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Opportunities for IAMSLIC/IODE participation - opportunity to become an Associate Information Unit (AIU) of IODE

2 Feb 2021 10:11 | Jaime Goldman (Administrator)

This past year has certainly been challenging for everyone. Covid has changed all our lives and will continue to do so, and I know that many libraries have had to make significant changes to our services while facing budget crises and in some cases reduced staff. However, as we have faced these challenges, there have also been opportunities to collaborate more broadly across the world. IAMSLIC/IODE would like to remind everyone of the opportunity to become an Associate Information Unit (AIU) of IODE.

The AIUs were created to give librarians the opportunity to achieve recognition of their work by AIU accreditation January 2021, marks the start of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. As a part of UNESCO, IODE has been charged with improving the accessibility and interoperability of existing data and information, and to contribute to the development of a global ocean data and information system. As librarians there are numerous ways that our expertise and skills could be useful in these efforts. New opportunities becoming available to librarians include IODE Ocean Data and Information System (ODIS) which is now starting, as well as the IODE Ocean InfoHub (OIH). Both of these initiatives should address both data and information, but this can only happen as both data manager and information managers participate.

There are currently five IAMSLIC libraries that have become accredited AIUs. IAMSLIC and IODE would like to encourage more libraries to apply. It is not a difficult process and is not only targeted at larger libraries/information centres. Even if your information unit is not separate but within a Data Centre - and they provide the AIU criteria - they can still apply for AIU accreditation.

For more information on becoming an AIU, please see the application information page.

Thank you,

  • Jen Walton
  • Pauline Simpson
  • Lisa Raymond
  • Peter Pissierssens
  • Katerina Kulakova
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