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<br />37 <br /> <br />Principal Investigators: S. Wyse - GCMRC and E. Quinn - Student Contractor <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Statement of Problem: The scope and purpose of the library is to collect, archive and deliver <br />materials that assist GCMRC in its efforts to administer long-term monitoring and research. <br />Many of these materials are archival, meaning only one copy exists, and are at risk of loss or <br />damage. The library program also coordinates GCMRC's peer review process to ensure the high <br />. . <br />quality of the scientific information it produces. <br /> <br />Summary Project Description: Library operations facilitate monitoring and research by <br />providing a centralized repository for hard copy information such as books, reports, maps, <br />_ photography, and videos. The library has undertaken a project to convert all materials in the <br />library and make them accessible on the GCMRC website. Having materials available through <br />the website will allow multiple users to access data concurrently from remote locations as well as <br />protect one of a kind items from damage or loss. This project conunenced in 2003 and will be <br />completed in 2008. Independent scientific peer review at all levels ofGCMRC scientific <br />activities -- proposals, ongoing programs, publications, and other products -- provides a <br />mechanism for ensuring the quality, crcdibility, and objectivity ofGCMRC's scientific activities. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />MO's and RIN's ADDRESSED: The library provides support to the GCMRC science programs <br /> <br />and the adaptive management program and addresses all MO's and RIN's. <br /> <br />Consequences of FY06 Funding Recommendation: The currently proposed budget for FY06 <br />will maintain the current level of library support. III addition, the DASA scanning project will . <br />proceed on schedule, with an initial pilot study conducted to ascertain the appropriate steps <br />required to proceed from data conversion (scalilling process) to orthorectification and <br />photogranunetry towards topographic analysis (change detection for sand bar volume and area <br />within a sample study reach). <br /> <br />Status/Schedule: FY2006 is year 4 ofthe six year scanning project. All other library activities <br /> <br />are ongomg. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />GCMRC FY2006 Annual Work ptan (Draft, June to, 2005) <br />