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Subject: Registration Now Open - FREE SEMINAR ON GEOSCIENCE
LIBRARIANSHIP SET         FOR NOVEMBER 3rd
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 08:42:54 -0500 (CDT)
From: Linda R Zellmer <[log in to unmask]>
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“Geoscience Librarianship 101” – a free seminar on earth science
information resources and their organization – will be presented by the
Geoscience Information Society on Saturday, November 3 in Charlotte,
North Carolina. Registration is open to all information professionals as
well as students in library and information studies.

The workshop is aimed at librarians new to the geosciences and those
already in the field who want a refresher. A team of experienced
geoscience librarians will cover topics in collection development,
reference, instructional services, and maps and geographic information
systems (GIS). Presenters are: Amanda Bielskas (Columbia University),
Megan Sapp Nelson (Purdue University), Hannah Winkler (Stanford
University) and Linda Zellmer (Western Illinois University). After the
formal presentations, participants will have the opportunity to engage
in open discussion and to give feedback. Clara McLeod, Earth and
Planetary Sciences Librarian at Washington University in St. Louis, is
coordinating the event.

Geoscience Librarianship 101 will be held from 8:45 AM to 4:30 PM in the
J. Murrey Atkins Library, at the University of North Carolina -
Charlotte. Pre-registration is required; no walk-ins will be admitted.
Registrations must be received by October 29, 2012.

To sign up, please provide your name, daytime contact information, and
professional (work/school) affiliation to: Clara P. McLeod, Rettner
Earth & Planetary Sciences Library, Washington University, Campus Box
1169, St. Louis, MO 63130, telephone 314-935-4817, e-mail
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Linda Zellmer
Government Information & Data Services Librarian
415 Malpass Library
Macomb, IL 61455
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Phone: 309-298-2723
Fax: 309-298-2791