IAMSLIC: Changes on the Horizon

33rd Annual IAMSLIC Conference & 17th Annual SAIL Meeting

October 7-11, 2007

Hyatt Sarasota Sarasota, Florida, USA

Conference Program

IAMSLIC: Changes on the Horizon 33rd IAMSLIC Conference and 17th Annual SAIL Meeting

Hyatt Sarasota Sarasota, FL USA

October 7th-11th, 2007

General Conference Information: Main Conference Dates….. October 7th- 11th, Sunday-Thursday (Convention Center C-D) Optional GIS Workshop…. October 12th, 0830-1230, Friday (Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium) Registration………………. October 7th, Sunday: 1200-1800 (Conv. Center Registration Desk) October 8th, Monday: 0800-0900 (Conv. Center Registration Desk) Exhibits……………………. October 8th-10th, M-W, (Set-up Oct. 7th 1400-1800 Outside CC C-D) Posters…………………….. October 8th, 1430-1600, Exhibitor Area (Inside CC C-D) Receptions/Functions Welcome Reception…… October 7th, 1800-2000, Sunday Hyatt Sarasota (Florida Rm & Pool Area) Conference Banquet…… October 10th, 1730-, Wednesday (Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium) Field Trip…………………… October 8th, 1830-2030, Monday, Sunset Cruise (See map for Monday PM) Guin Auction………………. October 8th, Last chance to bid 1530, October 10th (CC Palm Room) Executive Board Meetings. October 7th, 1300-, Conference Board Room October 9th, 1700-1800, Selby Public Library SAIL Business Meeting….. October 9th, 1845-, Tuesday (Mote Marine Laboratory) Optional field trips………… October 7th, Kayak outing (see conference website for details)

October 11th, Thursday 1300-, Sign-up sheets at conf. registration desk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IAMSLIC Officers

President (2005-2006) Joan Parker Moss Landing Marine Lab., USA parker@mlml.calstate.edu Secretary (2006-2008) Snowdy Dodson California State University, Northridge, USA snowdy.Dodson@csun.edu

Treasurer (2004-2006) Sandra Abbott-Stout Unity College, USA sstout@unity.edu

President-Elect (2007-2008) Barb Butler Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, USA butler@uoregon.edu

Past President (2005-2006) Marcel Brannemann Alfred Wegner Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany mbrannemann@awi-bremerhaven.de

Conference Committee

Program: Barb Butler, Convener Joe Aufmuth, USA Jean Crampon, USA Peter Fritzler, USA Maria Kalenchits, Fiji Cheik Sakho, Mauritania

Local Arrangements, Registration and Website: Susan Stover, Local Host Jan Boyett, St. Petersburg Stephanie Haas, Gainsville Susie Hallowell, Palatka Fred Lohrer, Lake Placid Kristen Metzger, Jupiter Vera Neumann-Wood, Sarasota

Proceedings: Kristen Anderson University of Hawaii, USA krisa@hawaii.edu

Guin Auction: Kristen Metzger

SPONSORS We would like to thank the following sponsors who have helped underwrite the cost of conference registration for members from developing nations and defray some of the costs associated with the conference.

Hyatt SarasotaDIRECTIONS

From Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport (4 miles): Take a right (west) on

University Parkway. At first stop light turn left on US41 (Tamiami Trial) (South).

Go approximately 3 miles and take a right (west) on Boulevard of the Arts.

Hotel is on the left.

Monday: Evening Field Trip

Hyatt Sarasota to

LeBarge Sunset Cruise Field Trip(2 Marina Plaza)

(0.8 miles from hotel, but vans are available for those who want a ride. Sue Stover will provide shuttle vans, departing from the rear of the

hotel, lower level, Convention Center exit )

*** Boat departs at 1830 sharp, so don’t be late!

Tuesday: Lunch and Afternoon Program

Hyatt Sarasota to

Selby Public Library1331 1st Street

(0.6 miles from hotel, but vans are available for those who want a ride. Sue Stover will provide shuttle vans, departing from the rear of the

hotel, lower level, Convention Center exit )

Tuesday Evening, Wednesday Eveningand Friday Post-Conference GIS Workshop

Hyatt Sarasota to

Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium4 miles from hotel

Tuesday: SAIL Dinner and Business Meeting (Marine Mammal Building)1845 (Shuttles leave from hotel beginning at 1830)

Wednesday: Casual Conference Banquet 1730: Cocktails in the Aquarium Courtyard (Optional Tours of Mote) 1930: Dinner and Dancing (Keating Building)(Shuttles leave from hotel beginning at 1715)

Friday: Post Conference GIS Workshop (Marine Mammal Building)(Shuttles leave hotel at 0800)

(Parking is available, but carpooling is encouraged. Sue Stover will provide shuttle vans, departing from the rear of the hotel, lower level, Convention Center exit .)

Sunday, October 7th 1200-1800 Registration Desk Open (Conv. Center Registration Desk) 1300- Executive Board Meeting (Board Room) 1800-2000 Welcome reception and paperback book exchange (Hyatt Sarasota,

Florida Room & Pool Area)

A paperback book exchange will be this year’s ice-breaker event. Bring a novel from one of your local authors, and ideally one that mentions your institution. Murder mysteries are encouraged! You will have the

opportunity to exchange your book (new or used, but in good condition) with a fellow attendee!

Monday, October 8th

0815-0900 Coffee, tea and light refreshments available 0830-0900 Speaker set-up 0900-0930 Conference Welcome (Joan Parker, IAMSLIC President) Introduction (Barbara Butler, IAMSLIC President Elect, Convener) Announcements and Introductions (Susan Stover, Local Host) Welcome (Dr. Kumar Mahadevan, Mote Marine Laboratory) Morning theme: coral reefs Moderator: Barb Butler, Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, USA 0930-1015 Florida’s Ailing Corals: New Directions for Coral Reef Research Dr. Kim Ritchie, Mote Marine Laboratory Invited Speaker 1015-1030 Break 1030-1100 Coral Reefs Under Multiple Stresses: The Western Indian Ocean Case

Study Mrs. E.A. Nyika and Dr. C.A. Muhando, University of Dar es Salaam

1100-1200 First IAMSLIC Business Meeting Joan Parker, IAMSLIC President 1200-1300 Lunch, Hyatt Sarasota Afternoon theme: regional groups and global activities Moderator: Geoffrey Salanje, Bunda College, Malawi 1300-1430 Biodiversity Heritage Libraries as a Model for IAMSLIC Cathy Norton The Fisheries and Oceans Canada Virtual Library and Document Archive Pamela Olson, Marcia Croy VanWely, Lori Collins and Gordon Miller

1430-1600 Poster session with break (with Key Lime Pie and/or Chocolate Torte)*** • AFRIAMSLIC, by Marian Jiagge • CYAMUS, by Amy Butros • EURASLIC, by Barbara Schmidt, Jan Haspeslagh and Bart

Goossens • LATIN AMERICAN REGIONAL GROUP, by Guillermina Cosulich • PIRG, by Jane Barnwell • SAIL, by Susan Stover • Integrating Content Communities Into Your Libraries, by

Virginia Allen and Beth Avery • Analysis of the Mexican Scientific Production in Marine

Science: 1994-2005, by Irene Beltrán, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados Unidad Merida, Mexico

• 11th International Coral Reef Symposium (2008), by Kathy Maxson, Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center

• There Ain't No Such Thing As Free Software, by Lenora Oftedahl, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission

• The Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Mississippi Gulf Coast Libraries, by Joyce M. Shaw, Gunter Library, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, MS, USA

• Read About Reefs, Susan Stover and Emily Swiger, Mote Marine Laboratory, FL, USA

• Managing Chaos- Creating a Database of Online Reports About South Florida, by Susan Weiss, Florida International University

*** Attendees will vote, and the author of the “Best Poster for 2007” will receive complimentary registration to the 34th IAMSLIC Conference in Suva, Fiji, 2008. Ballots collected at the end of the poster session, winner announced after the last speaker on Monday. 1600-1700 Does History Serve Conservation? Sidney Holt Invited Speaker 1830-2030 Sunset Cruise Field Trip (no host snacks and drinks available for purchase on board and dinner on your own)

Tuesday, October 9th 0815-0900 Coffee, tea and light refreshments available 0830-0900 Speaker set-up 0900-0905 Announcements Morning theme: Capturing the shadows… grey literature, repositories, harvesters and digital archives Moderator: Maria Kalenchits, University of the South Pacific, Fiji 0905-1015 One Document at a Time: Small-Scale Digitization Projects

Panel Discussion: Peter Brueggeman, Barb Butler, Janet Webster Development of an African Marine Science Repository for Electronic Publications (OceanDocs): Experience of the Institute of Marine Sciences Edna Nyika, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

1015-1030 Break 1030-1200 Digital Preservation: the Test of Time Priscilla Caplan, FCLA

PICES Publications: Where’s the Value? Brian Voss, NOAA Janet Webster, Oregon State University

NOAA Institutional Repository Pilot Project and Other Outreach Activities Linda Pikula, NOAA 1200- Move to Selby Public Library for lunch and afternoon program Afternoon theme: gray literature continued Moderator: Vera Neumann-Wood, Selby Public Library 1330-1345 Welcome to Selby Public Library

Sarabeth Kalajian, Director of the Sarasota County Library System 1345-1500 Aquatic Commons Initiative: the Repository and Harvester Stephanie Haas, University of Florida Fred Merceur, IFREMER

1500-1530 Break and Conference Photo 1530-1630 Vendor Updates: Elsevier, ProQuest/CSA, NHBS 1630-1700 When Caches of Unexpected Primary Sources and Significant Original

Data are Bequeathed to a Marine Laboratory Dr. Ernest D. Estevez, Mote Marine Laboratory Invited Speaker

1700-1800 Executive Board Meeting

1845- SAIL Dinner Business Meeting at Mote Marine Laboratory (all others—

dinner on your own)

Wednesday, October 10th 0815-0900 Coffee, tea and light refreshments available 0830-0900 Speaker set-up 0900-0905 Announcements Morning theme: changes in the way we work Moderator: Peter Fritzler, University of North Carolina, Wilmington 0905-1030 Oral History at Scripps Peter Brueggeman, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Science Librarian 2.0: Get a Second Life?! Elizabeth Connor, Citadel Libraries Reloaded: the Joint Adventures of Two Marine Science Libraries Barbara Schmidt, IFM-GEOMAR 1030-1045 Break 1045-1200 Terriers and Bulldogs: Keeping Your Library Building Project On Task to Completion

Panel Discussion: Susan Berteaux, Steve Watkins, Deb Henry and Beth Avery

1200-1300 Lunch, Hyatt Sarasota Afternoon theme: The ever-changing world around us 1300-1345 Bye, Bye, Birdie: Monitoring Avian Influenza in Florida Dr. Danielle Stanek, DVM, Medical Epidemiologist, FL Dept. of Health Invited Speaker 1345-1415 Hurricane Katrina: Gunter Library’s Experience

Joyce Shaw, Gunter Library, Gulf Coast Marine Laboratory 1415-1515 IAMSLIC- How We Get Things Done

Panel Discussion: Joan Parker, Lisa Raymond, Steve Watkins, Kristen Metzger and Janet Webster

1515-1530 Important Membership Update Joan Parker, IAMSLIC President

1530-1545 Break 1545-1630 The Response of Mangrove Populations to Global Climate Change in a

Human Altered Landscape Dr. Eric Milbrandt, Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation Invited Speaker 1630-1700 Geological Setting as an Important Factor in Mangrove Plantation Site

Selection in the Red Sea Hesham Abd-El Monsef, Joe Aufmuth and Scot E. Smith, University of Florida Libraries Invited Speaker

Conference Banquet: Shuttles Depart Outside Hotel 1730- Think casual, act like Jimmy Buffet and dress like Joe Wible.

Limbo contest optional. Shuttles begin leaving the hotel at 1715.

Thursday, October 11th 0815-0900 Coffee, tea and light refreshments available 0830-0900 Speaker set-up 0900- Announcements Morning theme: what the future holds Moderator: Jean Crampon, University of Southern California 0900-1030 New Kid in Town: the Marine Biology Program at Florida International

University Susan Weiss, Florida International University

Managing Grey Literature in Fisheries and Aquaculture Information: Experiences in Malawi Geoffrey Salanje, Bunda College Open Access- Chance for a Paradigm Change in Scientific Publishing? German Experiences in a Global Context Marcel Branneman, Alfred Wegner Institute

1030-1200 Box Lunches and Second IAMSLIC Business Meeting Joan Parker, IAMSLIC President

IAMSLIC Business Meetings Basic Parliamentary Procedures

1. Parliamentary procedure exists to facilitate the transaction of business. 2. All members have equal rights, privileges, and obligations. 3. A quorum must be present for the group to act. 4. Full and free discussion of every motion considered is a basic right. 5. Only one question can be considered at any given time. 6. Members have the right to know at all times what the immediately pending question

is, and to have it restated before a vote is taken. 7. No member can speak until recognized by the chair. 8. No one can speak a second time on the same question as long as another wants to

speak a first time. 9. The chair should be strictly impartial.

Motions or Resolutions: (Formal proposals for action made to an assembly for discussion and vote) Handling a motion:

1. A member makes a motion. (Lengthy motions or resolutions should be written out and given to the President before the business meeting. Motions presented at the 1st business meeting are normally not voted on until the 2nd business meeting)

2. Another member seconds the motion. 3. The chair states the question on the motion.

Considering a motion:

1. Members debate the motion. 2. A member who has been given the floor by the chair may introduce an amendment

to the main motion. If seconded, the amendment becomes the question under consideration until it is put to a vote and resolved, after which debate returns to the original, main motion.

3. The chair restates the motion and puts the question to a vote: • "All in favor of the motion please say aye." • "Those opposed, please say no."

4. The chair announces the result of a vote (adopted or lost) Other Parliamentary Processes:

1. A motion may be delayed by referring to committee for additional work or tabled to allow for another action to happen before the motion is discussed further.

2. A vote to amend, refer to committee, or table would happen before returning to vote on the initial motion.

3. The Parliamentarian will advise the President on other processes and procedures. Adapted from: Parliamentary Procedure Toward the Good Order of the University By Dr. John A. Cagle http://www.csufresno.edu/comm/cagle-p3.htm 2007: ParliamentaryProcedures.doc

DRAFT AGENDA 1st General Membership Meeting

Monday, October 8th, 2007, 11:00 a.m.

33rd Annual IAMSLIC Conference: Changes on the Horizon October 7-11, 2007

Sarasota, Florida, USA

• Announcements

• Introduction of the Parliamentarian

• Additions/Revisions to the Agenda

• Old Business

o Approval of Minutes of Previous Business Meetings

o Address of the President

o Report of the Treasurer

o Interim report - Implementation Plan for the Revised Regional Group Structure o Aquatic Commons Update

• New Business

o Site Selection Committee report

o Task Force on Grants for conference travel

o Cooperative projects

• Other New Business

DRAFT AGENDA 2nd General Membership Meeting

Thursday, October 11th, 2007, 11:30 a.m.

33rd Annual IAMSLIC Conference: Changes on the Horizon October 7-11, 2007

Sarasota, Florida, USA

• Announcements

• Additions/Revisions to the Agenda

• New Business (continued if needed)

• Other New Business

• Installation of Officers

• Invitation to Suva, Fiji in 2008

• Close of the Meeting

Every Continent, Every Ocean

32nd Annual IAMSLIC Conference Portland, OR, U.S.A.

8-12 October, 2006

DRAFT *****Minutes of the 1st Business Meeting*****

Monday, October 9, 2006

Announcements President Marcel Brannemann welcomed and introduced all first time conference attendees: Josepha Baibuni, Cheikh Sakho, Cynthia Dietz, Roberta Doran, Molly Engelbrecht, Andrew Fabro, Susie Hallowell, Nancy Hicks, Fred Merceur, Marisol Ramos, Lisa Raymond, Brian Voss and Jenn Walton. Introduction of the Parliamentarian Steve Watkins was introduced as parliamentarian. Additions/Revisions to the Agenda There were no additions to the agenda Old Business Approval of Minutes of Previous Business Meetings Webster moved approval of the 2005 Business Meeting Minutes, seconded by Hicks; there was no discussion/corrections and the motion carried. Address of the President Brannemann reported on IAMSLIC events of the past year. Noted events are: Implementation Plan for the Revised Regional Group Structure Dues increase proposal currently being voted on The Aquatic Commons Implementation Task Force chaired by Haas. The healthy treasury due to the Rome Conference in 2005. A bylaws change earlier in the year has brought out restructuring of the Nominating and Membership Committees. We have a new web site and the server was moved to Woods Hole Brannemann announced that Cecile Thiery has been made an honorary member of IAMSLIC. Also Jim Markham was recognized for his 12 years of service as the proceedings editor and was awarded a certificate of appreciation. The 2006 proceedings will be dedicated to Markham who has retired from UC Santa Barbara. Jim Markham thanked the conference for this honor. Brannemann called for volunteers for committee membership. Dietz proposed a new committee for GIS data management. Brannemann thanked the IAMSLIC membership for the opportunity to serve as president of the group. Report of the Treasurer Stover reported that the Rome conference in 2005 showed a healthy profit though there are still some expenses pending. The full treasurer’s is posted to the

IAMSLIC web site. Heckman asked about our income being over $25K for the past year. Stover indicated that the incoming treasurer would need to fill an additional IRS form to report the income and that our non-profit status category has income and cash on hand limits. Watkins moved to approve the Treasurer’s Report; Anderson seconded; the motion carried. New Business Implementation Plan for the Revised Regional Group Structure Parker introduced the Implementation Plan; she pointed out that the move was made to make regional groups more democratic and fair in approach and noted that this would be a 2 year pilot plan with interim evaluation. Dodson made the following motion on behalf of the IAMSLIC Executive Board: The IAMSLIC Executive Board moves acceptance of the implementation plan for regional group structure as published on the IAMSLIC website and in the 2006 IAMSLIC Conference Program. Discussion followed. Heckman proposed an amendment allowing regional group affiliations with other professional groups with IAMSLIC approval. Watkins as parliamentarian pointed out that it was too late to amend the Implementation Plan Proposal and to do so would necessitate going back to committee. Haspeslagh brought up the question of EURASLIC autonomy in relation to the proposed regional group structure. Collins pointed out that in reference to the new dues structure the World Bank tables for country economic levels should be used to define the full and reduced rate dues. When Heckman questioned what autonomy was available to other regional groups, Parker pointed out that EURASLIC has its own elected officers such as treasurer and has its own bylaws. Butler indicated that regional groups would be able to determine their own level of autonomy under the new structure. Heckman withdrew his objection. Crampon supported the proposed structure especially the provision for tracking the trial period. Parker noted that the plan would mimic what has already been happening with regional group support but we will not see the effect on the treasury for couple of year. Webster expressed concern about the issues of membership growth and recruitment. DeHart reported that SAIL/IAMSLIC membership has grown in the past year. Haspeslagh reported a similar trend for EURASLIC. Watkins suggested that we need to encourage all who are members of regional groups to also join IAMSLIC. Strong recruitment efforts on the part of the current regional group membership chairs e.g. SAIL are needed. Often regional group members are closer to members and better at recruitment. Discussion closed. The matter will be voted on at the 2nd Business Meeting on Oct. 12, 2006. Aquatic Commons Haas will outline the activities of the Task Force during the Wed. morning program. Dodson made the following motion on behalf of the IAMSLIC Executive Board: In order to offer smaller institutions an avenue to share their scientific endeavors and to make ASFA materials and other aquatic gray literature readily available to the public we move to ratify the decision of the Executive Board to accept the report of the Aquatic Commons Implementation Taskforce, establish an Aquatic Commons Board to guide the development of a digital repository for IAMSLIC and that we accept the FCLA proposal to establish an Eprint repository on behalf of IAMSLIC utilizing the IFREMER based harvester.

Discussion centered first on the definition of “ASFA materials” which were defined as mostly as gray literature. Haas pointed out the importance of providing full text of material that is indexed in ASFA but not readily available at present. The Aquatic Commons would pull together access through the combination of eprint and other software and the harvester that is newly available at IFREMER. ASFA/CSA are waiting for a proposal to digitize this gray literature. The Aquatic Commons Board would be responsible for setting the framework for implementing the repository. Hicks pointed out that there could be no downside to providing access to government reports. Watkins supported the Commons but asked the Executive Board why the Florida proposal was chosen over the others. Parker indicated that after much debate that the Executive Board was swayed by the Eprints format, FCLA stability and staff support, and multilingual capabilities. Haspeslagh urged consideration of the issues of training and good marketing. Webster asked about Chinese or Arabic capabilities and the answer was not at this time. Discussion closed. The matter will be voted on at the 2nd Business Meeting on Oct. 12, 2006. Meeting adjourned.

Every Continent, Every Ocean

32nd Annual IAMSLIC Conference Portland, OR, U.S.A.

8-12 October, 2006

DRAFT *****Minutes of the 2nd Business Meeting*****

Thursday, October 12, 2006

Announcements Nolan passed the Cyamus hat to Butros who will be the new regional group chair. DeHart announced the SAIL expansion and invited membership from North Eastern America, Eastern Canada, and Eastern Mexico in this regional group. The SAIL 2008 conference will be in Panama. Taylor, Chair of the Web Committee, announced that there is room for new members on this committee as Watkins is the only other member at present. Taylor would eventually like to see a new to take her place. At present additional help is needed to input metadata for the proceedings in the repository. Collins asked that we help in recruiting new members to IAMSLIC; the newly structured Membership Committee also needs volunteer translators for membership materials; we need to recruit members with a freshwater interest. Additions/Revisions to the Agenda There were no additions to the agenda New Business Implementation Plan for the Revised Regional Group Structure Haspeslagh asked about the results of the vote on the raise in membership dues. Brannemann announced that the increase passed by a clear majority. Berteaux expressed concern about the fiscal impact of the Implementation Plan; she felt that the plan was sketchy lacking success indicators, and with no fall back position to recover funds were the plan to fail. She pointed out that Regional Groups needed to have open meetings. She also expressed concern the core issue of funding collection and distribution. In short, she felt that the plan is not ready for implementation. Haspeslagh indicated that EURASLIC is still an autonomous group with the need to conduct business separately; he indicated that the majority of EURASLIC members approve of the Implementation Plan. He agreed that evaluation criteria are lacking except for the treasury review in two years, and that we must attract more members which will result in a bigger treasury. Others concurred (Butler, Parker) that we need to develop ways to measure success of the new structure and also have a fallback plan if there are problems with implementation. In particular we need to measure how easily funding transfers can be handled by the treasurer and recognize the autonomy of all the Regional Groups. Schmidt felt that the message was getting out to the EURASLIC membership. Wiest has looked over the finances for the new structure and feels that it should be given a chance.

The following motion (presented at the 1st Business Meeting) was brought to a vote: The IAMSLIC Executive Board moves acceptance of the implementation plan for regional group structure as published on the IAMSLIC website and in the 2006 IAMSLIC Conference Program. The motion carried with one “no” vote and the rest “yes”. Aquatic Commons The issue was opened up for comments from attendees. Wiest pointed out that the initial expenditure will be $5000 USD. She asked whether this is a program we can afford to continue. Haspeslagh asked whether any members involved with ODIN Pub had input but got no response. Heckman favored the FCLA proposal saying it will give IAMSLIC more of a presence with the freshwater/aquatic community. Parker said that if passed the newly created Aquatic Commons Board would be charged with looking for external funding. Butler pointed out that the ongoing costs would be different from the initial $5700 USD upfront money. Watkins in reviewing the Aquatic Commons Task Force (ACTF) Report notes that recommendation #2 would encourage sharing of funding with other groups such as FAO and IOC. He said that we need to consider the costs of the various proposals and look at the possible advantage the IOC proposal might have in having created similar repositories. Collins, speaking as an ACTF member, pointed out the complexity of the issues considered by the Task Force; she felt that we would need to depend on IAMSLIC membership expertise to populate the Commons for instance the ODIN mandate is quite different from that of IAMSLIC and the AC is a more ambitious project; Regional Groups and individual members will all need to contribute to the Commons. Wiest was pleased to see the proposal included in the conference program and asked whether the ACTF had made a recommendation from the proposals. Collins said that the IAMSLIC Executive Board made the recommendation; the ACTF did not recommend due the fact that all proposals had been made by ACTF members. Butler pointed out that a survey of IAMSLIC indicated interest in the AC. The motion introduced at the 1st Business Meeting was brought to the floor for vote: In order to offer smaller institutions an avenue to share their scientific endeavors and to make ASFA materials and other aquatic gray literature readily available to the public we move to ratify the decision of the Executive Board to accept the report of the Aquatic Commons Implementation Taskforce, establish an Aquatic Commons Board to guide the development of a digital repository for IAMSLIC and that we accept the FCLA proposal to establish an Eprint repository on behalf of IAMSLIC utilizing the IFREMER based harvester. The motion carried. Other New Business Election results were announced President Elect: Elizabeth Winiarz Treasurer: Janine Devereaux Brannemann thanked the other candidates for running for office.

Installation of officers – Brannemann wished Parker luck as next IAMSLIC President. He thanked IAMSLIC for the opportunity to serve as President. Winiarz announced that the 2006 silent auction had raised $1224 USD for the Guin Fund. Meeting adjourned.

Abstracts: Alphabetical by Author (Includes invited speakers, panels, papers and posters) Beth Avery and Virginia Allen (Western Colorado State College and Lamar University): Integrating content communities into your library The way we use technology is changing. More and more people are searching online not only for information, but also to connect with other people, and this is driving new software applications. Folksonomies, tagging, de.licio.us. Library Thing are just a few ways that these new applications are helping libraries to connect with new users and to create new services. We will look at open source and free ware applications with some examples of applications for libraries. Irene Beltrán (Library, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados Unidad Merida Merida, Yucatán, Mexico): Analysis of the Mexican scientific production in marine science. 1994-2005 Few studies have been conducted on the analysis of outcome indicators related to marine science research work, as conducted in Mexico. These indicators can help policy decision makers, researchers and managers, to improve existing research lines, and allocate resources accordingly. The purpose of this work is to analyze the Mexican scientific production, as found from the articles published in the field and retrieve from international bibliographic databases. A bibliometric approach was used to identify the articles indexed under Mexico, for the period 1994-2005, in Web of Science and Aquatic and Scientific Fisheries Abstracs (ASFA). Data was analysed to identify productivity pattern, authorship, geographic distribution, the subject content and most frequently used journals. The work presents the results of this analysis and implications derived from the study. Susan Berteaux- Panel Moderator (Massachusetts Maritime Academy Library): Terriers and bulldogs—keeping your library building project on task to completion Whether you are building from the ground up, or renovating existing library space to address emerging technology and patron needs, this panel has a wealth of information to share. If you have ever wondered how to go from "idea" to "architect" to "contractor" to "building" the members of this panel can help you learn "how you get there" by sharing their own stories and experiences. Marcel Branneman (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bibliothek): Open Access -- chance for a paradigm change in scientific publishing? German experiences in a global context The paper refers to activities established by the big five German Research Organizations (Helmholtz, Max Planck, Fraunhofer, Leibniz and German Research Foundation) to promote OA for scientific publishing. Like many other organizations they signed the 'Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities' initiated by the Max Planck Society in October 2003. But, up to now the proportion of OA publications in STM journals is still rather small. Possible effects of the so-called harmonization of European national laws concerning Intellectual Property Law are discussed.

Peter Brueggeman (Scripps Institution of Oceanography): Oral history at Scripps In 2005, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library and Archives initiated a two-year oral history project. Oral histories strengthen and augment the historical record by supplementing written documents in our Archives holdings with interviews capturing the experience of individuals at the Institution. An oral historian was hired to conduct and record interviews of faculty, women scientists, and shipboard personnel who have not previously been interviewed in the few oral histories conducted in the past. Our oral history and management issues and products will be discussed as well as future planning for oral history at Scripps. Barb Butler- Panel Moderator (Oregon Institute of Marine Biology): One document at a time—small scale digitization projects The members of this panel have been involved in small-scale digitization and each has taken a different approach. Though we vary in strategy and processes, we have found that digitization and archiving can be accomplished even on a very tight budget, and can be juggled into your workday if need be. Our experiences demonstrate that other IAMSLIC members can dive into their digitization interests right from their desks. Priscilla Caplan (University of Florida): Digital preservation: the test of time. The capture of digital materials, whether by web harvesting, deposit to an eprint repository, or other means, is a necessary first step in making those materials accessible over time. It is, however, only a first step, and additional actions must be taken to ensure the content is uncorrupted and remains usable as hardware and software platforms change. This presentation provides an overview of strategies and options for the long-term preservation of digital materials, and describes important emerging trends in the international preservation community. Elizabeth Connor (The Citadel): Science librarian 2.0: get a second life?! Some librarians have viewed the Web 2.0 phenomenon as a call to action for understanding, connecting, and collaborating with present and future generations of clientele and colleagues. Others have dismissed the use of these tools in library settings (Library 2.0) as meaningless hyperbole. This lively and active presentation will focus on ways science librarians can modify and transform service approaches by using peer production, syndicated content, tagging, podcasting, and social networking. The presenter will explain the barriers and benefits of using these tools to share and enhance scientific content; and relate her experiences contributing content to BiblioDAWG blog and using wiki technology to develop a Faculty Publications Wiki and migrate an existing knowledgebase into a more flexible and searchable format. This presentation will also offer practical Web 2.0 ideas, activities, and examples that can be used to engage marine biology clientele in a variety of situations and settings. Ernest D. Estevez, Ph.D. (Mote Marine Lab.): When caches of unexpected primary sources and significant original data are bequeathed to a marine laboratory

The coming wave of retiring boomer-scientists raises the probability that libraries at marine labs, and elsewhere, could be flooded with considerable amounts of important primary sources for historians, and significant or even unique original but unpublished data. Even more remarkable are instances where an institution acquires records from investigators who worked several generations before contemporary science, and these are determined to be extremely important. In this talk I will describe how Mote Marine Laboratory came to own a 1930s decade-long collection of records documenting Florida's first full-time marine laboratory, and problems and progress in their conservation and use. Stephanie Haas (University of Florida) and Fred Merceur (IFREMER): Aquatic Commons Initiative: the repository and harvester In 2005, Pauline Simpson and Stephanie Haas presented the Aquatic Commons model to the IAMSLIC membership. This model proposed the creation of a network of repositories and a harvester that would interface with IAMSLIC's Z39.50 distributed library and also facilitate full text content building relevant to the ASFA database. Proposals were solicited by IAMSLIC to build an Aquatic Commons repository as part of model and the contract was awarded to the Florida Center for Library Automation for an EPrints (version 3) implementation. At the 2006 conference, Fred Merceur of IFREMER presented the newly developed AVANO harvester. AVANO has formerly been chosen as the harvester for the Aquatic Commons model and currently harvests 74 repositories worldwide and contains 78,000 records. Sidney Holt (UN, retired): Does history serve conservation? I have, since the IAMSLIC meeting in Rome two years ago, been absorbed in two historical studies: the evolution of the notion of "sustainability", and Japanese government and corporate whaling policy since 1930. Such studies rely primarily on such evidence as may be contained in archives, 'grey' scientific documents, company records, policy statements and actions in international fora. I describe these studies and try to draw practical lessons from them, one with respect to changes in the Common European Fisheries Policy, the other in the context of efforts to bring an end to commercial industrial whaling in the Southern Ocean.

Kathy Maxson (Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center): 11th International Coral Reef Symposium Every four years, coral reef biologists, ecologists, economists, environmentalist, geologists, resource managers, and others working with coral reefs worldwide get together at the International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS) to share the latest knowledge and to advance the science on a global scale. The international Society for Reef Studies’ announced during the closing ceremonies of the 10th symposium held in Okinawa, Japan in the summer of 2004 that the next ICRS will be held in Forth Lauderdale, Florida, July 7-11, 2008 and hosted by Nova. Eric Milbrandt, Ph.D. (Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation): The Response of mangrove populations to global climate change in a human altered landscape

Although hurricane disturbance is a natural occurrence in mangrove forests, the effect of widespread human alterations on the resiliency of estuarine habitats is unknown. A greater frequency of severe storms combined with sea level rise is expected to fundamentally change the distribution and demography of coastal mangrove populations. The landfall of Hurricane Charley, a category 4 storm, left pronounced disturbances to mangrove forests on southwest Florida barrier islands. In pre-hurricane surveys, plots located in areas of management concern (i.e., restricted connection) had significantly lower stem diameter and higher stem densities than plots with unrestricted connection. These differences partially dictated the severity of effect from the hurricane. There were also significantly lower red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) seedling densities in plots with restricted connections. These observations suggest that delays in forest recovery are possible in severely impacted areas if either the delivery of propagules or the production of seedlings is reduced by habitat fragmentation. Given the potential encroachment and subsequent degradation of mangrove communities by sea-level rise, it is important to quantify the effect of early-colonizing vegetation to early mangrove seedling survival. A greater number of mangrove seedlings were observed in existing B. maritima patches compared to surrounding mudflats. Experiments indicate that B. maritima was responsible for increasing the early colonization success of black mangrove seedlings. These findings illustrate the need for directed research on plant community responses to global climate change. Hesham Abd-El Monsef, Joe Aufmuth and Scot E. Smith (University of Florida Libraries): Geological setting as an important factor in mangrove plantation site selection in the Red Sea Mangroves play a vital role supporting the surrounding environment. Mangrove thickets are the natural nursing grounds for hundreds of aquatic species, including economically important fish and shellfish. Mangroves play an important role in controlling erosion and protecting the coastline. Along the Red Sea coast in Egypt, mangrove stands are widely distributed. Since the mid- 1980s, these stands have been threatened by rapid tourist development and grazing by Bedouins. The size and the number of these stands have been reduced and many of the stands have been destroyed completely. Thus, it is necessary to conserve the existing mangroves stands and plant mangroves where ever they can be grown. This paper describes a method to locate the best suitable sites for mangrove plantations along the south Egyptian Red Sea coast based on the geological setting of the area. Geological characteristics such as soil types and soil renovation resources, texture of mudflats, topography and site accessibility, discharge of drainage effluents will be considered as primary sitting criteria. These parameters, in addition to other parameters such as distance from existing and planned tourist sites, Bedouin villages and pollution sources will be interpreted using remote sensing and GIS techniques. A field check will be carried out as necessary. Different types of satellite images such as Aster, Landsat Thematic Mapper, QuickBird and SAR will be used. The usefulness and accuracy of data derived from imagery from these satellites and methods to infuse other data sources will be discussed. Dr. C.A. Muhando and Mrs. E.A. Nyika (University of Dar es Salaam, Institute of Marine Sciences): Coral reefs under multiple stresses: the Western Indian Ocean case study

Coral reef communities around the world have been experiencing increasingly stressful conditions from a combination of natural and anthropogenic detrimental factors. Besides the coral bleaching and mortality event of 1998, recent field observations showed that subsequent events such as coral reef infectious diseases, algal competition and crown-of-thorns starfish predation have become major players in the deteriorating dynamics of coral reefs in East Africa. Crown-of-thorns-starfish infestation was reported on Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar and Tanga reefs in Tanzania have caused wide spread mortality of corals, especially Acropora species. Corals in wave protected area and which experience chronic sedimentation problem have suffered from corallimorpharia takeover. Algal competition has remained a problem to coral recovery in many parts that suffered high coral bleaching mortality in 1998. Crown-of-thorns-starfish, Algal and corallimorpharia competition, and coral diseases, acting synergistically have caused severe population declines, threaten biodiversity and altered the structure of reef communities by challenging the resilience of coral reef systems. Despite continued awareness and education campaigns, destructive fishing practices have remained. Of concern is the fact that once damaged, reefs provide fewer resources, especially fish and other seafood. Multhusian overfishing is actually a reality in some parts of Tanzania. Once the rate of reef construction is reduced, its capacity to act as shoreline protectors to keep up with sea- level rise is compromised. This poster gives a brief situation of coral reef stress factors in the Western Indian Ocean Region with specific cases in Tanzania. Cathy Norton (Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution): Biodiversity Heritage Libraries as a model for IAMSLIC The mission of the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is to make freely accessible as much of the published literature of biodiversity as is legally possibly. Representatives of ten major natural history museums, libraries, botanical libraries, and research institutions joined in 2005 to develop a strategy and operational plan to digitize the published literature of biodiversity held in their respective collections and to make that literature available for open access and responsible use as a part of a global “biodiversity commons.” The Biodiversity Heritage Library Portal will create an innovative research environment that will transform the nature of scientific inquiry and vastly accelerate research in life sciences and conservation: a freely accessible, service-based portal formed through coupling existing databases with digitized, searchable images with OCR text of heritage literature. The Portal will support a scientific reference system for investigating scientific literature - a model that reflects, and also serves to amplify, scientists’ approach to and use of the body of natural history literature. The digitization by the BHL of a major corpus of biodiversity literature will advance world biodiversity initiatives significantly but only to the extent that users can find relevant content. The uBio team from the MBLWHOI library has assembled an array of taxonomically intelligent services designed to overcome the problem of common name versus scientific name and changes of names over time. This partnership, the BHL, will work with the global taxonomic community, including the Enclyclopedia of Life, to ensure that the biodiversity heritage is available to all. Discussions with the scientific, biological, publisher and computer science communities will inform the evolving project. Library partnerships are essential to the success of BHL since no single institution holds the complete corpus of legacy literature. This consortium of collections represents a uniquely extensive assemblage of this literature. Within two years of the start of this project the BHL will provide content for multiple bioinformatics initiatives and research, including exciting opportunities for taxonomic intelligence. Web-based access to these collections will provide a substantial benefit to all researchers, including those living and

working in the developing word. Mass digitization projects at large research libraries lacking the discipline-specific focus of these partner institutions may fail to capture significant elements of this biodiversity legacy. Edna Nyika (University of Dar es Salaam, Institute of Marine Sciences): Development of an African marine science repository for electronic publications (OceanDocs): experience of the Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Communication between scientists has always been realized through publications in scientific journals. In addition to that with information technology advancement the Internet has caused an enormous impact in the way the scientific literature is distributed. Scientific publishers have adapted themselves quickly to this new medium. The major commercial publishers like Blackwell, Elsevier, Springer, Kluwer, Wiley and others have brought their collections of journals to the Internet. But the Internet gives also the opportunity to create alternative ways to enhance communication between scientists and to make scientific results available to colleague researchers. In the evolution of scientific publication it is important to have a management and control tool for individual and institutional scientific output. A repository can be such a tool too. That is why in 2003 the Ocean Data and Information Network for Africa (ODINAFRICA) a project that involves 25 African countries aiming at managing ocean data and information in Africa decided to develop a repository to archive scientific output both published and unpublished. The repository has been developed to basically provide this service by collecting the scientific output of ODINAFRICA institutes on an open-access webserver using DSpace. Each country is an input center and the server is at IODE Headquarters in Oostend, Belgium. The paper is about how the Institute of Marine Sciences through the ODINAFRICA Project embarked on the development of e-repository of scientific output. Furthermore the paper discusses successes and problems encountered in the process of developing the repository. Lenora Oftedahl (Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission): There Ain't No Such Thing As Free Software While open source software (OSS) seems to be a fairly cheap solution for many libraries, hidden costs can raise your cash outlay for software above what you are currently spending. However, a little pre-investment in training and education for library staff can also help save money. And in the long run, open source software will save your library money through licensing fees and other costs for traditional software from the big corporations. For just about every commercial software, you can find an open source solution. To be fair, you are expected to help with development in some form, but word of mouth advertising for these software packages is also seen as trade-in-kind. Pamela Olson, Marcia Croy VanWely, Lori Collins and Gordon Miller (Fisheries and Oceans Canada): The Fisheries and Oceans Canada Virtual Library and Document Archive

The Fisheries and Oceans Canada Virtual Library is a recent addition to the Department's national website (www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/libraries-bibliotheques/home-accueil_e.htm). At present, this resource, available in English and French, provides access to WAVES, the catalogue of the Fisheries and Oceans Canada libraries, and to over 1000 departmental reports that are available online. COFOL (the Council of Fisheries and Oceans Libraries), the impetus behind the DFO Virtual Library, has developed guidelines for digitizing of departmental documents and is investigating the acquisition of scanned historical departmental reports. WAVES provides access to the departmental document archive. COFOL continues to develop WAVES and the Virtual Library to improve library services and access to Fisheries and Oceans Canada publications for both departmental and external clients. Joan Parker- Panel Moderator (Moss Landing Marine Laboratories): IAMSLIC-How We Get Things Done This panel will cover topics ranging from the official archives to cooperative agreements, from resource sharing to the intricacies of the membership database. Its purpose is to inform membership of IAMSLIC activities and “how we get things done” at a level more detailed than possible during the parliamentary forum of our business meetings. We will give you a peek at the annual cycle of activity in the Executive Board and various committees. Continued emphasis on the need for greater participation in our all-volunteer organization by all members will be prominently featured. Lisa Raymond, IAMSLIC Archivist Steve Watkins, Member of the Web and Resource Sharing Committees Kristen Metzger, Membership Database Coordinator Janet Webster, IAMSLIC-FAO Cooperative Activities Committee Joan Parker, IAMSLIC Committees and RegOnline ______________________________________________________________________ Linda Pikula (NOAA): NOAA Institutional Repository Pilot Project and Other Outreach Activities Executive Summary: For several years, NOAA Librarians in various line offices have been working on establishing collections of NOAA publications online. The tide is moving towards establishing a centralized Institutional Repository*/Open Archiving system for these collections. The material to populate an Institutional Repository exists amongst the NOAA libraries, be it a Fisheries, Atmospheric or Oceanographic Laboratory. 5 CORE features define an Institutional Repository: digital content, community-drive and focus, institutional support, durability (permanence) and accessibility of content. Many benefits for NOAA can be derived from such a system: stewardship, time and cost efficiencies, and the showcasing of NOAA accomplishments. This Repository will provide access to all present and future NOAA documents in a digital format that can be searched, downloaded and printed over the Internet. This Repository will be a single durable authoritative source. This Repository will contain documents, data, full motion video, digital images, and future electronic products. Pilot Project: The intent of our project was to establish a pilot Institutional Repository for Select NOAA Technical Reports. Five Teams comprised of NOAA Librarians, Data Managers and Publications Managers representing all NOAA line offices in over 20 locations throughout the U.S have been working on developing policies for our

Institutional Repository. Several software programs, including a commercial program have been installed as trials. Dr. Kim Ritchie (Mote Marine Lab.): Florida's ailing corals: new directions for coral reef research Although corals are in decline worldwide, corals within the Caribbean are suffering the greatest losses. This is true particularly for coral reefs of the Florida Keys where corals are in decline due to global climate change, anthropogenic influences, bleaching and disease. The Elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata, is in such great decline that it has recently been listed as threatened under the US Endangered Species Act. A. palmata is particularly sensitive to environmental stress and disease. Recent work at Mote has shown that this coral has an innate immunity that is lost when sea surface temperatures increase. It has long been known that corals harbor algal symbionts within their tissues. Work in our lab has shown that corals also harbor bacterial symbionts that may produce the antibiotic protection described for coral innate immunity. These bacterial associates are hypothesized to provide a first line of defense for corals, defining a primative symbiosis-based innate immunity in these early organisms. Research assessing both global effects on innate immunity in corals and beneficial coral bacterial symbionts are relatively new areas of coral research. Future work in this area promises to reveal new and exciting information on evolutionary adaptation in coral reefs. Geoffrey Salanje (Bunda College of Agriculture, University of Malawi): Managing grey literature in fisheries and aquaculture information: experiences In Malawi Management of grey literature involves collection, organizing, searching and retrieving the documents. In Malawi, grey literature is generated through papers written by scientists for presentation at conferences, workshops or seminars; reports, dissertations and theses. Such type of information is not easy to manage. Some of the reasons are that, people wanting such information may not know of their availability. There are also some scientists who sometimes refuse to donate copies of their papers, research reports, theses or dissertations to libraries, whilst others may demand a fee for a librarian to have a copy for library users. Organizing, searching and retrieving such information may pose a challenge to some libraries since they are not easy to catalogue and classify. In Malawi, management of grey literature in fisheries and aquaculture information faces the same challenges. However, through a network of fisheries institutions in the country, some of the problems are dealt with. The network which has been in existence for a number of years now has been involved in the creation of a depository of local literature in fisheries and aquaculture information some of which is unpublished. Barbara Schmidt (IFM-GEOMAR-Library Westufer Leibniz-Institut fuer Meereswissenschaften): Moving together – the joint adventures of two marine science libraries In January 2004 the Institute of Marine Sciences Kiel and the GEOMAR Research Center merged to form one of the biggest marine science institutes in Germany, the IFM-GEOMAR, Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (at Kiel University). While the GEOMAR-Library was a small research library without official opening hours and without a

classification system, the IFM-Library has always been open for the public, mostly used by students and had a very old, simple classification system which was by now out-of-date. In addition to the usual problems of the merging of two institutes, this was a big challenge for the librarians to accept. So far a lot has been accomplished: A new classification system was compiled, a new library software was set up, new websites were designed etc. While this task started out as just lot of work it soon became apparent that it was also a great chance to revalue the status quo, the beginning of a wonderful co-operation and an exciting start into a new future. Joyce M. Shaw (Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Gunter Library): Hurricane Katrina: Gunter Library's experience Hurricane Katrina, a storm considered one of the worst natural disasters to strike the continental United States, flooded Gunter Library with over a foot of storm surge. With no electricity, no phone service, and severe disaster conditions, recovery options were non-existent the first twelve days after the storm. This presentation describes the recovery efforts undertaken by Gunter Library after Hurricane Katrina with suggestions for other libraries in hurricane zones. Joyce M. Shaw (Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Gunter Library): The impact of Hurricane Katrina on Mississippi Gulf Coast libraries Hurricane Katrina was an equal opportunity destroyer of libraries along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Public libraries, university libraries, and school libraries were destroyed or severely damaged by Katrina's storm surge and winds. This poster reviews the damage and recovery efforts of libraries in coastal Mississippi. Dr. Danielle Stanek, (Florida Department of Health): Bye, bye birdie: monitoring avian influenza in Florida Investigations of Florida avian mortality events pathogens and toxins of regulatory and wildlife interest as part of the federal surveillance program for avian influenza. The presentation will include background on avian influenza including human health considerations, inter-agency response, and an overview of how the program has identified some emerging wild bird issues (brevetoxicosis and botulism), along with some investigatory adventures. Brian Voss and Janet Webster (NOAA Seattle Library and Hatfield Marine Science Center): PICES publications: where's the value? In a fit of cooperation, IAMSLIC and PICES have been reviewing the PICES publications with an eye to enhancing access through better indexing and electronic presence. The impressive body of publications by the North Pacific Marine Science Organization, the North Pacific equivalent of ICES, ranges from annual reports to newsletters to special issues of peer reviewed journals. We worked with our PICES counterparts to identify the body of publications, evaluate cost, explore options and describe impact of the publications on science. Our findings will be presented to the PICES Board in late October 2007.

Susan Weiss (Florida International University): Managing chaos- creating a database of online reports about South Florida Poster Susan Weiss (Florida International University): New kid in town: the Marine Biology program at Florida International University in Miami There were three established marine sciences-related academic programs within an hour’s drive of the FIU Biscayne Bay campus when FIU’s marine biology program was approved in 2001. There are now over 100 Marine Biology majors at FIU. The multimillion-dollar Marine Biology building was completed in 2006 on the Biscayne Bay campus, within a stone’s throw from Biscayne Bay. There is no library in the new building: the campus library serves all departments and schools. Since practically all of the science and graduate programs are at the larger University Park campus, most of the library material, which supports those programs, are at the larger UP campus library. Only recently has the Biscayne Bay campus library begun ordering journals and book in the marine sciences. However, because so many of the discipline’s journals are available online the physical distance does not appear to be a major problem for the marine biology faculty and researchers on the Biscayne Bay campus. There are many challenges awaiting the Marine Biology program, and the future will be interesting for all concerned.

Attendee List for IAMSLIC 2007 Sandra Abbott-Stout Reference/Instruction Librarian Quimby Library, Unity College P.O. Box 167 Unity, ME 04988 United States Phone: 207-948-3131 sstout@unity.edu Dr. Helen Albertson Contractor NOAA / NMFS / SEFSC 77 Crandon Blvd. 6A Key Biscayne, FL 33149 United States Phone: (305) 361-4229 hdahda@yahoo.com Ms. Virginia Allen Library Systems Coordinator Lamar University 2060 Rafes Way Beaumont, TX 77706 United States Phone: 409-880-8849 Fax: 409-880-2309 virginia.allen@lamar.edu Ms. Kris Anderson Hamilton Library University of Hawaii at Manoa PO Box 11266 Honolulu, HI 96828 United States Phone: 808-384-4783 Fax: 808-956-2547 krisa@hawaii.edu Joe Aufmuth George A. Smathers Library University of Florida P.O. Box 117011 United States Gainesville, FL 32611-7011 Phone: 352-273-0367 Fax: 352-392-3357 mapper@uflib.ufl.edu

Elizabeth Avery Head, Research and Instructional Services University of North Texas Post Office Box 305190 Denton, TX 76203-5190 United States Phone: 940-565-2762 averyb@mail.otherwhen.com Ms. Jane Barnwell Pacific Resource Center Pacific Res. for Education/Learning 900 Fort Street Mall Suite 1300 Honolulu, HI 96813 United States Phone: 8084411320 Fax: 8084411385 barnwellj@prel.org Maria Bello Librarian NOAA / NMFS / SEFSC 75 Virginia Beach Dr. Miami, FL 33149 United States Phone: 305 361-4229 Fax: 305 365-4104 maria.bello@noaa.gov Srta. Irene Beltran Librarian CINVESTAV Unidad Merida Km. 6 antigua carretera a Progreso Merida, Yucatan 97310 Mexico Phone: (999)124-2105 Fax: (999)981-2923 irene@mda.cinvestav.mx Susan Berteaux Library Director Massachusetts Maritime Academy 101 Academy Drive Buzzards Bay, MA 02532 United States Phone: 508-830-5035 Fax: 508-830-5074 sberteaux@maritime.edu

Ms. Jan Boyett Librarian Florida Fish & Wildlife Res. Inst. 100 Eighth Ave. SE St. Petersburg, FL 33701 United States Phone: 727-896-8626 jan.boyett@myfwc.com Mr. Marcel Brannemann Library Head A. Wegener Inst-Polar & Marine Res Am alten Hafen 26 Bremerhaven, 27568 Germany Phone: +49 471 4831 0 Fax: +49 471 4831 1919 marcel.brannemann@awi.de Ms. Karen Brown Coordinator University of Florida-IFAS 7922 NW 71st Street Gainesville, FL 32653 United States Phone: 352-392-1799 Fax: 352-392-3462 kpbrown@ufl.edu Mr. Peter Brueggeman Director, SIO Library UC San Diego SIO Library, UCSD 9500 Gilman Drive #0219 La Jolla, CA 92093-0219 United States Phone: 858-534-5300 pbrueggeman@ucsd.edu Barb Butler Oregon Institute of Marine Biology PO Box 5389 Charleston, OR 97420 United States Phone: (541) 888-2581 Fax: (541) 888-3391 butler@uoregon.edu

Amy Butros SIO Library Scripps Institution of Oceanography Univ. of California, San Diego Dept. 0219 La Jolla, CA 92093-0219 United States Phone: 858-822-3074 Fax: 858-534-5269 abutros@ucsd.edu Priscilla Caplan Florida Center for Library Automation 5830 NW 39th Ave. Gainesville, FL 32606 United States pcaplan@ufl.edu Daria Carle Science Librarian University of Alaska Anchorage Consortium Library 3211 Providence Drive Anchorage, AK 99508 United States Phone: 907-786-1869 Fax: 907-786-1834 afdoc@uaa.alaska.edu Vielka Chang-Yao Head Librarian Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama Unit 0948, Library APO AA, 3400-0948 United States Phone: 507-212-8042 Fax: 507-212-8147 Harika48@yahoo.com Elizabeth Connor The Citadel Daniel Library 171 Moultrie Street Charleston, SC 29409 United States Phone: 843.953.7469 Fax: 843.953.5190 elizabeth.connor@citadel.edu

John Conover UMCON 8124 Highway 56 Chauvin, LA 70344 United States Phone: (985) 851-2875 jconover@lumcon.edu Mrs. Guillermina Cosulich Head Librarian - Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero- INIDEP Paseo Victoria Ocampo Nro. 1, Escollera Norte C.C. 175 Mar del Plata, 7600 Argentina Phone: 54-0223-486 2404/ 25 Fax: 54-0223-486 2404/ 25 biblio@inidep.edu.ar Ms. Jean Crampon Science & Engineering Library University of Southern California 910 Bloom Walk SSL 303-A Los Angeles, CA 90089-0481 United States Phone: 213-740-4421 Fax: 213-821-4214 crampon@usc.edu Marcia Croy-Vanwely (Guest Lex Vanwely) Head, Library Services Fisheries & Oceans Canada Pacific Region 200-401 Burrard St. Vancouver, BC V5G3N3 Canada Phone: 604 666 6371 Fax: 604 666 3145 croyvanwelym@pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca Mr. John Cruickshank Librarian Skidaway Institute of Oceanography 10 Ocean Science Circle Savannah, GA 31411 United States Phone: 912-598-2474 Fax: 912-598-2391 john.cruickshank@skio.usg.edu

Mrs. Liz DeHart Marine Science Library Univ. of Texas - Marine Science Inst. 750 Channelview Drive Port Aransas, TX 78373-5015 United States Phone: 361-749-6723 Fax: 361-749-6725 liz@utmsi.utexas.edu Snowdy Dodson CSU Northridge Library California State Univ., Northridge 18111 Nordhoff St. Northridge, CA 91330 United States Phone: 818-782-9346 snowdy.dodson@csun.edu Gail Donovan Librarian North Sarasota Public & New College 5101 admiral place sarasota, FL 34231 United States Phone: 941 928-7781 Fax: 941 928-7781 donovan.gail@gmail.com Roberta Doran Pell Marine Science Library University of Rhode Island 65 Lakeview Drive Narragansett, RI 02882 United States Phone: 401-874-6546 Fax: 401-874-6101 rdoran@gso.uri.edu Molly Engelbrecht (Guest Lloyd Engelbrecht) Cadet Hand Library Bodega Marine Laboratory P.O. Box 247 2099 Westside Road Bodega Bay, CA 94923 United States Phone: 707-875-2015 Fax: 707-875-2089 meengelbrecht@ucdavis.edu

Mr. Ernie Estevez Director , Center for Coastal Ecology Mote Marine Laboratory 1600 Ken Thompson parkway Sarasota, FL 3426-1096 United States estevez@mote.org Ms. Elizabeth Fish RSMAS Librarian RSMAS, University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami, FL 33149-1031 United States Phone: 305-421-4021 Fax: 305 361-9306 efish@rsmas.miami.edu Mr. Peter Fritzler (Guest Ann Pemberton) Sciences Librarian UNC-Wilmington Randall Library, UNC Wilmington 601 South College Rd. Wilmington, 28403-5616 United States Phone: 910-962-7807 Fax: 910-962-3078 fritzlerp@uncw.edu Mr. Walker Godin Sales Representative EBSCO 213 West Alfred St. Tampa, FL 33603 United States Phone: 800-633-4604 Fax: 205-995-1613 wgodin@ebsco.com Mr. Bart Goossens Librarian Research Inst. for Nature and Forest Gaverstraat 4 Geraardsbergen, 9500 Belgium Phone: +32(0)477580029 Fax: +32(0)54436160 bart.goossens@inbo.be

Ruth Gustafson Reference Librarian University of California, Davis 100 NW Quad Shields Library Davis, CA 95616 United States Phone: (530)752-1883 Fax: (530)752-5251 ragustafson@ucdavis.edu Stephanie Haas Digital Library Center University of Florida Rm 200, Library East Gainesville, FL 32611-7007 United States Phone: (352)846-0129 Fax: (352) 846-3702 haas@uflib.ufl.edu Ms. Kay Hale Mote Marine Laboratory 6403 Approach Rd. Sarasota, FL 34238 United States Phone: 941-927-4821 halekay@hotmail.com Ms. Susie Hallowell (Guests Roy & Kelly Barker) St Johns River Water Management 4049 Reid St., PO Box 1429 Palatka, FL 32178 United States Phone: 386-329-4190 Fax: 386-329-4890 shallowell@sjrwmd.com Mr. Jan Haspeslagh VLIZ-Library Flanders Marine Institute Wandelaarkaai 7 Oostende, B-8400 Belgium Phone: 003259342130 jan.haspeslagh@vliz.be

Mr. Jan Heckman Director- Avery Point University of Connecticut - Avery Pt. 8 Whittlesey Ct. Niantic, CT 06357 United States Phone: 860-691-0736 jan.heckman@uconn.edu Ms. Mary Heckman Program Assistant, Academic Services University of Connecticut - Avery Pt. 1084 Shennecossett Road Groton, CT 06357 United States Phone: 860-405-9058 mary.heckman@uconn.edu Ms. Kathleen Heil University of Maryland, C.E.S. Chesapeake Biological Lab PO Box 38 Solomons, MD 20688 United States Phone: 410-326-7287 Fax: 410-326-7430 heil@cbl.umces.edu Deb Henry Librarian USF St. Petersburg Poynter Library 140 Seventh Avenue South St. Petersburg, FL 33701 United States Phone: 727-873-4977 Fax: 727-873-4196 henry@nelson.usf.edu Mrs. Pauline Hicks Manager Florida A&M University 309 Pershing St. Tallahasseer, FL 32307 United States Phone: 850 561 2005 Fax: 850 599 3422 pauline.hicks@famu.edu

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MENUS We hope we have provided enough choices to meet all dietary preferences. Cold beverages may include soft drinks, lemonade, ice tea or water. SUNDAY Oct. 7th, 18:00-20:00. Welcome Reception, Florida Room, Hyatt-lower level 2 drink coupons per person. Vegetable plate/dips, Cheese & French bread/crackers, Tortilla chips and salsa, Chicken tenders w sauce, Prosciutto-wrapped asparagus. MONDAY = Starter 8:15-9:00. Coffee station, Muffins/Croissants/Danish, and Whole fruit. (Coffee & hot tea break 10:15-10:30.) Lunch 12:00-13:00. Tropics Lounge. Mile Marker Buffet: Conch chowder; Mixed green salad w ham, turkey, veggies etc.; Chicken sandwich w sun-dried tomato mayo on Focaccia bread; Sirloin wrap w bleu cheese, lettuce, tomato in a spinach tortilla; Veggie Greek salad wrap w Romaine, Feta and marinated grilled veggies; Chips; Bread & butter; Coffee and teas. p.m. Break 14:30, Poster Session: Key lime pie and Chocolate torte; Cold beverages. TUESDAY = Starter 8:15-9:00. Coffee station, Bagels/cream cheese and Whole fruit. (Coffee & hot tea break 10:15-10:30.) Lunch 12:15-13:30. Selby Public Library: Quiche (Lorraine, ham & cheese or vegetarian); Tossed salad; Fruit salad; Cookies; Cold beverages. (15:00 pm beverage break) WEDNESDAY = Starter 8:15-9:00. Coffee station, Assorted breads (banana, lemon, poppy seed), Yogurts while they last. (Coffee & hot tea break 10:30-10:45.) Lunch 12:00-13:00. Tropics Lounge. New York Deli Buffet: Soup du jour, Mesclun green salad with chicken, bacon, pears; Asparagus w marinated artichokes/peppers; Trilogy potatoes w mustard dressing; Penne w sun-dried tomatoes & marinated vegetables; Cold cuts-6 varieties; Cheeses; Breads; Chips; NY cheesecake w strawberry sauce, Coffee and tea. (15:30 beverage break) Banquet 17:30-19:30. Mote Aquarium courtyard. Wine & cold beverages. Steel drum music provided by Joe Braccio. 19:30-, Mote Keating Bldg. Buffet & Dancing: mixed Greens; lightly blackened Tilapia w citrus beurre blanc; jerk Chicken w tropical fruit salsa; herb roasted Potatoes; summer Vegetables; Lemon cake and Chocolate Rum cake; Wine & cold beverages. THURSDAY = Starter 8:15-9:00. Coffee station, Muffins/Croissants/Danish. Lunch 11:30, Meeting Rm. Box lunch w cold beverage: Turkey wraps & Veggie pitas. Miscellaneous Events: SAIL Dinner / Business Meeting: Tues. 18:45 at Mote. Vegetable tray; Meat lasagna; Vegetable pasta primavera; Yellow rice & chicken; Bread/rolls; Cake; Wine & cold beverages. GIS Workshop: Fri. 8:30-1:00 at Mote. Continental breakfast; Lunch: Pizza & Cold beverages.