join us at the agia winter warmeragia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/byte_volume... · research...

14
1 The Great Australian Byte The Newsletter of the Australian Geoscience Information Association (Inc) April 2013, Volume 14 Part 1 ISSN 1325–3700 7.30am, Tuesday 11th June 2013 Bocelli’s Espresso, Forrest Place Perth RSVP Friday 7 th June to [email protected] Click here for Bocelli’s Espresso location and review CONTENTS AGIA News ................................................................................................. 2 AGIA Easter Breakfast & Website Launch ....................................................... 2 Geoscience Information 101 Seminar............................................................. 4 2013 AGLTN Workshop Wrap-Up ................................................................... 5 USGS National Geologic Map Database .......................................................... 6 AGIA Christmas Breakfast 2012 .................................................................... 8 AGIA’s New Life Member – Kerry Smith.......................................................... 9 National Rock Garden ................................................................................ 11 Articles & Presentations of Interest .............................................................. 12 Upcoming AGIA Events .............................................................................. 13 Upcoming Conferences and Symposia .......................................................... 13 Web Sites & Mailing Lists of Interest ............................................................ 13 Australian Geoscience Information Association Inc. National Committee 2012–13 ............................................................................................................... 14 AGIA is a member of the Australian Geoscience Council Join us at the AGIA Winter Warmer

Upload: others

Post on 17-Jun-2020

0 views

Category:

Documents


0 download

TRANSCRIPT

Page 1: Join us at the AGIA Winter Warmeragia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/BYTE_Volume... · Research data curation bibliography THE AGIA OCCASIONAL PAPER SERIES The AGIA National Committee

1

The

Great Australian Byte

The Newsletter of the Australian Geoscience Information Association (Inc)

April 2013, Volume 14 Part 1 ISSN 1325–3700

7.30am, Tuesday 11th June 2013

Bocelli’s Espresso, Forrest Place Perth

RSVP Friday 7th June to [email protected]

Click here for Bocelli’s Espresso location and review

CONTENTS AGIA News ................................................................................................. 2 AGIA Easter Breakfast & Website Launch ....................................................... 2 Geoscience Information 101 Seminar ............................................................. 4 2013 AGLTN Workshop Wrap-Up ................................................................... 5 USGS National Geologic Map Database .......................................................... 6 AGIA Christmas Breakfast 2012 .................................................................... 8 AGIA’s New Life Member – Kerry Smith .......................................................... 9 National Rock Garden ................................................................................ 11 Articles & Presentations of Interest .............................................................. 12 Upcoming AGIA Events .............................................................................. 13 Upcoming Conferences and Symposia .......................................................... 13 Web Sites & Mailing Lists of Interest ............................................................ 13 Australian Geoscience Information Association Inc. National Committee 2012–13

............................................................................................................... 14

AGIA is a member of the Australian Geoscience Council

Join us at the

AGIA Winter Warmer

Page 2: Join us at the AGIA Winter Warmeragia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/BYTE_Volume... · Research data curation bibliography THE AGIA OCCASIONAL PAPER SERIES The AGIA National Committee

2

AGIA NEWS

AGIA WEBSITE 2ND EDITION

The new AGIA website was officially launched at the Easter Breakfast on 26th

March 2013. See the full article on page 3.

® AGIA GROUP DISCUSSIONS

Request for feedback on commonly used commercial databases

AIG geocientist employment survey

GSIS information

Library reboot

Do-it-yourself research data management kit

Mobility strategies infographic

Science @ Risk: Toward a national strategy for preserving online science

"How to maximize the value of unstructured material - The resurgence of

the librarian in digital form as a knowledge and learning source"... paper

at Houston PPDM Symposium

SharePoint for library catalogues – presentation link

AGIA sponsorship of the Australian Tertiary Geoscience Teaching

Workshop

ANDS guide to digital file formats

Data management for librarians - Mendeley Group

Research data curation bibliography

THE AGIA OCCASIONAL PAPER SERIES

The AGIA National Committee is bringing the AGIA Occasional Paper series into

the digital age. There are currently seven papers in the series (published between

1985 and 1993) and they cover topics such as guidelines for bibliographic

databases, map workshops and directories of geoscience information resources.

The papers will be scanned (with optical character recognition) and made

available via the AGIA website on the AGIA Publications page. The National

Committee hopes this will inspire AGIA’s members to consider writing some new

papers for the series.

FROM THE NEWSLETTER EDITOR

Thank you to Maree Corkeron for providing the GAB with an informative wrap-up

of the AGLTN workshop held in January this year.

In the spirit of international collaboration, Kerry Smith contributed an article to

the American Geoscience Information Society’s (GSIS) December newsletter,

which can be viewed here. The President of the GSIS - Linda Zellmer - has kindly

reciprocated and contributed a review of the United States Geological Survey’s

(USGS) National Geologic Map Database which can be found on page 7. The

review is due to be published in the Spring, 2013 GSIS Newsletter.

As always, articles for the GAB are warmly received!

Thanks, and happy reading!

Vanessa Johnson

Page 3: Join us at the AGIA Winter Warmeragia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/BYTE_Volume... · Research data curation bibliography THE AGIA OCCASIONAL PAPER SERIES The AGIA National Committee

3

AGIA EASTER BREAKFAST & WEBSITE LAUNCH

Fourteen dedicated AGIA members and their guests braved a wet and windy

Perth morning to attend the Easter Breakfast & Website Launch on 26th March. It

was difficult to judge the greatest draw card: the opportunity to network, the

chance to see inside the much talked about new BHP Billiton building, or the

Easter eggs! A big thank you goes to Liz Amann for organising the wonderful

venue and breakfast.

AGIA Easter Breakfast 2013

Discussion was lively and wide-ranging, encompassing topics such as:

managing information with non-specialist applications – the move away

from specialised library databases and the challenges of ensuring

preservation of and access to information & data through applications such

as SharePoint;

the vulnerability of information services & information professionals –

playing the corporate political game to secure your position;

the struggle of managing added information management responsibilities

without additional resources; and

the impact of the different approaches of Records Managers and Librarians

toward information: Records Managers can be more focused on the

preservation of documents, whereas Librarians are strongly driven by

providing access for their clients.

There was a good deal of discussion around locating geoscience information, both

through open access sources and commercial databases. There was a positive

response to the new Databases page on the AGIA website, which contains access

sites and links to online databases containing publicly available data in Australia

and nearby regions. Members called for this page to be expanded to include

useful databases which are available via subscription or pay-per-view. Suggested

databases include:

American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Datapages –

includes pay per view functionality;

Geofacets – includes ability to search geospatially;

Georef – good one stop shop, although it can be difficult to track down

copies of references;

GeoscienceWorld – includes ability to search geospatially, however licence

requires that subscription to Georef is maintained simultaneously;

Page 4: Join us at the AGIA Winter Warmeragia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/BYTE_Volume... · Research data curation bibliography THE AGIA OCCASIONAL PAPER SERIES The AGIA National Committee

4

Lyell Collection – includes pay per view functionality;

OnePetro – includes pay per view functionality;

Petroleum Abstracts – includes overlap with Georef, but is linked to a

fabulous document delivery service at the University of Tulsa; and

ScienceDirect – includes pay per view functionality.

AGIA is seeking feedback from its members about databases which they

commonly use for inclusion on the website’s Databases page. Please send your

suggestions to [email protected] or join the LinkedIn discussion thread.

GEOSCIENCE INFORMATION 101 SEMINAR

Attendees at the Easter Breakfast were asked to provide feedback on topics they

would like to be addressed in the upcoming Geoscience Information 101 Seminar,

which is tentatively scheduled for October 2013. Initial feedback indicates that

members are very interested in learning about geoscience data and information

resources, and how best to use them. The full sweep of suggestions probably

goes beyond what can be covered in one seminar, and so far includes:

geoscience information & data resources - finding, searching

o databases

o websites

o open access resources

o government repositories

o aggregated searches

o GIS interfaces, mapping;

creating and maintaining trusted data

o data quality

o data remediation

o data governance

o data standards

o successful data management initiatives – examples;

searching for information & data;

knowledge management;

roles in information management;

permissions management;

using Sharepoint in workflows;

new trends & industry directions;

NOPTA – where are they at?

cataloguing seismic data;

information services – how to ensure survival in the corporate sector; and

another Core Library visit.

The National Committee will be preparing a program for the seminar at the next

committee meeting on 21st May 2013. Members are encouraged to

contact the committee with suggestions of potential speakers for the

topics suggested.

Page 5: Join us at the AGIA Winter Warmeragia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/BYTE_Volume... · Research data curation bibliography THE AGIA OCCASIONAL PAPER SERIES The AGIA National Committee

5

2013 AGLTN WORKSHOP WRAP-UP

SUCCESSFUL 2ND MEETING FOR THE NEW TERTIARY GEOSCIENCE

TEACHERS’ NETWORK, TOWNSVILLE, JANUARY 2013

Australian geoscience university educators met for the second time at a workshop

held at James Cook University, Townsville, in January this year. The meeting has

become an annual event for the new Australasian University Geoscience

Educators Network (AUGEN), a group set up in late 2011 early 2012. The network

aims to provide a mechanism for connection and interaction between geoscience

academics involved in tertiary teaching in the Australasian region. In recognition

of the similar challenges and opportunities we all experience despite our different

locations, the network hopes to encourage collegial exchange and sharing of

teaching and learning ideas through regular discussion and a soon to be

established website. The Australian Geoscience Information Association has

provided generous financial support for running both the 2012 and 2013

meetings.

Themes for discussion in 2013 were derived from current topics of interest

identified by participants. Four broad topics of discussion included Flexible

Learning, Innovative Teaching, Discipline Expertise and Industry Needs, and

Fieldwork Challenges. Lively discussion followed presentations on the first day

addressing the use of Information Technology in curriculum delivery. Examples of

the integration of web-based software and resources such as Google Earth, World

Wind, Integrated Data Viewer and ArcGIS Explorer into practical exercises and

formative assessment for students were presented. The emergence of mass

delivery of curriculum via the internet using programs such as MOOCs (massive

open online courses) was a topic for much discussion about the future role of

‘lecturers’ and indeed universities in tertiary education delivery.

The second day addressed the sometimes-disconnected relationship between

university teaching outcomes for students and industry perceptions of, and need

for, good graduate qualities as new geoscientists enter the work force. The

dearth of discipline expertise in teaching areas such as geophysics and coal

geology was highlighted. One example of an industry/university collaboration in

course delivery as a possible solution was presented. The topic of professional

accreditation in geosciences in Australia and the role academics should be playing

in consideration (and ultimately implementation) of accreditation was also

discussed. This is an area Australian academics have not been engaged in to a

large extent in the past but probably should be considering more seriously at both

school and faculty level.

One significant outcome of this meeting was the recognition that Australia’s

geoscience professional bodies are deeply interested in geoscience teaching in our

universities and how we as educators will impact the future of geoscience in this

country. The network participants were greatly appreciative of the financial

support given by groups such as AGIA to facilitate a meeting such as this. As co-

conveyor of the 2013 meeting I was pleased with the positive feedback from

participants at the conclusion of the meeting. There was an overwhelming view

that a face-face forum of this kind with much opportunity for discussion was of

great value. There seemed to be positive air of enthusiasm with which

participants headed into the start of semester 1 for 2013 that bodes well for the

Page 6: Join us at the AGIA Winter Warmeragia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/BYTE_Volume... · Research data curation bibliography THE AGIA OCCASIONAL PAPER SERIES The AGIA National Committee

6

continuation and development of this network. Future activities for this year

include development of a web presence for the network and preparation for the

next meeting in 2014, to be hosted at QUT, Brisbane. If you would like more

information on the network or to be added to the mailing list, contacts are listed

below.

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

Maree Corkeron

USGS NATIONAL GEOLOGIC MAP DATABASE

This article comes to AGIA from the President of the GSIS, Linda Zellmer. The

review is due to be published in the Spring, 2013 GSIS Newsletter.

The United States Geological Survey recently redesigned the National Geologic

Map Database (http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ngmdb/ngmdb_home.html). The main

site contains links to four different resources. The Map Catalog is an index to

published geologic maps

throughout the United

States. Stratigraphy

provides access to

GeoLex, also known as

the Geologic Names

Lexicon, an index to

information on named

geologic rock units in

North America. MapView

is a map interface to

geologic maps in the

Map Catalog. Finally,

Mapping in Progress

provides information on

mapping work being

done through the

National Cooperative

Geologic Mapping

Program.

The newly redesigned Map Catalog is a free index to maps and geospatial data

related to the geological sciences. It is a cooperative project of the Association of

American State Geologists and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) that

indexes maps and geospatial data on geology, geophysics, marine geology,

geologic resources and hazards for the U.S. and its Territories published from the

1880s to the present. The Catalog can be searched to find maps of a specific

location by using a pull-down menu to select a state and county, entering

keyword place names, or using a map to zoom in on an area of interest. The

number of maps for that area is shown in a search count box at the upper right

side of the page. Users can narrow the search topic by using pull-down menus in

Page 7: Join us at the AGIA Winter Warmeragia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/BYTE_Volume... · Research data curation bibliography THE AGIA OCCASIONAL PAPER SERIES The AGIA National Committee

7

the Theme area of the site. When all selections have been made, results are

retrieved by clicking the “Search” button. Results, which are displayed 100 at a

time from large to small scale, include a list of maps, both separately published

sheet maps and maps that were published in the pockets of US and state

geological survey publications. The system also provides information on and links

to geology related geospatial data on the area and topic of interest and scanned

geologic maps. These are denoted by a disk and an arrow. Once a map for an

area is identified users can view digital maps online or determine whether they

are available through the USGS Store. People using standard monitors can only

view parts of a map, not the entire map.

In using the new site, I found two problems. The old site directed users to

Regional Depositories to obtain maps; the new site no longer mentions that these

maps and publications might be available in Libraries. The other problem is that

the old site was more forgiving; results of a search on my home county used to

include the USGS Folios in the area, but the new site does not.

The other major part of the National Geologic Map Database is the Stratigraphy

section, which includes the Geologic Names Lexicon or GeoLex

(http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/). GeoLex, which is a free index to publications

about named geologic rock units in North America, is the online equivalent of the

print Lexicon of North American Geology. Most non-geologists are not aware that

there are rules for describing and naming geologic units (the North American

Stratigraphic Code, which is linked to the GeoLex site), just as there are rules for

naming and describing animals, plants, fossils, planets and microbes. People who

are researching a particular geologic unit sometimes need to find all of the

information about a unit, such as when it was originally named and described, the

location of the original type exposure and changes that have been made to its

extent or age. GeoLex provides just this information. It includes entries on over

16,000 geologic units (75% of all of the units) in the United States, and links to

the lexicons for Canada and Mexico. GeoLex can be used to search for information

on a rock unit by its name, age or the author of an article that described the unit.

GeoLex provides information on a unit’s age, location, extent (areal distribution),

type locality (where it was first recognized and described) and history. The initial

Unit Name History display provides a brief description about the content of each

publication, with the word History hyperlinked. Clicking on this link connects users

to a more extensive summary of the naming and revision history of the rock unit,

which includes full citations to and a brief summary of each publication.

Although some of the information in GeoLex is available in GeoRef, results in

GeoLex are much more focused. A GeoRef search may yield hundreds of results

on the rock unit, but may also miss publications indexed in GeoLex because the

unit name may not have been used as an indexing term in GeoRef. The GeoLex

search provides more focused search results on the naming and description of the

rock unit in a particular area.

The National Geologic Map Database and GeoLex are both essential resources for

research in the earth sciences. They would be especially useful for people writing

papers on a specific location, such as the geology, hydrology or natural resources

of a town or county.

Linda Zellmer, Western Illinois University

Page 8: Join us at the AGIA Winter Warmeragia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/BYTE_Volume... · Research data curation bibliography THE AGIA OCCASIONAL PAPER SERIES The AGIA National Committee

8

AGIA CHRISTMAS BREAKFAST 2012

The AGIA Christmas

Breakfast moved to the

western end of Perth City in

2012. As you can see from

the photos, members

looked resplendent in their

red Xmas hats. The

highlight of the breakfast

was the induction of a new

AGIA Life Member, Kerry

Smith, who has worked

tirelessly for AGIA since

1983. You can read more

about Kerry on the next

page.

Photographs supplied by Kerry

Smith.

Page 9: Join us at the AGIA Winter Warmeragia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/BYTE_Volume... · Research data curation bibliography THE AGIA OCCASIONAL PAPER SERIES The AGIA National Committee

9

AGIA’S NEW LIFE MEMBER – KERRY SMITH

PRACTITIONER, EDUCATOR, RESEARCHER, ADVOCATE, MENTOR

It was with great pleasure that Kerry

Smith was welcomed as AGIA’s

newest life member at the 2012

Christmas Breakfast. Kerry is a long-

standing member of AGIA, joining the

Association in 1983, and has served

on the committee in a variety of

roles: she established AGIA (WA) and

was its Founding President from June

1984 - 1986, and since then has been

involved both at the Branch and

national level, most recently as

Membership Secretary.

Kerry developed a passion for geoscience information while working as a new

librarian from June 1981 to March 1987, first for Bob Hewitt’s Australian Mineral

Ventures (AMV) Library and later for companies under Bob’s directorship in West

Perth. Why geoscience? Being married to an enthusiastic geologist may have

provided some small inspiration as the photos below of Kerry as his field assistant

when “courting” and on their “honeymoon” with their little Honda field vehicle in

1965-66 show.

Above: Kerry hammering for fossils at Long Reef & in the field with Ray & the little Honda

In 1991 Kerry joined the Information Studies Department at Curtin University,

teaching in areas of library and information services management, knowledge

management and auditing, information policy and special librarianship. In her

early days at Curtin University she ran workshops on geoscience information

management and also on one person librarianship. During this time Kerry was

awarded the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) Special

Libraries Section (WA Group) Special Librarian of the Year. Kerry went on to

become Head, Deputy Head, and Acting Head of various areas including the

Department from June 1999, and retired as Head of the Department of

Information Studies at the end of 2012.

Page 10: Join us at the AGIA Winter Warmeragia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/BYTE_Volume... · Research data curation bibliography THE AGIA OCCASIONAL PAPER SERIES The AGIA National Committee

10

Kerry has been actively engaged in

research throughout her career. Kerry’s

projects reflect her interest in

geoscience information, from her

Master’s research project: The influence

of computer technology on the

geological map for the Australian

geoscience community: an information

policy investigation; her PhD thesis

(2004) Performance measurement of

Australian geoscientific minerals

researchers in the changing funding

regimes, through to her most recent

project Access to geoscience

information: a tragedy of the

commons? (2007, ongoing).

In June 1996 Kerry took on the position of editor-in-chief of the electronic journal

LIBRES, an open access refereed international journal in library and information

studies research, and recently has managed the RIC, a virtual commons for those

with an interest in Researching the Information Commons which can be

represented in many ways, including: information in the public domain (hence her

interest in the e-journal LIBRES), information re-use, enabling access to public

information, and the role of the publicly accessible library.

Kerry has committed herself enthusiastically to a range of professional

associations. Her many years of service to the Australian Library and Information

Association as a member of its General Council from 1992 and then its President

in 1997 has been acknowledged through the award of Fellowship of ALIA in 2002

(for outstanding contributions to the Association), and the ALIA Silver Pin in 2003

(for 5 years or more of voluntary contribution and service as ALIA

representative). More recently she convened the ALIA Research Committee

(2005-2010). Kerry has also contributed to the library profession at an

international level through the International Federation of Library Associations

and Institutions (IFLA) attending her first IFLA conference in Copenhagen, as

ALIA President, in 1997. She is currently Secretary of the Education and Training

Section of IFLA and will be stepping down from this position at the IFLA 2013

Singapore conference.

Kerry retired from Curtin University at the end of 2012, but her retirement looks

like it will be a busy one. Her commitment to AGIA as Membership Secretary

continues, as does her engagement with ALIA. And there will also be time for

some of her other passions – the Wildflower Society of WA, growing WA native

flora, and importantly her grandchildren.

You can read more about Kerry here:

Kerry Smith Retires, Incite January/February 2013, 34(1/2), pp. 12-13

http://www.alia.org.au/publishing/incite/2013/01-02/de/

Dr Kerry Smith, Curtin University, Humanities School of Media, Culture and

Creative Arts Staff

http://humanities.curtin.edu.au/schools/MCCA/staff.cfm/K.Smith

Photographs for this article supplied by Kerry Smith

Above: Kerry on Cliefdon Outcrop

Page 11: Join us at the AGIA Winter Warmeragia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/BYTE_Volume... · Research data curation bibliography THE AGIA OCCASIONAL PAPER SERIES The AGIA National Committee

11

NATIONAL ROCK GARDEN

Australia’s geology has been a major source of our economic

prosperity for over two hundred years, and the current resources boom

looks set to continue. However, geology is more than just mining and

resources, it underlies the landscapes, history and culture of our

nation.

The National Rock Garden is a tribute to this geological legacy,

displaying rock specimens from across the continent in a single

location in the nation’s capital city, Canberra.

http://www.nationalrockgarden.org.au/about-us/vision/

Work progresses on the National Rock Garden (NRG) in Canberra, with ANU

pledging $100,000 toward the project, and eight rocks scheduled to be on site for

the inauguration ceremony on 13th October 2013.

Chair of the NRG Steering Committee, Professor Brad Pillans, was pleased to

announce that the NRG “have engaged the well-known landscape architects,

Taylor Cullity Lethlean (TCL) to do our master plan for release at the inauguration

ceremony on 13th October. TCL is well known for some impressive landscape

design projects, such as the National Arboretum in Canberra and the Australian

Garden at Cranbourne in Melbourne, and we are confident that they will produce

an NRG master plan with a real wow factor”.

Find out more about the NRG here

Page 12: Join us at the AGIA Winter Warmeragia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/BYTE_Volume... · Research data curation bibliography THE AGIA OCCASIONAL PAPER SERIES The AGIA National Committee

12

ARTICLES & PRESENTATIONS OF INTEREST

How to maximize the value of Unstructured Material - The Resurgence of The Librarian in Digital Form as a Knowledge and Learning Source - A paper

presented at the PPDM 2013 Houston Data Management Symposium Conference,

March 2013, by Dirk Adams and Volker Hirsinger, Petrosys USA Inc., Houston,

Texas Robert Winsloe, Digital Earth Inc., London, UK Back in February Volker Hirsinger of Petrosys requested anecdotal contributions

from AGIA members which might be of interest to use in conjunction with a paper

he was co-authoring for the Houston PPDM Symposium. Volker indicated that the

authors are likely to develop the paper for presentation at the PPDM conference

scheduled for Perth in August 2013.

Abstract With over 100 years of a largely profitable history, the E&P industry has accumulated a wealth of knowledge in a range of human readable formats. The keys to a better understanding of subsurface geology, reservoir behaviours, petroleum economics and many other aspects of the exploitation of energy resources are often locked into paper

reports, tables, charts and maps. And although an increasing amount of this historical and largely unstructured information is now being transformed from paper to digital forms, it is primarily with the aim of ensuring long term retention and reducing storage and distribution costs. Similar arguments are made for submission of present day reports in

digital form. Practical extraction of knowledge from these stores by manual searching is time consuming and inefficient, and automated forms of adding structure to the content

are desirable. This paper discusses technologies for automatically indexing unstructured data, the role of taxonomies, managing and using the resulting indexes in PPDM, and potential future uses of improved unstructured data indexing.

Petronas – a structure for IM competence - An interesting article in the Digital

Energy Journal about establishing information management competencies &

developing career paths at Petronas.

Science @ Risk: Toward a National Strategy for Preserving Online Science - by NDIIPP Staff and Abby Smith Rumsey

- The Historical Value of Ephemeral Discussion of Science on the Web, by

Fred Gibbs

- Ten Years of Science Blogs: A Definition, and a History, by Bora Zivkovic

- Case Study: Developing a “Health and Medicine Blogs” Collection at the

U.S. National Library of Medicine, by Christie Moffatt and Jennifer Marill

- Appendix: Eleven Brief Ideas for Web Archives of Online Science Discourse

Intranets for information management and accessibility - Alison Jones

Presentation for the ARK Group event “Information Management for the legal

profession”: August 25, 2011. Although this presentation is not new, it has some

interesting insights into SharePoint from an information professional’s point of

view.

You can view the accompanying speaker’s notes here, and further author

comments are available on the AGIA website.

Page 13: Join us at the AGIA Winter Warmeragia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/BYTE_Volume... · Research data curation bibliography THE AGIA OCCASIONAL PAPER SERIES The AGIA National Committee

13

UPCOMING AGIA EVENTS

NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEETING

4.30pm, Tuesday 21st May 2013

Department of Mines & Petroleum, Plain St Perth.

AGIA members are welcome to attend – RSVP Friday 17th May to

[email protected]

WINTER WARMER

7.30am, Tuesday 11th June 2013

Bocelli’s Espresso, Forrest Place Perth (opposite the GPO)

Following on from the success of the Easter Breakfast, the Winter Warmer will

provide a networking opportunity for AGIA members.

RSVP Friday 7th June to [email protected]

NETWORKING BREAKFAST

9th August 2013 – time and venue to be confirmed.

This breakfast will be held hot on the heels of the PPDM conference in Perth, and

we anticipate an informal presentation on a topic of interest to petroleum data &

information managers. We hope this will be an opportunity for AGIA members

from around Australia to network.

AGIA AGM - SEPTEMBER 2013

AGIA SEMINAR/WORKSHOP – OCTOBER 2013

UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIA

APEA ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION

26th - 29th May 2013, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre

http://www.appea.com.au/events/appea-annual-conference-a-exhibition.html

PPDM 2013 PERTH DATA MANAGEMENT SYMPOSIUM

7th - 8th August, Parmelia Hilton, 14 Mill St, Perth WA

https://ppdm.org/event/view/upcoming/84

WEB SITES & MAILING LISTS OF INTEREST

GeoEdLink subscribe, archives

National Geologic Map Database http://ngmdb.usgs.gov

Australian National Data Service (ANDS) http://ands.org.au/

WAIN mailing list subscribe

Search4Oil http://www.search4oil.com/DigitalEarth/index.jsp,and find

out more about Search4Oil via its LinkedIn group

Page 14: Join us at the AGIA Winter Warmeragia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/BYTE_Volume... · Research data curation bibliography THE AGIA OCCASIONAL PAPER SERIES The AGIA National Committee

14

AUSTRALIAN GEOSCIENCE INFORMATION ASSOCIATION INC.

NATIONAL COMMITTEE 2012–13

PRESIDENT

ANGELA RIGANTI WA Geology Online Content Manager GSWA, Department of Mines and Petroleum, 100 Plain Street, EAST PERTH WA 6004 PH: (08) 9222 3063 FAX: (08) 9222 3633 Email: [email protected] LinkedIn: http://au.linkedin.com/pub/angela-riganti/50/90/744

VICE-PRESIDENT

JENNY MIKUCKI Upstream Technical Computing Team Lead Chevron Australia Pty Ltd L15, QV1, 250 St Georges Terrace PERTH WA 6000 PH: (08) 9485 5176 FAX: (08) 9216 4353 Email: [email protected] LinkedIn: http://au.linkedin.com/pub/jenny-

mikucki/4b/31b/191

SECRETARY

LYN TROUCHET Barrick Gold of Australia Limited Level 9, Brookfield Place, 125 St Georges Terrace, PERTH WA 6000 PH: (08) 6318 5880 FAX: (08) 6318 5555

Email: [email protected]

TREASURER

SANDY HAYWARD 18 Ord Street NEDLANDS WA 6009 PH: (08) 6162 8841, M: 0417 095227 Email: [email protected]

MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY

KERRY SMITH c/o Department of Information Studies School of Media, Culture & Creative Arts Curtin University of Technology GPO Box U1987, PERTH WA 6845 PH: (08) 9266 7217 FAX: (08) 9266 3152 EmaiL: [email protected] LinkedIn: http://au.linkedin.com/pub/kerry-smith/52/730/425

NEWSLETTER EDITOR and SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR

VANESSA JOHNSON IM Analyst Technical Library Shell Development (Australia) Pty Ltd 2 Victoria Ave PERTH WA 6000 PH: (08) 9338 6000 Email: [email protected] LinkedIn: http://au.linkedin.com/pub/vanessa-johnson/17/930/7b5

COMMITTEE MEMBER

MARGARET ELLIS Coordinator Exploration Incentive Scheme, GSWA, Department of Mines and Petroleum, 100 Plain Street, EAST PERTH WA 6004 PH: (08) 9222 3509 FAX: (08) 9222 3893 Email: [email protected]

COMMITTEE MEMBER

CAMILLE PETERS Information Resources Specialist Apache Energy Ltd 100 St Georges Terrace PERTH WA 6000 PO Box 477 WEST PERTH WA 6872 PH: (08) 6218 7253, FAX: (08) 6218 7200 Email: [email protected]

COMMITTEE MEMBER

LIZ AMANN BHP Billiton Nickel West Central Park Level 17, 152–156 St Georges Tce PERTH WA 6000 PH: (08) 6274 1339 FAX: (08) 6274 1339 Email: [email protected]

AGC REPRESENTATIVES:

MARGARET ELLIS, ANGELA RIGANTI