Key Contacts at Scholarly Information | Our Address | GeoRef Advisory Committee | Former Staff

Key Contacts at Scholarly Information

Tia Colvin
Director, Scholarly Information
(703) 379-2480 ext 248
atc@americangeosciences.org

Monika Long
Assistant to the Director, Scholarly Information
general GeoRef inquiries und auf Deutsch
(703) 379-2480 ext 230
ml@americangeosciences.org

Mary Ann Eitler
GeoRef Associate Editor
(703) 379-2480 ext 232
mte@americangeosciences.org

Alex Korbey
GeoRef Associate Editor
(703) 379-2480 ext 131
ank@americangeosciences.org

Jorge Tapia
GeoRef Indexer/Editor
inquiries on the Groundwater and Soil Contamination Database and in Spanish
jet@americangeosciences.org

Karin Mills
GeoRef Librarian
(703) 379-2480 ext 234
kmm@americangeosciences.org

Our Address

Our Address

American Geosciences Institute
4220 King Street
Alexandria, VA 22302-1507
USA

The American Geosciences Institute headquarters is located in the King Street West association complex, a small group of red-brick buildings that are visible from King Street. It is situated about two blocks west of the intersection of Interstate 395 and King Street (Route 7). The street name changes from King Street to Leesburg Pike a few blocks further west along Route 7 at the boundary of Alexandria and Falls Church.

GeoRef Advisory Committee

Function

The GeoRef Advisory Committee assists the GeoRef Department by developing for the Board of Directors ideas for information products and services and strategies for collecting and providing bibliographic information to the geoscience community.

Responsibilities

• Make recommendations on the policies of the GeoRef Scholarly Information.
• Make recommendations on GeoRef products, budget, staffing, coverage, marketing, pricing, production methods, and cooperative agreements.
• May establish task forces to study particular issues, with the consent of the Board of Directors.

GeoRef Advisory Committee Members in 2022

Mr. Benjamin Andrews
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History
10th & Constitution NW
Washington, DC 20560-0119

Mr. Kevin Lindstrom
University of British Columbia
Science & Engineering, UBC Library Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
1961 East Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1
CANADA

Ms. Linda R. Musser
Earth & Minerals Sciences Library
Pennsylvania State University
105 Deike Building
University Park, PA 16802-2710

AGI Staff Contact
Ms. Tia Colvin
American Geosciences Institute
4220 King Street
Alexandria, VA 22302-1502
(703) 379-2480
atc@americangeosciences.org

It is with tremendous sadness that we pass on the news that Dennis Trombatore passed away on Saturday, July 18, 2020 after a long illness. Dennis was a long-time Geonet participant and the long-term Chair of the GeoRef Advisory Committee. His expertise and his wit will be sorely missed and fondly remembered. An eloquent tribute to Dennis has been posted on the University of Texas website at Dennis Trombatore.

Former Staff

It is with tremendous sadness that we pass on the news that former GeoRef Director John Mulvihill passed away. Read more here.

Afifa Kechrid retired on April 28, 2023, after a career of 29 years at AGI. As a long-term Associate Editor in the Department of Scholarly Information, Afifa trained editor/indexers, translated records from French, Arabic, and Italian to English, and was personally responsible for adding more than 500,000 references to the worldwide known database GeoRef.

AGI thanked her for her service and wished her a happy retirement.

Sharon Tahirkheli retired on March 31^st, 2023, as Director of Scholarly Information, following a career of more than 40 years of leadership within AGI and the field of geoscience information. She has served as AGI Interim Executive Director as well as the director overseeing GeoRef and AGI's family of many additional information products and services.

AGI celebrated, honored, and thanked her and wished her a happy retirement.

Following her departure, Tia Colvin, a 25-year member of the AGI staff, will serve as Interim Director of Scholarly Information. Serving previously as Associate Editor, Colvin has been substantively engaged in many functions of AGI's Department of Scholarly Information.