Category Archives: News

The Winter, 2026 issue of the GSIS Newsletter is now available! Highlights include many regular columns from GSIS Leadership, Member News, Musings, and Committee Reports from the Annual Meeting. This is our last issue as GSIS editors! It has been a pleasure to edit, coordinate, and read all of the news and articles you haveContinue reading “GSIS Winter Newsletter Now Available”

The Fall, 2025 issue of the GSIS Newsletter is now available! This is an abbreviated newsletter issue, that is mainly a reminder of the GSIS Meeting and Geoscience 101 workshops being held next week. This newsletter is documenting the schedule and agenda for the online sessions. We will be back to our more complete newsletterContinue reading “GSIS Fall Newsletter Now Available”

Registration is now open for the 2025 Geoscience Librarianship 101 Workshop! You can register here: https://guides.library.csupueblo.edu/gl101/home. See the schedule here: https://guides.library.csupueblo.edu/gl101/schedule_2025 The Geoscience Information Society annual free two-day virtual workshop, Geoscience Librarianship 101, introduces library/information science students, new librarians, and information professionals to some areas of geoscience librarianship, earth science information resources, and their organization.Continue reading “2025 Geoscience Librarianship 101”

The Summer issue of the GSIS Newsletter is now available on the GSIS website. Highlights from this issue include: Thanks as always to everyone that contributed content to this issue!Amanda Bielskas & Michael Nogaco-editors

Volunteers and nominations are sought for the positions of Treasurer and Vice President of the Geoscience Information Society.  The Treasurer serves for 2 years as a member of the GSIS Executive Board (EB) and manages the society’s funds, advises the Executive Board on managing and investing our funds, and prepares our financial report. This is a greatContinue reading “Open GSIS Officer Positions”

The title that garnered the most votes for this year’s Common Read was:  Brief History of the World in 47 Borders: Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps by John Elledge Thank you to all who have suggested titles and voted! We look forward to seeing everyone on July 31 at 2:00 EDT/11:00 PDT.Continue reading “GSIS 2025 Common Read”

The Spring issue of the GSIS Newsletter is now available on the GSIS website. Highlights from this issue include: Thanks as always to everyone that contributed content to this issue!Amanda Bielskas & Michael Nogaco-editors

The Geoscience Information Society is hosting a webinar on March 19th from 1:00 – 2:00 Eastern. Please join us for a presentation by Emily Wild titled “Understanding budget cuts: a personal experience from a former federal scientist and federal librarian”  This webinar will explore cuts to jobs, including how are jobs funded and eliminated, what typically happens toContinue reading “Webinar March 19th: “Understanding budget cuts: a personal experience from a former federal scientist and federal librarian””