1. Interdisciplinarity and crossing boundaries in geoscience librarianship Andrea Twiss-Brooks Geoscience Librarianship 101 October 21, 2006

2. Educating yourself in a new area READ LISTEN/LOOK

3. Educating yourself in a new area READ –General science journals –Alert services –“Popular” books –Core journals in discipline

4. Educating yourself in a new area READ –General science journals Science Nature Scientific American New Scientist

5. Educating yourself in a new area READ –Alert services Web of Knowledge Scopus Specific journals

6. Alerts Weekly search set up as RSS feed

7. Alerts Citation alert in Scopus with RSS feed option

8. Educating yourself in a new area READ –“Popular” books John McPhee, “Annals of the Former World” David Raup, “Extinction: Bad Genes or Bad Luck?” Use CHOICE reviews, or look for book reviews in the general science journals

9. Educating yourself in a new area READ –Reviews/articles in core journals and specialized magazines Earth-Science Reviews Geology Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

10. Educating yourself in a new area LISTEN/LOOK –Attend departmental seminars –Science podcasts e.g., “Science Fridays” on NPR –Reference questions –University news office –Technical sessions at conferences

11. University News Office

12. Developing Collections Review historical orders Core lists Guides to the literature Book reviews Other resources

13. Core Lists

14. Book Reviews

15. Establishing authority as a subject specialist Start with small steps and build on small successes Never say “no” Continuing education –Informal –Formal Workshops Vendors on site visits Exhibits CE related courses at your institution Local/regional organizations

16. Work creatively with others Colleagues Professional network GEONET-L Special projects e.g., Resources for College Libraries

17. Resources Book reviews and lists http://g118.grainger.uiuc.edu/gexbookreviews/reviews/ http://www.e-streams.com/ http://www.ybp.com/acad/index.html http://www.rclweb.net/ GEONET-L https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/geonet GSIS http://www.geoinfo.org/

18. Resources Andrea Twiss-Brooks Co-Director, Head of Collection Services, Science Libraries, and Physical and General Sciences Bibliographer email: atbrooks@uchicago.edu voice: 773-702-8777 fax: 773-702-3317 John Crerar Library, University of Chicago, 5730 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637-1402 Crerar Library News: http://crerar.typepad.com