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Subject: IAMSLIC/IODE Training Needs Survey

 

Dear Colleague,

We kindly invite you to fill in the IMASLIC/IODE training needs survey  available at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YLPNF8W  until 31 July 2012.

This survey is organized jointly by IAMSLIC and IODE. All information will be used to develop training programs for IAMSLIC and IODE to be offered at times and places to be determined by the results of this survey. 

All interested IAMSLIC members and colleagues are encouraged to respond to this survey to assess the training needs, topics, instructors, and locations of this training amongst other questions. Your feedback is very important to us. It would be especially interesting to see your individual suggestions in the boxes provided for this information.

If you think you would like to help instruct one of these courses, please provide your name and contact information.

The IAMSLIC and IODE IODE Secretariats thank you in advance for taking the time to complete this survey. This survey should take no longer than 15 minutes of your time. The survey will be open until 31 July 2012.

If you have any questions, please contact Claudia Delgado (claudia.delgado@iode.org) or Linda Pikula (linda.pikula@noaa.gov).

 Thank you for your participation!

 Maria Kalentsits

IAMSLIC President-Elect

 

 

 

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July 3, 2012 · Filed under Announcements

10th Anniversary Resource Sharing Summary

In July of each year, I collate and summarize the resource sharing statistics from the IAMSLIC Distributed Library project. 2011/12 is a milestone, as it represents the tenth complete year of the resource sharing program. A total of 5215 requests were submitted during 2011/12, the second highest volume of activity recorded to date. A total of 38,701 requests have been submitted via the system since its inception in 2002.

The resource sharing program continues to be broadly international in scope, with 74 different IAMSLIC lending libraries in 25 countries receiving borrowing requests from 124 IAMSLIC libraries in 45 countries, similar to previous year’s numbers. 33 (44.6%) of those 74 lending libraries are in the United States and they received 64.1% of the total requests.  Libraries in Germany,  Mexico, Australia, Canada, Brazil, Bermuda and India collectively received 30.3% of the borrowing requests.

The Hatfield Marine Science Center of Oregon State University (U.S.) regained its status as the top lending library this year, followed by the Alfred Wegener Institut in Bremerhaven (Germany), Hopkins Marine Station (U.S.), the University of Hawaii (U.S.) , and the Pell Marine Science Library at the University of Rhode Island (U.S.) .

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. A growing number of EURASLIC libraries are active users of the system, both lenders and borrowers. EURASLIC still conducts much of its regional interlibrary loan activity via its discussion list, so the number of transactions via the Distributed Library does not reflect the full volume of resource sharing in the region. The volume of activity has increased significantly  in AFRIAMSLIC, both lending and borrowing, and remains moderate in the Pacific region.

The complete set of data is available on the Distributed Library website via the Resource Sharing Statistics link at http://library.csumb.edu/iamslic/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 2011/12 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 2, 2012 · Filed under Announcements

New URL for “Ciencias Marinas” e-journal

I received the following email from the editor of Ciencias Marinas alerting its users of a change in the journal’s URL.

Joe Wible

Hopkins Marine Station

 

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Dear readers and valued customers,

Our current web address will soon no longer be available.

Instead, Ciencias Marinas is changing its web domain to:

http://rcmarinas.ens.uabc.mx
and
www.cienciasmarinas.com.mx

We will announce the publication of our June 2012 issue in a few days, and
look forward to your valuable contributions.

Yours sincerely

Walter Daesslé
Editor-in-Chief
Ciencias Marinas
International journal of marine sciences
Ciencias Marinas
http://www.cienciasmarinas.com

 

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June 5, 2012 · Filed under Announcements

Disturbing news on Canadian Fisheries/Oceans libraries

I was curious about the recent news of federal library closures in Canada and did some Googling last week to see if anything had been reported about the Department of Fisheries and Oceans libraries in particular, many of which are run by IAMSLIC members. I was shocked to run across these news releases, among many others:

CBC News story: CBC News Posted: May 18, 2012 1:03 PM AT
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is planning to close two of its five regional offices, seven of its 11 libraries and some Coast Guard stations.
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The library at the St. Andrews Biological Station will close and library services will be consolidated on the west coast, in Halifax and in Ottawa.
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CBC News Posted: May 22, 2012 2:46 PM ET
Conservative MPs argue DFO cuts won’t hurt research – About 16 scientists and librarians at the St. Andrews Biological Station received layoff notices last week
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Concerned about these stories, I inquired of our IAMSLIC colleagues at DFO libraries and this is what they were able to tell me:

Here is the information as we have been told. Thanks for asking, Steve, et al.

DFO is planning on closing libraries.
Libraries that will remain will be 2 primary libraries:

Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney BC – Vancouver Island, BC
Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

There will be 2 other libraries for Coast Guard:

Ottawa, Ontario – Coast Guard Technical Library (1 staff)
Sydney, Nova Scotia – Coast Guard College Library

–Steve Watkins

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May 29, 2012 · Filed under Announcements

News: New journal on librarianship

Inaugural Issue of Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly
Communication Released!

The inaugural issue of the Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly
Communication (JLSC) is now available (http://jlsc-pub.org/jlsc/),
featuring open access, peer-reviewed research, about library-led
scholarly communication initiatives, online publishing and digital
projects. Journal content is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution license. The journal is a not-for-profit endeavor,
published by Pacific University Library. In support of open and
equitable opportunities for authors, JLSC does not charge article
submission or publication fees.

“Because libraries are actively working to shape the scholarly
communication sphere, there was a need for this important work to be
specifically represented in the literature. JLSC meets this need by
providing a dedicated ‘home’ for librarians to share their ideas about
institutional and digital repositories, open education initiatives,
library e-publishing services, authors’ rights advocacy efforts, data
curation and other emerging issues,” says editor Marisa Ramirez (Cal
Poly, San Luis Obispo).

JLSC is open to experimental formats and innovative alternatives to
the traditional publishing system.

“We welcome original research and practitioner experience papers, as
well as submissions in alternative formats, like audio, video, code,
datasets and other formats. To the extent possible, we also hope to
use JLSC as a testbed to reflect emerging approaches in this field,
such as new forms of peer review and alternative metrics for measuring
impact” says Isaac Gilman (Pacific University), editor. “As the roles
of libraries and librarians continue to evolve, JLSC will be the place
to learn about developments in scholarly communication,” adds Gilman.

Marisa Ramirez (Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo) and Isaac Gilman (Pacific
University) co-edit the journal in collaboration with an editorial
board comprised of experienced and respected library practitioners.

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May 18, 2012 · Filed under Announcements

Update on Canadian Federal Library Closures

The email Joe posted on Canadian Federal Library Closures contains misinformation. Environment Canada IS NOT closing any libraries. The Canadian Library Association has revised its press release (http://www.cla.ca/AM/TemplateRedirect.cfm?template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=12920) and apologized to the Head Librarian of EC.

-Janet Webster

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May 4, 2012 · Filed under Announcements

New IAMSLIC Members

Please welcome the following new IAMSLIC members :

Williamson, Kelsey(SAIL)

Library: Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC), Division Newport, Newport, USA

Peckover, Rachel (SAIL)

Library: American Society for Microbiology, Washington, USA

Otero , Alessandra

Library: Sea Grant Program, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico

Kovatcheva, Pavlinka (AFRIAMSLIC)

Library: University of Johannesburg, Kingsway Campus, Auckland Park, South Africa

Yusta, Sara (Latin America)

Library: Universidad Catolica de Temuco, Temuco, Chili

Posted by : Marie Pascale Baligand on behalf of the Membership Committee

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May 3, 2012 · Filed under Announcements

Major Periodical Subscriptions Cannot Be Sustained at Harvard

The problem of journal prices is an old one, but it was interesting to read that even Harvard is finding the current situation untenable.  Check out this Faculty Advisory Council Memorandum on Journal Pricing.

http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k77982&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup143448

Joe Wible

Hopkins Marine Station

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April 24, 2012 · Filed under Announcements

IODE OTA Training Course: Grant writing (for digitization projects)

Dear colleagues,

Below is the IODE OceanTeacher Academy Training Course announcement. Please note that the deadline for submitting applications is extended until April 20th 2012.

Best regards,
Maria Kalentsits

 

Dear colleague,

 We are pleased to inform you that the period for applications for the following Training Course is open between 5 March and 20 April 2012:

 • Grant writing (for digitisation projects), which will be held in Ostend, Belgium, between 17-21 September 2012.

We therefore invite you to share this information amongst potential interested candidates in your country.

The courses’ description, topics covered, learning outcomes and prerequisites are available at www.oceanteacher.org and www.iode.org.

 Interested candidates can register for the course by following the instructions described at OceanTeacher Academy website, under Registration.

 Registration implies the submission of the following documents:
– Application form
– CV
– Endorsement letter (in case of asking for sponsorship)

Both full- and co-sponsoring are available for a limited number of participants. Sponsored participants will receive one or a combination of the following cost items: 1) air ticket, 2) living and accommodation support, 3) tuition fee and 4) medical insurance.

 The selection of participants who will be sponsored will take into consideration:
– Applicant country’s development status (preference will be given to LIFDCs)
– Endorsement of the candidate’s application by his/her employer and any co-sponsoring
– Expected impact of the training for the applicants’ institution
– Possibility of any co-sponsorship

 Co-sponsorship is an asset for selection.

Complete applications should be sent by e-mail directly to the OceanTeacher Academy Training Coordinator within the deadline. We underline that the deadline for registration for the aforementioned course is 13 April, 2012.

Kind regards,

Claudia Delgado
Ocean Teacher Coordinator, IOC Project Office for IODE
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC)
Wandelaarkaai 7/61
8400 Oostende
BELGIUM
Tel: +32 59 34 01 58
Fax: +32 59 79 52 20 or Fax: +32 59 34 01 52
E-mail: claudia.delgado@iode.org

 
 

 

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April 12, 2012 · Filed under Announcements

Job Posting – Metadata Analyst, Stanford University Libraries

Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources (SULAIR) is looking for a Metadata Analyst to help curate datasets from selected domains, with a primary focus on describing these information resources to enable management, preservation, discovery and re-use. The goal of this hands-on position is to advance SULAIR’s capacity and the Stanford response to the NSF Data Management Plan mandate by developing strategies through practice to curate data efficiently and effectively. The candidate will, over the course of a 2-year term project, work across the Digital Library Systems and Services group, other staff in the Metadata Unit, and user-facing library personnel to create and sustain a general workflow for submission of science and engineering data into the Stanford Digital Repository. Working with pilot data sets and use cases from GIS and other domains, the selected candidate will help produce and enter the metadata necessary to populate the repository and access systems. In doing so, s/he will also produce a landscape view of the metadata needs, roles, tools, standards and processes necessary to provide and scale data services throughout the Stanford University Libraries. Standard operating procedures and best practices for dealing with non-MARC metadata in the context of scientific data are ideal outcomes. The position will be supervised by the Science Data Librarian.

Throughout the life of the project there will be opportunity for interesting sub-projects that will include: creating, remediating and working on ingest models for the Stanford Geoportal, an online search engine for geospatial data, and its supporting Spatial Data Infrastructure; working with Stanford faculty and researchers to acquire, transform and ingest the metadata for their data into the Stanford Digital Repository; working with other metadata experts on in-depth examination of data-set- and domain-specific schema, mappings and crosswalking amongst standards; and data transformations across library systems. For each of these, the Metadata Analyst will apply expertise, methods and tools to digital materials deposited by Stanford researchers into the Stanford Digital Repository. S/he will also help identify requirements and specifications for, and validate development of, a next generation metadata toolkit for the description of data sets and geospatial resources. S/he will also assist in specifying the fields and attributes for domain-specific forms for the deposit of digital resources into a Hydra-based Stanford Digital Repository user interface. Projects will be decided based on faculty interest, subject specialist availability, the interests and skill set of the applicant, and needs as they emerge.

To apply for the position, please go to jobs.stanford.edu and search for Job ID 46849.

Joe Wible
Hopkins Marine Station

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March 22, 2012 · Filed under Announcements

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