Scientific Data AppraisalAn USGS Process

Outline

• Background

• Flow

• Status to Date

Background

• USGS Initiated in 2005

• Team Assembled per Dataset

• Records Management Staff

• Relevant Scientists

• Archivist

• Online Appraisal Tool (documentation)

Background

• Documenting Scientific Relevance

• Verifying Mission Alignment

• Formal Recommendation to Director

• Director can Accept or Reject

• Follow Through

• Accept/Retain or Decline/Purge

Flow

• Two Scenarios

• Offer to EROS

• Review an Existing Dataset

• Team Assembled

• Briefing to Archivist & Project Leader

• Recommendation to Director

Status to Date

• Appraised (19)

• Apollo, Shuttle, Gemini, AVHRR (+10 derivatives), RBV Digital, Landcover

• Being Appraised (7)

• Large Format Camera, Purdue Helicopter Data, Uranium Data, SIR-A, SLAR, Land Use/Land Cover, MSI