Revealing Our Melting Past: Providing an Sustainable Future for the Roger G. Barry National Snow and Ice Data Center Archives
Item
Title
Revealing Our Melting Past: Providing an Sustainable Future for the Roger G. Barry National Snow and Ice Data Center Archives
Description
The climate is changing rapidly. Archival data is essential to the study of climate change over time. The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) is responsible for managing, archiving, and disseminating cryospheric and polar data. Today, these data are digital. However, hidden within the NSIDC is a collection of historical expedition notebooks, photographs, manuscripts, maps, ice charts, glass plates, and films documenting the history of polar exploration, glacier photography, and climate change. We seek to create access to these collections and move them to the University of Colorado Boulder Libraries, an organization that has a mission to manage and facilitate use of these the types of collections.
Program
Date
Temporal Coverage
1850 - 0
Spatial Coverage
The scope of the collection is global, but concentrated on the poles and glaciated areas.
Extent
108 Artifact (Including Archaeological Objects, Weapons, Machinery, Instruments, Costumes, Textiles, Ceramics, Glass, Furniture, Etc.), Artwork (Including Original Paintings, Prints, Sculpture, Etc.), Audio (Including Speech And Music), Book (Including Serials), Dataset (Paper Based Or Electronic), Image, Manuscript, Maps, Specimen (Botanical, Geological, Medical, Etc.), Text (Including Electronic Texts)
Institution
Applicant Unit
Collaborating Institution
Identifier
PI2 Institution
University of Colorado Boulder
PI2 Name
Ms. Rebecca Kuglitsch
Primary Contact
Mr. Jack Maness
Request
$206,992