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Yearly Archives: 2023
Nominations Sought for 2023 Mary B. Ansari Distinguished Service Award
Nominees are being sought for the Geoscience Information Society (GSIS) 2023 Mary B. Ansari Distinguished Service Award. The award recognizes and honors significant contributions to the geoscience information profession. The award is named after Mary Ansari, a former GSIS President and strong supporter of the Society, and will be presented at the GSIS Annual MeetingContinue reading “Nominations Sought for 2023 Mary B. Ansari Distinguished Service Award”
Best Paper Award – request for nominations
The Best Paper Award Committee of the Geoscience Information Society (GSIS) is accepting nominations for the 2023 Best Paper Award through Wednesday, June 21, 2023. The committee is looking for original, significant and scholarly papers published in 2022 OR 2023 in the field of geoscience information. The papers must demonstrate effective professional communication and appealContinue reading “Best Paper Award – request for nominations”
Nominate a favorite research resource for Ansari award
As the 2022-2023 academic year winds down, I ask you to reflect on some of the research resources you’ve used throughout the year. Which ones were your favorite/use all the time? If there’s one or a few, nominate them for the GSIS Best Research Resource Award. Mary B. Ansari Best Geoscience Research Resource Award TheContinue reading “Nominate a favorite research resource for Ansari award”
Nominations sought for Guidebook awards
The Guidebooks Committee of the Geoscience Information Society (GSIS) is accepting nominations for the 2023 Best Guidebook Award(s) and Outstanding Geologic Field Trip Guidebook Series award. Geologic field trip guidebooks from any region that were produced from 2021-2023 can be considered for the award, which is awarded in the fall at the annual meeting ofContinue reading “Nominations sought for Guidebook awards”
Sharon Tahirkheli retirement
Shaun Hardy represented the GSIS at long-time member Sharon Tahirkheli’s retirement celebration from the American Geosciences Institute today, March 31, 2023. Following is the statement that was read: On behalf of the members of the Geoscience Information Society, I want to congratulate Sharon on her pending retirement. Over her career, Sharon has been an influentialContinue reading “Sharon Tahirkheli retirement”
New AGU award for open science
The Open Science Recognition Prize is awarded to a person or team for outstanding work in advancing Open Science related to Earth and space science and its impact globally. The winners will be chosen from nominations across the Earth and space science community. Applications will be selected from those that advance Open Science through creation or use ofContinue reading “New AGU award for open science”
Winter issue of the GSIS Newsletter now available!
The Newest issue of the GSIS Newsletter (Number 296 Winter, 2023) is now available HERE. It is chock-full of content, thank you to all of the contributors! Newsletter Highlights include: President’s & Vice President’s ColumnsBook Review: Switching to ArcGIS Pro from ArcMapMusingsMovin’ & Shakin’ (Member News)An Overview and History of the GSIS Common ReadNew GeoscienceContinue reading “Winter issue of the GSIS Newsletter now available!”
Executive Board meetings
The GSIS Executive Board will be meeting semi-monthly throughout 2023. If you have any questions, concerns or suggestions for the officers, please send them to the president, Linda Musser at lindamusser@psu.edu. The newsletter will document some of the decisions and activities.
Emily Wild Honored for Distinguished Service
The Geoscience Information Society (GSIS) is pleased to announce that Emily C. Wild, the Chemistry, Geosciences and Environmental Studies Librarian at Lewis Science Library, Princeton University is the recipient of the 2022 GSIS Mary B. Ansari Distinguished Service Award. As noted by colleague Lori Tschirhart, Emily’s “career spans over twenty years as both hydrologist andContinue reading “Emily Wild Honored for Distinguished Service”