Additions to the MPA Library Additions to the MPA Library
In September, the MPA library added 33 items to its collections,
including 25 books/reports/conference proceedings; five journal
articles; one institution/organization; and two websites. Eighteen of
the publication entries (i.e. books, reports, conference proceedings, or
journal articles) are online in full-text. There are now 1,177 items in
the MPA library.
Some recent additions to the library include:
–Proceedings of a symposium convened to focus on the means of achieving
more sustainable development of coastal and marine tourism include an
“Enhancing Marine Protected Areas” category of papers, as well as a
paper on shipwreck management in a “Market Strategies for the Nature
Based Tourism Business” category. “Proceedings of the 1999
International Symposium on Coastal and Marine Tourism: Balancing Tourism
and Conservation (26-29 April, 1999, Vancouver, BC, Canada)” is
available at:
http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/washu/washuw99003/washuw99003index.html.
–An update of a bibliography of shipwreck-related titles of print and
online resources which have been cataloged in the NOAA Library Network
is now online. Entries are organized alphabetically by title and
include call numbers and URLs if available. Each entry also includes a
“Selected Internet Resources” section of online-only resources. For
more information, visit http://www.lib.noaa.gov/edocs/Shipwrecks1.pdf.
–The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO is supporting
a web portal which provides a high-level directory for ocean data and
information web sites. Links to MPA resources are currently available
from the “Administration, Conservation and Policy” category.
OceanPortal is available at: http://ioc.unesco.org/oceanportal/index.php.
–The proceedings of the joint George Wright Society Biennial
Conference/National Park Service Cultural Resources 2003 conference
focus on parks, protected areas, and cultural sites. Categories of
papers include: Administrative and Intellectual Tools for Park
Management; Basic Values and Purposes of Parks; Cultural and Natural
Resources: Conflicts and Opportunities for Cooperation; Countering
Invasives, Restoring Natives; Understanding, Managing and Protecting
Opportunities for Visitor Experiences; Managing Cultural Resources and
Heritage; Protecting Oceans and their Coasts; Racial and Ethnic
Diversity: Acknowledging the Past, Planning for the Future; Wilderness
and Wildness; Natural Resource Management; Museums and Collections;
Technology for Resource Management; and Current Topics in Natural
History Collecting and Collections. The proceedings, “Protecting our
Diverse Heritage: The Role of Parks, Protected Areas, and Cultural
sites,” is available at: http://www.georgewright.org/2003proc.html.
To browse the MPA library collection, go to
http://www2.mpa.gov/mpa/mpaservices/virtual_library/virtual_library.lasso.
In September, the MPA library added 33 items to its collections,
including 25 books/reports/conference proceedings; five journal
articles; one institution/organization; and two websites. Eighteen of
the publication entries (i.e. books, reports, conference proceedings, or
journal articles) are online in full-text. There are now 1,177 items in
the MPA library.
Some recent additions to the library include:
–Proceedings of a symposium convened to focus on the means of achieving
more sustainable development of coastal and marine tourism include an
“Enhancing Marine Protected Areas” category of papers, as well as a
paper on shipwreck management in a “Market Strategies for the Nature
Based Tourism Business” category. “Proceedings of the 1999
International Symposium on Coastal and Marine Tourism: Balancing Tourism
and Conservation (26-29 April, 1999, Vancouver, BC, Canada)” is
available at:
http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/washu/washuw99003/washuw99003index.html.
–An update of a bibliography of shipwreck-related titles of print and
online resources which have been cataloged in the NOAA Library Network
is now online. Entries are organized alphabetically by title and
include call numbers and URLs if available. Each entry also includes a
“Selected Internet Resources” section of online-only resources. For
more information, visit http://www.lib.noaa.gov/edocs/Shipwrecks1.pdf.
–The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO is supporting
a web portal which provides a high-level directory for ocean data and
information web sites. Links to MPA resources are currently available
from the “Administration, Conservation and Policy” category.
OceanPortal is available at: http://ioc.unesco.org/oceanportal/index.php.
–The proceedings of the joint George Wright Society Biennial
Conference/National Park Service Cultural Resources 2003 conference
focus on parks, protected areas, and cultural sites. Categories of
papers include: Administrative and Intellectual Tools for Park
Management; Basic Values and Purposes of Parks; Cultural and Natural
Resources: Conflicts and Opportunities for Cooperation; Countering
Invasives, Restoring Natives; Understanding, Managing and Protecting
Opportunities for Visitor Experiences; Managing Cultural Resources and
Heritage; Protecting Oceans and their Coasts; Racial and Ethnic
Diversity: Acknowledging the Past, Planning for the Future; Wilderness
and Wildness; Natural Resource Management; Museums and Collections;
Technology for Resource Management; and Current Topics in Natural
History Collecting and Collections. The proceedings, “Protecting our
Diverse Heritage: The Role of Parks, Protected Areas, and Cultural
sites,” is available at: http://www.georgewright.org/2003proc.html.
To browse the MPA library collection, go to
http://www2.mpa.gov/mpa/mpaservices/virtual_library/virtual_library.lasso.
