Wil Weston

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Subject Specializations:

• Engineering
• Engineering Databases and Indexes
• Physcal Geography
  • Physical Geography Databases and Indexes
  • Map Collection

   

In Class Library Instruction:
If you wish to request library instruction for your class please use our online form or email me.

Individual Library Instruction:
If you need individual instruction or individualized research assistance, please email me or call (619) 594-6988 (46988, on campus).

 

If you would like to request a book purchase in either of these areas, please use our online form or email me.

Education:

• BA English (Creative Writing Program), LSU English Department - 1992
• BS Physical Geography, LSU Geography Department - 1995
• MLIS (Masters in Library and Information Science), LSU School Of Library and Information Science - 1999
• Ph.D. Higher Education Administration, University of New Orleans
- 2008

Prior Employment:

• University of New Orleans, Earl K. Long Library, 1999 - 2006

Publications:

Articles

• Weston, W. "Information, now", Louisiana Libraries vol. 64, no.1 Summer 2001 issue, pg. 17
• Weston, W. "Tao of Resource Sharing", Serials Librarian vol. 41, no.1 2001, pg. 113
• Weston, W. "Access to Scientific Information", Nature 420, 19 2002, pg. 19
• Weston, W. etal. "Results of the SELA Planning Survey", Southeastern Librarian, vol. 52, no. 1, 2004 p. 38
• Weston, W. “The Multitasking Librarian”, Louisiana Libraries, v. 67 no2 (Fall 2004) p. 3-5.

Book Chapters

• Childs, M. and Weston, W. "Consortia and Electronic Journals: An Overview" in E-Serial Collection Management: Transitions, Trends, and Technicalities. Ed. by David C. Fowler. Haworth Information Press: New York, 2004. p. 91-11

Presentations

• "Reference/Academic Handling Stress at the Reference Desk".
  Presented at LLA Conference in Baton Rouge on Wednesday, March 6th, 2001.

Book Reviews (Some selected Choice Magazine Reviews)

• Remote sensing for site characterization, Weston, W. CHOICE, September 2000. 38-0306
• GIS and public health. Weston, W. CHOICE, September 2002. 40-0326
• Radar remote sensing of planetary surfaces. Weston, W. CHOICE, October 2002. 40-0888
• The Oryx resource guide to El Niño (Nino) and La Niña (Nina). Weston, W. CHOICE, December 2002. 40-2226
• A guide to the end of the world: everything you never wanted to know. Weston, W. CHOICE, February, 2003. 40-3415
• Satellite observations of the earth's environment: accelerating the transition of research to operations. Weston. W. CHOICE, February, 2004. 41-3465
• The long summer: how climate changed civilization. Weston W. CHOICE July, 2004.  41-6589 
• Telegeoinformatics: location-based computing and services. Weston W. CHOICE, November, 2004.  42-1614 
• An introduction to ocean remote sensing.  Weston W. CHOICE, April 2005. 42-4664 

 

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