SCADM reportUK Polar Data Centre, British Antarctic

Survey

Alex Tate – Head, BAS Information ServicesAugust 2014, Auckland, New Zealand

Library Archives Web team

Polar Data Centre

Highlights of recent (2014) developments

• Data related service level agreement between the UK-PDC and NERC

• Conclusion of a short-term effort to improve marine cruise metadata.

• South Georgia fisheries project

• Space weather project

• Open access publishing

National developments

• Environmental research centres to become independent.

• Commercialisation of environmental data

• Big Data initiatives