Dear colleagues,
As we enter the festive season, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your hard work, enthusiasm, commitment and support. The year 2012 was a productive year for IAMSLIC and I hope the next year will also be a successful and positive one.
I would like to extend my very best wishes for a wonderful Holiday Season and a great New Year!
Maria Kalentsits
IAMSLIC President 2012-2013
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Dear colleagues,
 I am pleased to inform you that following a vote, the proposal for establishment of a joint IAMSLIC-IODE Group of Experts on Marine Information Management has been approved by IAMSLIC membership.
 Here are the results of voting:
Yes – 65
No – 7
Abstentions – 5
 I do hope that the joint IAMSLIC-IODE GEMIM will contribute to strengthening cooperation between IAMSLIC and IODE  for the benefit of all stakeholders involved in marine information management.
 Best regards,
Maria Kalentsits
IAMSLIC President 2012-2013
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Dear Colleagues and Friends,
Today Stanford University Libraries announces the Stanford Prize for Innovation in Research Libraries – SPIRL, an award that is intended to recognize and celebrate individual research libraries for sustained and significant innovation in any operational area.  Nominations with documentation may be made by institutions or individuals and are due by 5:00pm Pacific Standard Time on Tuesday 15 January 2013.  A full explanation of the intent and process for SPIRL may be found at http://library.stanford.edu/prizes/spirl .  It is expected that the first prize(s) will be announced in mid- to late-February 2013.
Please re-distribute this announcement widely. Â Thanks very much.
Cheers,
M A K
Michael A. Keller
University Librarian
Founder/Publisher HighWire Press
Publisher Stanford University Press
Stanford University
101 Green Library
Stanford, CA 94305-6004
U.S.A.
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submitted by Joe Wible, Hopkins Marine Station
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