IAMSLIC

October 2013

The 29th IAMSLIC Conference was held in Dana Beach, Florida, USA between 20-24 October 2013. The Conference was attended by more than 60 participants and covered a number of topics that are of relevance to marine librarians.  The full programme descitpion of the Conference is available from http://www.iamslic.org/conf2013/. As is traditional in IAMSLIC this Conference was the outgoing event for the 2012-2013 IAMSLIC President Maria Kalentsits and the inauguration event of the 2013-2014 IAMSLIC President, Sally Taylor.

The theme of the Conference was "Visualizing a Bright Future" to examine the transformation of libraries and the new opportunities for information professionals. The presentations covered topics such as "embedded librarianship", "outreach", "library consolidations" as well as OceanTeacher, GIS and data, etc. 

On 21 October an ad hoc Session of the GE-MIM was held which dealt mainly with the need to renew the MoU between IAMSLIC and IOC/IODE. The meeting agreed on a draft revision of the MoU which was then submitted to the IAMSLIC Executive Board for consideration. It is expected that the MoU will be signed by IAMSLIC and IOC before the end of 2013.

Under the ongoing cooperation between IAMSLIC and IOC/IODE, IODE agreed to continue the hosting of the IAMSLIC Aquatic Commons e-repository at the IOC Project Office for IODE in Oostende, Belgium. In addition IODE agreed to increase technical support from 12 to 19 days/year. IAMSLIC expressed its thanks to IODE for the ongoing hosting and the increase of support.

March 2013

At the 22nd Session of the IODE Committee (March 2013) it was agreed to establish, with IAMSLIC, a Joint IAMSLIC/IODE Group of Experts on Marine Information Management (IAMSLIC/IODE GE-MIM) was established through Recommendation IODE-XX.1 (2013)  (More here). This was considered as a logical step for both IOC and IAMSLIC in view of the similar interests of IAMSLIC and those of the IODE's marine information management activities. The new Group is composed of an equal number of members identified by IAMSLIC and IOC/IODE. See the membership here

2011

IOC and the International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers (IAMSLIC) established a Memorandum of Agreement on General Cooperation on 30 August 2011. The purpose of this agreement (expiring in December 2013) is to strengthen cooperation between both organizations in the field of marine information management through (i) providing training and support to build human capacity related to marine information management; (ii) promoting networking of marine information managers; and (iii) promoting the capacity of libraries and information centres to disseminate and provide access to, marine scientific literature for the benefit of marine scientists and other relevant users.

Scope of cooperation

Under this agreement, it is hereby agreed that:

1. Contributions from IAMSLIC

IAMSLIC shall:

• Promote cooperation of its membership in IOC/IODE’s OceanTeacher by identifying resource persons who will contribute content and lecturers who will be able to provide classroom training within the framework of the OceanTeacher Academy;
• Promote the activities of IOC/IODE’s marine information management activities by inviting IOC/IODE to the IAMSLIC Annual Conference as well as meetings of its regional groups and include meeting sessions on topics relevant to the MoU;
• Establish and host an “ask an expert” service to assist marine librarians with expertise available within the IAMSLIC and IODE Marine Information Management communities.
• Include two IODE experts in the Aquatic Commons Board (ACB). The responsibility of this Board (ACB) is to guide the development of the Aquatic Commons digital repository for IAMSLIC. Specific tasks include identifying appropriate metadata standards, designing for maximum usability, identifying content, resolving interoperability issues, and managing public relations including future training needs. Although members of the ACB are appointed by the IAMSLIC Executive Board, any task forces or working groups may be independently constituted by the Aquatic Commons Board. The ACB is also responsible for identifying partners for content development and ongoing funding.

2. Contributions from UNESCO/IOC:

IOC shall:

• Promote IAMSLIC to the IODE community through its “Ocean Data and Information Networks” (ODINs), web sites and publications;
• Host the IAMSLIC Aquatic Commons e-repository on its servers located at the IOC Project Office for IODE, Oostende, Belgium within the terms of reference as attached in Annex I hereto;
• Invite an IAMSLIC representative as an invited expert, to sessions of the IODE Group of Experts on Marine Information Management (GE-MIM);

3. Joint contributions:

• UNESCO/IOC and IAMSLIC will organize, as appropriate, in the framework of this Agreement joint activities on questions of mutual interest, including inter alia: (i) training workshops and short courses on topics relating to the field of competence of both organizations; (ii) exploratory investigations and pilot activities related to data publishing;
• UNESCO/IOC and IAMSLIC will exchange information within their respective areas of responsibility, including information on the implementation and effectiveness of programmes of mutual interest.

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Last Updated on: Wednesday, 06 November 2013 12:09