1. Serving Bio- and Environmental Sciences Roger Mills February 2009

2. Today What is the subject area? Where are the buildings? Who are the people? What are the courses? What’s in the collections? What are the tools? What’s being moved?

3. Subject Area

4. This thing called Information Services in Bio- and Environmental Sciences ISBES is run by the Bio- and Environmental Sciences Team ISBES is BEST!

5. Branding http://www.alchemysite.com/blog/brand_snap.jpg http://www.thegreenhead.com/imgs/built-ford-tough-branding-iron-1.jpg

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7. The problem The departments Earth Sciences Plant Sciences OUCE Zoology The subjects Animal Science Biology Botany Ecology Environment Forestry Geography Geology Molecular Biology Ornithology Taxonomy Transport Zoology

8. The problem The departments Earth Sciences Plant Sciences OUCE Zoology The subjects Animal Science Biology Botany Ecology Environment Forestry Geography Geology Molecular Biology Ornithology Taxonomy Transport Zoology

9. The problem The departments Earth Sciences Plant Sciences OUCE Zoology The subjects Animal Science Biology Botany Ecology Environment Forestry Geography Geology Molecular Biology Ornithology Taxonomy Transport Zoology

10. The problem The departments Earth Sciences Plant Sciences OUCE Zoology The subjects Animal Science Biology Botany Ecology Environment Forestry Geography Geology Molecular Biology Ornithology Taxonomy Transport Zoology

13. How to serve interdisciplinarity Be Curious Devious Embedded Flexible - and branded!

14. The Buildings

16. 1621> History 1621 Botanic Garden 1855 Geology and Mineralogy at Univ Museum 1857 Anatomy and Physiology at Univ Museum 1899 School of Geography 1905 Forestry (ex Royal Indian Engineering College at Coopers Hill, Windsor) 1905 Rural Economy ‘hived off’ from Botany, taking agricultural literature 1938 Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology, part of Zoology from 1947 1948 New Geology building in Parks Road 1950 New Forestry/Botany building in South Parks Road

17. History > 2011 1971 Zoology moved to present building, with ornithology and ecology; entomology remains at Museum 1984 Earth Sciences created (incorporating geology, mineralogy, geodesy and surveying) 1985 Plant Sciences created (incorporating agriculture, botany and forestry) 2000 Plant Sciences Library transferred to OULS 2004 Geography and Zoology transferred to OULS 2005 Oxford University Centre for the Environment (incorporating geography, environmental change and transport studies) 2011 New Earth Sciences building

19. People and Courses

21. Collections

22. Characteristics Multi- disciplinary Paper rules Age is good Pictures matter Data in time series key http://cplmsb.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/565px-Book_of_Hours_detail.11364019_std.jpg

23. The Collections Also c12,000 photos/slides

24. Special Collections Forestry – Oxford Forest Information Service With CABI and other partners Taxonomy – Taxonomic Collections With Oxford University Herbaria Ornithology – Alexander Library With British Ornithologist’s Union and British Trust for Ornithology

25. Digitisation Oxford Digital Library for Forestry OFI Publications Commonwealth Forestry Review Flora Graeca And Fauna Graeca, Mediterranean Scenes Microfilm Collection Photographic Collection

26. Conservation Boxing Spine repairs Fasciculing Cataloguing National Cataloguing Unit for the Archives of Contemporary Scientists – Max Nicholson papers (BTO, WWF, Nature Conservancy DG)

27. Outreach Exhibitions Flora Graeca Story, Bodleian 1999 A New Flowering, Ashmolean 2005 Bauer, London and Vienna 2011 Ad-hoc exhibits for visiting groups Books Flora Graeca Story Magnificent Flora Graeca Books based on collections Books illustrated from collections

28. Partners CABI IUFRO GFIS Intute EBHL / CBHL FAO IAALD ALLCU FIBS

29. Tools

30. Catalogues OLIS Forestry card/microfilm/online catalogues Card catalogues Archive lists

31. Databases BIOSIS Previews Zoological Record CAB Abstracts Forest Science Database Forestry Compendium PROSPECT

32. Phone a Friend RBG Kew / Edinburgh Natural History Museum Forestry Commission Bangor – Edinburgh - Aberdeen IUFRO – GFIS - FAO EBHL / CBHL Ornithological Libraries Group

33. Moves

34. Moving plans Plant Sciences / Zoology to RSL summer 2010?? Taxonomic collections and Herbaria stay in Plant Sciences Alexander (Ornithology) collections may stay in Zoology Earth Sciences to new building 2011 – not OULS Map collections: while New Bod closed??

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