2002- Scientists and Librarians: Hunters, Gatherers, Communicators

Date: May 14-17, 2002
Location: Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Glouster Point, VA
Hosts: Diane Walker, Marilyn Lewis & Chuck McFadden

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Front Row L to R: Diane Walker, Susan Stover, Marilyn Lewis

Back Row L to R: Liz DeHart, Stephanie Haas, Chuck McFadden, Janine Devereaux, Patti Marraro, Helen Ivy, Linda Pikula, Susan Barrick, Evelyn Pool-Kover, C. Lee Regan

Not Pictured: Dottie Anderson, Janice Beattie, Jan Boyett, Elizabeth Cooksey, Bryna Coonin, Mary Lou Cumberpatch, Stanley Elswick, LaGena Fantroy, Anna Fiolek, Doria Grimes, Jeri Pharis, Steve Quillen, Donald Stover, David Talbert

Tuesday, May 14
8:00-4:30 PM NOAA Librarians Meeting
5:00-7:00 PM Reception and Registration, beginning of SAIL Conference. Watermen’s Museum Pavilion in Yorktown near the Duke of York Motel.
Wednesday, May 15
8:15–8:50 AM Registration, coffee and pastries.
8:50-9:00 AM Announcements.
9:00-10:00 AM Welcome: Dr. L. Donelson Wright, Director of VIMS. Don will also speak on “Observing and Predicting Coastal Processes and Hazards.”
10:00-10:30 AM Kirk Havens, Asst. Director, Center for Coastal Resource Management, VIMS, “Geographic Information Systems: Onions of Information!”
11:00-11:30 AM Bryna Coonin, “Enabling Scientists: Serving Sci-Tech Library Users with Disabilities.”
11:30-12:15 AM Bryna Coonin, “Enabling Scientists: Serving Sci-Tech Library Users with Disabilities.”
11:30-12:15 AM Liz DeHart and David Talbert, “Duplicate Serials Cancellations: Electronic vs. Print.”
12:15-1:30 PM Box Lunch at picnic area.
1:30-3:30 PM Field Trip: Real-Time 3-Dimensional Sea Floor Imaging, by Jesse McNinch of VIMS.
Thursday, May 16
8:15-8:50 AM Coffee and pastries.
8:50-9:00 AM Announcements.
9:00-9:45 AM Charles McFadden, Library Director, VIMS, “Mounting Exhibits in Small Libraries.” Marilyn Lewis, Bibliographic Services Librarian, VIMS, “Using Volunteers to do Brief Cataloging Records.” Diane Walker, Public Services Librarian, VIMS, “Web Resources at VIMS”.
9:45-10:30 AM Dennis Blanton, Director, Center for Archaeological Research, College of William & Mary, “Appreciation of the Obscure: Mining Libraries and Archives for Historical Climate Data”.
10:30-10:45 AM Break
10:45-11:15 AM Dottie Anderson, NOAA Librarian, “Coral Reef, Ocean Exploration, MPAs (Marine Protected Areas): Virtual Library in NOAA.”
11:15-11:45 AM Janine Devereaux, “NOAA Librarian: NOAA Coastal Services Center: Linking People, Information, and Technology”.
12:00-1:15 PM Catered lunch.
1:15-2:00 Kathy Perry, Director of VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia, the consortium of Virginia’s non-profit academic libraries, “The History and Development of VIVA and Some of the Challenges Currently Facing Us.”
2:00-2:30 PM Pat Hausman, College of William and Mary Science Librarian: “Science Journal Cancellations in the Electronic Age: a Case Study Involving William & Mary and Several Electronic Full-Text Providers, Including Elsevier’s Science Direct”.
2:30-2:45 PM Break.
2:45-3:30 PM Larry Chowning, historian of Chesapeake Bay fisheries and author of Soldiers at the Doorstep: Civil War Lore. “Tidewater Virginia Heritage – a blend of English, African and American culture. Have changes in social thinking and the so-called politically correct attitudes of today made this heritage and culture something to be ashamed of?”
3:30-4:45 PM Business meeting, selection of Round Table topics.
5:15 PM Dinner at Rivers Inn, each pays.
Friday, May 17
8:15-8:50 AM Coffee and pastries.
8:50-9:00 AM Announcements.
9:00-9:30 AM Stephanie Haas, “MARCing the Spot: Bibliographic Records in a Geospatial World.”
9:30-10:45 AM Jo Gascoigne, Dan Doolittle, Art Trembanis, “Students as Scientists.”
10:45-11:00 AM Break.
11:00-12:15 PM Round Table discussions on selected topics.
12:15-1:45 PM Lunch
1:45-4:45 PM Excursions: A Guided Tour to the Spectacular Fossil Cliffs at Carter’s Grove, by Rowan Lockwood of William & Mary. or Inexpensive but Effective Exhibit Techniques, by Rick Hadley, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, at the DeWitt Wallace Gallery.
4:45 PM End of Conference