Agenda

IPY Publications Database Available Online

8 March 2007

The International Polar Year Publications Database (IPYPD) is now available online. IPYPD contains bibliographic records for publications about or resulting from the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008 and the three previous IPYs. The database currently contains 60 records and
that number is expected to grow to approximately 20,000 records in the next ten years.

IPYPD will be updated four times per year. The records in IPYPD feature citations, detailed subject and geographic indexing terms, abstracts, and, in most cases, links to full-text online copies of the publications.

IPYPD is part of the IPY Data and Information Service (IPYDIS) and researchers, educators, and communicators are requested to report their publications for inclusion in the database.

IPYPD was created by the Arctic Science and Technology Information System (ASTIS), Cold Regions Bibliography Project (CRBP), Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) Library, Discovery and Access of Historic Literature of the IPYs (DAHLI) project, and National Information
Services Corporation (NISC). Other polar bibliographic databases and libraries are invited to contribute.

For further information, including instructions on reporting publications to the database, please go to: http://www.nisc.com/ipy

or contact:
Ross Goodwin
Arctic Institute of North America
E-mail: rgoodwin@ucalgary.ca