Date: May 11-14, 2004
Location: The University of Texas Marine Science Institute; Port Aransas, TX
Hosts: Liz DeHart and Denise Landry-Hyde
| Tuesday, May 11 | |
| 8:00-4:30 P.M. | NOAA Librarians Meeting |
| 5:00-7:00 P.M. | SAIL Conference begins with Welcome Reception and Registration. Reception sponsored by Del Mar Culinary Arts Students, Charles DeHart and Kelley Garrett. Location – Aransas Harbors Condominiums Clubhouse, 230 S. Cutoff Road, Port Aransas |
| Wednesday, May 12 | |
| 8:15-8:50 A.M. | Registration, coffee and pastries |
| 8:50-9:00 A.M. | Announcements / Introductions |
| 9:00-9:10 A.M. | Welcome from the Marine Science Institute Dr. Wayne Gardner, Professor, Department of Marine Science Director, Marine Science Institute |
| 9:10-9:40 A.M. | Windows to the Sea: A Wetlands Education Center John Williams, Naturalist & Educator, Marine Education Services, UT Marine Science Institute |
| 9:40-10:30 A.M. | Deep-Sea Dives in the Gulf of Mexico Dr. Sylvia Earle, Keynote Speaker, Program Coordinator, Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies& Explorer-in-Residence, National Geographic |
| 10:30-10:45 A.M. | Break sponsored by the Mote Marine Laboratory Library |
| 10:45-11:30 A.M. | Recycling grey literature: Netting the documentation about migrant labor in the seafood industry: Maria E. Gonzalez, Ph.D. candidate, The University of Texas at Austin, School of Information. |
| 11:30-12:00 A.M. | Computer Workshop – Internet 1 – Search Techniques (Diane Watson & Liz DeHart) |
| 1:00-5:00 P.M. | Piloting Collaborative Virtual Reference Service within the Texas A&M University System Alan B. Withoff, Public Services Librarian, Jack K. Williams Library, Texas A&M University at Galveston and Denise Landry-Hyde, Distributed Learning Librarian, Mary and Jeff Bell Library, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi. |
| 12:45-1:00 P.M. | Group Photo |
| 1:00-2:30 P.M. | Boat Tour |
| Thursday, May 13 | |
| 8:00-8:50 A.M. | T-Shirt Exchange |
| 8:50-9:00 A.M. | Announcements |
| 9:00-9:40 A.M. | Hydrothermal Vent Exploration in the Arctic Ocean and Southwest Pacific: Dr. Hedy Edmonds, Assistant Professor, Department of Marine Science, Research Assistant Professor, Marine Science Institute. |
| 10:25-11:20 A.M. | Serials Panel Discussion Jo Anne Newyear-Ramirez, Assistant Head of Collections & Information Resources, University of Texas at Austin; Sarah Sutton, Head of Periodicals, Texas A&M, Corpus Christi; Mike Harwell, Regional Director of Sales & Marketing, EBSCO; Kristin Culp, Government Account Manager, Thomson ISI |
| 11:20-11:55 A.M. | Catered lunch by La Playa Mexican Grille Sponsored by Thomson ISI. |
| 1:15-2:00 P.M. | Tour of the Marine Science Institute |
| 2:00-2:30 P.M. | Patrons Services in an Electronic Age: Kathleen Heil, Aquatic Sciences Librarian III, University of Maryland, Chesapeake Biological Lab, Md |
| 2:45-3:10 P.M. | Copy- ‘rights’ and ‘wrongs’: Some Timely Intellectual Property Guidelines and Resources (Especially in Electronic Environment) Susanne Ridenour, Staff Librarian, National Aquarium In Baltimore |
| 3:10-3:20 P.M. | Poster presentation on The National Marine Protected Areas Virtual Library Lisc Lott, Virtual Archive Librarian, Marine Protected Area, NOAA Coastal Services Center Library, Charleston, SC |
| 3:20-4:05 P.M. | Round Table Discussion 1st discussion on Internships Led by John Conover, Evelyn Poole-Kober & Denise Landry-Hyde. Other topics open too. |
| 4:05-5:00 P.M. | SAIL Business Meeting and SAIL 2005 Preview |
| 6:30 P.M. | Group Dinner at Jay’s Seafood & Spaghetti Works, each pays. Unique menu of seafood, steaks, Italian food, pizza, soup and salad bar with entree or a la carte. Dinner served daily, full bar, gift shop. Moderate to expensive. |
| Friday, May 14 | |
| 8:00-8:45 A.M. | Travel time to Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi |
| 8:50-9:00 A.M. | Announcements |
| 9:00-11:15 A.M. | Hands-on GIS Workshop Dr. Joseph Loon Endowed Chair And Professor of GIS, Computer & Math Sciences, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi |
| 11:15-11:55 A.M. | Implementation of OCLC’s ILLiad, a Total ILL Management Presentation Jose Gonzalez, ILL Document Delivery Dept., Texas A&M Corpus |
| 12:10-1:15 P.M. | Lunch at Water Street Oyster Bar, downtown Corpus Christi |
| 1:30-4:00 P.M.> | Field trip excursions: The Texas State Aquarium and USS Lexington Aircraft Carrier Museum. |