Hi, New items that may be of interest: For those of you that were interested in the Geoscience Information Society's Geoscience Librarianship 101 workshop sessions, the pdfs of our presentations are now online at: http://www.geoinfo.org/annual.html = open source examples for making/annotating maps: QGIS: http://www.qgis.org/en/site/ Google Earth: https://www.google.com/earth/outreach/tutorials/ GeoPDFs: http://www.terragotech.com/products/terrago-toolbar ~~~~~~~ Landsat Mission: News from the Landsat project, Volume 9 Issue 7 2015 : http://landsat.usgs.gov/about_LU_Vol_9_Issue_7.php ~~~~~~~ This interview has a good overview of the USGS National Geospatial Program: Pixar podcast: http://www.thepixarpodcast.com/episodes/128-dino-data?utm_content=bufferfcb07&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer ~~~~~~~ Water: USGS Water-Quality Data and Activities for the 2015 Gold King Mine Release http://water.usgs.gov/owq/gkm/ USGS Monthly Groundwater News and Highlights: December 1, 2015 http://water.usgs.gov/ogw/highlights/ ~~~~~~~ Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center: http://gec.cr.usgs.gov/ Data and Maps: http://gec.cr.usgs.gov/data.shtml ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Several staff have asked about free continuing education courses online for professional development : Examples: ~~~ Coursera: https://www.coursera.org/ Free online courses from Princeton, Stanford, Yale, University of Colorado Boulder, and many more: https://www.coursera.org/about/partners Ex: Water in the Western States: https://www.coursera.org/course/waterwestus ~~~ edX: https://www.edx.org/ Free online courses from MIT, Harvard, UC Berkeley, University of Texas System, Columbia, and more: https://www.edx.org/schools-partners Ex: Lessons from Ebola: Preventing the Next Pandemic: https://www.edx.org/course/lessons-ebola-preventing-next-pandemic-harvardx-ph557x ~~~ Udacity: https://www.udacity.com/ Ex. Differential Equations in Action: Making Math Matter https://www.udacity.com/course/differential-equations-in-action--cs222 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And for the holidays! Not Just for Kissing: Mistletoe and Birds, Bees, and Other Beasts http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/not-just-for-kissing-mistletoe-and-birds-bees-and-other-beasts/?from=title Enjoy the holiday season! Emily *Disclaimer: the use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.* Emily C. Wild Librarian (Physical Scientist) U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Library Denver Federal Center ph: (303) 236-1003 [log in to unmask] USGS Libraries: http://library.usgs.gov Training: http://go.usa.gov/cBfmG Profile: https://profile.usgs.gov/ecwild