NODC News, News items, Press releases

2004 NODC News Announcements

Two NODC employees receive Master Degrees - May 2004
Mrs. Diana Abney of the Library and Information Services Division and Mr. Don Collins of the Data Base Management Division received their Master of Library Science degrees from the University of Maryland College of Information Studies on Friday, May 21, 2004. NODC staff celebrated their achievements with an office party on May 27.

The NOAA Photolibrary is being used extensively in major publications - Februrary 2004

Some recent examples include:
Henson, Robert. 2002. The Rough Guide to Weather. Rough Guides Ltd. Penguin
Putnam, Inc., 375 Hudson Street, NY 10014, USA

Pinet, Paul R. 2003. Invitation to Oceanography, Third Edition. Jones and
Bartlett Publishers, 40 Tall Pine Drive, Salisbury, MA 01776, USA

Murray, Bill. 2003. 2004 Weekly Engagement Calendar: Weather, A Collection of
Photography, Facts & Stories. Accord Publishing Ltd., 1732 Wazee Street, Suite
203, Denver, CO 80202-1284, USA

The NOAA Photolibrary contains over 20,000 copyright-free images, available
online at no charge. There are photos from ship to shore, satellites to land and
sea sensors, modern day photographs to historic plates from the NOAA Library's
historic book collections. It's no small wonder that the NOAA Photolibrary has
become one of the more popular photo collections on the web!

Please join us for the next NODC science discussion seminars -

Thursday 12 February 2004 @ 1100h (NODC conference room 4817)
Speaker: Mr.Sugiyama and Mr. Nagao (Japan Oceanographic Data Center, JODC)
Title: The status of Oceanographic Data Management at JODC
Abstract: Mr.Sugiyama and Mr. Nagao from the JODC will visit NODC from February 11-12, 2004.

Wednesday 03 March 2004 @ 1100h (NODC conference room 4817)
Speaker: Kenneth Casey (SOG)
Title: Using real-time environmental data for education
Abstract: Ken will report on his experience on providing real time marine data to educators and lessons learned as part of the TOS/ASLO session speakers (2004 Ocean Research Conference February 15-20, 2004 · Honolulu, Hawaii)

The science discussion seminar series is an opportunity to support, learn, share, interact, and discuss examples of the work conducted at NODC and elsewhere with your colleagues and guest speakers. We are always looking for volunteers to present new seminars. The content of the seminars can be any science/environmentally related issue.

NODC announces two key retirements: NODC Director, Lee Dantzler and Dr. Anthony Picciolo from the Coastal Ocean Lab. retired from federal service in January 2004.