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Expanding Access to Geoscience Collections: Resources and Strategies

This presentation by Cynthia L. Prosser at the 2012 GSIS/GSA Annual Meeting focuses on innovative ways to access geoscience collections. It covers a variety of resources, including books, journals, maps, seismic data, and personal papers. The session discusses methods for discovering these resources, from visiting institutions to utilizing online tools like search engines and social media. The evolution of finding aids from paper to electronic and the transition to crowdsourcing are also emphasized, providing valuable insights for scholars and researchers in the geology field.

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Expanding Access to Geoscience Collections: Resources and Strategies

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  1. Beyond Traditional Print Resources: Accessing Information about Geoscience Collections Cynthia L. Prosser Science Collections and Scholarly Communication UGA Libraries Athens, Georgia 2012 GSIS/GSA Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC – November 6, 2012

  2. Geoscience Collections • Books and journals • Maps, aerial and satellite photographs, and cross sections • Seismic data & sections • X-ray diffraction graphs • Field notes and field books • Photographs, slides, and films • Other personal papers • Samples • Rock, mineral, and fossil • Thin-sections, petrographic slides, ... • Display specimens 2012 GSIS/GSA Charlotte, NC – November 6, 2012

  3. Collection Locations • Libraries • Academic & Public • Institutional & Corporate • Special Collections • Archives • Repositories • Departmental • Institutional • Museums 2012 GSIS/GSA Charlotte, NC – November 6, 2012

  4. Discovering the Resource • Mentioned – news article, the invisible college, blog, social network, … • Visit the location and search and view the collection in person • Online Search with Favorite Search Tool • Abstracting & Indexing service • Google, Bing, Yahoo • Twitter 2012 GSIS/GSA Charlotte, NC – November 6, 2012

  5. Finding Aids in Transition • From Paper to Electronic • From Local to Remote • From Static to Dynamic • From Controlled to Crowdsourcing 2012 GSIS/GSA Charlotte, NC – November 6, 2012

  6. Finding Aids -Paper 2012 GSIS/GSA Charlotte, NC – November 6, 2012

  7. Finding Aid - Index 2012 GSIS/GSA Charlotte, NC – November 6, 2012

  8. Finding Aid – Online Catalog 2012 GSIS/GSA Charlotte, NC – November 6, 2012

  9. Finding Aids - A & I Service 2012 GSIS/GSA Charlotte, NC – November 6, 2012

  10. Finding Aid - Wiki 2012 GSIS/GSA Charlotte, NC – November 6, 2012

  11. Finding Aids - Tags 2012 GSIS/GSA Charlotte, NC – November 6, 2012

  12. Finding Aid – Tag Cloud 2012 GSIS/GSA Charlotte, NC – November 6, 2012

  13. Finding Aids - Summary • Paper – card catalog, index, … • Electronic Listing • Online Searchable Catalog • Wiki • Tags & Tag Clouds 2012 GSIS/GSA Charlotte, NC – November 6, 2012

  14. Questions? Cynthia Prosser: cprosser@uga.edu 2012 GSIS/GSA Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC – November 6, 2012

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