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https://geoinfo.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/GSIS-COVID-session.pdf

Presented at GSIS 2020 Virtual Meeting by Sharon Tahirkheli, AGI, Oct. 29, 2020.
https://geoinfo.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AGI-GeoRef-Update-October-2020.pdf

Please note: Attendance is free; however, registration is required – additional information and the schedule of sessions are online at : https://bit.ly/2GwEVg9

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

3:00-6:00 (Eastern Time) : GSIS Business Meeting
Cynthia Prosser

Thursday, October 29, 2020

11:30-12:00 (Eastern Time) :
AGI and GeoRef Update: Sharon Tahirkheli

12:15-1:45 (Eastern Time)
Common Read: Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History by Stephen Jay Gould
Moderator: Cynthia Prosser

2:00-3:00 (Eastern Time)
FDLP Webinar: “Library Research for Natural Hazard Events: Earthquakes, Hurricanes, Volcanoes, and Wildfires” by Emily Wild
A separate registration to this free event is online at : https://libcal.princeton.edu/event/7165734

4:00-6:00 (Eastern Time): Vendor Update
The Geological Society
GeoScienceWorld

…and more!

Friday, October 30, 2020

11:00-12:00 (Eastern Time)
“How Are You and Your Library Coping with COVID-19?” Sharing of stories, solutions and impacts:  collection development, staffing, reference, communication/marketing
Moderator: Linda Musser

12:00-12:30 (Eastern Time)
Break

12:30-1:00 (Eastern Time)
Bring-Your-Own Lunch and Awards Presentations

1:05-2:20 (Eastern Time)
“Build Your Toolkit”: Share favorite or/or lesser-known geoscience information resources and professional tools
(suggestions – FlyOver app, Rockd app, Padlet, Guidebooks database, Internet archive of FTG, State survey pubs at AGI, Sherpa/Romeo, Microsoft Academic search, Repository Finder, etc.)

Moderator: Shaun Hardy

2:20-2:30 (Eastern Time)
Break

2:30-4:00 (Eastern Time)
Professional Issue Roundtable: Moderated discussion of topics identified in advance from member suggestions
Moderator: Sam Teplitzky

The Geoscience Information Society will offer again its annual free workshop on geoscience information – virtually, this year – on Monday and Tuesday afternoons, October 26 and October 27. The sessions will begin at 3:00 PM Eastern Time each day and run until 6-7 PM. Topics will include: Introduction to the Geosciences, Collection Development, Government Documents, and Maps and Geospatial Data. All information professionals as well as students in library and information studies are invited to attend this professional development opportunity.

General registration is required , but participants may select individual sessions to attend. Though GL101 is being held in conjunction with the Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, registration for GSA is not required.

Additional information (including registration) will be forthcoming and posted here. Please save the dates and check back!

Schedule is now available at:
https://geoinfo.org/geoscience-librarianship-101/