The 14th Conference is being held this week in Lyon, France. On behalf of IAMSLIC I hope the conference is a great success. It is a time to not only learn from the presentations but from your colleagues.
Marcia Croy-Vanwely
Iamslic President
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Please join the Membership Committee in welcoming the following new members:
Marta Villa
Centro de Documentacion, INVEMAR
Colombia
Ana Margarita Padron
Grupo de Trabajo Estatal Bahia de la Habana, Biblioteca,
Cuba
Ann Dreolini
Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre
Canada
Michelle Leonard
University of Florida, Marston Science Library
USA
Jane Martin
Regional Library Central and Region, Fisheries and Oceans
Canada
Hardy Schwamm
Freshwater Biological Association Library
U.K.
Esther Obachi
College of Biological & Physical Sciences, University of Nairobi
Kenya
Karin Bengtsson
Directorate of Fisheries, Institute of Marine Research
Norway
Martin Gjervik
Directorate of Fisheries, Institute of Marine Research
Norway
Kristian Seteras
Directorate of Fisheries, Institute of Marine Research
Norway
Jaime Goldman
Nova University Oceanographic Center Library, Florida
USA
Roberto Rey Herrera
Ingenieria Ecologica de Panama, S.A.
Panama
Isledy Fernandez
Instituto Nacional de Pesca
Ecuador
Sin Joan Yee
Pacific Islands Marine Resources Information System (PIMRIS)
Fiji
Xiaoyan Sun
Library, National Marine Data and Information Service (NMDIS)
China
Alisun DeKock
John G. Shedd Aquarium Library, Chicago
USA
Nerisa Kamar
UN Habitat, Nairobi
Kenya
Viviane Osta
Marine Research Center, National Council for Scientific Research
Lebanon
Kristin Culp
Thomson Reuters, Philadelphia
USA
Tehena Kone
Universite de Cocody Library
Cote d’Ivoire
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AC quickstart guide 2011 final
Creating Aquatic Commons Records on a Flash Drive 2011
for other Aquatic Commons publications see: http://www.iamslic.org/publications/aquatic-commons
Marcia Croy-Vanwely
IAMSLIC President
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The Membership Committee welcomes Olivier Tabodo as contact for this new institute and IAMSLIC members who can offer publications etc. are encouraged to contact him (oliviertabodo@yahoo.fr)
The Institute of Aquatic Sciences of the Univeristy of Douala at Yabassi, was created in 1993, but opened its doors in 2010. The Institute has a batch of 209 students and the first graduates connected to the BMD system are expected next year. The Institute is offering professional training of higher education not only for Cameroonians but for the central Africa as a whole in five departments of which Aquaculture; fisheries management; fish processing and quality control of fish products.
As you know, librairies and books are difficult to handle in the context of a low income country like Cameroon, which is spending huge amount of money for fish imports while there is a huge potential in water ressources favorables to aquaculture and fisheries. Students of our Institute will be well off from having access to the library.
I would therefore be very grateful if you could kindly accept our Institute as member of IAMSLIC to take advantages of the many benefits involved.
Please accept my sincere regards.
Dr MEKE SOUNG Pierre Nolasque
Deputy Director, Institute of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
The Univeristy of Douala, PoBox: 2701, DOUALA, Cameroon.
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I noticed the April 2011 issue of Marine Mammal Science has 7 e-articles and 1 e-note listed in the table of contents of the print issue. Â I may be the only one still getting this journal in print, but I thought it was worth pointing out that the print no longer covers all the articles published by the society. Â I am used to supplemental material only being available online. Â I also know some societies have dropped their print for online only. Â I find it a bit odd to continue to produce a printed journal when 40% of the articles in the issue are not actually in the print journal.
Joe Wible
Hopkins Marine Station
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The draft minutes of the 2 Business Meetings and of the 2 Executive Board Meetings, that were held in Mar del Plata Argentina, have now been posted to the website under Members Access-Meeting Minutes.Â
Marcia Croy-Vanwely
Iamslic President
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Project-related grant proposals will be accepted from members not affiliated with a regional group. Travel grants will be accepted from all IAMSLIC members seeking support from the Guin Fund to attend the annual IAMSLIC conference. For proposal details and format go to: http://www.iamslic.org/activities/grantsÂ
Deadline extended 15 April 2011
Marcia Croy-Vanwely
Iamslic, President
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The SAIL regional meeting is being held next week at Texas A&M University in Galveston hosted by Natalie Wiest. SAIL 2011: Into the I of the Storm; Information Resources Undergo a Sea Change, will take place April 5-April 8, 2011. https://conferences.tdl.org/SAIL/index/index
The program is well organised and should be most valuable to attendees.
Marcia Croy-Vanwely
Iamslic, President
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The Conference Site Selection committee is now accepting proposals for the Annual IAMSLIC conference in 2013 (a location in SAIL); 2014 (a location in PRIG); and possible host sites in the EURASLIC region for the 2015 conference.
Your proposals should be addressed to Daria Carle, chair of the committee, at:Â Â afdoc@uaa.alaska.edu
Marcia Croy-Vanwely
Iamslic, President
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This may have been posted to the IAMSLIC blog before, but I don’t remember and it is probably worth repeating if only for the benefit of new members. Natural History Book Service offers a “Gratis Book Scheme”. Below is text from their web page which can be found at:
http://www.nhbs.com/Conservation/gratis-books.php
Joe Wible
Hopkins Marine Station
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The aim of this scheme is to provide ecology and conservation books to those from outside Western Europe, North America, Japan, Australia and New Zealand who would otherwise be unable to obtain them. The simple purpose of this scheme is to spread ecological knowledge as widely as possible.
This scheme is a collaboration between the British Ecological Society (who pay for the postage), the NHBS Environment Bookstore (who co-ordinate and organise the distribution) and the publishers and authors of the books (who provide the books for free). We plan to provide a number of books per year. They will usually be distributed three months after the book has been published. Individuals may request the book for themselves or suggest the book for others. It is likely that some of these schemes will be oversubscribed: all applications will be considered together and the available copies will then be awarded to those considered most able to benefit from them.
The first title to be distributed under the Gratis Books Scheme was William J Sutherland’s Conservation Handbook. Over 3000 copies have been donated. The number of recipients per country can be viewed here.
We regret that gratis books are not available to students currently doing degrees in Western Europe, North America, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. They are also not available to those from Western Europe, North America, Japan, Australia and New Zealand but currently working outside those areas.
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