date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 01:48:35 -0400
from: shein@gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov
subject: Attention Data Professionals
to: K.Briffa@uea.ac.uk


You will find within the text below announcements for two upcoming 
conferences during the first week of November in the Washington D.C. 
area.  Please plan to attend both.



            DATA ARCHIVING: POLICIES AND PRACTICE
      A USGCRP DATA MANAGEMENT WORKING GROUP WORKSHOP
              November 4-6, 1998, Laurel, MD


The Data Management Working Group (DMWG) of the U.S. Global Change
Research Program (USGCRP) is pleased to announce the third in a series of
annual workshops focusing on data center operational issues.  This year's
workshop, hosted by NASA, is devoted to data archiving issues and is
directed toward data center, library and archives operational staff. 
The venue for the workshop will be the National Wildlife Research Center
in Laurel, MD.  The workshop is limited to 100 attendees and the cost of
participation is $50, which includes meals and evening programs.  For more
details regarding this workshop or to register, please contact the
workshop organizers or visit the workshop web page: 
              
                      http://gcmd.nasa.gov/dmwg98/


Data Archiving Workshop contacts:
-  Lola Olsen, NASA/GSFC, Tel: +1 (301) 614-5361
   Fax: +1 (301) 614-5268, E-mail: olsen@gcmd.nasa.gov

-  Karsten Shein, Raytheon, Tel: +1 (301) 441-4214
   Fax: +1 (301) 441-4335, E-mail: shein@gcmd.nasa.gov


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And earlier during the first week of November...


             SCIENTIFIC DATA CENTERS SYMPOSIUM
              HOSTED BY RAYTHEON & NOAA/NESDIS
              November 2-4, Silver Spring, MD


Preceding the DMWG workshop, Raytheon in partnership with NOAA's National
Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS), will be
hosting the Third Annual Raytheon Science Data Centers Symposium on
November 2-4 at the NOAA Science Center in Silver Spring, MD. Intended
primarily for Raytheon, government, and university employees, the symposium
brings together a broad group of predominantly space and Earth science data
centers and data management facilities to share visions, approaches,
technologies, procedures, and practices for improving the services that are
offered to researchers, educational institutions, and the general public.
The theme for this year's symposium is: "Interoperability: The Next
Generation of Data Access."  If you'd like more information on the Data
Centers Symposium, including contact information, abstract submission
(attendees are invited to submit abstracts for poster or oral
presentations), and registration, visit:
 
                  http://www.stx.com/dcs98


Scientific Data Centers Symposium contacts:
-  Lou Mayo, Raytheon, Tel: +1 (301) 286-0165, 
   E-mail: lmayo@pop600.gsfc.nasa.gov
-  Marc McCloy, NOAA/NESDIS, +1 (301) 713-3580, 
   E-mail: mmccloy@nesdis.noaa.gov 


The conference and workshop are both relevant to data management and do not
overlap.  One could plan to attend both and not miss a session.

If you know of anyone who may have an interest in these conferences, please
forward this announcement to them.

Our apologies if you should happen to receive multiple copies of this
announcement.

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