T162 Geoscience Information Services: "Peak" Performances

Tuesday, 2 November 2010
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room 405

USGS LIBRARY TRAINING AND OUTREACH: FINDING AND USING SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE AND DATA

Paper number: T162-14
Program: Technical Sessions
Time: 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM

Authors

Abstract

Scientists utilize interdisciplinary information sources from varied science and geographic areas. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Library provides access and training for these sources that are continually developed. These internal training sessions and external outreach activities are presented by USGS librarians to enhance dissemination of information to the USGS scientists, the geoscience community, and other librarians within the Rocky Mountains.

For the past two years, the USGS Library has provided internal USGS monthly training sessions online (national) and in person (local) on topics such as navigating USGS Library and USGS science area websites, access and use personal bibliographic software, electronic full-text documents, grey literature, geospatial data resources, USGS software, and USGS raw data. Currently, USGS librarians are developing nine training modules that will be available online to USGS employees. The presentation will provide an overview of the current USGS library training sessions and outreach activities, and address future collaborations within the geoscience and library communities.