There is now a record in the Stanford library’s SearchWorks catalog for the Hopkins Marine Station data sets that have been added to the Stanford Digital Repository. In addition to using the link below to see a list of all the records, you can search for things like “elephant seals” to find individual data sets.
–Joe Wible, Miller Library
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Yes, the deadline for submitting proposals for the 40th Anniversary Conference- Forty Years of Sailing: Connecting Islands in a Digital World, is next Monday 17th!
Did you already choose a topic and send the summary ? This year’s theme offers limitless possibilities for presentations, including:
• Importance of library partnerships and collaboration – with emphasis on Mar.& Aq.Info.Networks in the
Pacific Region
• Challenges and opportunities – services beyond our borders with multi-language communities
• Open Access policies/strategies of Marine and Aquatic Research Institutes
• Open Data management (interoperability, standards)
• Semantic web technologies
• Digital preservation
• Importance of library associations: Why and How IAMSLIC adds value to your Library?
• Disaster planning and recovery
• New technologies, other innovations and new initiatives
Don’t delay! Review the conference home page, read more about The Call, and then send your summary, in English- to gcosulich@inidep.edu.ar
We look forward to hearing from you!
Guillermina Cosulich/Convenor IAMSLIC 2014/ On behalf of the Program Committee
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If you attended any of the following IAMSLIC Conferences and you have a group photo please send it to me as we would like to add them to the website.
Marcia Croy-Vanwely marcicroy@hotmail.com
2001 Brest, France 1999 Woods Hole, MA. 1998 Reykjavik, Iceland. 1997 Charleston, SC. 1993 Bethesda, MD. 1990 Seattle, WA. 1988 Key Biscayne, FL. 1987 Halifax, Nova Scotia 1985 Gloucester Point, VA. 1984 Woods Hole, MA. 1983 Port Aransas, TX. 1982 Beaufort, NC. 1981 La Jolla, CA. 1980 Halifax, Nova Scotia. 1979 Charleston, SC. 1978 Woods Hole, MA. 1977 Washington, DC. 1976 Woods Hole, MA. 1975 Woods Hole, MA.
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There is a new open access journal “Frontiers in Marine Science”. There are only two papers so far with a third one pending.
The URL to the journal is:
http://www.frontiersin.org/Marine_Science
Joe Wible
Miller Library / Hopkins Marine Station
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I have now deposited 7 data sets from Hopkins Marine Station into the Stanford Digital Repository (SDR). The latest three are marine mammal counts for the sea otters, harbor seals, and elephant seals that are off the beach in front of the Miller Library. You can read about them on the SDR blog at:
Joe Wible
Miller Library, Hopkins Marine Station
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Dear colleagues,
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We regret to inform you that, as per high-level managerial decision, the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Branch Library will be permanently closed from February 2014 with its staff and collections moved over to the FAO’s central library, the David Lubin Memorial Library (DLML). After settling down in DLML and along with new duties, we will continue providing specialized fisheries and aquaculture information services to our internal and external library users. Maria Kalentsits will act as “fisheries focal point†in the Main Library, while Armand Gribling will continue to look after the collection of documents published by and stored in the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department. We will also continue our involvement in IAMSLIC activities, including hosting the IAMSLIC Conference in 2015 in FAO.
Starting from February 2014, you are kindly asked to send you reference queries to FAO-Library-Reference e-mail account FAO-Library-Reference@fao.org instead of FI-library account. Please note that the FI-library account will be permanently closed after a transition period of a couple of months. For other issues, please contact Maria or Armand directly.
We apologize for any inconvenience or delay in addressing your requests during the transition period.
Finally, we would like to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to all partners and users whom the Fisheries and Aquaculture Branch Library was privileged to work with over more than 45 years of the library’s existence at FAO.
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Best regards,
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Maria Kalentsits and Armand Gribling
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We invite you to join us for the 40th IAMSLIC Annual Conference and 2nd PIRG Meeting to be held September 14-18, 2014 at the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) http://www.spc.int/ located in Noumea, New Caledonia.
The program committee has selected the conference theme Forty Years of Sailing: Connecting Islands in a Digital World . The conference website is now live! and there you will find a full description of the conference theme and call for proposals as well as information about our host institution and local arrangements.
What is so special about this Conference? We will be celebrating our 40th Anniversary and many activities will be organized dedicated to the retirees and those that sailed this Association from the very beginning.
We look forward to receiving proposals for March 17th, 2014. A list of suggested topics and instructions for submission are available on the conference website.
On behalf of the planning committees, see you in September!
Guillermina Cosulich- Conference Convenor and Chair
gcosulich@inidep.edu.ar
Mary-Clare Ame- Local Host and PIRG Coordinator
maryca@spc.int
Sally Taylor- IAMSLIC President 2013-2014
sally.taylor@ubc.ca
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Here is a brief update on IAMSLIC activities before the holidays (I know the lucky ones have escaped already).
Thank you to everyone who has agreed to serve on an IAMSLIC committee, board or regional group. Your participation is invaluable and much appreciated!
Membership renewal time is here, and Kristen LaBonte and Barbara Butler are busy processing lots of checks, credit cards, and bank transfers. We are still looking for two additional members for the Membership Committee. Please let me know if you are interested.
We have signed a new two-year Memorandum of Agreement with UNESCO/IOC to continue our cooperative efforts in the field of marine information management. Of special note is the creation of the new Joint IODE/IAMSLIC GEMIM (Group of Experts on Marine Information Management); increased technical support for the Aquatic Commons; and additional support for members from developing countries to join IAMSLIC and attend conferences.
We have signed an agreement with ProQuest to index the publications in the Aquatic Commons within ASFA and other relevant ProQuest products. This is an exciting development that will increase of the visibility of the Aquatic Commons.
The Conference Planning Committee led by Program Chair Guillermina Cosulich and Local Host Mary-Clare Ame are already hard at work on the 40th IAMSLIC Annual Conference to be held September 14-18, 2014 in Noumea, New Caledonia. We are looking forward to their announcement in the new year regarding the conference theme and proposed topics.
I wish you all a joyous season filled with peace, love and laughter.
Happy Holidays to all!
Sally Taylor
IAMSLIC President 2013-2014
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I contacted Stephen Alayon from SEAFDEC/AQD via email to see how he and his library fared in the recent typhoon that swept through the Philippines. Â Many of you met Stephen at this year’s IAMSLIC conference in Florida.
I am happy to report that he along with his family and library staff are all OK, and his library was not damaged.
Joe Wible, Hopkins Marine Station
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Here is the link to the German Libraries ‘Anthem’:
I tried to do some translation into English (without any guarantee)…
Have fun!!
Marcel
Library’s anthem
If you as a human being are standing at the window
And you are centering on yourself again
Go out, go your way
Go into the Library
Chorus:
Book food, new land
Library and expertise
Book food, new land
Library and expertise
Break:
Thinking, counter, databases, classroom, library ticket, ebooks
Silence, text book, systematics, truth, curiosity, chairs
If we lose or win
If we are thinking all alone or all together
For education and future
Library, meeting place
Chorus:
Book food, new land
Library and expertise
Book food, new land
Library and expertise
Break:
Displays, chances, library busses, tables,
Self checkout,
Books, opacs, entertainment, long time preservation
Digitized object, digitized object, digitized object, digitized objects
Online catalogue, online catalogue, online catalogue, online catalogues
Chorus:
Book food, new land
Library and expertise
Book food, new land
Library and expertise
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