Shelly Sommer

Communication & Outreach Director

Office: SEEC C216
Pronouns: she/her

Responsibilities

I initiate and manage broad-based communication and information programs, building networks that help get work done across institutional and academic/community boundaries. That includes using evidence-based practice to create and curate content that shares INSTAAR's vital research on global change and sustainability with varied communities. I act as a content strategist, developing identity and branding, and curate INSTAAR's social media presence.

Occasionally I get to play around in databases to measure impact and reputation of INSTAAR and INSTAARs over time, or help forge connections between scientists, artists, and the public.

Education

BA (History of Science): Pomona College, 1991

Publications and articles

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2017: [book review]. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research,49(4): 700. doi 10.1657/AAAR0049-4-book2

2015: [book review]. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 47(1): 185. doi 10.1657/AAAR0047-1-book1

2013: [book review]. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 45(2): 298鈥�299, doi 10.1657/1938-4246-45.2.298

2013: Sommer, S. and Windnagel, A. (eds.): . Glaciological Data no. 34. Boulder, Colorado: National Snow and Ice Data Center.

2011: [book review]. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 43(4): 661鈥�662, doi: 10.1657/1938-4246-43.4.661

2010: The INSTAAR Information Center: An earth and environmental sciences collection. Colorado Libraries Journal, 35(2).

2006: Editor with Tasha Wade, . Redlands, Calif.: ESRI Press.

2006: Strengthening the library through user education. In Silvia Sarti and Michela Cecconi (eds.) Building Polar Networks: A strategy for the future: Proceedings of the 21st Polar Libraries Colloquy, May 8-12, 2006, Rome: 122鈥�131.

2006: With Allaina Howard and Gloria Hicks, Can two nodes be a network?听 Cooperation helps two libraries provide better service. In Silvia Sarti and Michela Cecconi (eds.) Building Polar Networks: A strategy for the future: Proceedings of the 21st Polar Libraries Colloquy, May 8-12, 2006, Rome: 231鈥�238.

2005: Appendix 8: Bibliography. In Handbook for LTER Education (Draft) 2005, p. 53鈥�61. Long-Term Ecological Research Education Committee. Accessible online at .

2002: Editor, Geographic Information Science and Technology in a Changing Society: A Research Definition Workshop. Columbus, Ohio: Center for Mapping and the School of Natural Resources, The Ohio State University.

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