Author: Dwight Hunter

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

Save the dates to attend Geoscience Information Society (GSIS) Geoscience Librarianship 101: a free annual seminar that offers new librarians, library science students, and experienced practitioners an introduction to some of the core areas of geoscience librarianship (https://libguides.lib.usm.edu/gl101/home).

It provides experienced librarians a refresher overview, offering a chance to network with colleagues and view current issues and concerns of the profession.

If you have an interest in joining the GL101 team, please contact Clara McLeod (cpmcleod@wustl.edu) or Joyce Shaw (Joyce.Shaw@usm.edu)

We hope to see you in October !
Clara P. McLeod /Joyce M. Shaw
GL101 Coordinators

Nominations are being sought for the 2024 Geoscience Information Society (GSIS)  Mary B. Ansari Distinguished Service Award. The submission deadline is August 23, 2024. 

Established in 2005 to recognize and honor significant contributions to the geoscience information profession, the award is named for the late Mary B. Ansari. She formerly served as the society’s President and was employed as a librarian and library administrator at the University of Nevada, Reno Libraries for twenty-five years. The award is presented at the annual meeting and is accompanied by a monetary gift. More information about the award and a list of awardees is listed on the Society’s website: https://www.geoinfo.org/distinguished-service/

 To submit a nomination, send your name and contact information as the nominator along with the name, title, and contact information for the person you are nominating to: Clara P.  McLeod,     Earth & Planetary Sciences &Environmental Studies Librarian / University Libraries | Washington University in St. Louis |cpmcleod@wustl.edu  /314.935.4817.

Nominators should provide a written statement indicating why the candidate is deserving of this award (significance, quality and impact of contributions) and include a resume or curriculum vita of the nominee.  Please also solicit two additional letters of support for your nominee, if possible.

 Membership in the Geoscience Information Society is not a requirement for the award or the nominator.

GSIS Mary B. Ansari Award Committee
Clara P. McLeod, Chair
Marie Dvorak
Cynthia Prosser
Robert Tolliver

The new issue of the GSIS Newsletter was just published and is available here.

The digital GSIS Newsletter is published quarterly in Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall by the Geoscience Information Society.

GSIS members are encouraged to contribute content, including images and photos, for publication.

Highlights from this edition include: 
Regular Columns
GSIS Committee Mid Year Reports
Book Review
Lots of calls for Nominations
and more! 

Thanks to everyone that contributed content!
Amanda & Michael
GSIS Newsletter co-editors

The 2023 award honorees lists were updated on the website under the Awards tab. The awards updated were Distinguished Service, Best Paper, Best Reference, and Best Guidebook.

The new issue of the GSIS Newsletter was just published and is available here.

The digital GSIS Newsletter is published quarterly in Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall by the Geoscience Information Society.

GSIS members are encouraged to contribute content, including images and photos, for publication.

Highlights from this edition include: 
Regular Columns
The schedule of GSIS Meeting events
GSIS Committee Reports
Photo montage of GSIS events at the GSA Conference
and more! 

Thanks to everyone that contributed content!
Amanda & Michael
GSIS Newsletter co-editors

Register for Geoscience Librarianship 101 at https://libguides.lib.usm.edu/gl101/home

Join the Geoscience Information Society’s annual free two-day virtual workshop, Geoscience Librarianship 101, that introduces library/information science students, new librarians, and information professionals to some areas of geoscience librarianship, earth science information resources and their organization.

Workshop Information:
Date: November 14th – 15th, 2023
Time: 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Eastern Time)
Location: Virtual