Networked facilities on the Institute's two campuses, teleconferencing capabilities facilitate interaction between researchers on campus and at the field laboratory as well as with those working at other locations. Archives of in situ databases and remotely sensed data and spatial environmental databases from various sources as well as ongoing research and monitoring activities facilitate the development and maintenance of GIS data layers related to bacteriology, chemical contaminants, land use and land cover, eutrophication and nutrients, toxicology, and watershed dynamics. For more information on the GIP Lab, contact the director of the GIP Lab , or go to the Lab's home page . Data Management Office Data management has been and continues to be an integral part of the Baruch Institute's research program. The Institute has a Data Management Committee in place to provide comment and guidance on data management issues and policies.
Data dissemination is also a large part of the data management program.
Utilizing an hypermedia browzer on the WWW, Baruch Institute data tables and graphics are accessible and can be downloaded to a variety of computing platforms. This accessibility to data and metadata provides a mechanism for distributing information to researchers, students, coastal zone managers, and educational users as well as to the public. The goal of the Baruch Institute Data Management Office to ensure that all research data coming out of the Baruch Institute is of the best quality, has been documented properly, and is available to all users as quickly as possible. Questions and requests for services should be addressed to the Data Manager .