Richard Pepe, Editor-in-Chief of the Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) -
see more information here - is retiring today. Richard joined FAO in 1982 and has been working for ASFA ever since. For IODE, participation in ASFA as one of the founding organizations was the really first activity in the area of marine information management. Today the ASFA database contains more than 1.3 million bibliographic references (or records) to the world's aquatic science literature accessioned since 1971 (for some journals and/or subject areas the coverage precedes 1971). Input to the ASFA Database (i.e. the bibliographic references) is prepared by the international network of
ASFA Partners, who are together responsible for the monitoring of more than 5000 serial publications as well as books, reports, conference proceedings, and grey literature. Without Richard's drive and commitment ASFA would not be as successful and comprehensive as it is today and despite the explosive growth of the world wide web ASFA is still the bibliographic reference tool of choice for many marine and freshwater researchers. It is for this reason that IODE gave Richard the IODE Achievement Award (photo: GE-MIM Chair Linda Pikula giving the award to Richard during the 2010 ASFA Advisory Board in Morocco) in 2010. Let's wish Richard a happy retirement!
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Created on: Friday, 07 January 2011 11:02
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Last Updated on: Monday, 01 July 2013 12:20
