Data Sought for Research Inventory
August 2007
by Eric Bacyinski
The International Joint Commission (IJC) is inviting Great Lakes researchers to submit or update information on their projects for the online Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Research Inventory.
Serving the best interests of the Great Lakes ecosystem, the inventory depends on voluntary participation from scientists and agencies willing to share time and information in a spirit of collaboration. With information on approximately 1,200 projects, 980 principal investigators and 300 funding organizations, the database is a valuable information resource for Great Lakes researchers, managers, and policymakers.
The research inventory recently created direct links and data sharing agreements with the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, the U.S./Canada Great Lakes Monitoring Exchange, and the Great Lakes Regional Research Information Network. This move toward a more widely distributed network will make this tool available to a growing number of users.
The research inventory is online at http://ri.ijc.org. Contact: Mark Burrows, International Joint Commission - Great Lakes Regional Office, burrows.m@windsor.ijc.org.
