Registration Now Open for Geoscience Librarianship 101

Register for Geoscience Librarianship 101 at https://libguides.lib.usm.edu/gl101/home

Join the Geoscience Information Society’s annual free two-day virtual workshop, Geoscience Librarianship 101, that introduces library/information science students, new librarians, and information professionals to some areas of geoscience librarianship, earth science information resources and their organization.

Workshop Information:
Date: November 14th – 15th, 2023
Time: 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Eastern Time)
Location: Virtual

Summer GSIS Newsletter issue is available!

The summer issue of the GSIS Newsletter is now available here.

The digital GSIS Newsletter is published quarterly in Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall by the Geoscience Information Society. Access to the digital edition is free and is supported by the membership.

Highlights from this issue include:

Regular columns and updates

Review of the SENCER Summer Institute

Mineral Cup, 2023

Call for content!

GSIS has a new webmaster!

Please welcome Dwight Hunter, who is stepping into the role of GSIS webmaster. His familiarity with WordPress has already yielded improvements to our site and I look forward to his providing a more lively venue for member issues and discussion. Dwight is a long time member of the GSIS and currently is employed at Chattanooga State University. This 2020 press release provides more background about Dwight. Thank you Dwight!

Upcoming webinar: Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP): Empowering Collaborations that Make Data More FAIR

The Geoscience Information Society will host a webinar on June 7 from 2:00 – 3:00 (eastern time). Please join us for a presentation by Megan Carter and Karl Benedict on “Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP): Empowering Collaborations that Make Data More FAIR” followed by time for Q & A.

We hope to see you there! Contact us for more information.

Bob Tolliver, GSIS Vice President

Nominations Sought for 2023 Mary B. Ansari Distinguished Service Award

Nominees are being sought for the Geoscience Information Society (GSIS) 2023 Mary B. Ansari Distinguished Service Award. The award recognizes and honors significant contributions to the geoscience information profession. The award is named after Mary Ansari, a former GSIS President and strong supporter of the Society, and will be presented at the GSIS Annual Meeting Meeting A monetary gift .accompanies this award.

Membership in GSIS is not a requirement to receive the award.  More information about the award and a list of previous award recipients is available at: https://www.geoinfo.org/distinguished-service.

The deadline for nominations is July 17, 2023.  Please send nomination materials listed below by email (cpmcleod@wustl.edu) or regular mail to Clara P. McLeod, Washington University, MSC 1061- 141-B 1 Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130:

·         Your name and contact information

·         Name, title, and contact information for the person you are nominating

·         Resume or curriculum vita of the nominee

·         Statement indicating why the nominee is deserving of this award

·         Additional letters of support from other individuals endorsing the nomination

Please help us honor one of your colleagues with the 2023 Mary B. Ansari Distinguished Service Award!

Mary B. Ansari Distinguished Service Award Committee:

Clara P. McLeod (Chair), Marie Dvorak, Cynthia Prosser, and Robert Tolliver

Best Paper Award – request for nominations

The Best Paper Award Committee of the Geoscience Information Society (GSIS) is accepting nominations for the 2023 Best Paper Award through Wednesday, June 21, 2023. The committee is looking for original, significant and scholarly papers published in 2022 OR 2023 in the field of geoscience information. The papers must demonstrate effective professional communication and appeal to the broader geoscience information community. Send nominations to the chair of the committee, Christopher J.J. Thiry, cthiry@mines.edu. The nomination should include a detailed citation, and, if available, a link to the paper.

Nominate a favorite research resource for Ansari award

As the 2022-2023 academic year winds down, I ask you to reflect on some of the research resources you’ve used throughout the year. Which ones were your favorite/use all the time?  If there’s one or a few, nominate them for the GSIS Best Research Resource Award.

Mary B. Ansari Best Geoscience Research Resource Award 

The GSIS Best Research Resource Committee is seeking nominations for the annual Mary B. Ansari Best Geoscience Research Resource Award for the best geosciences reference publication. The award recognizes geoscience reference works or works focused on information aspects of the geosciences. Please nominate your favorite new website or reference work for the Mary B. Ansari Best Reference Work Award.

 Submissions will be evaluated using the following criteria:

  • The work must have been published or produced within 3 years preceding the GSIS annual meeting. 

  • The title does not have to strictly be “geoscience,” but it should have significant value to the geoscience information community.

  • Local or specialized works can be considered if they are particularly high in quality and could serve as a model for other works.

  • Formats other than monographs may be considered, such as maps, databases, websites, etc.

  • Any works nominated should be in a generally useable format (DVD, online, etc.), be generally available for purchase by libraries, and, theoretically, have a stable future.

  • Although no work is specifically excluded from consideration, textbooks or monographs in geoscience or library/information science would not normally be considered.

 

Please submit your nominations to the committee chair by June 30th.  Please include citation information and/or a links to the resource:

Chrissy Klenke

Earth Science, GIS & Maps Librarian

University of Nevada, Reno

cklenke@unr.edu