The International Polar Years Creating Access to 125 Years of Polar Research Ruth Duerr and Allaina...

The International Polar Years Creating Access to 125 Years of Polar Research

Ruth Duerr and Allaina Howard

R. Duerr and A. Howard, NSIDC, SLA 2007 – Denver, CO

Overview

• NSIDC – who we are• Discovery and Access of Historic Literature

from the IPYs (DAHLI) National Science Foundation (NSF) Climate Database Modernization Program

(CDMP)


National Snow and Ice Data Center

To make fundamental contributions to cryospheric science and excel in managing data and

disseminating information in order to advance understanding of the Earth system.

International Data Activities

Data Management and Distribution

Research

Outreach

Our Mission


Institutional Relationships

• Part of the University of Colorado• Within the CU Cooperative Institute for Research in

Environmental Sciences (CIRES) Cryospheric and Polar Processes Division

• Chartered by NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service. Affiliated with the NOAA National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)

• Part of the World Data Center system • Funded by NASA, NOAA, NSF, and others at the

project level


Major Programs

NOAA at NSIDC and WDC for Glaciology, Boulder

NASA Distributed Active Archive Center

NSF U.S. Antarctic Data Coordination Center and Antarctic Glaciological Data Center

NSF IPY at NSIDC - IPYDIS, CADIS, and ELOKA

IARC Frozen Ground Data Center


Overview

• NSIDC – who we are• Discovery and Access of Historic Literature

from the IPYs (DAHLI) National Science Foundation (NSF) Climate Database Modernization Program

(CDMP)


DAHLI – Big Picture

• Creating an on-line gazetteer of who has what and where

• Creating a searchable bibliographic database of records and literature from the three prior IPYs

• These records are scattered around the world and many have never been cataloged

• Digitizing materials held at NSIDC and a variety of other facilities around the world based on advisory committee recommendations

• Allowing direct access to those materials that are or will be made available digitally

• Creating digital data sets from analog sources where appropriate


DAHLI – Big Picture (What’s Funded)

• Creating an on-line gazetteer of who has what and where

• Creating a searchable bibliographic database of records and literature from the three prior IPYs

• These records are scattered around the world and many have never been cataloged

• Digitizing materials held at NSIDC and a variety of other facilities around the world based on advisory committee recommendations

• Allowing direct access to those materials that are or will be made available digitally

• Creating digital data sets from analog sources where appropriate


DAHLI – Current Activities

• Climate Database Modernization Program First batch, 14 items, IGY reports ~ 60 items (books, reports) digitized PDF documents Stored on DVD/CD Excel database ~ 1300 photographs


Examples


DAHLI – Future activities

• More NSIDC materials• Solicit more IPY materials• Online bibliography• Update BiblioLine• Update http://nsidc.org/dahli/ • Other grants

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