🎉We're excited to celebrate 5⃣0⃣ years of annual IAMSLIC conferences this year. Gold is the traditional gift for a 50th anniversary & we're heading to the golden sands of Egypt. We will be hosted by @NIOFsci in Alexandria 🇪🇬 27-31 Oct 👉iamslic.wildapricot.org/2024… #Iamslic2024

🎼 I kissed a Sphinx and I liked it ❤🇪🇬 Conference field trip to the Great Pyramids and Sphinx last week in Giza, Egypt 🇪🇬 Thanks to our wonderful hosts @NIOFsci #Iamslic2024 @IamslicOrg @MarineInst @RVMarineInst

I took our @MarineInst RV Celtic Explorer into the desert to the great Pyramids of Giza, Egypt 🇪🇬 last week for #Iamslic2024 🛳🏜 Transported it on my back via 🐪, just like the building blocks of the pyramids themselves. @RVMarineInst 😍 Epic conference field trip @NIOFsci 👏

Presenting at #IAMSLIC2024 our @norfireland project on Open Repositories Alignment showing my international colleagues in @IamslicOrg how small libraries like mine @MarineInst are important national stakeholders. Eventually ensuring FAIR Aquatic & marine research output

🌞Pretty nice spot for our #IAMSLIC2024 lunch 🥘🥖🥗😋@NIOFsci @IamslicOrg

Enjoying a little of the Egyptian sunshine during lunch in Alexandria #IAMSLIC2024 @IamslicOrg @NIOFsci 🇪🇬 🌞 🐟 🌊 🏫 🖥 👩‍💻 🖲

Honoured and thrilled to share that I have been elected as the Junior President- Elect for the International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers (IAMSLIC).

Thank you @NIOFsci for a warm introduction to our 50th Celebration 👏

Welcome to #IAMSLIC24. We are so excited to be here in the National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries @NIOFsci Alexandria, Egypt 🇪🇬 We are about to embark on our opening cermony

🌍Our 50th Annual #IAMSLIC2024 conference hosted by @NIOFsci Alexandria 🇪🇬 will also host the 7th annual @afriamslic conference. We're excited to hear from our AFRIAMSLIC regional group & look forward to all our excellent speakers. 👀👉program & register: iamslic.wildapricot.org/2024…

Welcome to the 50th Annual Conference of IAMSLIC. The conference will be HYBRID and hosted by the the National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries #NIOF and the AFRIAMSLIC Regional Group in Alexandria, Egypt from 27to 31 Oct. 2024. iamslic.wildapricot.org/2024…

@IamslicOrg 📣🆓 virtual registration #iamslic2024 for members from Low & Middle Income countries. The Conference will be hosted by the National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries #NIOF & #AFRIAMSLIC in Egypt, 27 to 31 Oct. To register please go to: iamslic.wildapricot.org/2024…

#JERICORI offers Virtual Access to AquaDocs: a joint open-access thematic repository covering science, technology, management and conservation, and socio-economic and legal aspects #JERICO_S3 provides VA to 20 European coastal ocean services jerico-ri.eu/2024/06/17/jeri… #JERICO_VA

📢NEW CEO - Dr Rick Officer Dr Officer joins the Marine Institute from Atlantic Technological University (@atu_ie ) where he held the position of Vice President for Research and Innovation. Charlie McConalogue, TD, Minister for @agriculture_ie announced the appointment earlier today - “Much like the rest of the world, Ireland is at a crossroads where challenge meets opportunity in marine research and knowledge. As we tackle national and global societal challenges, our marine resource offers significant opportunities for Ireland to prepare for the impacts of climate change, and food and energy security. With Dr Officer’s extensive experience in sustainable fisheries, leading innovative and integrated research programmes and driving strategic collaborations nationally and internationally, the Marine Institute will continue to deliver the robust science and services to government and industry needed as we work towards delivering a knowledge-based, sustainable blue economy for Ireland,” Minister @McConalogue said. For more on our new CEO ➡️ bit.ly/CEOnewDec

We're on Day 3 of our conference already for #Iamslic23 we hope you're enjoying the sessions and right now we're definitely enjoying hearing about the benefits of Tea and mindfulness! Tea is finally having it's moment!

We loved this session which has just ended here at day 2 of #IAMSLIC23, learning about the interconnected ocean community around the kelp forests. Thanks to Dr Julius Csotonyi

Drawing Kelp Forests with Dr. Juliis Csotonyi here @IamslicOrg #Iamslic23 fantastic workshop, where an hour went like 5 minutes as we were talked through the impact of climate change of this ecosystem..LOVED THIS!!!

We hope everyone is enjoying day 2 of our #IAMSLIC23. Thanks to @StephanieRonan from @MarineInst for the last session & to our current presentersAudrey Mickle & Karen Urbec from Woods Hole Oceanography Institute