Interdisciplinarity and crossing boundaries in geoscience librarianship Andrea Twiss-Brooks...

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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: atbrooks@uchicago.edu

voice: 773-702-8777 fax: 773-702-3317

John Crerar Library, University of Chicago, 5730 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637-1402

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