USGS Library Consortium Established

November 21, 2000

To:       All Employees

From:     P. Patrick Leahy
          Associate Director for Geology

Subject:  USGS Library Consortium Established

USGS libraries announce the formation of the USGS Library Consortium 
(USGS-LC).  After a year of planning, the libraries listed below, from 
across the country and from all USGS disciplines, have agreed to 
participate in this initiative.  As stated in the mission, the purpose of 
the USGS-LC is to promote the sharing of library resources 
and expertise among USGS libraries as a means for providing quality 
library and information services to every USGS employee when and where it 
is needed in support of the USGS mission.  The consortium provides the 
framework for libraries with different administrations within the USGS to 
plan and implement cooperative projects to enhance library services and to 
support integrated science.

The consortium members are moving forward with elections for the USGS-LC 
Steering Committee, which is planned to get underway in November.  If you 
have any questions, or want further information, please contact one of the 
members of the Consortium Structure Team:  Nancy Blair (nblair@usgs.gov), 
Susan Fayad (susan_fayad@usgs.gov), Susan Lowell (slowell@usgs.gov), Phil 
Stoffer (pstoffer@usgs.gov). 


U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY LIBRARY CONSORTIUM (USGS-LC), OCT. 1, 2000

FULL MEMBERS:

Alaska Resources Library and Information Services (ARLIS), Anchorage, AK
Columbia Environmental Research Center Library, Columbia, MO
Eros Data Center Don Lee Kulow Memorial Library, Sioux Falls, SD
Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center Olendorff Memorial Library, 
Boise, ID
Latin American Archive, Tucson, AZ
Leetown Science Center Library, Kearneysville, WV
Library Services Group Library, Denver, CO
Library  Services Group Library, Flagstaff, AZ
Library Services Group Library, Menlo Park, CA
Library Services Group Library, Reston, VA
Midcontinent Ecological Science Center Library, Fort Collins, CO
National Wetlands Research Center Library, Lafayette, LA
National Mapping Division Reference Collection, Reston, VA
Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Library, Jamestown, ND
Pautuxent Wildlife Research Center Library, Laurel, MD

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS:

Hawaii Volcano Observatory Library, HI
National Wildlife Health Center Library, Madison, WI
Spokane Mineral Resources Library, Spokane, WA
Water Resources Division, Indiana District Library, Indianapolis, IN
Water Resources Division, Pennsylvania District Library, Lemoyne, PA
Water Resources Division, Washington District Library, Tacoma, WA




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Carolyn Lumb,  IRM Specialist
Office of the Chief Geologist
703-648-6643  fax: 703-648-6560
clumb@usgs.gov