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Interdisciplinarity and crossing boundaries in geoscience librarianship

Interdisciplinarity and crossing boundaries in geoscience librarianship. Andrea Twiss-Brooks Geoscience Librarianship 101 October 21, 2006. Educating yourself in a new area. READ LISTEN/LOOK. Educating yourself in a new area. READ General science journals Alert services “Popular” books

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Interdisciplinarity and crossing boundaries in geoscience librarianship

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  1. Interdisciplinarity and crossing boundaries in geoscience librarianship Andrea Twiss-Brooks Geoscience Librarianship 101 October 21, 2006

  2. Educating yourself in a new area • READ • LISTEN/LOOK

  3. Educating yourself in a new area • READ • General science journals • Alert services • “Popular” books • Core journals in discipline

  4. Educating yourself in a new area • READ • General science journals • Science • Nature • Scientific American • New Scientist

  5. Educating yourself in a new area • READ • Alert services • Web of Knowledge • Scopus • Specific journals

  6. Alerts Weekly search set up as RSS feed

  7. Alerts Citation alert in Scopus with RSS feed option

  8. Educating 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

  9. Educating yourself in a new area • READ • Reviews/articles in core journals and specialized magazines • Earth-Science Reviews • Geology • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

  10. Educating 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

  11. University News Office

  12. Developing Collections • Review historical orders • Core lists • Guides to the literature • Book reviews • Other resources

  13. Core Lists

  14. Book Reviews

  15. Establishing authority as a subject specialist • 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

  16. Work creatively with others • Colleagues • Professional network • GEONET-L • Special projectse.g., Resources for College Libraries

  17. Resources 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/

  18. Resources Andrea Twiss-Brooks Co-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 Crerar Library News: http://crerar.typepad.com

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