAMSLIC. Kindly send in your nominations for people you would like to be chairpeson or secretary to the group. Elections will be held on Friday noon East Africa Time.
Please feel  free to send in your comments.
Submitted by
Edna A. Nyika
Outgoing Chairperson
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Call for voluneers to join a Task Force on the IODE initiative for establishement of a joint IAMSLIC-IODE Group of Experts on Marine Information Management (IAMSLIC/IODE GE-MIM)
 Dear colleagues,Â
At the First IAMSLIC Business Meeting in Anchorage Mr. Peter Pissierssens, Head of the IOC Project Office for IODE, and Ms. Linda Pikula, Chair of the GE-MIM, presented a proposal for the establishment of a joint IAMSLIC-IODE Group of Experts on Marine Information Management (IAMSLIC/IODE GE-MIM). As stated in the proposal, through the establishment of the group the following mutual benefits can be achieved:
 -         IAMSLIC will have access to high-level policy makers at the national level to communicate needs and priorities of marine librarians;
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â IAMSLIC will be able to connect with IODE national coordinators for marine information management who are currently not IAMSLIC members;
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â IODE will have direct access to a global marine librarian community;
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â IAMSLIC and IODE will have a joint mechanism to develop and implement global marine information management services and products;
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â IAMSLIC will be able to raise its international profile through the participation of IOC and its IODE in international events.
 The full text of the proposal can be found in the Section for the Committee on IOC-IAMSLIC MoU on the IAMSLIC website: http://www.iamslic.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/proposal-joint-iamslic-iode-gemim.pdf .
 The proposal was briefly discussed at the Second Business Meeting and a decision was made to appoint a task force to further discuss this initiative and come out with recommendations for the Executive Board. We are now looking for volunteers from all regional groups who would like to be a part of the task force group and is prepared to actively contribute to the discussion. Please let me know by Friday, September 21st, if you are interested to join the group.
 Thank you and best regards,
 Maria Kalentsits
IAMSLIC President
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IAMSLIC IODE Training Survey Reopened!
Dear IAMSLIC Members – All of you-not just conference attendees!
Please take some time to take the Training Survey – we would like to know your needs, opinions and of course if you would like to volunteer to instruct , we would like that information as well!
As you know, an agreement was signed between IOC/IODE and IAMSLIC to promote cooperations between the two organizations. IODE has been successfully running a training programme for many years and has involved some really eminent librarians and information specialists as lecturers….ILMS creators, ASFA people etc. At a time when the need for and role of librarians is put into question, we need to make sure that our professional community has the best possible and most up to date know-how. Additionally, we should demonstrate that we have much to offer, not only in terms of information management as we know and love it, but also as perhaps data managers, embedded librarians and ? In cooperation with IODE and other partners, we can provide training for these emerging roles in our community.
I am pleased to report also that, IODE would sponsor training, not only to developing countries, but would set aside some funding for participants from developed countries (perhaps limited to IAMSLIC members).
In order to identify the necessary training topics IAMSLIC and IODE posted an online survey in July. Unfortunately (probably due to Summer holidays) we did not receive many responses. This training can be an important benefit to you and the IAMSLIC community. Please take some time – less that 10 minutes- to answer this survey- so that IAMSLIC and IODE can jointly work out a training program for 2012-2014 – that will benefit all of us.
The survey can be found at:Â https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/iamslic_iode2012
We will leave the survey open through September 15th.
The results will be openly posted.
(please note that this survey will not expose an individual’s answers)
Thank you!   Linda Pikula
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IAMSLIC Conference: early bird registration deadline is fast approaching
Dear colleagues,
Please join us for the 38th IAMSLIC Conference and the 24th CYAMUS Meeting, August 24-30, 2012.
“Exploring New Frontiers in Aquatic Sciences Information Managementâ€
Do not miss the early bird deadline – Tuesday, July 31, 2012, after this date the rate will be higher.
For registration:Â Â http://www.iamslic.org/conf2012/registration/
For program information (including abstracts for papers, panels and posters which we have added to the website a few days ago): http://www.iamslic.org/conf2012/program/
For lodging information, please visit: http://www.iamslic.org/conf2012/lodging/ Please note: Deadline for hotel booking at conference rates is July 23, 2012.
A list of registered participants will soon be available online.
We are looking forward to seeing many of you at the conference,
Warm regards,
Maria Kalentsits
Conference Convener / Chair of the Conference Committee
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Wellcome Trust getting serious about open access
I am not sure if you have to be a “Nature” subscriber to view the news blog entry below. The gist of it is, the Wellcome Trust is putting some teeth into its requirement that articles published based on research it funds must be open access within 6 months of publication. If not, they will withhold their grant money. This will apply to articles published from 1 October 2009 onward.
Joe Wible
Hopkins Marine Station
http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/06/wellcome-trust-hardens-open-access-stance.html#wpn-more-20541
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