2022 Conference program

25th Annual Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference
Houston, TX January 26-27, 2022
UPDATE 1/06/2022:  The conference will now be 100% virtual
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“Environmental Security: weather, water, and climate for a more secure world”

View abstracts and recorded sessions on the AMS conference website

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Joint Session J9 – FAIR and Open Data and Software within the Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences to Support Replicable Research and Reusable Tools for Climate Analysis. Part I
All times are CST
8:00am On site Registration
8:30am Chairs:  Douglas C. Schuster, NCAR, Boulder, CO and Nazila Merati, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), NESDIS, Boulder, CO
CoChair:  Scott T. Jacobs, Office of Central Processing, NOAA/NWS/Central Processing, Silver Spring, MD

J9.1: The Use of Metadata and Vocabulary Standards in Scientific Data Repositories
Matthew S. Mayernik, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. Liapich
8:45am J9.2: Managing Vast Stores of Data through CoMET: The Collection Metadata Editing Tool
Lori June Hager, CASE Consultants International, Asheville, NC; and K. Luquire, A. Dean, and P. Lemieux
9:00am J9.3: Improving the Discoverability of NASA Airborne and Field Investigation Data
Deborah K. Smith, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and S. Wingo, C. Woods, S. Bagwell, C. Davis, A. Shirey, L. Guzman, D. Groenen, E. Foshee, J. Ethridge, G. Peng, A. Lukach, N. Hubner, A. Ruehl, and R. Ramachandran
9:15am J9.4: GRIB Mapping and Indexing at ECWMF
Sébastien VILLAUME, ECMWF, Reading, United kingdom; and M. Fuentes, S. Najm, and K. O’Regan
9:30am J9.5: NASA’s Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition Program Data Stewardship and Data Management System
Aaron Kaulfus, MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and M. Maskey, A. Hall, B. Freitag, A. Lukach, M. Hicks, B. Baker, A. Acharya, C. Daniels, E. Keeble, D. Ugalde, N. Asemota, J. Srikishen, D. Koehl, R. Pieschke, and W. McCarty
9:45am Discussion

Thursday, January 27, 2022
ASLI Program
All times are CST

8:00am One day on-site Registration
8:30am Session 13.1: Libraries and Societies Data and Software Sharing Series (presentation pdf)
Chris Erdmann, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC; and S. Stall
8:45am Session 13.2: Creating a Library at a NASA Data Center to Link Data to Related Research: Benefits and Challenges
Irina Gerasimov,
NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and A. Savtchenko, J. Alfred, J. Wei, and M. Khayat
9:00am Session 13.3: Building Climate Resilience at the Library
Eric Tans
, Michigan State Univ. Libraries, East Lansing, MI
9:15am Session 13.4: Discussion
10:00am Exhibit Hall Breakfast
10:45am Chair:  Joyce M Shaw, Ocean Springs, MS
CoChair:  Elise Gowen, The Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA

Session 14.1: An Afrofuturist Connection to Critical Thinking and Climate Change (presentation pdf)
Stacye Blount
, Fayetteville State Univ., Fayetteville, NC
11:00am Session 14.2: Climate of Denial: Library Information Literacy Instruction and Teaching Students to Recognize Climate Change Disinformation
Elise Gowen
, The Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA
11:15am Session 14.3: Stimulation of Popular and General Interest Information about Climate Change: Gore versus Greta
Fred Stoss
, Univ. at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY USA
11:30am Session 14.4: The Library’s Role in Combating Food Insecurity on Campus (presentation pdf)
Linda Musser
, The Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA USA
11:45am Session 14.5: Discussion
12:00pm Lunch
1:30pm Session 15 – Library Tools and Uses of the Library
Chair:
 Joyce M Shaw, Ocean Springs, MS
CoChair:  Elise Gowen, The Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA

Session 15.1: Collection Development Workshop
Jamie Stanfield
, Atmospheric Science Librarians International, Long Beach, MS; Gulf Coast Library, Univ. of Southern Mississippi, Long Beach, MS
2:15pm Session 15.2: ASLI Tools and Tips (presentation pdf)
Linda Musser
, The Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA USA
2:30pm Session 15.3: ASLI Choice Book Awards
Elise Gowen
, The Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA
2:45pm Session 15.4: Discussion