SDSU University Library
Wil Weston

Wil Weston (He/Him/His)

Earth Science and Maps Librarian

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Academic Rank: Librarian; Tenured
(619) 594-6988
wweston@sdsu.edu

Office: Love Library 518
University Library,
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive,
San Diego, CA 92182-8050

Biography
Professional History
  • Librarian, 2006—Present
    Library, San Diego State University
  • Engineering Librarian, 1999—2006
    Library, University of New Orleans
Education
  • Ph.D. Higher Education Administration and Leadership, University of New Orleans, 2002—2008
  • MLIS, Masters of Library and Information Science, Louisiana State University, 1997—1999
  • BS Physical Geography, Louisiana State University, 1993—1995
  • BA English, Creative Writing, Louisiana State University, 1987—1992
Service
  • Chair, 2022—2023
    University Resources & Planning Committee, San Diego State University
  • Chair, 2020—2022
    University Senate, San Diego State University
  • Senator, 2016—2022
    University Senate, San Diego State University
  • Chair, 2015—2016
    Academic Policy & Planning Committee, San Diego State University
Invited Positions
  • Editorial Board Member, 2017—Present
    Serials Librarian, Taylor & Francis 2017 - current., Taylor & Francis Group
  • Book Reviewer, 2001—Present
    Choice Magazine, American Library Association
  • Doctorial appointment, 2020—2023
    College of Education, San Diego State University
  • Guest Editor, 2022—2022
    Stream Magazine (Summer, 2022), Video Trust
  • Member, 2020—2022
    ProQuest Ebook Advisory Board, ProQuest LLC
  • Member, 2015—2015
    Library Advisory Board, Alexander Street
  • Peer Reviewer, Urban Studies, 2015—2015
    Resources for College Libraries (RCL Online), ACRL, ProQuest LLC
  • Member, 2013—2013
    Advisory Board, IOP Publishing USA
Memberships
  • Senator, 2023—Present
    Academic Senate of the California State University (ASCSU), The California State University System
  • Member, 2022—Present
    WEST: Operations and Collections Council, Western Regional Storage Trust
Grants
  • Exploring the Online Information-seeking Strategies of Education Graduate Students., SDSU Foundation University Grant Program, 2011-2013, 1,200 USD
  • Building Resources for Women in Engineering at UNO, University of New Orleans, 2004-2004, 5,000 USD
  • Southeastern Library Association Early Career Profesional Grant, Southeastern Library Association GALE/SELA Continuing Education and Professional Development Committee Professional Grant, 2002-2002, 500 USD

Scholarship

Academic Publications

Impact of the pandemic on Streaming Media adoption at SDSU: Streaming in the time of Covid.
Timothy Tully; Wil Weston; Linda Salem
Stream Magazine, 2022, journal article
Unifying Mechanism Involving Electron Affinity of Conjugated Imine as Anti-Cancer Agents and Miscellaneous Drugs: Reactive Oxygen Species, Oxidative Stress, and Electron Transfer.
Peter Kovacic; Harrison Rojak Pearce; Andrew Cooksy; Wil Weston
Chronicles of Pharmaceutical Science, 2020, journal article
Collection Development Policy for Streaming Media
Wil Weston
Guide to Streaming Video Acquisitions, 2019, book chapter
Dementia – Unifying Mechanism Involving Antioxidant Therapy: Reactive Oxygen Species, Oxidative Stress, and Phenolics.
Peter Kovacic; Wil Weston
Chronicles of Pharmaceutical Science, 2018, journal article
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder - unifying mechanism involving antioxidant therapy: Phenolics, reactive oxygen species, and oxidative stress
Peter Kovacic; Wil Weston
International Journal of Advanced Biochemistry Research, 2018, journal article

Brain Depression – Unifying Mechanism Involving Antioxidant Therapy: Reactive Oxygen Species, Oxidative Stress, and Phenolics.
Peter Kovacic; Wil Weston
Chronicles of Pharmaceutical Science, 2018, journal article
Unifying Mechanism for Multiple Sclerosis and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Reactive Oxygen Species, Oxidative Stress, and Antioxidants.
Peter Kovacic; Wil Weston
Journal of Biopharmaceutics and Therapeutic Challenges, 2018, journal article
Antioxidant Therapy by Lipoic Acid in Various Illnesses: Reactive Oxygen Species and Oxidative Stres
Peter Kovacic; Wil Weston
NAPDD Novel Approaches in Drug Designing & Development, 2018, journal article
Cause and Treatment of Schizophrenia: Electron Transfer, Reactive Oxygen Species, Oxidative Stress, Antioxidants, and Unifying Mechanism.
Peter Kovacic; Wil Weston
Chronicles of Pharmaceutical Science, 2017, journal article
Phenolic Antioxidants as Drugs for Alzheimer's Disease: Oxidative Stress and Selectivity.
Peter Kovacic; Wil Weston
NAPDD Novel Approaches in Drug Designing & Development, 2017, journal article
Novel Structure-Activity Relationship and Quantitative Data for Phenolic Drugs Involving Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease: Antioxidants, Oxidative Stress, and Selectivity
Peter Kovacic; Wil Weston
Chronicles of Pharmaceutical Science, 2017, journal article
Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease with Phenolic Antioxidant Drugs: Oxidative Stress, Reactive Oxygen Species and Selectivity.
Peter Kovacic; Wil Weston
Chronicles of Pharmaceutical Science, 2017, journal article
Revisting the Tao of Resource Sharing
Wil Weston
Serials Librarian, 2015, journal article
Is the Gen X Librarian the Right Librarian at the Right Time?
Wil Weston
The Generation X Librarian: Essays on Leadership, Technology, Pop Culture, Social Responsibility and Professional Identity, 2011, book chapter
Heaven and Earth: global warming, the missing science
Wil Weston
Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 2010, journal article
Hope for a heated planet: how Americans are fighting global warming and building a better future
Wil Weston
Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 2010, journal article
CO<sub>2</sub> rising: the world's greatest environmental challenge
Wil Weston
Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 2010, journal article
Basics of geomatics
Wil Weston
Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 2010, journal article
Hope for a heated planet: how Americans are fighting global warming and building a better future
Wil Weston
Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 2009, journal article
Hurricanes: background, history and bibliography
Wil Weston
Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 2009, journal article
CO<sub>2</sub> rising: the world's greatest environmental challenge
Wil Weston
Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 2009, journal article
The formation and future of the upper Texas coast: a geologist answers questions about sand, storms, and living by the sea
Wil Weston
Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 2008, journal article
Understanding the Integrative Role of an Academic Library for Undergraduate Student Workers
Wil Weston
2008, dissertation thesis
Intute: Science, Engineering & Technology: Geography
Wil Weston
Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 2008, journal article
GNSS-Global Navigation Satellite Systems: GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and more
Wil Weston
Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 2008, journal article
Richter's scale: measure of an earthquake, measure of a man
Wil Weston
Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 2007, journal article
Navigating a scientific job market and how the library can help
Wil Weston
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 2007, journal article
Remote sensing: the image chain approach
Wil Weston
Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 2007, journal article
Atlantic coast beaches: a guide to ripples, dunes, and other natural features of the seashore
Wil Weston
Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 2007, journal article
Hurricanes: what you need to know
Wil Weston
Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 2007, journal article
The Physical geography of Southeast Asia
Wil Weston
Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 2005, journal article
Fundamentals of remote sensing
Wil Weston
Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 2005, journal article
GeoScienceWorld millennium collection
Wil Weston
Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 2005, journal article
An Introduction to Ocean Remote Sensing
Wil Weston
Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 2005, journal article
The Multitasking Librarian
Wil Weston
Louisiana Libraries, 2004, journal article
The Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization (Book)
Wil Weston
Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 2004, journal article
Telegeoinformatics: Location-Based Computing and Services (Book)
Wil Weston
Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 2004, journal article
Results of the SELA Planning Survey
Carol S. Brinkman; Diane Brown; Mary L. Smalls; Wil Weston
Southeastern Librarian, 2004, journal article
A Dictionary of units
Wil Weston
Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 2004, journal article
Consortia and Electronic Journals: An Overview
Childs, Miriam; Wil Weston
E-serials collection management, 2004, book chapter
The Oryx Resource Guide to El Niño and La Niña (Book)
Wil Weston
Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 2003, journal article
Access to scientific literature - The Web can complement libraries, but not replace them.
Wil Weston
Nature, 2002, journal article
The tao of resource sharing
Wil Weston
Serials Librarian, 2001, journal article
Information, now
Wil Weston
Louisiana Libraries, 2001, journal article

Academic Conferences

The Benefits of Business: Applied research strategies in collection development
Wil Weston; Lucy Campbell; Timothy Tully
The Charleston Conference Proceedings 2023, 2023, conference paper
How a year of Online instructional modality impacted library streaming media use at SDSU: was it a flashflood or a climatic change?
Timothy Tully; Wil Weston; Linda Salem
Charleston Conference, 2021, conference poster
Selection bias in collection development: Un-leveling the playing field and making matters worse.
Wil Weston
Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians /Association canadienne des bibliothecaires academiques professionnels, 2016, conference abstract
Student Persistence: How the library makes a difference.
Wil Weston
California Academic & Research Libraries Association (CARL), 2016, conference paper
Key to Success: How the Academic Library Supports Student Persistence
Wil Weston
CAPAL-ACBAP Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians /Association canadienne des bibliothecaires academiques professionnels, 2015, conference paper

Exploring the Online Information Seeking Strategies of Education Graduate Students
Wil Weston
CAPAL-ACBAP Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians /Association canadienne des bibliothecaires academiques professionnels, 2014, conference abstract
It's Alive!: Comics and the Arts Visibility Initiative at SDSU.
Pamela Jackson; Anna Culbertson; Michael Lapins; Katie Stapko; Markel Tumlin; Wil Weston
Comic Arts Conference, Comic-Con, 2014, conference poster
I Like My Books With Pictures: Comics in Academic Libraries, the SDSU Way.
Pamela Jackson; Markel Tumlin; Wil Weston; Anna Culbertson
San Diego Comic Fest, 2013, conference poster
Understanding the Integrative Role of an Academic Library for Undergraduate Library Student Workers.
Wil Weston
ACRL National Conference, 2009, conference paper
Reference/Academic Handling Stress at the Reference Desk.
Wil Weston
Louisiana Library Association, 2001, conference poster

Review and Editing

Introduction to dual polarization Doppler weather radar: fundamentals, applications, and networks. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2024, book review
Bayou D'Arbonne swamp: a naturalist's memoir of place. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2023, book review
Impacts of future weather and climate extremes on United States infrastructure: assessing and prioritizing adaptation actions. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2022, book review
Ice rivers: a story of glaciers, wilderness, and humanity. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2022, book review
Practical handbook of thematic cartography: principles, methods, and applications. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2021, book review

SAR image interpretation for various land covers: a practical guide. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2020, book review
Encyclopedia of global resources. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2020, book review
City unseen: new visions of an urban planet. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2019, book review
Barrier dynamics and response to changing climate. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2018, book review
Coasts in crisis: a global challenge. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2018, book review
Spatial analysis of coastal environments. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2017, book review
GeoScienceWorld Review
Wil Weston
CCAdvisor, 2017, review
Icefall: adventures at the wild edges of our dangerous, changing planet. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2017, book review
Mountains: mapping the earth's extremes. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2017, book review
Fundamentals of satellite remote sensing : an environmental approach 2nd ed. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2017, book review
Practical handbook of remote sensing. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2016, book review
An observer's guide to clouds and weather: a northeastern primer on prediction. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2015, book review
Beaches of the Gulf Coast. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2014, book review
Mountain geography: physical and human dimensions. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2014, book review
Introducing meteorology: a guide to weather. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2013, book review
Rivers: a very short introduction. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2013, book review
The beach book: science of the shore. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2013, book review
Bayou-diversity: nature and people in the Louisiana bayou country. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2012, book review
United States Global Change Research Program. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2012, book review
Cartography: visualization of spatial data. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2011, book review
Preparing for climate change. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2011, book review
Remote sensing tools for exploration: observing and interpreting the electromagnetic spectrum (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2011, book review
GeoPlatform - Gulf Response (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2010, book review
Drawing Louisiana's new map: addressing land loss in coastal Louisiana, National Research Council of the National Academies. Committee on the Restoration and Protection of Coastal Louisiana. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2007, book review
MetEd (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2005, book review
Satellite observations of the earth's environment: accelerating the transition of research to operations. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2004, book review
Weather 101. Teache's Resource (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2003, book review
Engineering weather data. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice magazine, 2003, book review
Live weather images. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2003, book review
A guide to the end of the world: everything you never wanted to know. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2003, book review
Radar remote sensing of planetary surfaces. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2002, book review
GIS and public health. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2002, book review
The first scientific American: Benjamin Franklin and the pursuit of genius. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2002, book review
Bringing the biosphere home: learning to perceive global environmental change. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2002, book review
Global climate change. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice MAgazine, 2002, book review
Changing the atmosphere: expert knowledge and environmental governance. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2002, book review
Living on the edge of the Gulf: the west Florida and Alabama coast. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2002, book review
Reading the skies: a cultural history of English weather, 1650-1820. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2001, book review
The coastal zone: past, present, and future. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2001, book review
Climate diagnostics center. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2001, book review
Due to the weather: ways the elements affect our lives. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2001, book review
The World-Wide Web virtual library: remote sensing. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2001, book review
Remote sensing in hydrology and water management. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2000, book review
Remote sensing for site characterization. (Review)
Wil Weston
Choice Magazine, 2000, book review

Dissemination

Status Report of Katrina's Impact on the University of New Orleans.
Wil Weston
Geoscience Information Society Newsletter, 2006, newsletter article

Teaching and Supervision

Panel Discussion: Harnessing the value of shared print through local action
Wil Weston; Alison Wohlers; Michael Brewer; Amanda Sprochi
WEST: Western Regional Storage Trust, 2024, lecture speech
E-Book ILL (Panel discusion)
Wil Weston; Genya O’Gara
Boston Library Consortium’s E-Book Summit, 2024, lecture speech
Embedding Shared Print into Local Collection Management: Data-informed Deselection (Panel discussion)
Wil Weston; Sion Romaine; Samantha Silver
WEST: Western Regional Storage Trust Meeting , 2022, lecture speech
The Visual Culture of the Cold War: The Variety of Archival Resources on the Cold War, Panel Discussion.
Gregory Daddis; Wil Weston; Daniel Widener; Jeremy Prestholdt
USS Midway Museum Institute for Teachers, 2021, lecture speech
Meeting the Urgent Need for E-Resources: One Library’s Story.
Wil Weston
Electronic Resources & Libraries Conference, 2021, lecture speech

Converting physical collections to "e" - fast, accurately and affordably.
Wil Weston
ProQuest Webinar, 2020, lecture speech
Acquisition, Licensing, Management, and Use of ebooks at San Diego State University.
Wil Weston; Jennifer Rogers
Elsevier Science & Technology Books Product Summit, Delivering Outstanding Customer Value, 2016, lecture speech
Revisting the Tao of Resource Sharing. (Presentation)
Wil Weston
INTERLIBRARY LOAN CONFERENCE I-SPIE, SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, 2015, lecture speech
Leveraging Collection Development and Acquisitions in the Interlibrary Loan Workflow to Meet our Patrons Needs.
Wil Weston
I-SPIE, San Diego, CA, 2014, lecture speech
How can ILL inform Collection Development/Management?
Wil Weston; Kimberley Robles-Smith
INTERLIBRARY LOAN CONFERENCE I-SPIE, CSU San Francisco., 2013, lecture speech
E-Books and How they affect Special Libraries
Wil Weston
Special Library Association, 2013, lecture speech
Copyright Issues in Library Collection Development.
Wil Weston
SDSU Center for Teaching & Learning: New Legalities of Copyright Law and Fair Academic Use, Lunch and Forum., 2012, lecture speech
Current Opportunities & Challenges in Criminal Justice & Criminology Collections Development in Academic Libraries.
Wil Weston
ACRL ANSS Criminal Justice and Criminology Discussion Group, ALA Annual Conference, 2012, lecture speech