Shaun Hardy represented the GSIS at long-time member Sharon Tahirkheli’s retirement celebration from the American Geosciences Institute today, March 31, 2023. Following is the statement that was read:
On behalf of the members of the Geoscience Information Society, I want to congratulate Sharon on her pending retirement. Over her career, Sharon has been an influential force in the development of the geoscience information ecosystem, from GeoRef to GeoScienceWorld. For decades, in this millennium and the previous, Sharon has been active in the Geoscience Information Society, serving as president and in various other roles within the organization. Her strong advocacy of the importance of field trip guidebooks to the geosciences led to the creation of the open access resource the Geologic Guidebooks of North America Database, a collaboration with the Geoscience Information Society. Sharon’s support for collaborative endeavors are numerous- too many to list today – as are her contributions to the scholarly record. We, her colleagues in the Geoscience Information Society, salute her accomplishments and wish her much joy in retirement. — Linda Musser, GSIS President