-------- Original Message -------- 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]> To: [log in to unmask] >> 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/> >>> ([log in to unmask]) >>> >>> ======================================= >>> 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.