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The Sixth Annual Atmospheric Science Librarians
International (ASLI)
Conference Program
February 12, 13 and 14, 2003
Long Beach, California |
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Wednesday, February 12
| 8:30 a.m.
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Registration and
Coffee
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| 9:15
a.m.
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ASLI Roundtable
Discussion
ASLI members and attendees will describe their libraries and unique
collections, what's new and special projects. This is also an opportunity to
distribute new brochures, other descriptive materials and contact info to
attendees.
Moderator: Jinny Nathans, Librarian and
Archivist, AMS, Boston, MA
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| 10:15 a.m.
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Break
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| 10:30
a.m.
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Keynote
Speaker
Back to the Future:
Providing Information to the MIT Community
Ann Wolpert, Director, MIT Libraries, Cambridge, MA
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| 12:00
noon
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Lunch
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| 1:15
p.m.
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Research Experiences
in the History of Meteorology:
Scholars in the History of Meteorology present their current research
Moderator: Jinny Nathans, Librarian and Archivist, AMS, Boston, MA
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The Papers of Guy
Stewart Callendar on CD-ROM, Vols. 1-7: The University of East Anglia
Collection
Prof. James R. Fleming. Director, Science and Technology Studies Program,
Colby College, Waterville, ME
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Benjamin Franklin
and Lightning Rod Research
Prof. E. Philip Krider, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, The University
of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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Doing Research in
the History of Meteorology
Kris Harper, Ph.D. candidate, History of Science, Oregon State
University, Corvallis, OR
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| 3:30 p.m.
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Exhibit Hall open
until 7:30 p.m.
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| 5:30 p.m.
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Pre-AMS Banquet
reception in Exhibit Hall<
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| 7:00 p.m. |
Annual ASLI
Dinner, sponsored by Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
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Thursday, February 13
| 9:00 a.m.
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Research Experiences
in the History of Meteorology (continued)
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Recovering a Solar
Cycle: Digitizing the Millstone Hill Ionospheric Profiles
Madeleine Needles, Librarian, MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA
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Recent Literature
Reviews in the History of Meteorology
Dr. David Schultz, NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK
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| 9:45a.m.
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Coffee
Break
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| 10:00
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Digital Projects
Moderator: Hilary Thomson, Information Resources
Manager and Research Librarian, Institute for Business and Home Safety, Tampa,
FL
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Image Databases
created at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries
Jean M. Phillips, Librarian, Space Science and Engineering Center,
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
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NOAA-AMS
Collaboration on a Grand Scale: Digitization of the Monthly Weather Review
1886-1973
Doria M. Grimes, Librarian, NOAA Central Library, Silver Spring, MD
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| 11:00
a.m.
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MGA Content Panel:
A Detailed Discussion of Issues such as Coverage, Timeliness, and Criteria for
Inclusion
Bring your MGA Questions!
Chair: Maria Latyszewskyj, Head, Environment Canada Library, Downsview,
Ontario
Panelists: Keith Seitter, Deputy
Executive Director, AMS,Boston, MA;
Vicki Soto, Supervising Editor,CSA,
Bethesda, MD; Judie Triplehorn, Librarian,
Geophysical Institute, University of
Alaska, Fairbanks, AK |
| 12:00 noon
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Lunch
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| 1:15
p.m.
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Product Updates from
Information Providers
Moderator: Kristi Jensen, Librarian, Earth and Mineral Sciences Library,
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
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American
Meteorological Society
Keith Seitter, Deputy Executive Director, Ken Heideman, Director of
Publications, and Jeff Rosenfeld, Editor, Bulletin of the American
Meteorological Society
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Cambridge
Scientific Abstract
Michael Miyazaki on Meteorological and Geophysical Abstracts's product
enhancements
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Elsevier
Science
Jacques Kiebert, Senior Publishing Editor, Earth Sciences Department
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Institute for
Scientific Information
Jeff Dougherty, MLS, Manager Global Sales Support, Thomson Scientific
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| 3:15 p.m.
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Coffee Break
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| 3:30
p.m.
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ASLI Business Meeting
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| 4:30 p.m.
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Exhibit Hall open
until 6:00 p.m.
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| 6:00
p.m.
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AMS Closing Event
at Aquarium--ASLI registrants are invited
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Friday, February 14
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