Geoscience Information Society

Officers, Appointments,

Representatives and Committees

2009
 

Executive Board

 The Executive Board consists of the officers plus the Newsletter Editor and  Publications Manager.
 
President

 

Presidents' Handbook
 

 Rusty Kimball

Texas A&M University
5000 TAMU
College Station, Texas 77843-5000		 Nov. 2008 - Oct. 2009

phone: 979-862-1909

fax: 979-450-4123
Vice-President
(President-Elect)

Jan Heagy

ExxonMobil Upstream Research
Information Center
P.O. Box 2189
Houston, Texas  77252-2189

Nov. 2008 - Oct. 2009

phone: 713-431-4466

fax: 713-431-4157

 
Secretary Elaine B. Adams

UCLA Science & Engineering Library
8251 Boelter Hall
P.O.Box 951598
Los Angeles, California 90095-1598
 

 Nov. 2008 - Oct. 2010

Phone: 310-825-2649
Treasurer Renee Davis

Simpson Library
University of Mary Washington
1801 College Avenue
Fredericksburg, Virginia   22401
  		2007 - 2010

Phone: 540-654-1758
Immediate Past President Suzanne T. Larsen

Earth Sciences and Map Library
UCB 184
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309
 		 Nov. 2008 – Oct. 2009

phone: 303-492-4611

fax: 303-735-4879
GSIS Newsletter Editor Adonna Fleming

 207A Love Library
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska  68588
 		 2006 – Dec. 2009

Phone:  402/472-3920
Publications Manager 

Ellie Clement

Cabot Science Library/Harvard University
One Oxford Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts    02138
 

 2007 – 2009

Phone:  617/495-5353

Fax:  617/495-5324


Appointments

Auditor Margy Walsh 2008-2009
Geonet Moderator Carolyn Laffoon 2007-2009
GSIS Newsletter Editor Adonna Fleming 2006-2009
GSIS Newsletter Reviews Editor Carol La Russa 2009-
Publications Manager

Ellie Clement

 2007-2009
Publicity Officer Shaun Hardy 2007-2009
Webmaster Janet Dombrowski 2009-2010
GSA Topical Session Convener Jody Foote 2009
Geoscience Librarianship 101 Clara McLeod
(Coordinator)
Lisa Dunn
Adonna Fleming
Linda Zelmer		 2009

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Committees
 

Archives

 Exhibits Membership
Best Paper Award Guidebooks Nominating
Best Reference Work Award Information Resources Preservation
Distinguished Service Award International Initiatives Website
   

Guidelines for Committee Chairs

Archives

Purpose: To collect and preserve the history of the Society.

Anne Huber, Chair     2007-2009
Lura Joseph 2008-2009
Diane Baclawski 2008-2009


Best Paper Award

Purpose: Determine winner of Best Paper Award.

Carol La Russa, Chair     2008-2009
Angela Gooden 2008-2009
Nancy Sprague 2008-2009

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Best Reference Work Award

Purpose: Determine winner of the Mary B. Ansari Best Reference Work Award.

Angelique Jenks-Brown, Chair 2007-2009   Dennis Trombatore 2008-2009
Edward Lener 2008-2009 Linda Newman 2008-2009  


 Distinguished Service Award

Purpose: Select the winner of the Mary B. Ansari Distinguished Service Award.

Patricia Yocum, Chair     2008-2009
Marie Dvorzak 2009-2010
Michael Noga 2008-2009

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Exhibits

Purpose: Plan, design and arrange for GSIS exhibits and maintain booth materials.

Darin Buri, Chair     2007-2009
Dona Dirlam 2007-2009

April Love

 2008-2009

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Guidebooks

Purpose: Update and maintain
the Geologic Guidebooks of North America database

Lura Joseph*, Chair 2008-2009   Erin Palmer 2009-2010
Jody Foote** 2008-2009   Louise Zipp, 2008-2009
Linda Musser 2009-2010      
* members, Guidebooks Standards Subcommittee
** Chair, Best Guidebook Award Subcommittee

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Information Resources (new - formerly Collection Development Issues
and Electronic Resources committees)

Cynthia Prosser, Chair 2007-2009   John Hunter 2008-2009
Patty Gaspari-Bridges 2008-2009 Angelique Jenks-Brown 2008-2009
Michael Noga 2008-2009

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International Initiatives

Purpose: Investigate, report on, and recommend internationally-focused activities for GSIS.

Judie Triplehorn, Chair 2008-2009
Jan Heagy 2008-2009
Dorothy McGarry 2007-2009
Margy Walsh 2008-2009

 

Membership

Purpose: Review/revise brochure; solicit new members;
contact members who have not renewed and welcome back members who renewed late.

Sarah Ziegler Hodkinson, Chair 2008-2009 Shaun Hardy 2008-2009
John Hunter 2008-2009   Miriam Kennard 2008-2009

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Nominating

Purpose: Nominate candidates for elective offices;
prepare, mail, and count ballots and report results.

Suzanne Larsen, Chair    

2009
April Love 2008-2009
Lisa Johnston 2009-2010

 

Preservation

Purpose: Recommend GSIS's role in preservation activities
 and develop preservation guidelines for the geoscience community
Visit the Committee's website.

Richard Huffine, Chair     2008-2009
Diane Baclawski 2008-2009
John Hunter 2008-2009

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Website

Purpose: Advise on the content and organization of the GSIS Website;
determine winner of the Outstanding Website Award.

Carolyn Laffoon, Chair     2007-2009
John Kawula 2008-2009
Connie Manson 2008-2009
Bob Tolliver 2009-2010

 

Representatives
Three-year appointments
 

American Geological Institute (AGI) Environmental Geoscience Advisory Committee

vacant

  
AGI GeoRef Advisory Committee Lura Joseph 2006-2009
AGI Government Affairs Program

Marie Dvorak

 2007-2009
AGI Member Society Council

Suzanne Larsen

 2009-2010
American Libraries Association (ALA)

John Hunter

 2006-2008
Atmospheric Sciences Librarians International (ASLI) Judie Triplehorn 2008-2010
Cartographic Users Advisory Council (CUAC)

Clara McLeod
Linda Zellmer

2006-2009
2007-2009
Geological Society of America (GSA) Publications Committee Jim O'Donnell 2009-2011
National Science Digital Library Ed Lener 2006-2008
North East Map Organization (NEMO)

Anne Graham

 2008-2010
Special Libraries Association (SLA)

vacant

  
Western Association of Map Libraries (WAML)

Wendie Helms

  

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 updated August 4, 2009, GSIS Webmaster