Ninth Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference: Atmospheric Sciences Libraries and Their Importance for Patrons

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Wednesday, 1 February 2006

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12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Wed 1 Feb

8:30 AM-8:30 AM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Registration and Coffee

8:55 AM-8:55 AM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Welcome Address
Chair: Madeleine Needles, ALSI, Chair 2006

9:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Session 1
Librarians and Information-Seeking Behavior
Location: A310 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: Ninth Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference: Atmospheric Sciences Libraries and Their Importance for Patrons
Moderator: Madeleine Needles, Librarian, MIT Haystack Observatory
  9:00 AM
1.1
ALSI Roundtable Discussion: ALSI memebers will describe their libraries and unique collections.

  9:45 AM
1.2
What an Environmental Scan and Content Analysis tells us about the Current and Future Direction of Library and Information Studies Education (Invited Presentation)
Edwin-Michael Cortez, Director/Proffessor, Univ. of Tenn., School of Information Sciences, Knoxville, Tenn

  10:15 AM
1.2a
Break

10:30 AM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Session 2
Digitization and Access
Location: A310 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: Ninth Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference: Atmospheric Sciences Libraries and Their Importance for Patrons
Moderator: Evelyn Poole-Kober, NERL-ASMD Library, USEPA
  10:30 AM
2.1
How Data in Library Holdings can be used to Improve Climate Databases (Invited Presentation)
Joey Comeaux II, UCAR, Boulder, CO

  10:50 AM
2.2
Where's the Data? Finding Atmospheric Data Sets for Research
Gene Major, Global Change Master Directory, SSAI, Lanham, MD
  Recorded presentation

  11:10 AM
2.3
NCDC Publications—Where and How?
Linda Preston, National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC
  Recorded presentation

  11:30 AM
2.4
Alternative Resources for Meteorological Research
Linda Musser, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
  Recorded presentation

  11:50 AM
2.5
Market Your Library with a BLOG
James LaMee, Reference Librarian, Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, NC

  12:10 PM
2.6
To BLOG or not to BLOG
Brian Voss, Librarian, NOAA Seattle Regional Library, Seattle, WA

  12:30 PM
2.6a
Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:45 PM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Session 3
The Weather and Its Aftermath
Location: A310 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: Ninth Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference: Atmospheric Sciences Libraries and Their Importance for Patrons
Moderator: Susan Tarbell, Librarian, Air Force Weather Technical Library
  1:30 PM
3.0
Break

  1:45 PM
3.1
Season on Edge: The Historic 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season
Christopher C. Hennon, Univ. of North Carolina, Asheville, NC
  Recorded presentation

  2:15 PM
3.2
Air Force Meteorologist in Afghanistan
Ann Gravier, USAF/AFCCC, Asheville, NC

2:45 PM-3:46 PM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Session 4
Anniversary Years
Location: A310 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: Ninth Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference: Atmospheric Sciences Libraries and Their Importance for Patrons
Moderator: Maria A. Latyszewskyj, Environment Canada Library, Head
  2:45 PM
4.1
50th Anniversary of the Collaboration between the U.S. Dept. of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Evironmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Evelyn Poole-Kober, NERL-ASMD Library, USEPA, Research Triangle Park, NC
  Recorded presentation

  3:05 PM
4.2
International Polar Year (IPY) - History of the IPY
Judie Triplehorn, Keith B. Mather Library, Geophysical Institue, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, AK
  Recorded presentation

  3:25 PM
4.3
Imaging Project and Bibliography of IPY Material
Doria B. Grimes, NOAA Central Library, Silver Spring, MD
  Recorded presentation

  3:45 PM
4.3a
Exhibits Open until 7:30 p.m.

3:45 PM-3:45 PM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Sessions end for the day (W)

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Pre-AMS Banquet Reception in the Exhibit Hall

6:00 PM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Annual Group Dinner

Thursday, 2 February 2006

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12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Thursday, 2 February 2006


THUR 2 FEB

8:45 AM-9:00 AM: Thursday, 2 February 2006


Coffee

9:00 AM-9:00 AM: Thursday, 2 February 2006


Panel Discussion 1
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Products—Their Uses
Location: A310 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: Ninth Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference: Atmospheric Sciences Libraries and Their Importance for Patrons
Moderator: Susan Tarbell, Librarian, Air Force Weather Technical Library
Panelists: Evelyn Poole-Kober, NERL-ASMD Library, USEPA; Maria Latyszewskyj, Librarian, Environment Canada; Linda Musser, Pennsylvania State University

10:15 AM-10:30 AM: Thursday, 2 February 2006


Break

10:30 AM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 2 February 2006


Session 6
AMS Publishing and Product Updates
Location: A310 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: Ninth Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference: Atmospheric Sciences Libraries and Their Importance for Patrons
Organizer: Jinny Nathans, AMS
  10:30 AM
6.1
Welcome Address
Keith Seitter, Director, AMS, Boston, MA

  10:40 AM
6.2
AMS Publishing/BAMS Update
Kenneth F. Heideman, AMS, Boston, MA; and J. Rosenfeld
  Recorded presentation

  11:00 AM
6.3
Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts
Michael Miyazaki, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Bethesda, MD
  Recorded presentation

  11:20 AM
6.4
Vendor Updates
Alexa Dugan, Wiley Interscience, N/a
  Recorded presentation

  12:00 PM
6.6
Introducing WEATHER
Richard Pettifer, Royal Meteorological Society, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
  Recorded presentation

  12:45 PM
6.4a
Lunch Break

  1:45 PM
6.5a
Break

3:30 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 2 February 2006


Session 7
ASLI Business Meeting
Location: A310 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: Ninth Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference: Atmospheric Sciences Libraries and Their Importance for Patrons
Moderator: Madeleine Needles, Librarian, MIT Haystack Observatory

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 2 February 2006


Sessions end for the day

Friday, 3 February 2006

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12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Friday, 3 February 2006


FRI 3 Feb

8:00 AM-5:30 PM: Friday, 3 February 2006


Annual ASLI Field Trip—Visit libraries of CNN, Georgia Tech, and the EPA in Atlanta
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