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Library and Information Science

University of South Florida

2010

Karst Information Portal

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Grey Literature In Karst Research: The Evolution Of The Karst Information Portal (Kip), Todd A. Chavez Jan 2010

Grey Literature In Karst Research: The Evolution Of The Karst Information Portal (Kip), Todd A. Chavez

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The Karst Information Portal (KIP) is a digital library linking scientists, resource managers, and explorers with quality information resources concerning karst, an understudied natural environment that is crucial to the health and well-being of one out of every four people on Earth. Beginning in 2006 as a partnership between the University of South Florida Libraries, the National Cave & Karst Research Institute, the University of New Mexico Library, and the Union Internationale de Spéléologie (UIS), the KIP initiative has expanded to include databases concerning cave minerals, speleothem dating, and coastal cave surveys. This chapter outlines the evolution of the project …


Grey Literature In Karst Research: The Evolution Of The Karst Information Portal (Kip), Todd A. Chavez Jan 2010

Grey Literature In Karst Research: The Evolution Of The Karst Information Portal (Kip), Todd A. Chavez

Todd A. Chavez

The Karst Information Portal (KIP) is a digital library linking scientists, resource managers, and explorers with quality information resources concerning karst, an understudied natural environment that is crucial to the health and well-being of one out of every four people on Earth. Beginning in 2006 as a partnership between the University of South Florida Libraries, the National Cave & Karst Research Institute, the University of New Mexico Library, and the Union Internationale de Spéléologie (UIS), the KIP initiative has expanded to include databases concerning cave minerals, speleothem dating, and coastal cave surveys. This chapter outlines the evolution of the project …