Bonnie Avery
Natural Resources Librarian
- Contact me for help with:
Forestry and Natural Resources literature, The Oregon Explorer, ScholarsArchives Natural Resources Community
Brief CV
- Education
M.L.S. Library Science. University of Washington, Seattle. 1980.
B.A. Mathematics. University of Washington, Seattle. 1970.Research and Professional InterestsPreservation of scholarly communication in institutional repositories
History of access to forestry informationClass Pages- FOR
111 Introduction to Forestry (Hobbs)
Revised version of ICA for FOR 111 linking to Research Tutorial. Guide to basic forestry information resoureces. - FOR
346 Topics in Wildland Fire (Reed)
Library guide to information resources for wildland fire ecology. - FOR
365 Issues in Natural Resources Conservation (Anzinger)
Library research help page for FOR 365 which covers background of major current issues in natural resources conservation with emphasis on forests, soils, and water and potential sustainable carrying capacity with focus on evaluating facts and opinions related to issues and the basics of terrestrial and aquatic ecology, recent and current issues of soil, water, and forest use and management - FOR
445 Ecological Restoration (Reed)
Library instruction page for term project. - FS
520 Posing Research Questions
Library guide to finding information resources in forest science. - WSE
201 Introduction to Wood Science
Help page on finding company profiles in wood science and engineering. - WSE
316 Wood and Fiber Chemistry
Help with finding information resources in wood chemistry.
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111 Introduction to Forestry (Hobbs)
Publications and More
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Selected Publications
Bobal, A.M., Mellinger, M., and Avery, B.E. (2008) “Collection Assessment and New Academic Programs” Collection Management 33(4) (accepted for publication).
Avery, Bonnie, “Forestry” in Magazines for libraries. New York: Bowker, [2003-Date]
Avery, Bonnie (2006) “The US Forest Service Research Legacy Collection in the ScholarsArchive at OSU” OLA Quarterly. 12(1): 8-10.
Salwasser, Janine and Avery, Bonnie E. (2006) “OregonExplorerTM : a natural resources digital library.” OLA Quarterly. 12(1) 11-15.
Avery, Bonnie E. (2006). “Capturing a graying literature: the US Forest Service Research Legacy.” ISTL: Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship. Spring, 2006 Supplement. (available at: http://www.istl.org/46-supp/article5.html)Selected PresentationsGoosens, Bart and Avery, Bonnie (2006) “International Union of Forest Research Organizations,” presented at 32nd IAMSLIC Conference: IAMSLIC: Every Continent, Every Ocean, October 10-12, 2006, Portland OR.
Salwasser, Janine, Avery, Bonnie E. and Fiez, Tim. (2006) “Charting new waters with the Oregon Explorer: digital library development” presented at Online Northwest 2006, February 10, 2006 – Corvallis, Oregon.
“US Forest Service Research Legacy Collection in DSpace at OSU” Poster presentation for Frontiers in Forest Information, 12/05-07/2005, Oxford, England.
Avery, Bonnie, Janine Salwasser and Janet Webster (2003) “The Natural Resources Digital Library: Needs, Partners and Challenges” project briefing paper presented at the Center for Networked Information Fall 2003 Task Force Meeting, December 8-9, 2003, Portland, Oregon.
Avery, Bonnie, Janine Salwasser and Catherine Murray-Rust (2003) “Needs Assessment and Partnerships: the Evolution of a Natural Resources Digital Library at Oregon State University,” paper presented at Conference on Information Interoperability and Organization for National and Global Forest Information Systems, September 17-19, 2003 Quebec City, Quebec.
Committees
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Library CommitteesProfessional Associations and Committees
International Union of Forestry Research Organizations Working Group 06.03.00 (Deputy-Coordinator)
Pacific Northwest Forestry Librarians
Planning Committe, 7th Biennial Conference on University Education in Natural Resources.University ServiceOSU Press Editorial Board
