Frost Byte (Newsletter of ROCS @ NSIDC), Volume 6, Issue 44

In this Issue:
1.)     UK Royal Society and Trailblazing
2.)     Helping with AGU papers & presentations
News
Rare scientific manuscripts from Britain’s Royal Society go online – 30 Nov 2009
The UK’s Royal Society has announced that historic manuscripts by scientists such as Sir Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin and others will be published online for the first time. As part [...]

Frost Byte (Newsletter of ROCS @ NSIDC), volume 6, issue 43

In this Issue:
1.)     Cultural Collections Meeting
2.)     IMLS Connecting to Collections visit
3.)     Thanksgiving hours
16 new items
News
Last week, ROCS staff was very busy! 
On Monday, we hosted a meeting of the managers of campus cultural collections.  Special guests for this meeting were representatives of Hunntington T. Block, the company who provides insurance coverage for fine arts and other [...]

Frost Byte (Newsletter of ROCS @ NSIDC), vol. 6, iss. 42

Berlin Wall Falls!

Frost Byte (Newsletter of ROCS @ NSIDC) vol. 6, iss. 41

In this Issue:
1.)     Up coming Meeting
2.)     Results of Movie Poll
3.)     Candy donations
4 new items in the library
News
On November 16th, ROCS will be hosting the next CU Cultural Collections meeting in the big conference room from 10:00 until noon.  The first hour will be a presentation by representatives of Huntington T. Block, the university’s insurance company.  [...]

Frost Byte (Newsletter of ROCS @ NSIDC), vol. 6 iss. 40

In this Issue:
1.) “Useful” Twitter Searches – BatesInfo Tip
2.) Cast Your Vote! Movie Poll – Take 2
3.) Fall Back Next Sunday
4.) Reminders – Maps are available for check-out; Library going Green (sort of); All the duplicate maps are gone
1 New Item in the ROCS Information Center
News
Bates InfoTip
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October 2009
Useful Twitter Searches
Seeing the word “useful” next to [...]

Frost Byte (Newsletter of ROCS @ NSIDC), vol. 6, iss. 39

Frost Byte (Newsletter of ROCS @ NSIDC)
Volume 6, Issue 39
October 19, 2009
In this Issue:
1.) CDMP Proposals
2.) Cast Your Vote! Movie Poll
3.) Candy donations
15 New Items in the ROCS Information Center
News
ROCS has submitted two continuation proposals to the NOAA Climate Database Modernization Program (CDMP). We are proposing to continue to digitize the Glacier Photograph Collection including approximately [...]

Frost Byte (Newsletter of ROCS @ NSIDC), vol. 6, iss. 38

In this Issue:
1.) Columbus Day Today
2.) Product Citations Update
3.) Station Alpha DVD now available
3 new items in the library

Frost Byte (Newsletter of ROCS @ NSIDC), vol. 6, iss. 37

Alliance for Response: A Forum for Emergency Responders & Cultural Heritage Institutions, presented by Heritage Preservation, The National Institute for Conservation.

Frost Byte (Newsletter of ROCS @ NSIDC), Volume 6, Issue 36

In this Issue:
1.) WESTPAS – disaster preparedness
2.) Archives in the Park 2009
3.) Free maps reminder
12 new items in the library

News
1.)  WESTPAS
Last week, Allaina and Gloria attended day two of the WESTPAS workshop.  WESTPAS (Western States and Territories Preservation Assistance Service) is funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities to educate [...]

Frost Byte (Newsletter of ROCS @ NSIDC), vol. 6, iss. 35

In this issue:
1.) WESTPAS Workshop
2.) More Free Maps
12 new items in the library
News
Gloria and Allaina will attend the final WESTPAS workshop for Disaster/Emergency Response and Recovery. We will develop a formal disaster plan for ROCS and a list of “to do” items for familiarizing all of NSIDC with the plan. More on this workshop in next [...]