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The Geoscience Information Society (GSIS) hopes you’ll join us for this year’s Geoscience Librarianship 101 and Annual Meeting, October 22-24.  All events will be held virtually.

Geoscience Librarianship 101

Please Register Here for Geoscience Information Society (GSIS) Geoscience Librarianship 101: a free annual seminar that offers library science students, new librarians and experienced practitioners an introduction to some of the core areas of geoscience librarianship. This event will take place Tuesday, October 22 – Wednesday, October 23.

Schedule

Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024, 3:00-6:00 pm (EST)

3:00 pm Welcome 

3:15 – 4:00 pm Collection Development in the Geosciences

4:00 – 4:30 pm Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Accessibility in a Geoscience Library

4:30 – 4:45 pm Break 

4:45 – 5:15 pm Navigating the Nelson Memo in Geoscience Research 

5:15 – 6:00 pm Networking with Presenters and Attendees

5:15 – 6:00 pm Mini-Poster Discussion 

Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024  3:00 – 6:00 pm (EST)

3:00 pm Welcome 

3:15 – 4:00 pm Swing and a Miss(Information): Navigating Through the AI Hype

4:00 – 4:30 pm Information Resources for Geoscience Researchers in the 21st Century: Within and Beyond the Library 

4:30 pm – 4:45 pm Break 

4:45 pm – 5:15 pm Exploring GIS: An Overview of Spatial Data, Tools and Resources 

5:15 – 5:25pm Mini-Poster Discussion – Geology in the Movies

5:15 – 6:00pm Networking with Presenters and Attendees

GSIS Annual Meeting
The GSIS Virtual Annual Meeting will follow on Thursday, October 24, 2024 and will be free of charge. Registration is not required. This is an opportunity for geoscience information professionals to meet with their peers and share challenges, ideas, and discussions about the topics relevant to them as a professional, honor the best information resources in the geoscience field, and to become involved in shaping GSIS’s future. To join the meeting virtually, click here.

Schedule
Thursday, October 24, 2004 11:30 am-5:00 pm (EST)
11:30-12:45 pm:  GSIS Professional Issues Forum
Planned Topics: 
Geoscience Collection Development
Pedagogy and Instruction for the Geoscience Librarian
Outreach Programming for Geoscience Libraries
AI Uses, Challenges, and Concerns in Geoscience Librarianship
Strengthening Relationships with Geoscience Faculty 
Supporting the Preservation of Geoscience Specimen Collections and Datasets
1:00-2:00 pm: GSIS Award Presentations
2:00-5:00 pm:  GSIS Business Meeting

GL101 Registration Open (https://libguides.lib.usm.edu/gl101/home).

Register now for Geoscience Information Society (GSIS) Geoscience Librarianship 101: the free annual seminar that offers library science students, new librarians, and experienced practitioners an introduction to some of the core areas of geoscience librarianship. The seminar provides experienced librarians a refresher overview with a chance to network with colleagues and view current issues and concerns of the profession. Virtual participation will take place via webinar, October 22 – 23, 2024.

The GL 101 webinar will be hosted by the Carnegie Science Library Earth & Planetary Science Laboratory for GSIS.

The Geoscience Information Society (GSIS) is hosting its annual free virtual workshop Geoscience Librarianship 101 (GL 101) on October 22nd and 23rd, 2024, and now seeking submissions for a mini poster session to be held during the online workshop. We welcome posters and an accompanying 5-10-minute presentation from all informational professionals on topics of interest or relevant to geosciences. Geoscience librarians and library school or other graduate students are welcome to participate.

Topics to consider are:
AI in Libraries
Geoscience Data or Data Management
Open Science
Open Education Resources in the Geosciences
Publishing for Geoscience Librarians/How to get an article Published
GIS
Other topics welcome!

If you are interested in participating in the poster session, please send your topic/title and a short description/abstract to Clara McLeod (cpmcleod@wustl.edu) by October 1st, 2024.

GL101 Coordinators,
Clara P. McLeod
Joyce Shaw