2001 Federal Depository Library Conference
Agency Update: USEPA
October 15, 2001
Brand Niemann, Ph.D.
Office of Environmental Information
202-260-2510
niemann.brand@epa.gov

Overview
 1. Previous Presentations
 LandView III and IV: Viewer for EPA, Census, and USGS Data and Maps (Schools and Libraries)
 Digital Library of the State of the Environment
 2. EPA Library Network Program
 30 Years of Environmental Librarianship
 Core List for an Environmental Reference Collection
 3. Environmental Terminology
 General Environmental Multilingual Thesaurus
 Environmental Terminology Web Page
 Terminology Reference System
Overview (continued)
 4. Content Networks
 eXtensible Markup Language and Peer-to-Peer Computing
 Environmental Node on a FedGov Content Network
 Permanent Public Access Archive
 5. LandView 5 Featuring Census 2000 Data
 Preview for New Castle, DE
 Custom CD-ROM Service on a State-by-State Basis
 National on Two DVDs
 6. Questions and Answers
1. Previous Presentations
 7th Annual Conference:
 LandView III and the Digital Library of the State of the Environment.
 8th Annual Conference:
 How to Use the Digital Library of the State of the Environment on the Web and on a Web-connected CD/DVD-ROM.
2. EPA Library Network Program
 30 Years of Environmental Librarianship
 http://www.epa.gov/natlibra/index.html
 Annual Conference, July 2001:
 Jonda Byrd, 10 Year Service Award for Program Leadership
 Richard Huffine, New Program Manager
 Core List for an Environmental Reference Collection
 http://www.epa.gov/natlibra/core/coretoc.htm


EPA National Library Network Program Web Page
Core List for an Environmental Reference Collection
3. Environmental Terminology
 General Environmental Multilingual Thesaurus
 Order CD-ROM: http://www.mu.niedersachsen.de/cds/etc-cds_neu/software.html#GEMET
 Slide Show Demo: http://www.mu.niedersachsen.de/cds/etc-cds_neu/thes_slide_home.html
 Environmental Terminology Web Page
 http://www.sdi.gov/Environmental%20Terminology%20-%20Homepage.htm
 Terminology Reference System
 http://www.epa.gov/trs/
General Environmental Multilingual Thesaurus
Environmental Terminology Web Page
Children's Glossaries
Terminology Reference System
4. Content Networks
 eXtensible Markup Language and Peer-to-Peer Computing
 "The Big Picture"
 Portals and Content Networks
 XML and P2P 101
 Education and Training
 Environmental Node on a FedGov Content Network
 Virtual Centralization of Distributed Content
 USGS Digital Library and Environmental Node
 Republishing of key content
 Statistical Abstract of the United States
 Permanent Public Access Archive
 Index Key Environmental Web sites
 Archive Key Web Sites with Statistical Data Sets
"The Big Picture"
Portals and Content Networks
XML 101
 eXtensible Markup Language (XML) is an incredibly powerful system for managing information. Use it with many other technologies (Java, ASP-Active Server Pages, etc.) HTML defines how elements are displayed; XML defines what those elements contain.
 Corporate and government information is undervalued and hidden because it is trapped in proprietary formats and "stovepipe" systems so it is not fully accessible and is difficult and expensive to integrate.
 XML make information more accessible and interoperable and "future proofs" it from periodic technology change.
P2P 101
 P2P Collaboration - Turn desktop PC into a server that directly shares data with other PCs.
 P2P Networking - Each node in the network functions as both server and client without the need for central systems.
 P2P Technology - Just like the Internet - fast, flexible, and decentralized. (Ossi Urchs, Internet Guru)
 P2P and Web Services - Both are about Web servers communicating with one another.

Education and Training
 Commercial
 See Federal Webmasters Organization
 http://www.fedweb.org
 Web
 See W3Schools
 http://www.w3schools.com/xml/
 Government
 See Federal XML Working Group
 http://www.xml.gov
 See GPO Institute of Federal Printing and Electronic Publishing
 http://www.gpo.gov/ifpep/catalog/xmlweb.html
USGS Earth Science Digital Library
Environmental Node
Republishing of the Annual Statistical Abstract
Index Key Environmental Web Sites
Archive Key Web Sites with Statistical Data Sets
5. LandView 5 Featuring Census 2000 Data
 Preview for New Castle, DE
 Will be available to download free from the Web site.
 http://landview.census.gov/
 Custom CD-ROM Service on a State-by-State Basis
 LandView 5 files on a state-by-state basis, as they pass review, will be released to the Census Customer Services Center for fulfillment of orders.
 National on Two DVDs
 After all states, DC and Puerto Rico have been released, Census will then master the DVDs of national data.
 Eastern and Western parts with common overlapping states in the middle of the U.S. on each DVD.
Opening Screen
Census 2000 Demographic Profiles
EPA "EnviroFacts" Databases
USGS Geographic Names Database
Census 2000 Population Estimator
Help System and Video Tutorials
6. Questions and Answers
    Brand L. Niemann, Ph.D.
Computer Scientist and XML/P2P Evangelist
Office of Environmental Information
Office of Information Collection
USEPA Headquarters
Ariel Rios Building
MC-2823
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20460
202-260-2510 Voice
202-401-0787 FAX
Email: niemann.brand@epa.gov
Web: http://www.sdi.gov