Archive for December, 2011

Happy Holiday

With the arrival of the winter holiday season and the new year about to begin, I would like to extend my best wishes and thanks to each and every one of you for your hard work, perseverance, and friendship. 

I am proud of what we have accomplished this year in IAMSLIC and I am confident that we are well positioned, whatever challenges and change 2012 may bring, to continue this success.

Merry Christmas! Happy holidays, and my best wishes for a Happy New Year!

Marcia
IAMSLIC Past President 2011-2012

 

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IAMSLIC 38th Annual Conference, 26-30 August 2012 and Cyamus 24th Annual Meeting, 24-25 August 2012 “Exploring New Frontiers in Aquatic Sciences Information Management”

Dear Colleagues,

The planning for the 38th IAMSLIC Conference is proceeding well. I am glad to invite you to take a look at the conference website. This is going to be a wonderful event and we hope many of you will be able to participate.

The Call for Paper Proposals is now open and the proposal deadline is Friday, March 30th, 2012. We invite submissions of proposals for papers, posters, workshops, and panel session.

Some potential topics:

  • Patron-driven acquisitions
  • Electronic books
  • Mobile devices and social networking
  • Digitization projects & copyright
  • Beyond the institutional repository – innovative uses or creation of tools. What comes next?
  • Citation management tools
  • Cited searching (the new Google Scholar Citations tool)
  • Data services/Data librarianship
  • Discovery Services
  • Research commons
  • Collaborative projects with scientists – either using librarian skills in scientific research (this might include data management) or creating science from library materials
  • Proving the value of the Library or changing the role of the Library to stay viable

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

Please email conference proposals to maria.kalentsits@fao.org by March 30, 2012.

We look forward to receiving your proposal and hope you will be able to join us in Alaska in August 2012.

 May I use this opportunity to wish you a wonderful Holiday Season and a New Year of peace and happiness!

Maria Kalentsits

IAMSLIC Vice-President/Convenor IAMSLIC 2012

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Pacific Ocean Library

The Center for Ocean Solutions (COS) Pacific Ocean Library is a unique resource housing scientific articles, reports, government publications and gray literature on the Pacific Ocean’s greatest threats, environmental and socioeconomic impacts, and potential solutions for the region. Designed for managers and researchers worldwide, regardless of affiliation, the library provides timely research and foundational readings on the Pacific.

http://www.centerforoceansolutions.org/research-libraries/pacific-ocean-library

Joe Wible
Hopkins Marine Station

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