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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)

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Number of Downloads

743

Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Tool 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