Creating a collection development model for a marine science library

The purpose of this article is to update and build on the approximate 10,000 item collection of the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Library. This article will present a history of Harbor Branch and its library, and a literature review, outlining the collection development methods of other marine science libraries and academic libraries. The article will relate brief histories of three marine science libraries. A comparative table is constructed to compare Harbor Branch Library with three marine science libraries. The methodology, or how the table was created, is explained. The comparative table will be shown and analyzed, and the results of the table discussed. Finally, some recommendations for improvement of the Harbor Branch Library will be presented.

Medicina e Enfermagem saberes e práticas incomensuráveis? Uma abordagem à luz da hermenêutica e dos science studies

Esta dissertação é fruto de uma pesquisa realizada em uma enfermaria feminina de clínica médica de um hospital universitário público da cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Nesta pesquisa, busquei uma compreensão sobre as relações e articulações do trabalho médico e de enfermagem. Partindo da perspectiva hermenêutica, busquei estabelecer conversações com, e entre, sujeitos de pesquisa, grupos profissionais, o próprio estabelecimento hospitalar, a biomedicina - seus fatos e artefatos. Ademais, foram inspiradores para a desejada compreensão os science studies e seus exemplos de como acompanhar e interpretar especialistas em seus campos de prática. A pesquisa, especificamente, foi construída e desenvolvida com o uso de métodos qualitativos, como a observação etnográfica e entrevistas semiestruturadas, tendo a primeira servido de fundamentação para a segunda. O exercício interpretativo posto em curso desde a projeção da pesquisa não se esgotou com o seu término: teve continuidade e se fez presente na produção desta dissertação, ao modo de uma narrativa. Para sustentar a opção pela narrativa, assumo-a como um relato de risco, da maneira como sugere Latour para se descrever as redes e seus atores. Assim, pretendi incluir no texto a intensa movimentação e toda a sorte de eventos que se colocam como desafio às práticas destes profissionais, além de conferir agência aos sujeitos e às coisas. Dentro desta proposta, a narrativa traz um prólogo em que se posiciona entre os trabalhos do campo da Saúde Coletiva; em sua introdução, oferece um resumo ampliado de sua construção; no capítulo um, discorre sobre como o pesquisador negociou a existência da pesquisa com a instituição hospitalar, e trata também de um de seus fundamentos, a hermenêutica filosófica, em conversações com Rorty e Ayres. No segundo, traz um relato sobre a constituição coletiva de médicos e enfermeiros a partir de Fleck. Convida, ainda, um dos sujeitos da pesquisa a oferecer um conceito que ilumina as tensões das relações cotidianas entre enfermeiras e médicos; apresenta, a partir do conceito oferecido, alguns retratos destas relações. No terceiro, o caso de uma usuária que teve o prolongamento de sua vida decidida em uma reunião e um telefonema, é usado com o conceito de paradigma, em Kuhn, para dizer sobre as visões de mundo de médicos e enfermeiras. No quarto, tenta tornar dinâmica a constituição coletiva de médicos e enfermeiras ao relacioná-la às suas visões de mundo, aos processos de enculturação dos dois grupos profissionais; para isso recorre ao conceito de conhecimento tácito e às distintas categorias de expertise, como desenvolvidas por Collins e Evans. Diz sobre o que médicos e enfermeiras sabem do que estão falando/fazendo. Por fim, propõe duas possibilidades de desfecho para a dissertação: a primeira, que as práticas de médicos e enfermeiros são incomensuráveis entre si; a segunda, que médicos e enfermeiros dividem uma zona de troca forçada. Há ainda um encerramento. Nele, através da descrição de uma médica virtuosa, convida os leitores a uma conversa sobre os sujeitos contemporâneos e sobre o mundo em que vivemos.

How science serves fisheries management

Roles of science in assisting natural resource management are discussed emphasizing on how science can best serve fisheries and natural resource management objectives.

Forensic Fisheries Science: Literature Review and Research Suggestions

Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in litigation against the National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA. Litigation may affect personnel throughout the agency, including scientists, whose work is often directly or indirectly influenced by complex legal requirements, but who may not be in a position to comment or engage in public dialogue. It may be helpful for scientists and other agency personnel to join the ongoing discussion in the legal community regarding the interface of science and law. This paper provides a starting point with a selected introduction to relevant legal literature in this area. It uses the phrase “forensic fisheries science” to describe the application of science to legal requirements in the fishery management context. It concludes with suggestions for future research that could assist NMFS scientists as they grapple with the challenge of using science to help the agency meet its complex legal requirements. Forensic: belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate; argumentative, rhetorical; relating to or dealing with the application of scientific knowledge to legal problems (Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary )

Singapore's biomedical science sector development strategy: is it sustainable?

This paper outlines the strategic efforts undertaken by Singapore to establish its national capability in the biomedical science sector, reviews the commercial base as a result of these efforts and compares Singapore's approach to the UK and the US development models, discusses the challenges that Singapore faces and raises some questions on the long term sustainability of the sector.

A History of Benthic Research in the NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center

The Northeast Fisheries Science Center of NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service has a long history of research on benthic invertebrates and habitats in support of the management of living marine resources. These studies began in the 1870's under Spencer F. Baird's guidance as part of an effort to characterize the Nation's fisheries and living marine resources and their ecological interactions. This century and a quarter of research has included many benthic invertebrate studies, including community characterizations, shellfish biology and culture, pathology, ecosystem energy budget modeling, habitat evaluations, assessments of human impacts, toxic chemical bioaccumulation in demersal food webs, habitat or endangered species management, benthic autecology, systematics (to define new species and species population boundaries), and other benthic studies. Here we review the scope of past and current studies as a background for strategic research planning and suggest areas for further research to support NOAA's goals of sustainable fisheries management, healthy coastal ecosystems, and protected species populations.

Annual report 2006 - North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES). Fifteenth meeting, Yokohama, Japan, October 13-22, 2006

◾ Report of Opening Session (p. 1) ◾ Report of Governing Council (p. 15) ◾ Report of the Finance and Administration Committee (p. 47) ◾ Reports of Science Board and Committees: Science Board Inter-sessional Meeting (p. 63); Science Board (p. 73); Biological Oceanography Committee (p. 87); Fishery Science Committee (p. 95); Marine Environmental Quality Committee (p. 105); MONITOR Technical Committee (p. 115); Physical Oceanography and Climate Committee (p. 125); Technical Committee on Data Exchange (p. 133) ◾ Reports of Sections, Working and Study Groups: Section on Carbon and Climate (p. 139); Section on Ecology of Harmful Algal Blooms in the North Pacific (p. 143); Working Group 18 on Mariculture in the 21st Century - The Intersection Between Ecology, Socio-economics and Production (p. 147); Working Group 19 on Ecosystem-Based Management Science and its Application to the North Pacific (p. 151); Working Group 20 on Evaluations of Climate Change Projections (p. 157); Working Group 21 on Non-indigenous Aquatic Species (p. 159); Study Group to Develop a Strategy for GOOS (p. 165) ◾ Reports of the Climate Change and Carrying Capacity Scientific Program: Implementation Panel on the CCCC Program (p. 169); CFAME Task Team (p. 175); MODEL Task Team (p. 181) ◾ Reports of Advisory Panels: Advisory Panel for a CREAMS/PICES Program in East Asian Marginal Seas (p. 187); Advisory Panel on Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey in the North Pacific (p. 193); Advisory Panel on Iron Fertilization Experiment in the Subarctic Pacific Ocean (p. 197); Advisory Panel on Marine Birds and Mammals (p. 201); Advisory Panel on Micronekton Sampling Inter-calibration Experiment (p. 205) ◾ Summary of Scientific Sessions and Workshops (p. 209) ◾ Membership List (p. 259) ◾ List of Participants (p. 277) ◾ List of PICES Acronyms (p. 301) ◾ List of Acronyms (p. 303)

Annual report 2007 - North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES). Sixteenth meeting, Victoria, Canada, October 26-November 5, 2007

Report of Opening Session (p. 1). Report of Governing Council (p. 15). Report of the Finance and Administration Committee (p. 65). Reports of Science Board and Committees: Science Board Inter-Sessional Meeting (p. 83); Science Board (p. 93); Biological Oceanography Committee (p. 105); Fishery Science Committee (p. 117); Marine Environmental Quality Committee (p. 129); Physical Oceanography and Climate Committee (p. 139); Technical Committee on Data Exchange (p. 145); Technical Committee on Monitoring (p. 153). Reports of Sections, Working and Study Groups: Section on Carbon and Climate (p. 161); Section on Ecology of Harmful Algal Blooms in the North Pacific (p. 167); Working Group 19 on Ecosystem-based Management Science and its Application to the North Pacific (p. 173); Working Group 20 on Evaluations of Climate Change Projections (p. 179); Working Group 21 on Non-indigenous Aquatic Species (p. 183); Study Group to Develop a Strategy for GOOS (p. 193); Study Group on Ecosystem Status Reporting (p. 203); Study Group on Marine Aquaculture and Ranching in the PICES Region (p. 213); Study Group on Scientific Cooperation between PICES and Non-member Countries (p. 225). Reports of the Climate Change and Carrying Capacity Program: Implementation Panel on the CCCC Program (p. 229); CFAME Task Team (p. 235); MODEL Task Team (p. 241). Reports of Advisory Panels: Advisory Panel for a CREAMS/PICES Program in East Asian Marginal Seas (p. 249); Advisory Panel on Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey in the North Pacific (p. 253); Advisory Panel on Iron Fertilization Experiment in the Subarctic Pacific Ocean (p. 255); Advisory Panel on Marine Birds and Mammals (p. 261); Advisory Panel on Micronekton Sampling Inter-calibration Experiment (p. 265). 2007 Review of PICES Publication Program (p. 269). Guidelines for PICES Temporary Expert Groups (p. 297). Summary of Scientific Sessions and Workshops (p. 313). Report of the ICES/PICES Conference for Early Career Scientists (p. 355). Membership (p. 367). Participants (p. 387). PICES Acronyms (p. 413). Acronyms (p. 415).