Appendix B
Contributed White Papers


The following white papers were prepared and distributed to the workshop participants as provocative authored articles; they were designed to stimulate thought and were not peer reviewed. Authors did not have the opportunity to make revisions after the workshop. This web site will be maintained at least through the end of 2000.

What is a Geolibrary?
  Michael F. Goodchild, University of California, Santa Barbara

What is a Geolibrary?
  Clifford A. Kottman, Open GIS Consortium

Making the Case for Distributed GeoLibraries
  Barbara P. Buttenfield, University of Colorado-Boulder

Confidence in Distributed Digital Geolibraries
  Roberta E. Lenczowski, National Imagery and Mapping Agency

Data Quality in Distributed GeoLibraries
  Rex W. Tracy, GDE Systems, Inc.

National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data Archive: "A National Asset"
  Thomas M. Holm, USGS EROS Data Center

Possible Research Topics Related to Geolibraries
  Michael F. Goodchild, University of California, Santa Barbara

Distributed Geolibraries: Challenges and Opportunities from A Computing and Scientific Data Management Perspective
  Mike Folk, NCSA/University of Illinois

Geolibrary and Statewide Electronic Atlas
  Nina Lam, Louisiana State University

Putting The User First: Implications For The Geolibrary
  A. Keith Turner, Colorado School of Mines

Geolibraries
  Walt Senus, National Imagery and Mapping Agency

Producer Rights and Public Rights in Spatial Data Sets in Geolibraries
  Harlan J. Onsrud, University of Maine

Distributed Geolibraries
  Patrick McGlamery, University of Connecticut

Geolibrary Access of Historical Climate Data Publications in the NOAA Library
  Gerald S. Barton, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Geolibraries: Integration into to the Life Cycle of Information Creation and Use
  Linda L. Hill, Alexandria Digital Library Project, University of California, Santa Barbara

The Geodata Network
  Kenn Gardels, University of California, Berkeley

What is a Geolibrary
  Christos Faloutsos, Carnegie Mellon University



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