Fact Sheet: Tools for Discovering and Accessing Great Lakes Scientific Data
A new two page fact sheet from the USGS.
The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) is a multidisciplinary and interagency effort focused on the protection and restoration of the Great Lakes (GL) using the best available science and applying lessons learned from previous studies. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) contributes to the GLRI effort by providing resource managers with information and tools needed to meet restoration goals. This includes contributing scientific expertise and delivering findings to the GL community through meaningful information products.
Three resources are discussed:
- Science in the Great Lakes (SiGL) Mapper
- Environmental Data Discovery and Transformation (EnDDaT)
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USGS Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Web Site
Direct to Full Text Fact Sheet.
Filed under: Data Files, Resources
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.