87th AMS Annual Meeting

: The Tenth Annual Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) Conference

The Tenth Annual Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) Conference

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Wednesday, 17 January 2007

8:30 AM-8:50 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


Registration and Coffee
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

8:50 AM-9:00 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


Welcome Address. Susan Tarbell, Chair, Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI)
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: The Tenth Annual Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) Conference

9:00 AM-9:15 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


ASLI Introductions
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

9:25 AM-9:45 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


1
ASLI History
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: The Tenth Annual Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) Conference
Moderator: Susan Tarbell, Librarian, Air Force Weather Technical Library

Papers:
  9:25 AM
1.1
Celebrating Ten Years of Learning and Networking - The Atmospheric Science Librarians International
Madeleine Needles, Librarian, MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA; and J. Triplehorn, M. Latyszewskyj, and E. Poole-Kober

9:45 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


2
Key Note Speakers
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: The Tenth Annual Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) Conference
Chair: Jean Phillips, Librarian, Univ. of Wisconsin

Papers:
  9:45 AM
2.1
Observations from the "Bridge to Knowledge" by The Weather Guys
Steven Ackerman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. E. Martin

10:30 AM-10:45 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


Coffee Break
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

10:45 AM-11:15 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


3
The Language of Atmospheric Science
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: The Tenth Annual Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) Conference
Chair: Madeleine Needles, Librarian, MIT Haystack Observatory

Papers:
  10:45 AM
A Climate Lexicon
Alan E. Stewart, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA

11:15 AM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


4
The History of Atmospheric Science
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: The Tenth Annual Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) Conference
Cochairs: Jean Phillips, Librarian, Univ. of Wisconsin; Jinny Nathans, AMS

Papers:
  11:15 AM
4.1
40 Years of Observations from Geostationary Orbit
W. Paul Menzel, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

  11:45 AM
Lunch Break

  1:00 PM
4.2
George Washington Carver as a Volunteer Weather Observer
Doria B. Grimes, NOAA Central Library (Retired), Silver Spring, MD

  1:30 PM
4.3
  2:00 PM
4.4
Data from the other side of the world, but...what shall we do with the paper?
Christine Sherratt, Lindgren Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

  2:30 PM
4.5
Break -- Join Susan Tarbell, ASLI Chair; Keith Seitter, AMS Executive Director and ASLI members at the ASLI Booth during the break for a special cake-cutting ceremony in celebration of ASLI’s 10th Anniversary.

3:00 PM-4:30 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


5
Electronic Access to Atmospheric Science Information
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: The Tenth Annual Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) Conference
Chair: Gene Major, Global Change Master Directory, SSAI

Papers:
  3:00 PM
5.1
The New Model for Library Services at the Environmental Protection Agency
Evelyn Poole-Kober, ASMD Library, USEPA, Research Triangle Park, NC

  3:30 PM
5.2
  4:00 PM
5.3
Update on Digitization of Air Force Documents: A New Portal
Susan Tarbell, Librarian, Air Force Weather Technical Library, Asheville, NC

4:30 PM-5:00 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


ASLI’s Choice Award and Exhibit Hall open until 6:30 p.m
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

5:00 PM-5:05 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


Sessions end for the day
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

6:00 PM-8:00 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


Annual ASLI Dinner, sponsored by Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Thursday, 18 January 2007

8:30 AM-8:45 AM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


Coffee
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

8:45 AM-9:30 AM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


6
Information Retrieval in the Atmospheric Sciences
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: The Tenth Annual Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) Conference
Chair: Brian Voss, Librarian, NOAA Seattle Regional Library

Papers:
  8:45 AM
6.1
MGA Advanced Searching Techniques Works
Vicki Soto, Aquatic and Meteorological Sciences, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA), Bethesda, MD

9:30 AM-10:00 AM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


7
Forensic Aspects of Meteorology
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: The Tenth Annual Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) Conference
Chair: Maria Latyszewskyj, Librarian, Environment Canada

Papers:
  9:30 AM
7.1
CSI Downsview: Creative Scene Investigation
Philip Chadwick, Environment Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada

  10:00 AM
Break

10:15 AM-11:45 AM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


8
Publishing and Product Updates, Part 1
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: The Tenth Annual Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) Conference
Chair: Jinny Nathans, AMS

Papers:
  10:15 AM
8.1
Welcome Address (Including AMS Preprint Discussion)
Keith Seitter, AMS Executive Director, Boston, MA

  10:45 AM
8.2
AMS Publishing Update
Kenneth F. Heideman, AMS, Director of Publications, Boston, MA

  11:00 AM
8.3
AMS Book Publishing Update
Sarah Jane Shangraw, AMS, Book and Monograph Manager, Boston, MA

  11:15 AM
8.4
BAMS Update
Jeff Rosenfeld, Editor, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA

  11:30 AM
Questions and discussion from the floor

1:00 PM-5:05 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


9
Publishing and Product Updates, Part 2
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: The Tenth Annual Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) Conference
Chair: Evelyn Poole-Kober, ASMD Library, USEPA

Papers:
  1:00 PM
9.1
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (MGA)
Vicki Soto, Aquatic and Meteorological Sciences, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA), Bethesda, MD; and C. Emerson

  1:30 PM
9.2
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Nina Tristani, Marketing and Membership, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC

  2:00 PM
9.3
Web of Science, Thomson Scientific
Paul Torpey, Global Sales Support Manager, Thomson Scientific, Philadelphia, PA

  2:30 PM
9.4
Vendor TBD

  3:00 PM
Break

  3:15 PM
ASLI Business Meeting

  5:00 PM
Sessions end for the day

5:05 PM-5:10 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


Annual ASLI Field Trip will be on Friday, 19 January -- Southwest Research Institute, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, Daughters of the Republic of Texas at the Alamo. Lunch wil follow at a historic hotel
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)