[MNASIS-L] Free Seminar on Geoscience Librarianship: Minneapolis, MN

[Janet Arth]

Colleagues, please share this opportunity with local librarians,
students, or listservs as appropriate. Thanks! Lisa (GSIS Conference
Organizer 2011)
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*FREE SEMINAR ON GEOSCIENCE LIBRARIANSHIP SET FOR OCTOBER 8
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“Geoscience Librarianship 101” – a free seminar on earth science information
resources and their organization – will be presented by the Geoscience
Information Society <http://www.geoinfo.org/> (GSIS) on Saturday, October 8
in Minneapolis,
Minnesota. Registration is open to all information professionals as well as
students in library and information studies. This event is held
inconjunction with the Geological Society of America meeting and is
sponsored by Geoscience World and ESRI.

The workshop is aimed at librarians new to the geosciences and those already
in the field who want a refresher. A team of experienced geoscience
librarians will cover topics in collection development,
reference and instructional services, maps and geographic information
systems (GIS). Presenters include Lisa Dunn (Colorado School of Mines),
Adonna Fleming (University of Nebraska-Lincoln), Lura E. Joseph
(University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana), and Linda Zellmer (Western
Illinois University). After the formal presentations participants will have
the opportunity to engage in open discussion and to give feedback.
Clara McLeod, earth and planetary sciences librarian at Washington
University in St. Louis, is coordinating the event.

Geoscience Librarianship 101 will be held from 9:15 AM to 4:30 PM at the
Minneapolis Community and Technical College Library, Room 1500.
*Pre-registration is required; no walk-ins will be admitted. Registrations
must be received by September 26, 2011.*

To sign up, please provide your name, daytime contact information, and
professional (work/school) affiliation to:
Clara P. McLeod,
Rettner Earth & Planetary Sciences Library,
Washington University,
Campus Box 1169,
St. Louis, MO 63130,
telephone 314-935-4817,
e-mail cpmcleod at wustl.edu.


FYI

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Janet M. Arth, Systems Librarian
University of Minnesota Libraries Enterprise Technology
499 Wilson Library (mail)
569 Wilson Library (office)
309-19th Avenue South    email: arth at umn.edu
Minneapolis, MN              phone: 612-624-9860