Archive for February, 2009

Changes at NRC and CISTI

I thought this news would be of interest to IAMSLIC.

Joe Wible, Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University

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From: Canadian Medical Libraries List [mailto:CANMEDLIB@CLIFFY.UCS.MUN.CA] On Behalf Of Dianne Kharouba
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 10:04 AM
To: CANMEDLIB@CLIFFY.UCS.MUN.CA
Subject: [CANMEDLIB] NRC cuts include CISTI

As part of a federal government program review, serious cuts are being planned for NRC.

The Ottawa Citizen is reporting that “the National Research Council is conducting a major review that will eliminate three research groups, downsize another, and cost up to 300 jobs.”

“The Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI), the country’s national science library and leading publisher of scientific information would be streamlined into a smaller unit. The Research Press, the publishing arm of CISTI could be turned into a private company.”

Dianne

Dianne Kharouba
CHLA/ABSC President,

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Bibliothèque des Sciences de la santé | Health Sciences Library
kharouba@uottawa.ca
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February 23, 2009 · Filed under Announcements

Aquatic Commons Statistics Online

FCLA has finished implementing the statistics module for the Eprints software.  Access to statistics are now available at the Usage Statistics (http://irstats.aquacomm.fcla.edu/irstats-aquacomm) link on the Aquatic Commons homepage.  You can view stats for the whole repository, or if interested, for individual items by entering their repository IDs.    For the first two months of 2009, the most downloaded file was
“Microbiological indicators of water quality in submerged karst caves of Wakulla Springs, Florida.”  (ID 760)
Issues of Aquaculture Asia have shown to be of continuing high interest.

Please try the functionalities of this page and let us know what you think.

Thanks to all contributors for your ongoing efforts.

From Stephanie Haas on behalf of the Board and all of the Working Groups

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February 14, 2009 · Filed under Aquatic Commons

IAMSLIC welcomes new members from around the world

DeKock, Alisun
Shedd Aquarium Library
Address: 1200 S. Lake Shore Drive
City: Chicago
State/Prov: IL
Postal Code: 60605
Country: United States
Telephone: (312) 692-3280
Email: adekock@sheddaquarium.org

Patu, Lusila
Library of American Samoa Environmental Resource, Dept. of Marine & Wildlife Resources
Address: PO Box 3730
City: Pago Pago
State/Prov: American Samoa
Postal Code: 96799
Country: United States
Telephone: 684-633-4456 ext. 41
Email: mariavaofanua@hotmail.com

Vallejo Sanchez, Maria Magdalena
Centro de Investigacion en Alimentacion y Desarrollo, A. C.
Address: Carr. a la Victoria Km. 06
City: Hermosillo
State/Prov: Sonora
Postal Code: 83000
Country: Mexico
Telephone: 52 (662)289-24-00 ext. 245 y 2
Email: mvallejo@cascabel.ciad.mx

Raikaon, Tumoa
Fisheries Division, Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources Development
Address: PO Box 276
City: Bikenibeu
State/Prov: Tarawa
Country: Republic of Kiribati
Email: raikaont@fisheries.gov.ki

Ta’amu, Va’asa
Library of American Samoa Environmental Resource, Dept. of Marine & Wildlife Resources
Address: PO Box 3730
City: Pago Pago
State/Prov: American Samoa
Postal Code: 97699
Country: United States
Telephone: 684-633-4456 ext. 42
Email: simanualii_2go@yahoo.com

Kamar, Nerisa
J.D. Rockefeller Research Library (TEEAL), Egerton University
Address: Box 536
City: Egerton
Country: Kenya
Telephone: 051-2217855
Email: nerisa@egerton.ac.ke

Kemp, Peter
Mycologia Pty. Ltd.
Address: 1/454 Scarborough Beach Road
City: Osborne Park
State/Prov: WA
Postal Code: 6017
Country: Australia
Telephone: +61894435755
Email: pckemp@mould.com.au

Osta, Viviane
Marine Research Center – CNRSL – National Centre for Marine Sciences – National Council for Scientific Research
Address: San Stefano Street
City: Batroun
Postal Code: 534
Country: Lebanon
Telephone: +9616741582/3
Email: viviane.osta@cnrs.edu.lb

Culp, Kristin
Thomson Reuters
Address: 3501 Market Street
City: Philadelphia
State/Prov: PA
Postal Code: 19104
Country: United States
Telephone: 800-336-4474 x3912
Email: kristin.culp@thomsonreuters.com

Collins, Lori
Bedford Institute of Oceanography Library
Address: 1 Challenger Drive
City: Dartmouth
State/Prov: Nova Scotia
Postal Code: B2Y 4A2
Country: Canada
Telephone: 902-496-1544
Email: Lori.Collins@dro-mpo.gc.ca

Kone, Tehena
Universite de Cocody Library
Address: rue de l’universite
City: Abidjan, Cocody
Postal Code: 225
Country: Cote d’Ivoire
Telephone: 00 (225) 08251761
Email: Ktehena@yahoo.fr

Kristen L. Metzger, Membership Database & Committee Chair

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February 11, 2009 · Filed under Committee news

Ocean in Google Earth

The National Science Foundation Contributes to Newest Version of “Google Earth”

Photo of Ross Ice Shelf at Cape Crozier.

Google today released the newest version of “Google Earth,” which contains a feature called “Ocean in Google Earth” that enables users to dive beneath the surface of the sea and explore the world’s oceans.

“Ocean in Google Earth” includes videos, photos, diagrams and texts that vividly illustrate glacial, geological and ocean processes influencing the behavior of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet in Antarctica.

The material, which was provided by …

More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=114084&govDel=USNSF_51


Explore the ocean

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February 4, 2009 · Filed under Announcements, Interesting sites