1. Re-designing Data management At LUQ LTER

2. Meeting with LUQ = s Executive Com. DISCUSSION P The review on LUQ DM - main points P Clarifying the concept of a " common management framework P My plans for a New DM at LUQ

3. The review on LUQ DM main points P Lack of enough data and not recent enough P Lack of a common management mainframe

4. A COMMON MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK (CMF) P A data access policy P An in-house computer filesystem P Data accessibility provided to owners while ensuring integrity P Security of the system

5. A COMMON MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK (CMF)...continues P Defined role data manager, the field's crew, and the PIs with respect to every data set P Established content of the common management framework P Defined role of the web page P Established way in which this data will interact with tabular data

6. My plans for a New DM at LUQ P Establish all the policies related to the CMF P Enhance the present CMF P Establish the role of Web site in the CMF P Re-structure the Web site accordingly P Establish and implement ways in which tabular data will interact with spatial data

7. RESOURCES NEEDED P Assistance of PIs or DM committee to establish policies for the CMF P Trainning of DM in the Windows 2000 environment and Web programming (cgi scripts) P Student help to enter data on paper and related documents P Assistance of a Web master P Assistance for connecting spatial and non-spatial data

8. THE END Re-designing Data management