Making USGS information effective in the electronic age, USGS Open-File Report 03-240
Title Page
Summary
Introduction
Goals
Overview
Outcome
Appendices
I. Agenda
II. Porter: Vision
III. Frodeman:
Earth Science
IV. McDermott/Wendt:
Communications
V. JOURNEAY: CORDlink
ROLE
GEOLIBRARY
NHEMATIS
VI. Marincioni: MRIB
VII. Faust: CMGP
VIII. Brainstorming
IX. Participants
APPENDIX V - CORDlink
Presentation: Murray Journeay - The Example of CordLink
Role of GeoScience Knowledge GeoLibrary Project Nhematis
The Role of Geoscience Knowledge
It seems clear, at least to many geologists, that fundamental geological investigation can play an important role in understanding and managing the relationship between humans and the natural environment.
This role, however, is not readily evident in traditional geological products such as maps or databases, but must be teased out of them by geological experts. This effectively undermines the broader use of the information and diminishes its value to the non-geologist.
The challenge of the Internet extends beyond making geological information available, for that is readily done; it must instead make this knowledge more useful to geologists and more relevant to other parts of society.
Public Information, Civic Dialogue and .Effective Governance .
(Global Knowledge Conference, 1995)
New information technologies create unprecedented opportunities for sharing information, fostering dialogue, and providing public officials -- and individuals and communities -- with tools for effective governance
They can help to create a "public space" where disparate communities of interest coalesce around a national conversation on shared objectives.
Yet they also raise fundamental questions about the role of and access to information, about the responsibility of the media, about governance and civic dialogue.
Government Online: The "Push" Model
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Objectives
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Community Networks: The "Pull" Model
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Objective Build the capacity of Canada's Aboriginal, rural, coastal and northern communities who wish to use Computer-based geospatial information, and the Internet to improve their ability to plan and make decisions towards a sustainable future. Principles
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The Vision
The Vision: Develop the conceptual framework and design specifications for a Canadian Geoscience Knowledge Network (CGKN); one that will provide seamless and enhanced access to the collective geoscience information holdings of Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial geological surveys….. NGSC Workshop 1998
