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The Fifth Annual Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI)
Conference Program
January 16, 17, and 18, 2002
Orlando, Florida

TUES 15 JAN
7:30 P.M. Optional Group Dinner - details at ASLI Exhibit Booth

WED 16 JAN

8:30 A.M. Registration and Coffee
9:00 A.M.

Session 1: ASLI Roundtable Discussion.  ASLI members and attendees will describe their libraries and unique collections. What's new.

Moderator: Doria B. Grimes, Librarian, NOAA Central Library, Silver Spring, M
10:00 A.M. Coffee Break
10:15 A.M. Session 2: Digitization and Access
Moderator: Jinny Nathans, Archivist, American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA
Digitization and Bibliographic Control: Metadata, Networked Resources, and the Web.
Priscilla Caplan, Assistant Director for Digital Library Services, Florida Center for Library Automation (Invited Presentation)
11:00 A.M. Planning for Digital Projects: Issues and Examples. 
Kristi Jensen, Earth Sciences Librarian, and Linda Musser, Director, Fletcher L. Byrom Earth and Mineral Science Library, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 
11.45 A.M. Questions and Answers
Noon Lunch  
1:15 P.M.

Session 2 continued

Digitization of Meteorological Data and Public Access.
Doria B. Grimes, Librarian, NOAA Central Library, Silver Spring, MD

Air Force Weather Technical Library - Electronic Library Project
Sheila Ray, Librarian, Air Force Weather Technical Library, Asheville, NC

2:00 P.M.

Session 3:  Lightning 

Moderator: Susan A. Tarbell, Librarian, Air Force Weather Technical Library, Air Force Combat Climatology Center, Asheville, NC 

Lightning Safety.
William P. Roeder, 45 Weather Squadron, Patrick Air Force Base, FL
2:45 P.M. Coffee Break
3:00 P.M. Session 3  continued 
Lightning: Detection, Impacts, and Recent Topics.
Ronald L. Holle, Global Atmospherics, Inc., Tucson, AZ
3:45 P.M. Time for Exhibit Hall
4:30 P.M. Sessions end for the day
7:30 P.M. ASLI Members are invited to attend the AMS Annual Awards Banquet. Tickets may be purchased when you register for the ASLI Conference.

THUR 17 JAN

8:30 A.M. Coffee and Danish
9:00 A.M. Session 4: The Information Profession
Moderator: July Triplehorn, Librarian, Geophysical Institute, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, AK
Information-Seeking Behavior of Meteorologists: Access and Retrieval of Cited References
Dr. Julie Hallmark, Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
10:15 A.M. Coffee Break
10:30 A.M. Report on the Congress on the History of Science, Commission on the History of Meteorology
Jinny Nathans, Archivist, American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA
11:00 A.M. AMS Publications Update: What's New.
Keith Seitter, American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA
11:30 A.M. Meteorological and Geophysical Abstracts: What's New
Vicki Soto and Michael Miyazaki, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts 
Noon Lunch 
1:15 P.M.

Session 5: Information Providers

Moderator: Jinny Nathans, Archivist, American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA
Web of Science and News from the Institute for Scientific Information.
Patricia Sproehnle, Government Account Manager, ISI, Philadelphia, PA
1:45 P.M. Science Direct and Elsevier Publications
Elsevier Rep.
Other Exhibitors
3:00 P.M. Coffee Break
3:15 P.M.

ASLI Business Meeting

Moderator: Doria B. Grimes, Librarian, NOAA Central Library, Silver Spring, MD
4:30 P.M.  Sessions end for the day
7:30 P.M. ASLI Members are invited guests to the AMS Closing Event - refreshments provided

FRI 18 JAN

9:00 A.M. Field Trip to 45th Weather Squadron at Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral. This facility provides weather forecasting for the space shuttle and unmanned rocket launches.
Sign up with Judy Triplehorn (fygilib@aurora.alaska.edu) 


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