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Posting Technical Documents to the NTTT Website
Definition of Posting and Location a Document
- Posting means that a document is made available to the public through the www via a link that points to its physical location.
- Location of a document means its physical location (or where it originates from). Links throughout the website point to this physical location.
List of Document Types
Online Documents and Materials
- Workshop & Symposium Documents
These are documents that result from meetings, forums, workshops, symposia or other events related to mining and reclamation where OSM, State or Tribal SMCRA programs played a contributing role. Also includes OSM’s Event Archive which can serve as a source for identifying such past events.
- Publications
- Reports
Documents released by OSM, State or Tribe SMCRA Program and/or approved by such programs.
- OSM Annual ReportsState/Tribe Annual Oversight Reports
- Final Reports of the Wyoming Abandoned Coal Mine Land Research
Applied Science Final Reports
- Applied Science Fact Sheets
- Other Reports
- Technical and Research Papers
Documents prepared by individuals on topics relevant to the SMCRA programs but not sanctioned by a State/Tribe of OSM program.
- Technical Reference Materials
- Guidelines
- Handbooks
- Manuals
- Technical Software
- Federal Register Notices
- Federal Regulations (Active and Abandoned Mine Lands)
- Miscellaneous Publications
Technical Library Services
- Library Catalog
- Journal Contents
- Recent Acquisitions
- OSM Federal Register Notices
- Abandoned Coal Mine Land Research Program
- Ask a Librarian
Procedure for Submitting Documents
Electronic files for documents can be submitted by anyone who feels a document is worthy of being searchable through our library and/or posted on our NTTT website.
- Electronic files should be submitted to the appropriate Webmaster and/or Content Person.
- The Content Person determines where the document will best be advertised within their governed portion of the website
- The Webmaster or Content Person will seek approval by the Approving Official
- The document is submitted to the Librarian who catalogs and classifies the material in the Library Catalog
- The Librarian assigns a place for the document under the appropriate headings
- The WR Webmaster includes these materials on the Library web page and provides the live web link to the appropriate Webmaster for posting the material at any other determined advertised location.
Moving Existing Documents To OSM Technical Library
- Regional Offices will review their web sites for Static Content
- Save to DVD those documents that they wish the Technical Library to manage.
- Care should be taken to record the current location or link on the Regional site for later reestablishment of link when the document is stored in the library.
- The DVD should be sent to the OSM Librarian who will then process the documents in the manner described above.