2001 Conference Program and Minutes

4th Annual Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference
Albuquerque, NM  January 17-19, 2001
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2001 Space Odyssey – Past, Present, and Future

2001 ASLI Conference Minutes (pdf)

Wednesday, JANuary 17, 2001
ASLI program and ASLI dinner
8:30am Registration and Coffee
9:00am Session 1: Librarians and Information-Seeking Behavior
Moderator: Julia H. Triplehorn

1.1 ASLI Roundtable Discussion
Moderator: Evelyn M. Poole-Kober
ASLI members and attendees will describe their libraries and unique collections.
10:00am Break
10:15am 1.2 Information Seeking Behavior in the Atmospheric Sciences: New Roles for Information Specialists in the 21st Century.
Dr. Julie Hallmark, Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX (Invited Address)
11:00am 1.3 Usage of Atmospheric Science Journals.
Maria A. Latyszewskyj, Environment Canada Library, Downsview, Environment Canada, Bibliothèque, Downsview
11:30am Lunch
1:00pm Session 1 continued

1.4 Experiments in Indexing.
Lawrence F. Buckland, Editorial Manager, Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts, Inforonics Inc, Littleton, MA
1:30pm Session 2: Knowledge Keepers and Information Providers
Moderator: Maria Latyszewskyj and Doria Grimes2.1 Libraries and Canadian Meteorology
Morley Thomas, Retired Meteorologist, Environment Canada, Downsview, Canada. (Invited Address)
2:00pm 2.2 A Whirlwind of Information: Documenting 175 Years of Tornado and Thunderstorm Research.
Timothy M. Keel, Cataloger, Curtis Laws Wilson Library, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO
2:30pm 2.3 Archival Initiatives at the American Meteorological Society.
Jinny Nathans, Archivist, American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA
2:45pm NOAA’s Treasures.
Doria B. Grimes, Chief, Library Contract Operations, NOAA Central Library, Silver Spring, MD
3:00pm Sessions end for the day. Exhibit Hall open until 6:00pm
6:30pm Annual ASLI Dinner

Thursday, JANuary 18, 2001
ASLI program, vendor updates, business meeting
8:30am Coffee
9:00am Session 3: Floating Buoys and Flying Laboratories
Moderator: Linda Pikula
and Susan Tarbell3.1 A Brief Overview of Buoy Observations and Data Dissemination.
Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA (Invited Address)
9:30am 3.2 Hurricane Hunting: The Continuing Need for Airborne Weather Reconnaissance.
Richard Woodford, Senior Research Analyst, AFMC/DR/ Office of Aerospace Studies Kirtland AFB, NM (Invited Address)
10:00am Break
10:15am 3.3 A Brief Overview of the NOAA Field Research Division.
Kirk L. Clawson, Ph.D., Research Meteorologist & Deputy Division Director, Field Research Division, ARL, Idaho Falls, ID (Invited Address)
10:45am 3.4 A Description of the Climate Reference Network Program.
C. Bruce Baker, Ph.D., NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC (Invited Address)
11:15am Session 4: Air Quality Modeling, Fire Weather Forecasting, and Climate Monitoring
Moderator: Susan Tarbell and Evelyn Poole-Kober4.1 Air Dispersion Models at the U.S. E.P.A.
Dennis Atkinson, Meteorologist, Atmospheric Sciences Modeling Division, Air Resources Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, NC (Invited Address)
11:45am Lunch
1:15pm Session 4 continued
4.2 A Demonstration of SCRAM.
Dennis Atkinson, Meteorologist, Atmospheric Sciences Modeling Division, Air Resources Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, NC
1:30pm 4.3 Weather Factors Related to the 2001 Fire Season.
Richard Ochoa, NWS/NOAA Boise, ID (Invited Address)
2:00pm Session 5: Information Providers
Moderator: Evelyn Poole-Kober5.1 Delivering Information to Rice Scientists in Africa.
Florent Diouf, Assistant Head, Library and Documentation Center, West Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA), Cote D’Ivoire, West Africa
2:15pm 5.2 Information Transfer and Promotion of Rice Research Results in Africa.
Florent Diouf, Assistant Head, Library and Documentation Center, West Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA), Cote D’Ivoire, West Africa
2:30pm Session 6: Publishers and Vendors Discuss New Products and Services

6.1 American Meteorological Society
Keith Seitter, AMS, Boston, MA

6.2 Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts
Lawrence F. Buckland, Editorial Manager, Inforonics Inc, Littleton, MA

6.3 CIESIN, Columbia University
Joe Schumacher, GCRIO User Services, CIESIN at Columbia University, 61 Rt 9W, Palisades NY

6.4 Panel Discussion:
Representatives from Academic Press, American Geophysical Union, Cambridge University Press, Elsevier Science, and Others
3:30pm ASLI Business Meeting
Moderator: Evelyn Poole-Kober
5:00pm Sessions end for the day. Exhibit Hall open until 6:00 p.m.

Friday, JANuary 19, 2001
Annual ASLI Field Trip
8:30am-4:30pm Annual ASLI Field Trip
Los Alamos Library and Museum. (Complete details to be arranged)