SOPAC Library Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission

SOPAC Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission is an intergovernmental, regional organization promoting sustainable development in the region through three key areas: Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission is an intergovernmental, regional organization promoting sustainable development in the region through three key areas:

Ocean and Islands Ocean and Islands Community Lifelines Community Lifelines Community Risk Community Risk

SOPAC Library Focuses mainly on Geoscience subjects like coastal protection works coastal protection works coastal, near shore and offshore minerals; coastal, near shore and offshore minerals; sea-level changes; sea-level changes; wave energy; wave energy; petroleum geology and exploration; petroleum geology and exploration; oceanography; oceanography; marine geology and geophysics; marine geology and geophysics; marine technology; marine technology; dredging; dredging; drilling; drilling; meteorology; meteorology; climatology; climatology; water resources, water supply, sanitation, water treatment; disaster management water resources, water supply, sanitation, water treatment; disaster management

Collections Monographs Monographs Serials Serials Maps Maps Aerial photographs Aerial photographs

Virtual Library Was established in 1995 to provide better access to the SOPAC technical reports and literature to the Users of the SOPAC Library Was established in 1995 to provide better access to the SOPAC technical reports and literature to the Users of the SOPAC Library Virtual Library was not set up by a librarian but an IT specialist and so doesn’t contain any proper library features like cataloguing etc but is simply a listing of reports which sit on a server with links which work to enable users to download reports. At the moment we have the Google custom search that allows for some search to be done on the virtual library. Virtual Library was not set up by a librarian but an IT specialist and so doesn’t contain any proper library features like cataloguing etc but is simply a listing of reports which sit on a server with links which work to enable users to download reports. At the moment we have the Google custom search that allows for some search to be done on the virtual library. There are plans however to later on link the virtual library to Koha which we are converting data into from cds isis at the moment. There are plans however to later on link the virtual library to Koha which we are converting data into from cds isis at the moment. We have now completed scanning 80% of our archives. We are aiming to complete scanning of all SOPAC publications by middle of next year. We then start on the Maps collection as well as checking the scanned reports for quality control We have now completed scanning 80% of our archives. We are aiming to complete scanning of all SOPAC publications by middle of next year. We then start on the Maps collection as well as checking the scanned reports for quality control The Virtual library is highly used by the users The Virtual library is highly used by the users

SOPAC Virtual Library

Challenges As these reports are made available through the internet all countries in the region have to have good internet services otherwise As these reports are made available through the internet all countries in the region have to have good internet services otherwise Reports have to be put on CDs or Reports have to be put on CDs or Hard copies have to be made to be given out to the users Hard copies have to be made to be given out to the users

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