1. Five-State Government Documents Conference Boulder, Colorado August 3, 2006

2. Technical Information Center Preserve and Provide Access to NPS Drawings and Reports

3. “by some great protecting policy of government…in a magnificent park…a nation’s park, containing man and beast, in all the wild[ness] and freshness of their nature’s beauty!” George Catlin 1832

4. 1832 Congress created Hot Springs Reservation Arkansas Territory “for the future disposal of the United States.” 1880 Hot Springs Park 1921 Hot Springs National Park

5. 1864 Congress granted California the Yosemite Valley to “be held for public use, resort, and recreation…inalienable for all time.” 1890 Yosemite National Park

6. “dedicated and set apart as a public park or pleasuring- ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people.” 1872 Yellowstone National Park

7. Grand Canyon Forest Reserve 1893 Grand Canyon Game Preserve 1906 Grand Canyon National Monument 1908 Grand Canyon National Park 1919

8. 1916 “to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.”

9. Design Services –1917 – George Goodwin, Engineer, Glacier NP –1918 – Charles Punchard, Landscape Architect, Yosemite NP –1922 – Dan Hull, Chief, Landscape Architect Office, Los Angeles –1927 – Thomas C.Vint, Chief, Landscape Architecture Division Engineering Office, Los Angeles –1933 Branch of Plans & Designs, Washington, D.C. –1942 – Los Angeles Office Moves to Chicago Thomas C. Vint

10. Design Services - continued –1955-1966 – $900 Million Mission 66 Project –1961 – Thomas C. Vint Retires –1963 – Western Office of Design Microfilming of Large Format Drawings –1971 – George Hartzog Centralize Design Offices –Western Office of Design –Eastern Office of Design –National Capital Design Office –Washington Office of Design and Construction –1972 – Denver Service Center Technical Information Center George Hartzog

11. Central Repository –Planning Documents –Design and Construction Documents –Technical Reports Technical Information Center (TIC)

12. 1,000,000 Drawings and Maps 61,000 Technical Reports 300,000 Photographs and Slides 2,000 Aerial Flight Photos Electronic Files – CAD, GIS, PDF Videos and Film 2,000,000 Digital Images

13. Land Status Map 2004 Mesa Verde NP Fishing Bridge Cabins 1955 Yellowstone NP

14. Transportation Study 2005 Mesa Verde NP

15. Bear Lake Parking Area Rocky Mountain NP 2002

16. Project Specifications Big Bend NP 2003 Final Construction Report Rainbow Point Rim Road Bryce Canyon NP 2004

17. 1866 1976 Advanced Redoubt Ft. Barrancas Gulf Islands NS

18. Rocky Mountain NP Tourist Maps 1928

19. Draft Environmental Impact Statement Colorado River Management Plan Grand Canyon National Park 2004

20. 2005 1989 Stabilization Drawings and Reports

21. “Boss” Frank Pinkley

23. Supports Park Infrastructure –Rehabilitation –Maintenance –Replacement Provides Information –Manage Park Resources Maintains Archival Record –Preservation –Disaster Recovery Allows Easy Access –Database Index Record –Digital Image Value Added by TIC

24. Disaster Recovery

25. Boeing Main Frame Computer Informix on Unix Platform Lotus Notes Database & Domino TIC Platform / Database History

26. High View Document Management System –Add Images and Files –Easy Match with Indexing Records –Windows Network Support –Multiple Security Levels –Internet and Intranet Access Current TIC Environment

27. Technical Information Center Workflows

28. Paper Drawings or Reports

29. Electronic Files

30. eTIC Electronic Technical Information Center User Interface

31. eTIC System Security –Accessible Only to NPS Employees –Usage Log for Registered Users –Redundant Servers –Off-Site Storage of Backup Tapes

32. ‘Google’ like search process Log-in for access to additional records Intranet access for all NPS Future – advance search

33. Search Results

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35. Technical Information Center Preserve and Provide Access to NPS Drawings and Reports TIC-Requests@nps.gov Carol_Simpson@nps.gov