Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Roy Sonenshein Gail Clement Publication_Date: Unpublished Material Title: SOFIA - Development of a Digitial Library of Biological Information Online_Linkage: http://sofia.usgs.gov/projects/sofia/ Description: Abstract: The information systems project addresses the need for timely, high-quality and relevant information through the development of a digital library for the South Florida ecosystem. The digital library and related services will provide a comprehensive and coherent information system that facilitates the exchange, analysis and use of high-quality information resources across the diverse agencies, disciplines, and communities concerned with Everglades research, restoration and resource management. Purpose: To enable all stakeholders of the south Florida community to use sound science as a basis for informed planning decisions and resolution/prevention of resource-management problems, efforts to synthesize, manage and disseminate high-quality scientific information about the greater Everglades ecosystem have gained increasing support and urgency. The resulting digital library will provide a coherent, widely available, and enduring online repository that documents the scientific knowledge and tools created through USGS-related studies in south Florida. It will also complement and interoperate with other federal agency information systems such as the South Florida Information Access (SOFIA) (http://sofia.usgs.gov/), developed and sponsored by the USGS South Florida Ecosystem Program; the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) Clearinghouse (http://www.nbii.gov/index.html) maintained by the USGS Biological Resources Division; and the National Digital Library (http://memory.loc.gov) maintained by the Library of Congress. The digital library is also designed to work together with leading state-sponsored initiatives such as "Everglades Online" (http://everglades.fiu.edu/eol/), and "Linking Florida's Natural Heritage" (http://susdl.fcla.edu/lfnh/). Supplemental_Information: This project was terminated Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20011001 Ending_Date: 20030930 Currentness_Reference: publication date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -82.375 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -80 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 28.5 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.5 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Theme_Keyword: information management Theme_Keyword: digital library Theme_Keyword: biology Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: environment Theme_Keyword: 007 Theme_Keyword: biota Theme_Keyword: 002 Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Department of Commerce, 1995, Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions, Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 10-4, Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology Place_Keyword: United States Place_Keyword: US Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987, Codes for the identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the outlying areas of the United States, and associated areas (Federal Information Processing Standard 5-2): Washington, DC, NIST Place_Keyword: Florida Place_Keyword: FL Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Department of Commerce, 1990, Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas, FIPS 6-3, Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology Place_Keyword: Broward County Place_Keyword: Charlotte County Place_Keyword: Collier County Place_Keyword: Glades County Place_Keyword: Hendry county Place_Keyword: Highlands County Place_Keyword: Lee County Place_Keyword: Martin County Place_Keyword: Miami-Dade County Place_Keyword: Monroe County Place_Keyword: Okeechobee County Place_Keyword: Orange County Place_Keyword: Osceola County Place_Keyword: Palm Beach County Place_Keyword: Polk County Place_Keyword: St. Lucie County Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Place_Keyword: Kissimmee River Place_Keyword: Greater Lake Okeechobee Place_Keyword: Central Everglades Place_Keyword: Florida Keys Place_Keyword: South East Coast Place_Keyword: SW Big Cypress Access_Constraints: none Use_Constraints: No products resulted from this project Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Roy Sonenshein Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 3110 SW 9th Avenue City: Ft. Lauderdale State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33315 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 954 377-5924 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sunshine@usgs.gov Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://sofia.usgs.gov/aboutsofia.html Browse_Graphic_File_Description: location of South Florida Ecosystem study area Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF Data_Set_Credit: Other project personnel include Tarla Toomer and Cortney Mills. Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: not applicable Completeness_Report: not available Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: Complete first edition of South Florida Ecosystem Thesaurus and prepare for electronic publication 1. Obtain colleague review of South Florida Ecosystem Thesaurus 2. Complete web-based version of Thesaurus and publish on the SOFIA web site Process_Date: Not complete Process_Step: Process_Description: Develop a master database of publications available through the SOFIA website and digitize additional documents. 1. Prepare and maintain master database of publications available through the SOFIA website and database 2. Scan in historical documents and prepare for posting on the SOFIA website. Documents will be obtained from all USGS disciplines and from other DOI agencies. Most documents will be served as scanned imagees, selected high interest documents will be converted to text. Process_Date: Not complete Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Roy Sonenshein Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 3110 SW 9th Avenue City: Ft. Lauderdale State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33315 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 954 377-5924 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sunshine@usgs.gov Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Indirect_Spatial_Reference: South Florida Ecosystem Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Roy Sonenshein Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 3110 SW 9th Avenue City: Ft. Lauderdale State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33315 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 954 377-5924 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sunshine@usgs.gov Resource_Description: Digital Library Distribution_Liability: No warrantees are implied or explicit for the data. Standard_Order_Process: Non-digital_Form: unknown Fees: none Ordering_Instructions: Contact Roy Sonenshein for information about this project Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20070312 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Heather Henkel Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 600 Fourth Street South City: St. Petersburg State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33701 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727 803-8747 ext 3028 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727 803-2030 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sofia-metadata@usgs.gov Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998