interdisciplinarity and crossing boundaries in geoscience librarianship andrea twiss-brooks...
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Interdisciplinarity and Interdisciplinarity and crossing boundaries in crossing boundaries in
geoscience librarianship geoscience librarianship
Andrea Twiss-BrooksAndrea Twiss-Brooks
Geoscience Librarianship 101Geoscience Librarianship 101
October 21, 2006October 21, 2006
Educating yourself in a new areaEducating yourself in a new area
• READ
• LISTEN/LOOK
Educating yourself in a new areaEducating yourself in a new area
• READ– General science journals– Alert services– “Popular” books– Core journals in discipline
Educating yourself in a new areaEducating yourself in a new area
• READ– General science journals
• Science• Nature• Scientific American• New Scientist
Educating yourself in a new areaEducating yourself in a new area
• READ– Alert services
• Web of Knowledge• Scopus• Specific journals
AlertsAlerts
Weekly search set up as RSS feed
AlertsAlerts
Citation alert in Scopus with RSS feed option
Educating yourself in a new areaEducating yourself in a new area
• READ– “Popular” books
• John McPhee, “Annals of the Former World”
• David Raup, “Extinction: Bad Genes or Bad Luck?”
• Use CHOICE reviews, or look for book reviews in the general science journals
Educating yourself in a new areaEducating yourself in a new area
• READ– Reviews/articles in core journals
and specialized magazines• Earth-Science Reviews• Geology• Bulletin of the American Meteorological
Society
Educating yourself in a new areaEducating yourself in a new area
• LISTEN/LOOK– Attend departmental seminars– Science podcasts
e.g., “Science Fridays” on NPR– Reference questions– University news office– Technical sessions at conferences
University News OfficeUniversity News Office
Developing CollectionsDeveloping Collections
• Review historical orders
• Core lists
• Guides to the literature
• Book reviews
• Other resources
Core ListsCore Lists
Book ReviewsBook Reviews
Establishing authority as a subject Establishing authority as a subject specialistspecialist
• Start with small steps and build on small successes
• Never say “no”• Continuing education
– Informal– Formal
• Workshops• Vendors on site visits• Exhibits • CE related courses at your institution• Local/regional organizations
Work creatively with othersWork creatively with others
• Colleagues
• Professional network
• GEONET-L• Special projects
e.g., Resources for College Libraries
ResourcesResources
Book reviews and lists
http://g118.grainger.uiuc.edu/gexbookreviews/reviews/
http://www.e-streams.com/
http://www.ybp.com/acad/index.html
http://www.rclweb.net/
GEONET-L
https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/geonet
GSIS
http://www.geoinfo.org/
ResourcesResources
Andrea Twiss-BrooksCo-Director, Head of Collection Services, Science Libraries, and
Physical and General Sciences Bibliographer
email: [email protected]
voice: 773-702-8777 fax: 773-702-3317
John Crerar Library, University of Chicago, 5730 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637-1402
Crerar Library News: http://crerar.typepad.com