Not shown: Byrd Polar Research Center Sediment Core Repository, new contributor in January, 2007 Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples 2007 State of the Database

Samples Added to the Database October 2004 – September 2007 INSTITUTION #SAMPLES NMNH 59,628 GSC/BIO 40,428* USGSWH 7,157 LDEO 905 USGSMP 599 OSU 501 BOSCORF 340 BPRC 270 URI 59 TOTAL109,887 Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples September 2007 State of the Database * Complete redo of collection

Data Processed & Under Review by Contributors INSTITUTION #SAMPLES ARF/FSU 1,714 LDEO 1,179 USGSMP 479 OSU 65 SIO 6 TOTAL 3,443 Data In Processing WHOI - entire collection update Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples September 2007 State of the Database

Samples in review

Total in Database: 170,430 samples (296,238 intervals) from 4,666 cruises Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples September 2007 State of the Database

463,443 data records describing 170,430 sea floor & lakebed sampling locations (cores, grabs, dredges, drill holes) Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples September 2007 State of the Database

2004 Suggestion: Create uniform web pages for active participants. Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples September 2007 State of the Database Facility supplies information Directly launches facility layer in ArcIMS map Sample location image generated live from database

Database Specifications, Data Contributions, & Processing Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples September 2007 State of the Database

Current database specifications: Facility Code NGDC Institution & Ship Codes Cruise Identifier Sample Identifier Date Sample Collected & Ending Date (dredges only) Latitude and Longitude Lat/Lon original type flag Ending Latitude/Longitude (dredges only) Water Depth Ending Water Depth (dredges only) Sampling Device Storage Method Core Length Core Diameter Depth to Top/Bottom of Interval Primary Lithologic Composition/Texture for Interval Secondary Lithologic Composition/Texture for Interval Other Components #1 through #6 Age of Interval Interval Number Bulk Weight Physiographic Province Rock Lithology Rock Mineralogy Rock Weathering & Metamorphism Rock Glass remarks & MN/Fe oxide coating Munsell Color code Principal Investigator Flag for material exhausted, no longer available Free-form lithologic description Comments on Interval Complete FGDC/ISO metadata specification: More information and ternary diagrams/explanation: All fields are optional with the exception of institution, ship, cruise, sample, sampling device, and latitude/longitude. Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples September 2007 State of the Database

Data Contribution and Review Review online Iterative corrections, if necessary Geospatially-enabled when approved Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples September 2007 State of the Database Spreadsheets Digital files in other forms Status:

Diversity of Sample Descriptions in the Database Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples September 2007 State of the Database

Example of a minimal record from the database Sample Description Diversity Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples September 2007 State of the Database Minimum information for a sample to be included in the database: Ship, cruise, sample id, device, latitude, & longitude

Example of a fully-coded entry Sample Description Diversity Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples September 2007 State of the Database

Example of a detailed free-form descriptive entry Sample Description Diversity Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples September 2007 State of the Database

Access to Sample Data in the Index Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples September 2007 State of the Database

The Oracle “Text” Interface to the Database In March 2007 the Curators’ Group approved A new Java Server Pages (JSP) replacement for the old PL/SQL text search Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples September 2007 State of the Database

JSP: Same features as the old interface Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples September 2007 State of the Database

JSP: Same features as the old interface Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples September 2007 State of the Database

JSP: Slightly different look & feel from this point on

New SESAR links

External Links to Auxiliary Data, Graphics, and Reports Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples September 2007 State of the Database

Links to Data, Graphics, and Reports at NGDC Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples September 2007 State of the Database

Updates to the ArcIMS “Interactive Map” Interface & Addition of Web Services Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples September 2007 State of the Database

ArcIMS: New Capabilities

Shapefile extractions – not just for GIS applications Geospatially-enabled Database: New Capabilities Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples September 2007 State of the Database

Web Map Service (WMS) Geospatially-enabled Database: New Capabilities Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples September 2007 State of the Database BBOX=-180,-90,180,90 &WIDTH=1024 &HEIGHT=512 &SRS=EPSG:4326 &Layers=emdark,odp,dsdp &version=1.1.1 &service=WMS &FORMAT=PNG &TRANSPARENT=TRUE &request=getmap &ServiceName=Sample_Index BBOX=-50,10,0,50 &WIDTH=512 &HEIGHT=256 &Layers=emdark,uri The same call, substituting:

Web Feature Service (WFS) Geospatially-enabled Database: New Capabilities Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples September 2007 State of the Database

Google-search enhanced via web page design, metadata Reaching a broader audience: Representing the Index in other catalogs & systems Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples September 2007 State of the Database Google-search enhanced via web page design, metadata Metadata harvesting by widely-used systems (NASA/GCMD, GOS)

NOAA CDMP Data Digitizing Project

NOAA/NGDC Commitment to Sea Floor Data Stewardship Permanent Archive We’re in it for the Long Haul, Preserving data for your great-grandchildren Data Rescue & Digitizing Rescuing data from scientists’ desks and file cabinets. Data Access Making data freely and publicly available.

A partnership between NOAA and private industry to image and key paper and microfilm records and to make them available on the Web.

NOAA Climate Database Modernization Program (CDMP) _____________________________________ CDMP Supports the Following Services: Imaging from paper (sizes up to 42x60 inches), bound books, microfiche, microfilm, photographs, and negatives. Keying from paper, microfiche, or digital images. Optical Character Recognition (OCR). Vectorizing. Image indexing for on-line storage and retrieval.

NOAA Climate Data Modernization Program (CDMP) Digitization of Marine & Lacustrine Records of Climate Change Highlights of Project L-19: Entire LDEO Core Photograph Collection Scanned/Available Online

NOAA Climate Data Modernization Program (CDMP) Digitization of Marine & Lacustrine Records of Climate Change Highlights of Project L-19: OSU, LacCore, and URI core logs were key-entered and archived in.PDF form Partial image – whole core online

NOAA Climate Data Modernization Program (CDMP) Digitization of Marine & Lacustrine Records of Climate Change Highlights of Project L-19: Most ARF/FSU Core X-rays Scanned/Available Online

Scanning: 31,825 core photographs/negatives (LDEO, OSU, LacCore, WHOI, SIO) 7,234 core X-rays (ARF/FSU, OSU) 1,043 coring data sheets (& 2,500+ non-CDMP) (OSU) 5,069 sea floor photographs (ARF/FSU, LDEO) Key-entry: 6,202 core logs, smearslide descriptions, data sheets (OSU, LacCore, URI) Sample repository materials digitized 2005-August ~500 additional seabed photos will be scanned in 2007 Over $550K in NOAA funding NOAA Climate Data Modernization Program (CDMP) Digitization of Marine & Lacustrine Records of Climate Change Project L-19 Progress Summary:

If your institution has materials to scan or key-enter for 2008, please contact NGDC with: Volume estimates (#pages, photographs) Samples (Xerox copy of typical description, photo copy) Specifications, formats, resolution, etc. NOAA Climate Data Modernization Program (CDMP) Digitization of Marine & Lacustrine Records of Climate Change Project L-19: 2008 Continuation

NOAA/NGDC Commitment to Sea Floor Data Stewardship Permanent Archive We’re in it for the Long Haul, Preserving data for your great-grandchildren Data Rescue & Digitizing Rescuing data from scientists’ desks and file cabinets. Data Access Making data freely and publicly available. Did we mention that we provide a long-term archive for data from sea floor and lakebed samples at NGDC?

Why add your data to the NGDC archive? NGDC’s mandate includes a commitment to provide access to, and long-term archival for data pertaining to sea floor and lakebed samples. NGDC is finalizing an agreement with the LDEO Marine Geoscience Data System (MGDS) to permanently archive multibeam data from their system. Once finalized, NGDC hopes to extend the agreement to include sample data. NGDC prepares and maintains documentation according to FGDC/ISO metadata standards. When metadata standards change, NGDC migrates metadata to new standards, maintaining its interoperability with other systems. NGDC archives metadata with the data to increase their long-term utility. NGDC data archives are maintained to NARA standards with offsite backups, storage on approved media, and periodic migration to new media and technologies. We’re in it for the long haul, preserving data for your great-grandchildren.