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    The MBLWHOI Library Digital Herbarium
    (IAMSLIC, 2004) deVeer, Joseph M. ; Stout, Amy ; Rioux, Margaret A.
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    Lessons learned from 104 years of mobile observatories [poster]
    ( 2007-12-10) Miller, Stephen P. ; Neiswender, Caryn ; Clark, Dru ; Raymond, Lisa ; Rioux, Margaret A. ; Norton, Cathy N. ; Detrick, Robert S. ; Helly, John ; Sutton, Don ; Weatherford, John
    As the oceanographic community ventures into a new era of integrated observatories, it may be helpful to look back on the era of "mobile observatories" to see what Cyberinfrastructure lessons might be learned. For example, SIO has been operating research vessels for 104 years, supporting a wide range of disciplines: marine geology and geophysics, physical oceanography, geochemistry, biology, seismology, ecology, fisheries, and acoustics. In the last 6 years progress has been made with diverse data types, formats and media, resulting in a fully-searchable online SIOExplorer Digital Library of more than 800 cruises (http://SIOExplorer.ucsd.edu). Public access to SIOExplorer is considerable, with 795,351 files (206 GB) downloaded last year. During the last 3 years the efforts have been extended to WHOI, with a "Multi-Institution Testbed for Scalable Digital Archiving" funded by the Library of Congress and NSF (IIS 0455998). The project has created a prototype digital library of data from both institutions, including cruises, Alvin submersible dives, and ROVs. In the process, the team encountered technical and cultural issues that will be facing the observatory community in the near future. Technological Lessons Learned: Shipboard data from multiple institutions are extraordinarily diverse, and provide a good training ground for observatories. Data are gathered from a wide range of authorities, laboratories, servers and media, with little documentation. Conflicting versions exist, generated by alternative processes. Domain- and institution-specific issues were addressed during initial staging. Data files were categorized and metadata harvested with automated procedures. With our second-generation approach to staging, we achieve higher levels of automation with greater use of controlled vocabularies. Database and XML- based procedures deal with the diversity of raw metadata values and map them to agreed-upon standard values, in collaboration with the Marine Metadata Interoperability (MMI) community. All objects are tagged with an expert level, thus serving an educational audience, as well as research users. After staging, publication into the digital library is completely automated. The technical challenges have been largely overcome, thanks to a scalable, federated digital library architecture from the San Diego Supercomputer Center, implemented at SIO, WHOI and other sites. The metadata design is flexible, supporting modular blocks of metadata tailored to the needs of instruments, samples, documents, derived products, cruises or dives, as appropriate. Controlled metadata vocabularies, with content and definitions negotiated by all parties, are critical. Metadata may be mapped to required external standards and formats, as needed. Cultural Lessons Learned: The cultural challenges have been more formidable than expected. They became most apparent during attempts to categorize and stage digital data objects across two institutions, each with their own naming conventions and practices, generally undocumented, and evolving across decades. Whether the questions concerned data ownership, collection techniques, data diversity or institutional practices, the solution involved a joint discussion with scientists, data managers, technicians and archivists, working together. Because metadata discussions go on endlessly, significant benefit comes from dictionaries with definitions of all community-authorized metadata values.
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    Adventures in Minimal Marc and Bulkimport
    ( 2009-10-12T17:50:22Z) Rioux, Margaret A.
    Method for adding data, such as OCLC numbers or URLs to bibliographic records in an Ex Libris Voyager library system using minimal Marc records and Bulkimport
  • Technical Report
    Bibliography on diving and diver safety for a scientific diving program
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1987-07) Rioux, Margaret A.
    Diving, scientific diving, and diver safety are specialized subject areas not generally well-represented in even the largest of academic libraries, largely because of difficulties in locating appropriate items to include in the collection. However, in order to adequately fulfill his/her responsibilities, the Diving Safety Officer of a scientific diving program needs easy access to a broad range of books, reports, and journals covering all aspects of diving. This bibliography outlines a comprehensive collection appropriate to the needs of a scientific diving program in a research or academic institution. Items are grouped in broad subject areas corresponding to various aspects of the diving program. Both title and author indexes are also included.
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    Tweaking Dewey : customizing is not a dirty word
    ( 2004-04-29) Rioux, Margaret A.
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    SCUBA diving in the Galápagos Islands : a study of diving safety with recommendations
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1987-06) Rioux, Margaret A. ; Rioux, Terrence M.
    The marine environment surrounding Ecuador's Galapagos Islands consists of diverse ecosystems populated by a rich and varied array of organisms. A growing awareness of the unique attributes and scientific importance of this marine resource has spurred increases in scientific research, prompted the Government of Ecuador to establish a marine reserve within the islands and enabled tourist companies to attract recreational divers. The first section of this report summarizes the development and status of diving within the islands. Special attention is paid to the tourist industry which is responsible for promoting and overseeing most of the diving activities in the islands. The second section presents suggestions to strengthen diver and environmental protection. Specific topics addressed include: a brief description of diving conditions and the recommended levels of diving skill, qualifications and training of naturalist diving guides, a discussion of medical treatment available within the islands, a description of facilities for hyperbaric treatment of diving injuries along with their locations a·nd evacuation procedures.