1. International Polar Year Data Management Activities at NSIDC Mark A. Parsons PoDAG Boulder, Colorado 16 February 2005 World Data Center for Glaciology, Boulder Facilitating the international exchange of snow and ice data

2. IPY Data Management Activities at NSIDC; PoDAG, 16 February 2005 2 What is IPY? A Review Intensive burst of internationally coordinated, interdisciplinary, scientific research and observations focused on the Earth’s polar regions March 2007 through March 2009 6 Themes: Current Status of Polar Regions Change in the Polar Regions Global Linkages New Frontiers Polar Regions as Vantage Points The Human Dimensions

3. IPY Data Management Activities at NSIDC; PoDAG, 16 February 2005 3 http://www.ipy.org http://dels.nas.edu/us-ipy/

4. IPY Data Management Activities at NSIDC; PoDAG, 16 February 2005 4 Organization of IPY Data Management IPY Joint Committtee Data Policy & Management Subcommittee scientists data managers funding agencies Programme Office Data & Information Service eGY Projects Data Centers, Virtual Observatories, etc. Users

5. IPY Data Management Activities at NSIDC; PoDAG, 16 February 2005 5 What have we done? Presentation and three posters at AGU Coordinating IPY data management within NOAA Submitted 4 Expressions of Intent IPY DIS NOAA Data Management and Change Detection Grey Literature Arctic Peoples Observations Center Submitted planning proposal to NSF Participated in eGY planning meetings Provided material for Koni and the University to brief Congress Much networking

6. IPY Data Management Activities at NSIDC; PoDAG, 16 February 2005 6 What’s next? Attend IPY Open Forum in March More networking Get $ Conduct workshops to build organizational framework and strategy for IPY DIS

7. IPY Data Management Activities at NSIDC; PoDAG, 16 February 2005 7 What else? Polar Observatory, Library, And Rendezvous (POLAR)—M. McCaffery, M. Ungar Antarctic Peninsula Ice and Climate System Initiative—T. Scambos IGY+50 Antarctic Climate Change Observation through Traverse Site Remeasurement (AnCORE)—M. Fahnstock, T. Scambos Estimating Arctic Sea Ice Thickness—W. Meir

8. IPY Data Management Activities at NSIDC; PoDAG, 16 February 2005 8 Data Management Considerations or Themes Manage technical innovation Systems need people Scientists and data managers working together Preservation and Access—Two peas in a pod The nature of the documentation The nature of the data

9. Preservation without access is pointless; access without preservation is impossible. Think about long-term archiving NOW! Consider the needs of current, future, and unknown users It’s about DATA not systems Document uncertainty! Involve scientists in data management & data managers in science Keep things simple & flexible Data Management Principles (bumper stickers)