COVID-19 Impact Study

Participate in the Geoscience COVID-19 study to help our community better understand how geoscientists, employers and educational institutions are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The American Geosciences Institute is conducting a year-long study to understand the impacts on geoscientists, employers and educational institutions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and to discover which of these changes will become permanent.

This survey is open to all geoscientists, including geoscience students, retired, and not currently employed, who reside in the United States, and are at least 18 years old, as well as representatives from employers of geoscientists in the United States.

The results of this survey will be valuable in helping geoscience academic institutions, geoscience employers and decision makers to understand the structural impacts on the geoscience enterprise from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Results from the study will be reported only in aggregate and in a manner that ensures the confidentiality of the responses. Participation is voluntary, and participants may discontinue their participation at any time.

For more information and to participate in the study, please visit https://www.americangeosciences.org/workforce/covid19

If you have any questions about this study, please contact Leila Gonzales at lmg@americangeosciences.org

Funding for this project is provided by the National Science Foundation (Award #2029570). The results and interpretation of the survey are the views of the American Geosciences Institute and not those of the National Science Foundation.

Call for Nominations for GSIS Best Paper Award 2019/2020

The Best Paper Award Committee of the Geoscience Information Society (GSIS) is accepting nominations for the 2019/2020 Best Paper Award.  The committee is looking for original, significant and scholarly papers published in 2018 or 2019 in the field of geoscience information.  The papers must demonstrate effective professional communication and appeal to the broader geoscience information community. 

Please send nominations by June 19, 2020 to the chair of the committee, Kay Johnson, at kjohnson497@radford.edu.  The nomination should include a detailed citation, and, if available, a link to the paper.  For a list of previous award recipients, see: https://www.geoinfo.org/best-paper/

You know the best geoscience information papers out there, and we welcome your suggestions!

I am pleased and privilged to serve on the committee with Hannah Collier, Chris Badurek, Elise Gowen, Caitlin McClurg, Carl Olson, Monica Pereria and Bob Tolliver.

Thanks,
Kay
Kay G. Johnson
Head, Collection and Technical Services
McConnell Library, Radford University
kjohnson497@radford.edu