Information Office Program
Michael J. Liszewski
Information Office Program Manager
Phone: 928.556.7458
E-mail: mjliszew@usgs.gov
The GCMRC information office was formally established on October 9, 2003 as a result of the GCMRC reorganization. The purpose of the office is to increase awareness of GCMRC activities and products and to facilitate the dissemination of data, information, and products to the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group members, Technical Work Group members, scientists, and the public. These groups of people can be collectively referred to as our constituency.
In general, the Information Office can be considered to have met its objective when our constituency is fully aware of all GCMRC activities and has access to all GCMRC data, information, and products in a logical and intuitive way. These objectives will be accomplished through the activities of three primary programs and four functions. The three programs are library services, website services, and systems administration. The library contains all hardcopy data, information, and products as well as digital data on electronic media. A complete catalog of library content will be maintained and searchable on the website. The library has recently undertaken a project intended to digitize all legacy hardcopy content so that it can be incorporated into and disseminated from the website. The library also coordinates the Center’s peer review function. Peer review helps insure that GCMRC products are of the highest quality. The website service is responsible for developing and maintaining the Centers World Wide Web presence via a website on the Internet. All digital data, information, and products will be available to our constituency from this website. Systems administration is responsible for providing computer and network infrastructure needed for the website and library as well as the rest of the GCMRC.
This plan proposes that future website development be contracted to an entity outside the federal government. The library is staffed by one permanent full-time federal employee and one contract student employee. The student employee is primarily responsible for digitizing legacy hardcopy content. Systems administration is staffed by one permanent full-time federal employee and one contract student employee primarily responsible for assisting with troubleshooting the GCMRC’s computing environment.
Program implementation, primarily in the area of web development, is expected to commence in FY2004 and continue through FY2005 at which point the program will enter into a maintenance mode that will primarily involve minor system modification and the integration of new data and information as it becomes available. It is anticipated that new development cycles will need to commence on 1 to 3 year intervals depending upon the changing needs of GCMRC science activities, user needs, and advances in technology.