WGL Friends Quarterly Newsletter
v. 2, no. 2, June 2011
NOTE FROM THE LIBRARIAN
June 23, 2011 was Bring Your Kids to Work Day. Recently the concept of showing children
what their parents’ did at work expanded to show the assembled kids what kind of work
was being done by the entire Department of Natural Resources. Last year I was contacted
about being a “stop” on a series of offices, labs, etc. that the kids could visit. It was a
success.
This year was even more successful. Over 100 children visited the Library, with their
parents or grandparents. The Match-the-Photos with their rock slices (thanks to Liz Forrer)
continues to be a popular activity. And I’d located 3-D posters of geologic locations from an
old ESW kit. That got a lot of attention! Depending upon their interests and questions, I’d
also display rocks, minerals, crystals and fossils from the Library’s collection. The mostasked question was “How do trees become fossilized?”
Each child was allowed to select one polished agate (donated by Tom Herman), one piece
of petrified wood (State Gem), and when the agates ran out, I substituted shark’s teeth
(donated by Spencer Seymour). It was especially gratifying to see the enthusiasm, the
interest, and the curiosity of all the kids. I heard later that the Geology Library was the
most popular destination, and one small child went so far as to declare I was a Nice Lady.
I am happy to help with this kind of project. It is my contention that kids need to be
exposed to as many kinds of jobs and projects and careers as possible, by people who are
also enthusiastic and curious about the work they do. How are the kids going to find the
skills and subjects for which they are best suited if they think their only options are actors,
insurance agents and lawyers? Therefore, I am pleased the Washington Geology Library
continues to be involved in the Bring Your Kids to Work Day.
WGL FRIENDS PURCHASES FOR THE LIBRARY
The WGL Friends funds have purchased the following items for the Washington Geology
Library:
 Ice Age Floods of the Pacific Northwest (map) by the Ice Age Floods Institute
 Subscriptions to Rocks and Minerals and to Earth (previously Geotimes)
 What’s So Great about Granite, by Jennifer H. Carey.
 Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway, by Kirk Johnson and Ray Troll
Fossil map is available online:
http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/cruisin/wa_fossils.php
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Island Arcs, Deep Sea Trenches and Back Arc Basins, by Manik Talwani.
Lewis and Clark Trail Maps: A Cartographic Reconstruction, volumes 2 and 3
by Martin Plamondon II.
 A field guide to the identification of pebbles, by Eileen Van der FlierKeller. It’s wonderful and it’s about the ordinary river and beach rocks we all start
picking up as kids. Laminated so it can be taken to the rivers and the beaches.
Eight new theses on various subjects concerning Washington’s geology
The Combined Fund Drive last October raised a total of $2158.65 for WGL Friends. Funds
were deposited in the account in June.
GEOLOGY CLUBS
SPSCC - Dave Knoblach
CWU – Geology Club, www.geology.cwu.edu/dept/geoclub.html
AEG Student Chapter
WWU – Geology Club, on Facebook
UW – University of Washington Department of Earth and Space Sciences GeoClub
on Facebook
EWU - thebuelement.blogspot.com/2010/09/ewu-geology-club.html
WSU – geologyclub@mail.wsu.edu
If you have information about other student Geology Clubs or student chapters of
professional organizations in Washington State, please send it along.
(ladylee@localaccess.com)
2011 DONATIONS
Special thanks go to:
Sue Kahle for gathering the 8th Hydrogeology Symposium programs with abstracts and
field trip guidebooks for the Library
Connie Manson and Jim O’Donnell (CalTech) for their list of theses and dissertations on
Washington geology not yet held by the Washington Geology Library. 16 have already been
added to the collection
James Goff for his continued donations of tsunami articles
Trevor Contreras for the Utah geological guidebook CD. Also, special thanks to Trevor for
putting these newsletters on the webpage
WWU continues to have their students send completed theses to the Library
Dave Norman donates GSA Bulletin and Geology journals
Ray Lasmanis continues to donate Oil and Gas Journal
Weldon Rau donates AAPG Explorer, GSA Today, AAPG Bulletin
Spencer Seymour for his continued donation of rocks and minerals
Tom Herman for his continued donation of rocks and minerals
Tom Badger for his donation of the WSDOT Nile Valley Landslide Report.
WISH LIST
1-2 Chuckanut fossils for National Fossil Day exhibit, October 12, 2011
Map tubes, the bigger the better
Rocks, mineral, crystals, fossils for the October Rock Auction, Oct. 13, 2011
WGL Friends encourages authors of work on Washington’s geology to donate copies
to the Library, either hard copies, pdf copies, or DVD copies
THESES AND DISSERTATIONS ONLINE
Universities are beginning to make their theses and dissertations available online. As
others are found, they will be added to this list.
University of Washington: www.ess.washington.edu/ess/abut/scholarly-activity/
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations: http://www.ndltd.org
Oregon State University: http://ir-dev.library.oregonstate.edu/handle/1957/89
MIT theses online: http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7804
Florida State University: http://www.lib.fsu.edu/find/etds.html
2011 SOUTH SOUND SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM
Puget Sound Partnership
1111 Washington St. SE, Olympia 98501
326 East D Street, Tacoma, WA 98421
Phone: 360.464.1232 | Email: info@psp.wa.gov
Contact them for the date of the 2011 symposium
SCIENCE CAFÉS
(see the March 2011 newsletter for links to Science Cafes and Pubs in Olympia, Tacoma,
Seattle, Kirkland, Queen Anne, and Portland—or Google them.)
REMINDER
There are 24K Washington topographic maps (random set) for sale ($2 each) in the
Washington Geology Library. Funds go to the WGL Friends.
2011 WGL FRIENDS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Tom Badger
Wendy Gerstel
Nadine Romero
Dave Knoblach
Trevor Contreras
Connie Manson
Lee Walkling