Meeting of the Princeton ACS Section & Year-End Celebration

Join us for the Final PACS Meeting of 2023!!

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Emily C. Wild

Chemistry, Geosciences and Environmental Studies Librarian, Princeton University Library

will speak on

“From the Rocks to the Stocks: A Day in the Life of a Chemistry Librarian”

Frick Chemistry Laboratory, Princeton University

Mixer 6:30 pm in Atrium; Lecture 7:00 pm in Taylor Auditorium

Abstract:

What caused the Macondo well blowout in 2010? Will coal mining increase? What are critical minerals? Please join us in a journey through chemistry disasters, investigation and innovation stories of how a librarian helps researchers discover geology, environment, energy and investment information. Research examples will include oil, natural gas, geothermal, solar, wind, batteries, mineral resources/commodities and pharmaceuticals. Emily will provide “behind the scene” information from her time supporting government research projects - including chemical release investigations, emerging contaminants in the environment and minerals/elements needed for technology.

Biography:

Emily C. Wild is the Chemistry, Geosciences and Environmental Studies Librarian in the Princeton University Library. In 2022, Emily received the Geosciences Information Society’s (GSIS) 2022 Mary B. Ansari Distinguished Service Award for Geosciences Librarianship. Emily has a Bachelor of Arts in Geology from Hartwick College, and a Master of Library and Information Studies from the University of Rhode Island. From 2008 to 2018, Emily was a Librarian (Physical Scientist) at the U.S. Geological Survey Library, where she helped library users find and use science and legislative materials, provided science and government outreach information, bibliographic and map instruction, as well as develop and present online and in-person training sessions on topics such as chemical and physical properties of the atmosphere, rock, sediment, and water; crustal geochemistry and geophysics, organic and inorganic chemistry, and trends in use and availability of mineral, energy, and water resources. Emily was a U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologist, from 1996 to July 2008, researching and publishing in the subject areas of water use, groundwater, surface water, coastal waters, saltwater intrusion and water quality. She performed water quantity and quality assessments of surface water and groundwater, fieldwork, modelling, report writing, database management, project management and STEM outreach. Her past field work experiences include hydrologic and hydrogeologic research in Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, as well as geologic mapping in the Grand Canyon, Arizona; O'ahu, Maui, and Island of Hawai'i, Hawai'i; San Salvador Island, Bahamas; Adirondacks, Catskills, Finger Lakes, and Hudson River, New York; Whaleback Anticline, Pennsylvania; and Green Mountains, Vermont.

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