Welcome to a new issue of DATABITS! This issue has a good balance of technical and non-technical features. There are reports on the use of interactive data access and data management policies within the LTER network. There are also plenty of hints on how to better use the computers at your site, including software reviews… Read more »
This Databits features a host of technical tips (using the LTERNET rn system and e-mail made easy) and software reviews (communications software and UNIX database software) along with our usual news from the sites. There are also articles on proprietary issues in using satellite data and a new natural resources database. The report on the… Read more »
This DATABITS features a wide array of articles and features with information on data acquisition, data management systems, uses of LTER data and using GIS systems, plus our usual news from the sites. A new section, the Technical Forum provides a look at some methods for implementing network-wide databases for selected datasets. Table of Contents… Read more »
Another full issue of Databits! We have a feature articles on archival storage at LTER sites, using PC-NFS and a review of two optical disks. Additionally we have reports on the LTER Data Managers Meeting(s) and the ESA LongTerm Ecological Research Section, news from the sites and two new “columns:” “GIS corner” and “I learned… Read more »
Welcome to the summer 1990 issue of DATABITS! This issue features the agenda of the upcoming data manager’s meeting, a report on the most recent LTER Coordinating Committee meeting, reports from the sites and some hints on using Unix and MSDOS. Table of Contents From the Sites -BNZ Phyllis Adams 1 -HFR Emery Boose 1… Read more »
This is the premier issue of an LTER-wide version of DATABITS. Its purpose is to disseminate information relevant to data manangement between data managers and PI’s within the LTER network. DATABITS can only be as successful as members of the LTER community make it. If you come across a tidbit of news, a good software… Read more »
