Digital Information Services Program

1. Digital Information Services Program 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

2. Vietnam Veterans NPS Digital Information • Digital Information • metadata and associated digital files • NPS managers and researchers utilize many information resources in their day-to-day work: • Digital photos • Digital Documents • Bibliographies • Other media and content 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

3. The Resource Information Management ChallengeWhat is it? Digital Information Management • Metadata Management • Image Management • [Published] Document Management • Enterprise DIM Repositories • Data Store, NPS Focus, and E-TIC • Cross-repository searching 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

4. Casa Grande NPS Digital Information Services • Digital Information Services (DIS) have been evolving in the National Park Service for many years • Program-centric • Little service-wide coordination 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

5. Digital Information Services Program (DISP) • DISP provides essential digital info. management tools for: • Storing • Searching • Publishing • Archiving Horace Albright 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

6. Manassas Digital Information Services Program (DISP) • Service-widecoordination • for Digital Information Services (DIS) • Assists parks and programs • to develop, manage, and utilize digital information resources that support and document resource conditions and management decisions • Provides technical support • to effectively manage the widely-distributed resources 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

7. Digital Information Services Council (DISC) • NPS leadership in several program areas realized the need to establish a collaborative group as a new NPS DIS Council (DISC) • Increased demand for broader and more effective DIS services and applications Gettysburg 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

8. Wilson’s Creek Digital Information Services Council (DISC) • Provide strategic leadership for DIS Program • Advise the CIO and senior management about DIS requirements, planning, and other issues • This includes: • deploying information systems • implementing technology plans • providing direction on policy, programs, initiatives, funding priorities, and organizational needs • coordinating DIS activities among parks, regions, and program areas 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

9. De Soto Digital Information Services Council (DISC) • Representation from: • NPS regions and parks • NPS Programs: • Facilities Management • Harper’s Ferry Center (HAFE) • Interpretation Program • Library Program • National Register of Historic Places • Technical Information Center (TIC) • Web Content Management System • others with significant digital information requirements 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

10. Muir Woods Digital Information Services Council (DISC) • Subcommittees: • Library • revised from current Library Council • Image Management • planned • Digital Document/Media Management • planned • Park Digital Information Managers • planned 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

11. Lincoln Memorial DIS Program and Project Support • Facilitate communication • websites, SharePoint, listservs, etc. • Partnerships • coordination; park- and program-sponsored projects • Assist DISC, parks, and partners with support requests 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

12. Stones Bridge Metadata Management • Standards • NPS Profile of FGDC CSDGM • NPS Digital Photo Metadata • Citation Transfer (planned) • User support and training 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

13. USS Arizona Image Management • Comprehensive program • to manage digital photos/images • Guidance, tools, training, • to support a wide-variety of NPS users • Coordination across multiple partners/repositories • NPS Data Store • NPS Focus • I&M Networks • Park collections • Web Content Management System 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

14. National Register Digital Document/Media Management • Comprehensive program for managing documents/other media • Coordination needed across multiple partners/repositories • NPS Data Store • NPS Focus • Park/program collections, Voyager, Web, etc. • Guidance, tools, training, etc. 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

15. NPS Focus Digital Library and Research Station http://focus.inside.nps.gov/ 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

16. National Register NPS Focus Contents • Images • “Pretty” pictures • Data photos • Maps (JPG and PDF) • Documents • Original documents • Scanned documents 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

17. Gettysburg NPS Focus Features • Searching • Internal & external repositories • Downloading • Multiple format & size options • Uploading • Single & batch • Encoding/compression • Images & documents • Archiving • Standard formats, secure 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

18. George Washington Carver Why Use NPS Focus? • Value-added features • Batch upload, archiving, encoding, • Search other systems • NPS, Fed, State, University libraries • Links with other systems • PMIS, FMSS, IRMA • Web Services • Focus currently publishes a web service • Can deliver content to any web page or online application 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

19. Fire Management Why Use NPS Focus? • Web Services • Example: • Civil War Sesquicentennial Demo App • See Nate Irwin’s talk: • 1:00-2:30, Arizona • #24 on the agenda 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

20. Library Program • Many customers NPS library managers Parks, service centers, regional offices, WASO divisions NPS information managers Across program areas Researchers worldwide NPS staff, partners, and external customers • Few sponsors or formal partners • Ops budget = approx. 50K/yr • 2.4 FTE (2 PT prof. librarians) • Small program, large impact Yellowstone 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

21. Library Program • Library cataloging support - Work with staff, VIPs, interns, contractors • Library management guidance - Written procedures, forms, samples, resources - Consultations, site visits, recommendations • Research & Reference Services - Coordinate with NPS, DOI, other U.S. librarians • ‘Current Awareness’ Service • Proactively identify, browse, notify colleagues of pertinent Web resources Dry Tortugas 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

22. Library Program NPS Voyager Library Catalog System • Turn-key, designed for research libraries • Major Components: • UNIX O.S., Oracle database backend • Web client for end-users (i.e., searchers) • Windows clients for SysAdmin, other staff functions • ISO/NISO Z39.50 client/server • Add-on utilities designed in-house, • Contains 400K+ library holdings records & counting… • Much subject-matter expertise needed • Some SA/DBA/Application skills needed Frederick Douglass 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

23. Frederick Douglass Library Program Web Ref/Research Resources/Services • NPS Ask-a-Librarian Reference Service • Reference, research support, interlibrary loan • End-user can track status of request, give feedback • NPS access to DOI-hosted subscriptions • Cross-discipline – journal article citations/abstracts, some fulltext (Academic OneFile, EBSCO Online) • Legal – fulltext (Congress Daily, Envir. Law Reporter, Hein Online, Lexis-Nexis, U.S. Congress Serial Set) • Science – fulltext, some w/ limited NPS access (EBSCO Sci-Tech, JSTOR Life Sci, Sci Direct) 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

24. Library Program - Upcoming • NPS Voyager Library System - New Google-like interface in next release • Research & Reference Services - More full-text journal resources through DOI Library • New Desktop Library Catalog App - ProCite being phased out - Planning & reqs gathering for a replacement • NPS Bibliographic Metadata Standard - Planning & reqs gathering - Will inform development of ProCite replacement Dry Tortugas 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

25. Yellowstone 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

26. Hawai’i Volcanoes NPS Focus 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference