Resource of the Month:

In Recognition of Pride Month 

"Love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love, cannot be killed or swept aside," - Lin Manuel Miranda

The USM Gulf Coast Library at the Gulf Park campus has created a display of “read and watch” resources celebrating Pride Month. The curator of the display is Charles Atwell, a newly minted librarian who is a Payne Fellow at the library. Charles writes "I had originally been tasked with creating a display for the Library for the month of June, I wasn’t actually given a topic for it. But as we are all aware, Pride Month occurs in June, and especially with the difficulties and issues facing the LGBTQ+ Community at various state levels across parts of the country, I feel it is important that Pride Month get the diligence and reverence it deserves to reaffirm our commitment to diversity and inclusion on the University of Southern Mississippi campuses and in the Library in particular. I took great care to highlight a wide swathe of disciplines and subject areas within the materials that I have chosen to include within the LGBTQ+ Pride Month display here at the Gulf Coast Library, as well as different identities, orientations, and age levels for the materials chosen, however it is by no means an exhaustive or complete list of materials related to LGBTQ+ works.  I would encourage anyone and everyone to peruse our collection not just here at the Gulf Coast Library, but as well at our Libraries throughout the University of Southern Mississippi. “

Welcome Our Second Summer Session

Faculty and Students

As we continue celebrating the 75^th anniversary of our Summer Field Program, we welcome these new and returning instructors: Dr. Rachel Walker who is teaching Cetacean Behavior. Dr. Walker is a SFP alumna and graduate of The University of Southern Mississippi having done her PhD in Dr. Stan Kuczaj’s lab. Dr. Michael Andres is teaching Martine Ichthyology Dr. Eric Lovely is the instructor for Marine Invertebrate Zoology, and Dr. Jesse Filbrun is the instructor for Marine Biology.

Gunter Library Guests 



On June 15, five librarians from Cook Library visited Gunter Library. The librarians from left to right are: Tisha Zelner (Head of UL Public Services), Dale Autry (Access Services Librarian), Hannah Madonna (Arts and Humanities Librarian). Holly Miller (Electronic Resources Librarian), and Melissa Brooks (Head of Technical Services).

After a tour and talk, they left to visit the Gulf Coast Library at the Gulf Park Campus.

2022 SAIL/Cyamus Joint Conference

Over twenty-five marine, aquatic, and STEM librarians from academic and special libraries gathered virtually on May 24 and 25, to learn about current scientific research, to discuss best practices in librarianship, and to network with colleagues from across the United States and Canada. The theme was ‘Welcome Aboard the R/V SAILamus,” whose mission was a quest for dissemination of library topics and a cruise through a sea of information science topics.

SAIL is a regional affiliate of the International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers (IAMSLIC) with 50 members representing marine and aquatic libraries from across the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, Panama, up the Atlantic seaboard including the Canadian Atlantic provinces, eastern and central Canada, and across the United States west to the Mississippi River. Cyamus is the west coast IAMSLIC affiliate representing 40 members from the West Coast of North America and Hawaii, including Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, and Baja California.

Gunter Library Graduate Library Assistant Megan Le and Head of Gunter Library Joyce Shaw partnered to do “Ocean Pollution and the Deep-Water Horizon Oil Spill: Resources for Marine Education, School Libraries, and Public Libraries” as a presentation. Five librarians contacted us asking for a copy of the annotated bibliography created for the talk.

The virtual program with links to presentations was created by Conference “Cruise Director” Amanda Whitmire at Hopkins Marine Station (Stanford University) is provided here:

Atmospheric Science Librarianship 101

June 28 and 29, Atmospheric Science Librarians International will present Atmospheric Science Librarianship 101, a free and fully online learning experience for practitioners and students interested in all aspects of atmosphere sciences and climate change. This year the sessions delve deeper into the specialty fields that are a part of atmospheric science librarianship. Some topics this year are:

An Introduction to Remote Sensing and its Use in Atmospheric Science

Common Questions About Scientific Data Management

Open Educational Resources for Atmospheric Science

NOAA Central Library: Atmospheric Science and Climate Change

The Planning Team for this year’s program includes Gunter Library Head Joyce Shaw, Reid Otsujo who serves a Data Curation Specialist and Faculty Liaison Librarian for Research Data Curation at the University of California, Elise Gowen, Earth and Mineral Sciences Librarian at Penn State, and Justin Easterday, Education and Human Services Librarian at the USM Gulf Park Campus.

Link for information and to register for this two half day trainings - University of California 

Brown and Shaw Speak to UL Library Staff

On May 24, Library Coordinator, Martha Brown and Head of Gunter Library, Joyce Shaw gave a presentation about the 10^th anniversary of the GCRL Science Café at the University Libraries All Staff meeting. The talk highlighted some of the unusual science topics (beer, bagpipes, dead bodies) and some of the most popular topics (vibrio, butterflies, Chandeleur Islands). 

A few of our GCRL Faculty, Staff and Students who have done Science Cafe's

GCRL Virtual Science Café - There and Back Again: From GCRL's Summer Field Program into Aquatic Veterinary Medicine 

June 30, 2022 - 6:00 PM

Please join us for a hybrid GCRL virtual AND in-person Science Café presented by Dr. Johnny Shelley

Dr. Johnny Shelley is a Veterinary Medical Officer with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Seafood Inspection Program based at the National Seafood Inspection Laboratory in Pascagoula, MS. Dr. Shelley provides certification of regulatory compliance on exported fishery product shipments for receiving countries that require a US government-employed veterinarian and additionally delivers guidance on aquaculture fish health maintenance and aquatic animal health issues. Prior to NOAA he held positions as the Staff Aquaculture Veterinarian and Health Department Manager for the largest importer/exporter and tropical fish aquaculture facility in the country, and as a Veterinary Medical Officer and the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Attending Veterinarian at the USDA Agricultural Research Services Aquatic Animal Health Research Unit. He is a World Aquatic Veterinary Medical Association Certified Aquatic Veterinarian (CertAqV) and was elected the 2021 president of the American Association of Fish Veterinarians. 

Join us either via Zoom, Facebook Live, or in person in the Caylor Auditorium on the 703 East Beach at Halstead Road campus. Refreshments provided in the Caylor Building lobby.

Zoom information: 

https://usm-edu.zoom.us/j/88158804205?pwd=UytHbU5QcGtjMkQwV2xHNUFlOTFnUT09

passcode: 53521123