2005

• Collaborative Metadata Initiative Support (L.Yarmey)
• Web/Database Programmer hire w/SysAdmin (M.Kortz)
• Palmer Data and Website ported from UCSB to new infrastructure UCSD/SIO/IOD/LTER
• LTER IM Meeting in Montreal (Baker, Millerand, Yarmey, Wanetick)
• Marine Metadata Meeting in Denver (Haber, Wanetick)
• PAL lead Unit Registry Working Group (K.Baker, L.Yarmey, S.Haber)
• PAL lead Community Process Working Group (K.Baker, F.Millerand)
• Databits co-authored article: EML Lessons Learned
  Term "enactment" introduced in software development lifecycle
• PAL Webpage relaunched (http://pallter.sio.ucsd.edu)
• Palmer LTER site review at Palmer Station

2004

• LTER IM Meeting in Seattle
• LTER All Scientists Meeting, Seattle
• Ocean Informatics Infrastructure launched
• UCSD/SIO/IOD iOcean installed for web&collaborative services platform
• Disk Storage shared services expanded LTER/IOD (J.Wanetick)
• PAL Database Programmer hire (S.Haber)
• Social Informatics Study (2004-2007) NSF/SBE
  Comparative Interoperability Strategies: GEON, LTER, and Ocean Informatics
• LTER CCE added as new site with synergistic IM
• Marine Partnership SIO with NOAA/CalCOFI/SCCOOS

2003

• LTER IM Meeting
• Ocean Informatics concept designed (K.Baker, J.Wanetick, S.Jackson)
• REU Database programmer

2002

• LTER IM Metadata Meeting at ASU Phoenix
• LTER IM Exec meeting at SDSC (Feb)
• LTER EML Metadata first meeting at Phoenix (Feb)
• LTER EML Metadata second meeting at Phoenix (Jun)
• PAL photo galley web interface
• LTER IM meeting at Orlando
• PAL pc database server installation within infrastructure
• PAL web page redesign and launched on new platform
• PAL IM and Participatory Design (Helena Karasti)
• PAL collaborative work on digital collections, SDSC & UCSD Library
• PAL CoChair SCI2002 LTER 2 Sessions/Papers Orlando
• PAL JCDL Digital Library Meeting (Portland/Jul)
• PAL CERN Workshop at UCSD/SIO (San Diego/Aug)

2001

• PAL Lead PI transition (R.Smith to H.Ducklow)
• PAL Logistics Coordinator transition (H.Quinby, VIMS)
• PAL Relational Database Programmer hire part-time (Kevin Wu)
• LTER IM Exec Meeting at Phoenix (April)
• LTER IM Meeting Madison (August)
• OPP policy change: Raytheon support for CTD technician
• Disk Storage server upgrade
• Disk Storage 70GB online
• PAL webserver upgrade
  (Digital Unix2.0 alpha kern -> Sun Solaris5.7 solaris guardian)
• International Zone Etilier-LTER Workshop France (K.Baker)
• PAL LTER Site Description Directory Meeting at LNO
• Digital Library collaboration w/SDSC, UCSD LIbrary and CERN
• Digital Library for Earth Science Education Meeting (K.Baker)

2000

• LTER All Scientists Meeting, Snowbird
• LTER IM Exec Meeting at Albuquerque (Feb)
• LTER IM Meeting SnowBird (August)
• LTER LNO IM Fellowship (2 month) for project SiteDB
• PAL CDROM produced for ice cruise LTERJUN99
• PAL IM-EDU Partner in TEA Internship at SIO/UCSB (Swanson-Baker)
• LTER Schoolyard Meeting hosted by PAL IM-EDU at SDSC (December)

1999

• Palmer LTER site review at UCSB
• LTER IM Exec Meeting at NCEAS
• LTER IM Meeting Spokane
• PAL Education Forum at NCEAS with IM dimension
• PAL IM Fellowship 1 month at Network Office
• PAL Relational Database Programmer hire part-time (Weimin Li)
• Disk Storage 18GB online
• Optical disk archive transitioned

1998

• LTER DM Exec meeting at AND with partner NACSE
• LTER DM meeting Baltimore
• Web Gopher turned off
• First REU data management summer student
• PAL Infrastructure benefits from ICESS NSF Center of Excellence award
• PAL Elected member of DataManager DataTask Committee (K.Baker)
• PAL Field Communications satellite LES9 replacement discussions
• PAL Support Cross Site Climate Change Synthesis Web Page
• PAL Support Cross Site Ice Collaboration
• PAL Support Cross Site Education Web Page from Network Office
• PAL EASY oceanographic GIS software discussions

1997

• PAL LTER second cycle NSF funding begins (96-02)
• LTER All Scientists Symposium, Albuquerque
• ESA/LTER/OBFS Information Workshop speaker
• LTER DM meeting Univ of New Mexico
• PAL Member of DM Climate Committee
• CLIMSTAT/CLIMDB workshop participant
• LTER Climate Data Harvest URL provided
• LTER Data Catalog Harvest URL provided
• LTER Data Catalog incorporates weather data
• PAL web structure broadened to include gopher
• Web forms developed for CC meeting

1996

• LTER DM Meeting Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid
• AWS Hugo Isldo temp probe installation
• PAL Data policy change: OPP/NSF data criteria
• first Palmer synthesis poster produced (1993-1996)
• First Data Catalog using dynamic web page (cgi scripts)
• ECOINFORMA PAL with BAS Representative
• Disk Storage 9GB online
• Field storage media ZIP disk drives used in the field
• Field data transfer via satellite LES9 weekly
• OPP/ASA Palmer Working Group on weather (K.Baker)

1995

• LTER Televideo Technology for CC Meeting
• LTER DM meeting Snowbird, Utah STRATEGIC VISION, NIS
• Electronic Field Notebook/Files online, in field
• Cross-site PAL/MCM GIS in Limnology and Oceanography, Reno with ASLO
• PAL lead PI rotation to Raymond Smith

1994

• LTER DM Meeting Seattle
• PAL Online Data Table Assessment created
• AWS Hugo Island weather station installed
• Logistics Coordinator appointed (C.Johnson, SIO)
• OPP McMurdo User Working Group Member 1994-1997
• Web capability (1990 WWW began; 1992 mosaic; 1994 netscape)
• PAL Web Homepage (http://pal.icess.ucsb.edu)
• Disk storage 2GB
• Historical documentation focus initiated
• Palmer Station Eventlog initiated

1993

• LTER All Scientists Meeting, Estes Park
• LTER DM Meeting Madison with ESA
• Environmental Information Management & Analysis Symposium
• Data Manager designated coPI
• Online Browse created using gopher
• LTER Data Policy drafted
• Field documentation facilitation with electronic forms
• Field Data Transfer via satellite explored

1992

• LTER DM Meeting Honolulu with ESA
• LTER DM Outreach China
• AWS Bonaparte Point weather station installed
• Data Manager designated (K.Baker)
• Data Forms developed
• Metadata online browse deployed
• Networking Mac IP Tunnel at UCSB

1991

• LTER DM Meeting, San Antonio with ESA (K.Baker)
• LTER GIS Working Group Report
• PAL Cruise/annual: PAL grid established
• PAL Bibliography initiated
• PAL Historical files initiated (weather)
• PAL Cruise Eventlog initiated

1990

• Second all scientists meeting, Estes Park, CO
• New site added (PAL)
• PAL LTER first cycle NSF funding begins (90-96)(Robin Ross Lead PI)

1989

• Network Office established on Univ. of Washington Campus
• DM Meeting, Canada
• DM Databits electronic newsletter (J.Porter)

1988

• Minimum Standard Installation (MSI) developed

1987

• LTER Network News, first issue

1982

• First Data Management Symposium in Illinois

1979

• First LTER set of six sites funded (NTL,AND,CWT,KNZ,NIN,NWT)