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Subject:        Call for presenters: Geoscience Information Society annual meeting
Date:   Wed, 30 Jun 2004 08:39:23 -0400
From:   Joanne M. Perry <[log in to unmask]>
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>> I am forwarding this to our list for Linda Musser, the V-P of GIS as
>> she is not a Maps-L member.
>>
>>> At its annual meeting in Denver, Colorado from November 7-10,2004 ,
>>> the Geoscience <http://www.geoinfo.org/> Information Society
>>> <http://www.geoinfo.org/> (GSIS) is sponsoring a topical session on
>>> international/global issues in geoscience information and
>>> librarianship, in addition to its regular disciplinary session open
>>> to all topics related to geoscience information and librarianship.
>>> Additional information about the topical session is given below.
>>> The Geoscience Information Society meets in conjunction with the
>>> Geological Society of America.
>>> The deadline for abstract submission is July 13, 2004.
>>> Abstract submission form: http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2004AM/index.epl
>>>
>>> For more information contact:
>>> Linda Musser, Vice President of the Geoscience
>>> <http://www.geoinfo.org/> Information Society <http://www.geoinfo.org/>
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>>>
>>> =======================================
>>> Session T111: Geoscience Information and Librarianship in a Global
>>> Context.
>>> Abstract submission deadline: July 13, 2004
>>>
>>> As geoscience becomes more global in scope, the tools librarians
>>> provide must also adapt.  How well have traditional tools and
>>> processes changed to meet these new demands?  What changes still
>>> need to be made?
>>>
>>> Rationale:
>>> Geoscientists have a long history of looking beyond local borders in
>>> the pursuit of knowledge.  This is even more the case today as
>>> technological advances have simplified travel and eased the process
>>> of long distance collaboration.  New disciplines, such as Earth
>>> system science, demand a global perspective as do the curricular
>>> requirements for new geoscience students.  With faculty doing field
>>> work in Tanzania, students completing course projects in Greenland,
>>> and classes being taught synchronously across oceans, the need for
>>> libraries and geoscience information tools to support global
>>> research is stronger than ever.  While the Internet has made many
>>> research tools more accessible, have the tools themselves become
>>> more global in scope?  Are geoscience librarians collecting,
>>> acquiring, and organizing relevant materials from around the globe?
>>> How much of an impact has the prevalence of English-language
>>> materials had on the dissemination of geoscience knowledge?   How do
>>> we deliver services to researchers in the field when the field is
>>> the Ross Ice Shelf?   How do we support students across continents
>>> and colleagues around the globe?  This session offers a venue for
>>> discussion of the challenges faced by geoscience librarians,
>>> educators, and researchers around the world and the solutions that
>>> have been developed to meet these challenges.