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Subject:        RE: Volunteers and Information sought for 2 short-term USGS
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Date:   Wed, 8 Sep 2010 13:31:30 -0400
From:   Edwin, Kim <[log in to unmask]>
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Dear Richard,

Your project looks most interesting. Would you mind posting your results here?


thanks,
Kim Edwin
Library of Congress
Geography & Map Division
202-707-8514
"What's not to love at Loc.gov?"

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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Richard L Huffine
*Sent:* Tuesday, September 07, 2010 11:54 AM
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*Subject:* [Geonet] Volunteers and Information sought for 2 short-term USGS projects




Dear fellow Geonet-ers -

I have been asked to address 2 different tasks before the end of our operating year (September 30) and am looking for your input and assistance to complete them:

1. Prioritization of USGS Series Publications for digitization: The USGS will be restarting our digitization of USGS Series Publications in early 2011 and we would like to prioritize the work that needs to be done.
Could you let me know which specific USGS Series should be digitized first and which Series you think can wait. You can find a complete listing of Series at the USGS Publications Warehouse:
http://pubs.usgs.gov/ under the tab labelled "Contents."

2. Identifying "game changers" in the realms of library services and geoscience research and describing them for my senior management. The topics that have been proposed to date include the following:

Game Changers:
        Digital collections
        Good enough is good enough (most of the time)
        (Most) metadata is free
        Self-service (pros and cons)
        Aggregation
        Alert Services
        User interface changes
Barriers
        Copyright, Curation, and Distribution
        Cost of content and access management
        Governance and consensus on shared services Future Structure
        Embedded librarianship
        Access versus ownership
        Provision of virtual library services
        Collaborative approach to supporting research

If you can contribute anything to one of these topics, please let me know. If you think there are other game changers, barriers, and suggestions for future structures that I should consider, please let me know that as well. If you are willing to contribute to the content of the report or if you would like to participate as a reviewer of the draft report, please contact me and I'd be happy to work with you to add your thoughts and perspectives.

Richard Huffine
National Library Coordinator
U.S. Geological Survey (MS 159)
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192 Tel 703-648-7182
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