Welcome new members

Please welcome the following new members:

Regolini, Amanda
CEMAGREF, France

Ali, Jainul
Pacific Islands Marine Resources Information System (PIMRIS), Fiji

Jimenez, Sara
GIRO Technological Centre (adhered to IRTA). Spain

Macan, Bojan
Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Croatia

Lust, Heike
Flanders Marine Institute, Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), Belgium

Kondratyeva, Natalya
Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment Scientific Institute, Latvia

Brena Torres, Ana Maria
Dirreccion General de Capitanias y Guardacostas (DICAPI), Peru

Crawford, Wendy
Western Australian Museum Library

Harding, Deborah
Department of Environment and Conservation, Western Australia

Thomas, Cecily
Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, USA

Cook, Angela
James J. Howard Marine Sciences Lab, NMFS, NEFSC, NOAA, USA

Santos Gomez Morales, Jose
SIBE, El Colegio de la Frontera, Mexico

Posted by Jean Collins on behalf of the Membership Committee

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July 6, 2010 · Filed under Announcements

IAMSLIC 2010 Conference Registration now open!

Registration is now open for the 36th IAMSLIC Conference “Netting Knowledge: Two Hemispheres, One World” to be held in Mar del Plata, Argentina 17-21 October 2010.

Full early registration fee is $275 US.
For more information and to register, please visit: http://www.iamslic.org/conf2010?page_id=14

Marcia Croy Vanwely, Conference Convenor

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July 6, 2010 · Filed under Conference News

New Web Pages for Miller Library at Hopkins Marine Station

Last summer Karen Cooper took on the task of redesigning the Miller Library web pages using Drupal.  Drupal is an open source content management system the Stanford libraries have adopted.  There were a few pages that were complicated to move, so it took a while to get the technical support required to complete that last step.  This was finally done this spring, and as of now we are live with the Drupal pages.  Our old pages are still there, but they are not being updated and will not be around for long.  If you have any links to the Miller Library pages, be sure to update your URL(s).  The new home page is at http://lib.stanford.edu/miller-library-marine-biology.

Joe Wible

Hopkins Marine Station

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July 2, 2010 · Filed under Announcements

Touristic news updated at Conference Site!!

We added in “Local attractions” some options offered by Pezzati (http://www.pezzati.com) a Tourist Agency at Mar del Plata. Maybe you will only visit Buenos Aires for two nights after or before the Conference, or you will choose to visit other nice touristic sites.

NOTE: you should ask in your country about tickets called “Visit Argentina” (only for foreign visitors) including some cheaper flights within Argentina, then you have to find out only a Hotel by yourself.

We are waiting for you, get ready to Enjoy Mar del Plata and Enjoy Argentina!!

INIDEP Hosts Guillermina and Gabriela

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May 27, 2010 · Filed under Conference News

Query: Visiting scientists and students

Dear All,

Do any of you have policies to address visiting scientists and students at your institutions?  I’m interested in what services you provide, what resources they have access to and what fees you assess (if any). We have a growing number of visitors that are not affilitated with the university.  We would like to encourage this type of collaboration, but it can be taxing on resources.

Thanks.

-Janet Webster

Oregon State University

janet.webster@oregonstate.edu

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May 18, 2010 · Filed under Reference Questions

Survey of Newsletters & Annual Reports published by Marine Labs

Please take a few minutes out of your busy day to answer a few questions found at the URL below.  Pardon any duplicate copies of this request that you receive.

At the request of my lab’s director, I am gathering information about newsletters and annual reports published and distributed by marine labs (both print and electronic).  Feel free to pass the URL along to someone else at your institution if you are unable to fill it out, but in most cases I suspect it be easy for you to complete yourself.  If your lab does not produce either a newsletter or an annual report, I would still ask you to complete the survey since this is information I would like to know.  If you are in this situation, you should be able to complete the survey in less than a minute by just answering NO to four questions to get to the last page.

I will share the results with everyone once I have a large enough response.

Don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or problems filling out the form.  I appreciate your cooperation.

Joe Wible
Hopkins Marine Station
wible@stanford.edu

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/marlabnews

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May 3, 2010 · Filed under Announcements

Call for proposals: deadline May 9

Call for Proposals for IAMSLIC 2010 closes the 9th May 2010.

Ensure you have your abstract to me before the deadline. For full information check the Call for Proposals link on the Conference website. http://www.iamslic.org/?section=231

Marcia Croy-Vanwely, Chair Iamslic 2010 “Netting Knowledge: Two Hemispheres – One World”

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April 27, 2010 · Filed under Uncategorized

Student-founded law and science journal advances discussion of climate change in the ocean.

Policymakers facing complex decisions about climate change have a new resource to put marine science in their toolkits. The Stanford Journal of Law, Science and Policy (SJLSP) has released its latest issue, “Climate Change and Marine Systems, ” available for free online at http://www.stanford.edu/group/sjlsp/cgi-bin/articles/index.php.

Three Stanford graduate students from programs in law and biology founded the journal in 2008 as a needed outlet for interdisciplinary, science-based papers on public policy. Their latest issue follows a symposium hosted by SJLSP in April 2009 called “Climate Change and Marine Systems: Managing for Resiliency.” The symposium attracted participants from regional NGO’s, state and federal agencies, and academia to discuss themes of ocean energy, marine reserves and fisheries.

SJLSP articles often represent the collaboration of scientists and legal scholars. In the current issue, Mark Carr of UC Santa Cruz, Meg Caldwell of Stanford and Emily Saarman of PISCO present “The role of ‘rules of thumb’ in science-based environmental policy: California’s Marine Life Protection Act as a case study.” The authors suggest an improved format for distilling scientific information into useable guidelines that policymakers can incorporate into their decisions.

Edwin Feo and Josh Ludmir of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP contributed an article called “Balancing the right regulation with the right economic incentives: government’s role in the development and financing of marine renewable energy in the United States.” They discuss how current U.S. laws impede the development of technology to harness the ocean’s enormous potential for clean, renewable energy. Other articles include a review of marine organisms’ physiological responses to climate change as a means to predict fishery and ecosystem “winners” and “losers,” and proposed guidelines for melding natural and social science to develop scientific-yet-appealing marine indicators of climate change.

The unique approach of SJSLP allows scientists to communicate the salient findings and implications of their research directly to policy makers, who can in turn draw on relevant, cutting-edge science when crafting policy solutions. More information about SJSLP and access to journal articles can be found at http://www.stanford.edu/group/sjlsp.

New York Times Article coverage of marine energy talks from the 2009 symposium: http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/04/15/15greenwire-marine-power-not-ready-for-prime-time-experts-10525.html

The above is a a slightly modified press release by Arlo Hemphill, Center for Ocean Solutions

Joe Wible

Hopkins Marine Station

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April 16, 2010 · Filed under Interesting sites

Stanford Job – Branner Earth Sciences Library

Head Librarian and Bibliographer

Stanford University’s School of Earth Sciences aspires to be a world leader in its field and the Branner Earth Sciences Library exists primarily to support the school’s teaching and research. If you are a subject specialist in an earth sciences discipline, consider joining a stellar team of science librarians at our top-ranked research university.

We seek a Librarian to develop and manage collections in support of the four departments in the School of Earth Sciences: Geological & Environmental Sciences, Geophysics, Energy Resources Engineering and Environmental Earth System Science. The focus is on recently published materials and data in all formats and media. You will be responsible for the day-to-day operations, overseeing 2.25 FTE Library Specialists and 1.0 FTE student workers, providing reference and bibliographic assistance to our patrons across the campus and contributing to the programs and projects of the Libraries, Academic Information Resources and to the University at large. You will also be expected to work closely with the Assistant Director of Geospatial, Cartographic and Scientific Data & Services  who oversees the Branner Library Map Collections and Geospatial Resources and, as a member of the Science and Engineering Resource Group (SERG), participate actively in the Group’s programs.

This key position requires knowledge of and an interest in academic or research libraries and the research environment in major universities, thorough understanding of computers and data, demonstrated information seeking skills including database and Internet searching and familiarity with earth sciences resources in digital formats. A team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills is essential, along with demonstrated potential to make professional accomplishments and a history of development and implementation of new services or programs in a library or information services environment. A Master’s degree from an ALA-accredited library and information science school or the equivalent is strongly desired, along with course work, degree or academic/government/corporate library experience in the earth sciences or physical geography. Demonstrated knowledge of the commercial and non-commercial sources of materials in earth sciences and their channels of distribution is highly desired.  Management of scientific datasets for current and future use and experience in earth sciences reference are desired.

To see the full job description, assure your application information is captured in our official files and give the hiring department immediate access to your resume, you must apply to http://jobs.stanford.edu/ and in the keyword search box, indicate 37356.  Applicants should provide cover letter, complete statement of qualifications, full resume of education and relevant experience and the names and addresses of at least 3 references with knowledge of the applicant’s professional qualifications for the position.  Preference will be given to applications received by -April 9, 2010. Stanford University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer.

Joe Wible, Hopkins Marine Station

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March 9, 2010 · Filed under Announcements

Open Access Monograph: From Seascapes of Extinction to Seascapes of Confidence

From Seascapes of Extinction to Seascapes of Confidence: Territorial Use Rights in Fisheries in Chile: El Quisco and Puerto Oscuro

Authored by Gloria L. Gallardo Fernández, Senior Researcher, Director of Research Studies, Uppsala Centre for Sustainable Development, Uppsala University/SLU, Sweden, this work is  freely available in full text, online through the Social Sciences Series of Co-Action Publishing.  Link: http://www.co-action.net/books_Gallardo

ABSTRACT: English: An important contribution to our understanding of the multifaceted challenges underlying sustainable solutions to ecological fisheries, the book describes how, in Chile, indiscriminate harvest of the edible shellfish Concholepas concholepas (false abalone or Loco), has been threatening not only the living of small-scale artisan fishers but also the ecosystem. Español: Una importante contribución para nuestra comprensión de los desafíos multifacéticos que subyacen bajo soluciones sustentables para una pesca ecológica es este libro que describe como en Chile, la extracción indiscriminada de la especie comestible Concholepas concholepas (abulón falso o Loco) llegó a amenazar no tan sólo la sobrevivencia de los pequeños pescadores artesanales, sino también el ecosistema.

From: Stephanie Haas

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March 4, 2010 · Filed under Interesting sites

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