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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

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Landsat Mission:

News from the Landsat project, Volume 9 Issue 7 2015 :
http://landsat.usgs.gov/about_LU_Vol_9_Issue_7.php


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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

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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/

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Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center:
http://gec.cr.usgs.gov/

Data and Maps: http://gec.cr.usgs.gov/data.shtml

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Several staff have asked about free continuing education courses online for
professional development :

Examples:

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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

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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

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Udacity: https://www.udacity.com/

Ex. Differential Equations in Action: Making Math Matter
https://www.udacity.com/course/differential-equations-in-action--cs222

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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


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Emily C. Wild
Librarian (Physical Scientist)
U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Library
Denver Federal Center
ph: (303) 236-1003
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USGS Libraries: http://library.usgs.gov
Training: http://go.usa.gov/cBfmG
Profile: https://profile.usgs.gov/ecwild