Forever Wild with Earth!

In this three-hour journey of the Princeton University campus, Emily will give participants classroom instruction, an introduction to library research of the Princeton University Library geosciences collections, and provide an outdoor walking tour of the vegetation, stone buildings and rock outcrops around the Princeton University campus and in the Princeton, NJ community. Additional library research information will be provided for native plants, hydrology and geology of New Jersey and New York for hiking, walking, canoeing or biking excursions. The outdoor walking tour will be held, snow or shine, and will be stair-free.

Meet the facilitator:
Emily Wild is the Chemistry, Geosciences and Environmental Studies Librarian in Princeton University Library's Lewis Science Library. From 1996 to 2018, she was a hydrologist and librarian (physical scientist) at the U.S. Geological Survey. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Geology from Hartwick College and a Master of Library and Information Studies from the University of Rhode Island. Emily’s past field work experiences include hydrologic and hydrogeologic research in Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, 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.

What to Expect:
Single workshop (3 hours total)My offering would be in-person

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