| NSF Org: |
OPP Office of Polar Programs (OPP) |
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| Initial Amendment Date: | September 2, 2005 |
| Latest Amendment Date: | August 31, 2010 |
| Award Number: | 0440772 |
| Award Instrument: | Continuing Grant |
| Program Manager: |
Winifred Reuning
OPP Office of Polar Programs (OPP) GEO Directorate for Geosciences |
| Start Date: | September 1, 2005 |
| End Date: | November 30, 2011 (Estimated) |
| Total Intended Award Amount: | $960,116.00 |
| Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $1,006,879.00 |
| Funds Obligated to Date: |
FY 2006 = $178,621.00 FY 2007 = $201,058.00 FY 2008 = $205,554.00 FY 2009 = $209,158.00 FY 2010 = $99,350.00 |
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| Recipient Sponsored Research Office: |
4220 KING ST ALEXANDRIA VA US 22302-1507 (703)379-2480 |
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4220 KING ST ALEXANDRIA VA US 22302-1507 |
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| NSF Program(s): |
ANT Coordination & Information, ARCTIC RESEARCH PROJECTS, ARCTIC RES & POLICY SUPPORT PR, Informat&Advis Svc-ArcticRsch, POST DOC/TRAVEL |
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01000910RB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT 01001011RB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT 0100CYXXDB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT |
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| Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.078 |
ABSTRACT
The American Geological Institute will compile, edit, produce, and distribute the Antarctic Bibliography and the Bibliography on Cold Regions Science and Technology on behalf of the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory. It began performing this project in 2000 under NSF award OPP-9909727. These bibliographies are the world's premier databases for information about virtually all scientific publications relevant to the world's cold regions.
The Library of Congress performed the project from its inception in 1951 until 2000.
AGI will continue to extend its national and international data exchange network to improve comprehensiveness. Also, individual scientists and others can recommend additional titles as described on the web site.
The bibliographies are distributed via web and CD-ROM. The web site links to the full texts of cited publications where appropriate. GIS options for retrieval will be evaluated.
AGI produces GeoRef, the primary bibliographic service for the geosciences, and thus compiles the cold-regions bibliographies with a reasonable effort while enhancing them with recent innovations.
The bibliographies can be searched to at http://www.coldregions.org.
What is the intellectual merit of the project?
The project preserves the scientific research record across all disciplines by enhancing access to and dissemination of research information about cold regions. New dissemination techniques combining web technology with repurposed information obtained from publishers and researchers provides the opportunity to continue improving and extending the bibliographies.
What are the broader impacts of the project?
The project supports the research and education infrastructure across the scientific disciplines by providing access to cold regions literature. These regions are critical for understanding the global system and for other research that is best performed in Polar regions and other cold regions.
PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THIS RESEARCH
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PROJECT OUTCOMES REPORT
Disclaimer
This Project Outcomes Report for the General Public is displayed verbatim as submitted by the Principal Investigator (PI) for this award. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this Report are those of the PI and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation; NSF has not approved or endorsed its content.
The Antarctic Bibliography and the Bibliography on Cold Regions Science and Technology document the progress of published scientific and engineering research for the polar regions. The polar regions are under intense scrutiny by scientists, policymakers and the public as climate change begins to have significant impact on these sensitive environments. These bibliographies have tracked the results of research – providing an ongoing picture of our understanding across a broad range from the life sciences to the physical sciences and engineering. The bibliographies have been made freely available to both the scientific community and the general public at http://www.coldregions.org. Search capabilities allow both basic and advanced query options to allow both the specialist and the casual user to find publications of interest. In addition, the web site has provided monthly alerts of new publications added to each bibliography. The alerts have been the most heavily used part of the web site because of their easy accessibility through web browsers.
Over the last six years, 12,370 references to publications about the Southern Ocean and the Antarctic region have been added to the Antarctic Bibliography. Over the same period, 39,774 references were created for documents relevant to the Bibliography on Cold Regions Science and Technology. To track these publications, more than 3000 series from across the globe were examined. Government documents for many countries concerned with polar regions were also identified and major international scientific meetings were reviewed for relevant articles. For the purposes of future accessibility, 1300 documents that were not covered under copyright were scanned and archived. In collaboration with an international group of polar organizations, contributions to the International Polar Year 2007-08 were identified and added to the International Polar Year Publications Data Base. The references contained within the projects bibliographies were also made available separately on the web site as a list of publications.
The Antarctic Journal of the United States (AJUS) and its predecessors were digitized – beginning with the Antarctic Status Reports from 1959 and ending with issues of AJUS from 1996. The full-text has been made accessible online and linked from the bibliographies to allow instant access for users. The AJUS, produced by the National Science Foundation, provides a history of sponsored research in the Antarctic region.
Last Modified: 03/28/2012
Modified by: Sharon N Tahirkheli
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