Newsletter issue 52 for 2023 has been released and it's available under Activities section - EURASLIC Newsletters.

For the first time newsletter is available as html version, along with usual pdf version.

The creator of html version is Ivana Končić from Ruđer Bošković Institute.

Enjoy your reading!

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Registration for the 49th IAMSLIC Conference is now open!

The conference committee is in the final stages of putting together a  program on the theme of What we do matters: Libraries, climate change, and transformation, with presentations from IAMSLIC members from around the world, plus invited speakers on topics of traditional ecological knowledge, kelp forests, and coastal marine ecology, and some fun activities as well.

Thanks to the generous support of Inter-Research, there is possibility for sponsored conference registrations for IAMSLIC members from low-mid income countries.

More at: https://iamslic.wildapricot.org/registration

Program is avilable at: https://pheedloop.com/iamslic2023/site/schedule/

The schedule is in Pacific Daylight Time (9 hours behind Central European Summer Time).

2024 will mark the fourth year of implementation of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030). Under the leadership of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, the Ocean Decade has already galvanized thousands of partners around the world to start delivering the science we need for the ocean we want.

If you want to find out what should be the key areas for action over the next three to five years join the 2024 Ocean Decade Conference "Delivering the science we need for the ocean we want".

The conference will be hosted by the Government of Spain in Barcelona from 10 - 12 April 2024, will bring together the global Ocean Decade community and partners to celebrate and take stock of progress, and set joint priorities for the future.

There are no registration fees to participate in the Conference; however, at the time of full registration, participants will be kindly asked to make a modest financial contribution to a travel fund to support travel for selected participants from Small Island Developing States and Least Developed Countries and Early Career Ocean Professionals. This contribution will not be compulsory but will be greatly appreciated and will help ensure that no one is left behind in the Ocean Decade!

Pre-registration deadline extended until 30 October 2023.

Call for proposals has re-opened for POSTERS. Proposals are due August 18, 2023.

49th Annual IAMSLIC Conference will be hosted virtually by the University of British Columbia Library from Monday Oct 23 to Thursday Oct 26, 2023. Inspired by the UN IPCC’s core message, the 2023 conference theme is What we do matters: Libraries, climate change, and transformation.

Presentation sessions and posters related to climate change, libraries, and the following sub-themes are welcomed: Access ; Action on climate change and biodiversity loss ; Change and transformation ; Citizen science and monitoring ; Climate justice and equity ; Community and collaboration ; Data and research ; Historical sources ; Impacts and adaptation ; Library priorities and culture ; Misinformation, disinformation, and information literacy ; Restoration work ; Traditional practice and knowledge ; United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).