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Just a reminder that nominations for the various GSIS awards are due soon. Please refer to the list of awards for details about submitting a nomination.

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 Meeting Meeting A monetary gift .accompanies this award.

Membership in GSIS is not a requirement to receive the award.  More information about the award and a list of previous award recipients is available at: https://geoinfo.org/distinguished-service.

The deadline for nominations is July 17, 2023.  Please send nomination materials listed below by email (cpmcleod@wustl.edu) or regular mail to Clara P. McLeod, Washington University, MSC 1061- 141-B 1 Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130:

·         Your name and contact information

·         Name, title, and contact information for the person you are nominating

·         Resume or curriculum vita of the nominee

·         Statement indicating why the nominee is deserving of this award

·         Additional letters of support from other individuals endorsing the nomination

Please help us honor one of your colleagues with the 2023 Mary B. Ansari Distinguished Service Award!

Mary B. Ansari Distinguished Service Award Committee:

Clara P. McLeod (Chair), Marie Dvorak, Cynthia Prosser, and Robert Tolliver

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 appeal to the broader geoscience information community. Send nominations to the chair of the committee, Christopher J.J. Thiry, cthiry@mines.edu. The nomination should include a detailed citation, and, if available, a link to the paper.

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 

The GSIS Best Research Resource Committee is seeking nominations for the annual Mary B. Ansari Best Geoscience Research Resource Award for the best geosciences reference publication. The award recognizes geoscience reference works or works focused on information aspects of the geosciences. Please nominate your favorite new website or reference work for the Mary B. Ansari Best Reference Work Award.

 Submissions will be evaluated using the following criteria:

• The work must have been published or produced within 3 years preceding the GSIS annual meeting. 

• The title does not have to strictly be “geoscience,” but it should have significant value to the geoscience information community.

• Local or specialized works can be considered if they are particularly high in quality and could serve as a model for other works.

• Formats other than monographs may be considered, such as maps, databases, websites, etc.

• Any works nominated should be in a generally useable format (DVD, online, etc.), be generally available for purchase by libraries, and, theoretically, have a stable future.

• Although no work is specifically excluded from consideration, textbooks or monographs in geoscience or library/information science would not normally be considered.

 

Please submit your nominations to the committee chair by June 30th.  Please include citation information and/or a links to the resource:

Chrissy Klenke

Earth Science, GIS & Maps Librarian

University of Nevada, Reno

cklenke@unr.edu