18th Annual Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI)

Program Chair: Christine Sherratt , MIT Libraries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Wednesday, 7 January 2015

8:30 AM-9:00 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Session 1
Welcome and Introductions
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Annual Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI)
Chair: Matthew D. Ramey, UCAR
  8:30 AM
Welcome and Introductions - Matt Ramey

9:00 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015

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Session 2
Professional Organizations: Bringing Us Forward (Keynote)
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Annual Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI)
Speakers: Bryan Heidorn, University of Arizona; Ruth Kneale, Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope

ASLI is pleased to bring Dr Heidorn and Ruth Kneale to present on the topic of librarian competencies and the roles our professional organizations play in our development. With challenging budgets, job redefinition, and the need for ongoing skill and knowledge creation, how do these groups support us? How might they evolve to further meet our educational needs? We will explore these questions, aware of our relationships to some scientific societies.
  9:00 AM
Professional Organizations: Bringing Us Forward (Keynote) - Bryan Heidorn

  9:15 AM
Professional Organizations: Bringing Us Forward (Keynote) - Ruth Kneale

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Coffee Break
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

10:30 AM-11:45 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015

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Session 3
Growing ASLI to Deliver the Vision
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Annual Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI)
Chair: Christine Sherratt, MIT Libraries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  10:30 AM
3.1
ASLI: An Information Society for Atmospheric Sciences
Doria B. Grimes, NOAA Central Library (Retired), Silver Spring, MD; and J. Triplehorn
  10:45 AM
3.2
ASLI at 18: Coming of Age
Jan Thomas, NOAA, College Park, MD
  11:15 AM
3.4
  11:30 AM
3.5
Thinking Together about our Future
Bryan Heidorn, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and R. Kneale, C. Sherratt, and J. Harbster

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Lunch Break

1:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


ASLI Choice Book Awards
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

This year the awards for the best books published in 2014 will be presented in the ASLI Conference Room. Please join us to honor the authors and publishers!

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015

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Panel Discussion 1
Presentations and Panel Discussion: Altmetrics
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Annual Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI)
Moderator: Matthew D. Ramey, UCAR
Panelists: Jinny Nathans, American Meteorological Society; Jason Dewland, University of Arizona Libraries; Fiona Murphy, Wiley; Matthew S. Mayernik, NCAR

This panel will engage the ASLI community in a discussion of alternative metrics (Altmetrics): what they measure, what librarians need to know, and how they are being used.
  1:30 PM
Altmetrics - Jinny Nathans
  1:45 PM
Altmetrics - Matthew Ramey
  2:00 PM
Altmetrics - Matthew Mayernik
  2:15 PM
Altmetrics - Jason Dewland

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


ASLI Business Meeting
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

7:00 PM-8:30 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Annual ASLI Dinner

Thursday, 8 January 2015

8:30 AM-9:30 AM: Thursday, 8 January 2015

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Session 4
Vendor Updates
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Annual Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI)
  8:30 AM
AMS Books Update - Sarah Jane Shangraw
  8:45 AM
Springer Update - Ron Doering

  9:00 AM
4.1
Collections Question Roundup

  9:15 AM
4.2
Wiley
Fiona Murphy, Wiley, Chichester, n/a, United Kingdom

  9:30 AM
4.3
ProQuest Atmospheric Science Collection
Rich Hummel, Sr. Project Manager, SciTech, Ann Arbor, MI
  9:45 AM
4.4
AMS Publications: Year in Review and 2015 Update
Kenneth F. Heideman, AMS, Director of Publications, Boston, MA; and S. J. Shangraw

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 8 January 2015


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015

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Joint Session 4
Data Stewardship: Ensuring the Value of Data from Real-Time to Posterity
Location: 130 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; and the 18th Annual Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) )
Cochairs: Mohan K. Ramamurthy, Unidata/UCAR; Matthew S. Mayernik, NCAR
  11:00 AM
Open Discussion - Matthew Mayernik
  11:50 AM
J4.3
Using OGC's WCS2.0 to Extract Real Rime Metadata:-
Peter J. Trevelyan, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and R. Prudden

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015


Birds of a Feather Lunch
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Springer Lunch and Learn is cancelled. Instead, please join us for a “” Lunch. Depending on interests, we’ll offer topics for small groups to discuss over lunches at nearby venues. Flock to the group of your choice, or perhaps we’ll migrate together.

1:30 PM-2:00 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015

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Session 5
Meteorology and Physics: Shared History, Common Future
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Annual Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI)
Cochairs: Jinny Nathans, American Meteorological Society; Elaina Vitale, American Institute of Physics

This session will feature common ground these two archivists find in their interwoven disciplines: past, present and future.
  1:30 PM
Meteorology and Physics - Jinny Nathans
  1:45 PM
Meteorology and Physics - Elaina Vitale

2:00 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015

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Session 6
Beyond Books and Journals: Changes in the Sources of Atmospheric Information
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Annual Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI)
Chair: Jennifer Harbster, Library of Congress
  2:00 PM
6.1
Embracing the Research Data Curation Challenge: A Library’s Journey with a CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow
Elizabeth Fish, University of Miami, Rosenstiel School Library, Miami, FL; and T. Norris
  2:15 PM
6.2
Bringing Historical Weather Data into the Digital Age
Christin Chenard, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH; and B. Hoch
  2:30 PM
6.3
EarthCube: Its Place and Purpose
Rachael Black, Earthcube, Tucson, AZ
  2:45 PM
6.4
How a New Catalog of Resources Enables Paleoclimate Research
Ryan Lingo, California University of Pennsylvania, California , PA

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015


Coffee Break
Location: Meeting room foyers (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

3:30 PM-4:15 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015

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Session 7
Moving Forward in Our Spaces and Services
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Annual Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI)
Chair: Gene Major, Program Manager,Library Associates, NASA/GSFC Library
  3:30 PM
7.1
From Then Until Now: What Changed, What Didn’t
Amy Butros, UC San Diego Library, San Diego, CA
  3:45 PM
7.2
  4:00 PM
7.3
News at NOAA Libraries: Where We Are, Where we’re Going
Brian Voss, Librarian, NOAA Seattle Regional Library, Seattle, WA

4:15 PM-4:30 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015


Closing Remarks
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

5:00 PM-5:05 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015


AMS 95th Annual Meeting Adjourns