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Subject: Last Call...GSA 2008
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 11:04:14 -0500
From: Lisa Johnston <[log in to unmask]>
To: maps-l
The deadline is less than a week away! But the good news is you are just
300 words (or less) away from submitting your abstract for the GSA
meeting in Houston this fall. The abstract form will close Tuesday, June
3rd at 11:59PM.
Lisa Johnston
GSIS Topical Session Convener 2008
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*Call for Papers: 2008 GSIS – GSA Topical Session
Submission Deadline: June 3, 2008
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Last week to summit an abstract for the Geoscience Information Society's
(GSIS) oral and poster topical sessions of this year’s Geological
Society of America meeting in Houston, Texas October 5-9, 2008.
https://www.acsmeetings.org/2008/
Abstracts for oral, poster, or both can be submitted online at
http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2008AM/index.epl
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*2008 Posters Session Theme:*
T199: “Moving Mountains: Data Mining and Digital Repositories in the
Geosciences” <http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2008AM/index.epl.>
Researchers in the Geosciences are continuously uncovering important
discoveries in their quest toward understanding our planet. We address
the issues of storing and accessing the vast amounts of information from
the past, present, and future.
Examples of efforts include the creation of an institutional repository;
the digitization of archives and journals, books, maps; the management
of data sets and/or GIS information; the mining of digital libraries,
databases and web pages; or the reuse/recycling of Geoscience data for
new research and learning.
*2008 Oral Session Theme:*
T198: “Libraries in Transformation: Exploring Topics of Changing
Practices and New Technologies"
<http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2008AM/index.epl.>
**How Geoscience information is created, disseminated, organized,
accessed, used and archived is rapidly changing. This session will
discuss the practical, theoretical and technological way in which
libraries have “transformed” in response to this change?
Questions to consider:
* How are data issues in the Geosciences being addressed?
* What new technologies will help libraries organize data better?
* How are print archives of books, maps, and journals being
preserved and made accessible in new ways?
* Do electronic databases and digital sources change the teaching,
learning, and understanding of information?
* How are researchers and information seekers adapting to the
changing practices of the Geoscience library?
* How has your library transformed itself to stay in touch with your
users needs?
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Lisa Johnston
Physics, Astronomy and Geology Librarian
Walter Library 108
University of Minnesota
p: 612.624.4216 F: 612.625.5583
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