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NPS Focus Digital Library and Research Station

Dataset Summary

Agency: Department of the Interior
Sub-Agency: National Park Service
Category: Geography and Environment
Date Released: 2003
Date Updated: 20090529
Time Period: This is an ongoing, accumulative information system covering time intervals for 390+ parks and the NPS itself.
Frequency: Daily
Description: Scope: National. NPS Focus Digital Library and Research Station information system manages images and archives of images as well as documents described by linked metadata and provides cross-repository searching of library catalogs within and external to the NPS. The NPS Focus system is composed of two separate but integrated subsystems: * The NPS Focus Digital Library is a digital resource metadata and file management system. It can be used to store images and documents for search and display through the NPS Focus GUI or as a web service to other systems. * NPS Focus Research Station provides a portal to search across numerous NPS systems including its own digital library of images and documents.  (more)

Dataset Ratings

  Current Your Rating [?]
Overall 2 out of 5
(3 votes)
Data Utility 2 out of 5
(2 votes)
Usefulness 1 out of 5
(2 votes)
Ease of Access    1 out of 5
(2 votes)

Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type
Raw Data Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation Other
Keywords National Park Service, image, document, library, catalog, National Register of Historic Places, Facilities Management, Project Management Information System, Recovery Act, American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, ARRA
Unique ID 99

Contributing Agency Information

Citation
NPS Focus Information System, Resource Information Services Division, National Information Systems Center, Office of the Chief Information Officer, National Park Service, http://npsfocus.nps.gov.
Agency Program Page Resource Information Management Division
Agency Data Series Page No external landing page - use http://npsfocus.nps.gov. Internal landing page is http://inside.nps.gov

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis
Object, document, or collection of related objects or documents.
Granularity Longitude/latitude
Geographic Coverage National Park Service system-wide which includes all of U.S. and affiliated sites worldwide.

Data Description

Collection Mode
Person/computer, web.
Data Collection Instrument http://dataentry.focus.nps.gov/login.jsp
Data Dictionary/Variable List http://focus.inside.nps.gov/docs/guide/metadata/index.html

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation
Not Relevant
Additional Metadata NPS Systems Inventory (internal access only): http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=SystemsInventoryDetails&SystemID=107483753&SysAcronym=; NPS Focus 'About' page: http://focus.inside.nps.gov/docs/Inside/About.html; NPS Focus Help System: http://focus.inside.nps.gov/docs/Inside/Help.html.
OMB Control No. 3090-0284