Revision History for FS 2009-3095 David Pilliod Land Treatment Digital Library ----------------------------------------------------- Posted online October 20, 2009 ----------------------------------------------------- Revised and reposted August 25, 2015 The text version was modified. The URL for more information was changed from "http://greatbasin.wr.usgs.gov/ltdl" to "http/ltdl.wr.usgs.gov" Page 1: Text in first paragraph was changed from: "Data on these land treatments are usually stored at local offices, and gathering information across large spatial areas can be difficult. There is a need to centralize and store treatment data for Federal agencies involved in land treatments because these data are useful to land managers for policy and management and to scientists for developing sampling designs and studies." to "Data on these land treatments historically have been stored at local offices and gathering information across large spatial areas was difficult. These valuable data needed to be centralized and stored for Federal agencies involved in land treatments because these data are useful to land managers for policy and management and to scientists for developing sampling designs and studies." Text in second paragraph was changed from: "The Land Treatment Digital Library (LTDL) was created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to catalog information about land treatments on Federal lands in the western United States for all interested parties. The flexible framework of the library allows for the storage of a wide variety of data in different formats. The LTDL currently stores previously established land treatments or what often are called legacy data. The project was developed and has been refined based on feedback from partner agencies and stakeholders, with opportunity for the library holdings to expand as new information becomes available." to "In 2008, the Land Treatment Digital Library (LTDL) was created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to catalog information about land treatments on Federal lands in the western United States. The flexible framework of the library allows for the storage of a wide variety of data in different formats." The third paragraph was combined with the second paragraph. The last sentence was changed from: "The LTDL can be used to respond to information requests, conduct analyses and other forms of information syntheses, produce maps, and generate reports for DOI managers and scientists and other authorized users." to "The LTDL can be used to respond to information requests, conduct analyses and other forms of information syntheses, produce maps, and generate reports for Federal managers, scientists, and other authorized users." Images and steps on page 1 were reordered and (or) updated. Page 2: Text was updated to include current data management processes, data access, and applications. Table was deleted and examples of data output were added.