1. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011 Southeast Alaska Network Inventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011 Bill Johnson Leveraging the power of NPS’s Natural Resource Program Center information platform to benefit an individual I&M network

2. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011 Southeast Alaska Network Inventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011 Our Design Considerations  Accessibility required for cooperators, partners, and NPS staff  Limited staff resources  Restricted IT capabilities  Staff turns over

3. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011 Southeast Alaska Network Inventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011 NRPC’s Offering  MS SQL Server database platform  Web server  Business continuity components  External Internet web presence  Responsive technical support staff

4. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011 Southeast Alaska Network Inventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011 Infrastructure Schematic

5. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011 Southeast Alaska Network Inventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011 External / Internal Web Presence PROTOCOL RETRIEVAL CONTACTS

6. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011 Southeast Alaska Network Inventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011 Example: Online Reporting

7. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011 Southeast Alaska Network Inventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011 Example: Data Retrieval Query

8. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011 Southeast Alaska Network Inventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011 Example: Query Results

9. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011 Southeast Alaska Network Inventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011 Worldwide Discoverability

10. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011 Southeast Alaska Network Inventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011 Drawbacks  Requires technical expertise in building web sites and SQL databases  Trades off flexibility for integrity and functionality  Relies on outside provider’s performance for success

11. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011 Southeast Alaska Network Inventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011 Advantages  System reliability and responsiveness  World wide availability  Data security  High capacity at low cost  Once established, provides data to customers without staff involvement  One platform to maintain  Web services / Web 2.0 hooks

12. Southeast Alaska Network Inventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011 Southeast Alaska Network Inventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011 Contacts  The web-connected database: http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/units/sean  The web-connected data manager: Bill_Johnson@NPS.GOV