12th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International (Expanded View)

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Wednesday, 14 January 2009
8:00 AM-8:30 AM, Wednesday, Room 132A
Registration at the AMS Attendee Registration Desk
 
8:30 AM-8:45 AM, Wednesday, Room 132A
Welcome and Introductions. Anita Colby, Chair, Atmospheric Science Librarians International and University of California, Los Angeles, CA
 
8:45 AM-11:45 AM, Wednesday, Room 132A
Session 1 Information Resources and Knowledge Collaboration
8:45 AM1.1An Information Life-Preserver for Atmospheric Scientists  
Elizabeth Fish, University of Miami, Rosenstiel School Library, Miami, FL
9:15 AM1.2LibGuides Subject Pages: Not Just for Subject Research!   wrf recording
Donna E. Cromer, Centennial Science and Engineering Library University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
9:45 AMBreak  
10:00 AM1.3Collaboration in Knowledge Creation   wrf recording
Cutler Cleveland, Boston University, Boston, MA
11:15 AM1.4Thirteen Historical Websites and Counting   wrf recording
Doria B. Grimes, NOAA Central Library, Silver Spring, MD
 
11:00 AM-6:00 PM, Wednesday
Exhibits Open
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday
Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)
 
1:15 PM-2:30 PM, Wednesday, Room 132A
Panel Discussion 1 Managing Digital Materials
Panelists: Mary Molina, NCAR Library, Boulder, CO; Jinny Nathans, AMS, Boston, MA; Doria B. Grimes, NOAA Central Library, Silver Spring, MD; Michele Reilly, Arizona Memory Project, Phoenix, AZ; Maliaca Oxnam, University of Arizona – Technical Report Archive and Image Library (TRAIL), Tucson, AZ
1:15 PMPD1.1NCAR Library  
Mary Marlino, NCAR, Boulder, CO
1:25 PMPD1.2AMS  
Jinny Nathans, AMS, Boston, MA
1:35 PMPD1.3NOAA Central Library  
Doria B. Grimes, NOAA Central Library, Silver Spring, MD
1:45 PMPD1.4Arizona Memory Project  
Michele Reilly, Arizona Memory Project, Phoenix, AZ
1:55 PMPD1.5Univ. of Arizona - Technical Report Archive and Image Library  
Maliaca Oxnam, University of Arizona – Technical Report Archive and Image Library (TRAIL), Tucson, AZ
 
2:30 PM-3:00 PM, Wednesday
Break
 
3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Wednesday, Room 132A
Discussion and Questions Period for the Panel on Managing Digital Materials
 
3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Wednesday, Room 132A
Panel Discussion 2 Tech Tools and Tips
Panelists: Gloria Aversano, NOAA Miami Regional Library, Miami, FL; Anita Colby, Librarian, UCLA Science and Engineering Library, Los Angeles, CA; Linda Musser, Librarian, Penn State Univ., State College, PA
Moderator: Linda Musser, Librarian, Penn State Univ., State College, PA
3:00 PMPD2.1Penn State University  
Linda Musser, Librarian, Penn State Univ., State College, PA
3:15 PMPD2.2Miami Regional Library  
Gloria Aversano, NOAA Miami Regional Library, Miami, FL
3:30 PMPD2.3UCLA Science and Engineering Library  
Anita Colby, Librarian, UCLA Science and Engineering Library, Los Angeles, CA
3:45 PMPD2.4Google  
Gene Major, Global Change Master Directory, SSAI, Lanham, MD
 
4:00 PM-4:05 PM, Wednesday
ASLI Sessions end for the day
 
4:30 PM-4:45 PM, Wednesday, Hall 4
ASLI’s Choice Book Award presentation at ASLI booth in Exhibit Hall
 
6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Wednesday
Annual ASLI Dinner Sam’s Café (at the Arizona Center) $38 Contact Linda Musser (Lrm4@psu.edu) for reservations and details.
 
Thursday, 15 January 2009
8:15 AM-9:15 AM, Thursday, Room 132A
Session 2 State of the Library
8:15 AM2.1The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Library Microclimate: Partly Cloudy with a Chance of Sunshine   wrf recording
Gene Major, Program Manager,Library Associates, NASA/GSFC Library, Lanham, MD
8:45 AM2.2The Year in Science as a Marketing Tool for Libraries   wrf recording
Robert Tolliver, Fletcher L. Byrom Earth and Mineral Sciences Library Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
 
9:15 AM-11:45 AM, Thursday, Room 132A
Session 3 AMS Publications Program Updates
9:15 AM3.1Upcoming Trends in Scholarly and Society Publishing   wrf recording
Keith Seitter, Director, AMS, Boston, MA
9:30 AM3.2Publications Review and Update   wrf recording
Kenneth F. Heideman, AMS, Director of Publications, Boston, MA
9:45 AMDiscussion  
10:00 AMBreak  
10:15 AM3.3AMS Monographs   wrf recording
Sarah Jane Shangraw, AMS, Book and Monograph Manager, Boston, MA
10:30 AM3.4Description and Demo of BAMS Digital Edition, a new Benefit for Individual Members  
Bryan Hanssen, American Meteorological Society, BAMS Managing Editor, Boston, MA
 
11:00 AM-4:00 PM, Thursday
Exhibits Open
 
11:00 AM-11:45 AM, Thursday, Room 132A
Session 4 Proquest MGA Update
11:00 AM4.1ProQuest MGA Editorial Update  
Christopher Readinger, Editor, MGA, Bethesda, MD; and G. Sawchuck
11:30 AM4.2ProQuest MGA Publishing Update   wrf recording
Gerry Sawchuck, Publisher, Natural Sciences, ProQuest, Bethesda, MD
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday
Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)
 
1:00 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday, Room 132A
Session 5 Vendor and Publisher Updates
1:00 PM5.1Wiley-Blackwell  
Alexa Dugan, Wiley Interscience, Manchester, United Kingdom
1:30 PM5.2Springer  
Robert Doe, Geosciences, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2:00 PM5.3Cambridge University Press  
Matt Lloyd, Senior Commissioning Editor for Earth and Space Science, Cambridge, United Kingdom
2:30 PM5.4American Geophysical Union   wrf recording
Karine Blaufuss, Marketing and Membership, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC
 
3:00 PM-3:15 PM, Thursday
Break
 
3:15 PM-4:00 PM, Thursday
ASLI Business Meeting—All conference attendees are encouraged to participate
 
4:00 PM-4:05 PM, Thursday, Room 132A
Session ASLI Sessions end for the day
 
4:30 PM-5:30 PM, Thursday, Room 132A
Session ASLI Executive Board meeting
 
Friday, 16 January 2009
8:30 AM-4:30 PM, Friday
ASLI Field Trip. Friday is devoted to a field trip to Taliesin West (Frank Lloyd Wright Architectural Library), the brand new Dial Center for Innovation Library and Salt River Project Library. Reservations are required. Please e-mail gilibrary@gi.alaska.edu. Cost is $45 (lunch not included). Bus departs from the Convention Center at 8:30 sharp and will return by 4:30.
 

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