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Historic, Archive Document Do not assume content reflects current scientific knowledge, policies, or practices. HAL U.S. Department gricultural of Agriculture MD NationalAgriculturalLibrary Beltsville, ibraries 20705-2351 National nformation Agricultural Volume 22 Numbers 9-12 dotes Library September-December 1996 ISSN: 0095-2699 W3 Building a Scientific Database: Data Base of the Occurrence and Distribution of Pesticides in Chesapeake Bay byWilliam B.Feidt Ofthese,AgDB is particularly rele- Thompson (USDA, ARS, National AgNICWeb Coordinator vant. It is a prototype database de- Agricultural Library) andI met todis- signedtodeliverinformationaboutag- cussthepossibilityofputtinguponthe Background ricultural databases, datasets, and in- Web Dr. Johnson’s Data Base ofthe formation systems. Such descriptive Occurrence and Distribution of Pes- The Agriculture Network Informa- information is known asmetadata and ticidesin ChesapeakeBay. Dr.Johnson tion Center (AgNIC) AgDB currently contains approxi- had extracted the relevant data from <http://www.agnic.org/> mately 500 metadata records, each forty-nine published and unpublished describing a distinct information re- studies that dealt with the occurrence seeks to facilitate the delivery of source. ofpesticidesintheChesapeakeBay,its agriculture-related information to In- estuaries, and its biota. He had nor- ternet users, mainly by means of the Having gained some experience in malizedthedataandsynthesizeditinto World Wide Web (W3). Our efforts the description ofNet-based informa- aspreadsheet format. SinceDr.John- have so far yielded Five Web-based tion products, we sawas a logical next sonwasparticularlyinterested in mak- components: step the creation of an exemplar of ing hiswork more widelyavailable, we ® whatwe had, until now, onlybeen des- decided to proceed with the project. AgDB cribing. We also wanted to demon- Dr.JohnsonandIagreedtocoordinate ® AGRICOLA strate the possibility of collaboration, the project usingelectronic mail. Subject Category betweentheagricultureresearcherand Codes the library, in delivering scientific in- Building Blocks Agricultural Conferences, Meet- formation. An opportunity to do so ings, SeminarsCalendar presented itselfthis spring. The source database was created using Microsoft’s Excel® spreadsheet Directories ofExperts in Agricul- Genesis software. Fortunately,the softwareal- ture lowedthespreadsheet tobe converted Online Reference Service Pilot In May 1996 Dr. W. Edward John- toatab-delimitedASCIIfile. Boththe Project son (USDA, ARS, Beltsville Agricul- main pesticide table and the biblio- tural Research Center), Mr. Richard graphic reference tablewere provided Contents ofThis Issue... AmericanPoultryHistoricalSocietyPoultryHallofFame, ...DataBase...ofPesticides in Chesapeake Bay, pp. 1-7 Prinpcpe.G2e1o-r24ge’sWomen Celebrate County’s300th Catalogingof“DataBase ofPesticides...Bay,” p. 7 AACcaIcnCeasHdsiEatnJooWAuogrrnlLadil-bNCrealeraydsesOdpC,eannp.asd9AiracnhiLviablraCroyllCeocltlieocnt,iopnps.,8p-.98 UNSAADLnnACievTleeercbshraanrtoye,lsopgIpty.sD2Se5u-mc2oc7ne,ss3ts6raattCiuosntDoamye,rpS.e2rv7i-c2e8, ANnAnLouEnncdisngButlhleetAivnaiBloabairlditSyyosftetmh,e Cp.A9ITDemo, p. 9 CPRppT.r2a9i-n3i1n,g3a6t NAL, p. 12 AFgYr9ic6ulNtAurLalSTurpapdoretDiforrec1t8o9r0yLoanndA-frGircaan,tspp,.p1p2.-1103-11 SNteafwfBUipbdlaitoegr,aIphnicelsu,dipnpg.M3a2r-3a3thon Runners, pp. 17-20 N19A9L6’s&G1C99-5ACS/KLRAeAcoMginaimziedCoinnf1e9r9e6ncCeosm,ppupt.er13w-o1r5ld NPuebwlicSeartiiaolnss,Eppx.ch3a3n-g3e5, p. 33 SmithsonianAward, pp. 16-17 ...and more Netscape-[Occurrenceand DistributionofPesticidesIn Chesapeake Bay] file fdit View Go Bookmarks Options Directory Window Help Reload I I I Open | Print | Find f~~j Location:jhttpV/www.agnic.oig/cbp/index.html ' What'sNewl What'sCooll Handbook NetSearch NetDirectory }| j Data Base ofthe Occurrence and Distribution of Pesticides in Chesapeake wt Bay W.EdwardJohnson RosannaB.Kroll AnthonyS.Pait JackR.Plimmer Background • Acknowledgments • NotesontheCreationoftheWebVersion • Summary • DataBaseDescription EnvironmentalConcentrationsandDistributions • BibliographicCitationsandStudyDescriptionsIndex • LocationIndex • PesticideIndex • SpeciesIndex Maps • PesticideDistributionMaps KeywordSearch cbpest ij[SearchHelp] JtlM Document: Done Title page oftheData Base ofthe Occurrence andDistribution ofPesticides in Chesapeake Bay. in such a format. The pesticide table guage played a critical role in HTML realizedthatchoosingtableswouldim- was by far and away the largest single encoding and segmenting the ASCII pedethoseusingtheoldestWebbrow- component,“weighingin”atnearly200 files. The consistent tab delimiters sers, we felt that the organizingpower kilobytes. Each tablefield was separ- separating fields were leveraged to and construction-simplicity offered by atedfromthenextbyatab(ASCII09). processthe datauniformly. tablesoffsetan everdiminishingdraw- Each table row was uniquely termin- back. ated with the DOS standard carriage Once created, the database was return/linefeed (ASCII 13/10). portedtotheAgNICW3server,which Once converted into HTML table currently operates on a Pentium 90 format, the originally200kilobyte pes- WordPerfect® word processing microcomputer under the Windows ticide data file swelled to an impres- software provided the foundation for NT 3.51 operating system. The Web sivelylarge750kilobytes. Althoughthe theaccompanyingtextualmaterialand serversoftwareisO’Reilly’sWebSite®. originalExcel® spreadsheet had been this too was converted to ASCII for- a single, large file, this would not be a mat. Graphic materials took the form Crafting a Web Architecture suitable design for the Web version. of“.Gif’ files. Web browsers running on older, more The datawassingularlysuitable for leanly configured microcomputers We developed the Webversion in a presentation in tabular form. The take anunacceptablylongtimeto load UNIX environment, using a develop- printed version was organized in this largetablesand,occasionally,refuseto ment SunSparc20 workstation. The fashion and to attempt the Web based doso altogether. As aconsequence, it Sun also ran the NCSA Web server implementationinanyotherwaywould was necessary to restructure the data software. Ample use was made ofor- have been tedious indeed. So, the intoaseriesofsmallertables,eachcon- dinary UNIX utilities (e.g., sort, grep, HTML table format became the basis taining datapoints for a single pes- etc.),but the PERLprogramminglan- for our Web version. Although we ticide. In some instances, it was ALIN, Vol. 22, Nos. 9-12 2 September-December 1996 “Species Index” for the Data Base ... ofPesticides in Chesapeake Bay. necessary to further subdivide the http://www.arsusda.gov/history.html access through these as well. Again more heavily clustered pesticides to thereby incorporating details of the relyingonPERL,wecreatedtablesfor achieve a workable size. In marginal pesticide’sphysicalandchemicalprop- bothgeographic andspecies elements, casesweprovidedboththefullversion erties. alongwithanindexpageforeach. This for our technologically endowed users permitsausertoascertainallreported andasegmentedversionforthosewith The bibliographic references pre- instances of pesticide occurrence in less capable hardware. We outfitted sented no special problems. Each ref- Baltimore Harbor, for example, or all HTML thesegmentedversionswith aconven- erence was encoded as a sep- reported pesticide observations in the ientjump-index at the top and bottom arate file and a table-formatted index Blue Crab. ofeach segment page, permitting easy pagewas created. Somereferencepa- navigationbetweensegments. geswerequiteinformation-richintheir A series of“.Gifimage” maps pro- own right and additional data tables vide the user with a visual represen- Anoverviewindexpagepermitsthe will be foundwithin them. An HTML tation of where the major pesticides user to select the pesticide ofinterest. linkwasaddedfromeachpesticideda- addressedbythedatabasewerefound, Column headings on each table are tapoint to the bibliographic reference asrevealedby: Biotaexamination,Sed- linked to the appropriate attribute in fromwhich itwas drawn. iment analysis, andSurfaceWaterAn- the Data Base Description section, al- alysis. lowing easy access to a description of The original spreadsheet permitted any data-field ofinterest. When avail- access onlyby pesticide name orbibli- The remaining textual components able, we also added a link from each ographicstudynumber. Sincethedata Acknowledgments Summary Data (. , , pesticide’s name to the corresponding often included a geographic location BaseDescription weremarked upand entry in the ARS Pesticide Properties and biotic species affected component, incorporated int)o the system. We also Database we felt it would be useful to provide added a uniformjump-indexat thetop ALIN, Vol. 22, Nos. 9-12 3 September-December 1996 , 1 111u Netscape-[Pesticide Index] III File Edit View Go Bookmarks Options Directory Window Help | Reload { Imofli?* | Open | Print ( Find Location:!http://www.agnic.oig/cbp/peslind.html t^oryWewfSl :Whet'sCooll 1 Handbook j NetSearch f NetDirectory |!1SoftwareH| DataBaseoftheOccurrenceandDistributionofPesticidesInChesapeakeBay [Bib-lnd][Pest-lnd][Loc-lnd][Species-lnd][Maps][DB-Desc][Summary][Home] Pesticide Index • 2,4-d • Diazinon • Methoxychlor • Alachlor • Dicamba • MethylParathion • Aldicarb • Dichlone * Metolachlor B • Aldrin • Dicofol • Metribuzin • Atrazine • Dieldrin • Mirex • BHC-a • Diflubenzuron • Napthol • BHC-b • Disulfoton • IMitrofen(TDK) • BHC-d • Endosulfan • Oryzalin 1 • BHC-g • EndosulfanII • Oxamyl • Captan • Endosulfansulfate • Parathion • Carbaryl • Endriri • PCNB • Carbofuran • Endrlnaldehyde • Permethrin * Chlordane • Fenvalerate • Permethrin-c&t • Chlordane-a • Fenvaleratee&t • Permethrin-cis • Chlordane-cis • Flauzifop-butyl • Permethrin-trans • Chlordane-g • Heptachlor • Phorate • Chlordane-trans • Heptachlorepoxide • Picloram * Chlorothalonil • Hexachlorobenzene • Prometon • Chlorpyrifos • Hexazinone • Propham • cis-nonachlor • Hydroxycarbofuran • Propoxur • Cyanazine • Isodrin • Sethoxydim • ODD • Lindane • Simazine • DDD-4,4’ • Linuron • Terbufos • DDE • Malathion • Toxaphene • DDE-4,4' • Methiocarb • trans-nonachlor • DDT • Methomyl • Trifluralin • DDT-4,4' * iic.org/cbp/species.htm :+ sa-? “Pesticide Index” for the Data Base ... ofPesticides in Chesapeake Bay. and bottom of each major index page To see the AgDB metadata record Ruminations to offer a commonlookandfeelto the describingthe database,visit: system. <http://wwwuignic.org/agdb/ Level ofEffort dbpestcb.html> Finally, using the inherent swish in- Database development required dexing function offered by WebSite®, A table-compliant Web browser is about a 1 month FTE. This included we created a keyword indexofthe en- necessary to correctly view the data. writing and debugging the PERL tiredatabase. Thisisusefulforsearch- Almost any recent graphical browser scripts necessary to parse the data. ing the textual sections and, in certain (Netscape 1.2+ NSCA Mosaic2.0+ Thereissomeconsiderationofdoinga situations, for searching the tables MSIE 2.0+ im,plements tables ade- “second edition” incorporating more ) themselves. quately. Theuserwillprobablywantto recentlydiscovereddata. Assumingan besurethat thebrowser fontsizeisset absence of data format changes, a Access fairly small, so as to maximize the databasereloadmighttake1to2weeks amount of data that can be fit on a FTE, soupto nuts. The database can be found on the single screen. This is especially true WorldWideWeb at: whenviewingthetables. Althoughless Staticvs DynamicallyGenerated <http://www.agnic.org/cbp/> than ideal, the non-graphic browser, Tables ItcanalsobeaccessedfromtheAgNIC Lynx (version 2.5), handles tables HTML home page: about aswell as can be expected from In this version, the static <http://www.agnic.org/> a text-basedbrowser. tables were generated “up-front,” by simply following the appropriate stored on disk, and are provided in- link. stantlyondemand. Wealsomighthave ALIN, Vol. 22, Nos. 9-12 4 September-December 1996 A sample species table (above) and pesticide table (below) for the Data Base of the Occurrence and Distribution ofPesticides in Chesapeake Bay. ALIN, Vol. 22, Nos. 9-12 5 September-December 1996 ~ " " ' ' Netscape-[Study IP:94010] = ' j>]^ File Edit View Go Bookmarks Options Directory Window Help = Back ^pajd| ^^aL~^ f Reload ] Imagesj Qpnn | Print | Firtd j f Slop Locaition:lhttP a9nicOtg/cbp^bib/94010.htnnl What'sNew! J What'sCooil | Handbook III NetSearch I NetDiredofy So ssssMsssasssssssaasssa^^ || Analysis of nutrient and pesticide concentrations in groundwater. Nomini Creek Watershed Project: Pre-BMP Phase Study ID: 94010 CITATION: Mostaghimi, S., U. Tim, P. McClellan, and K, Kline. 1990. Analysisofnutrientandpesticideconcentrationsingroundwater NominiCreek WatershedProject: Pre-BMPPhase. Department ofAg. Eng. VPI &SU, Blacksburg,VAandtheVADivision ofSoil andWaterConservation, Department ofConservation and Recreation, Report No. N-SI-9007. Richmond,VA. QBJECTIVE(S): 1. obtain baseline dataforevaluatingthe surfacewaterand groundwaterqualityimprovements resultingfromagricultural BMP implementation; 2. provide adata baseto supportthe development, calibration, andverification ofmodelsforagriculturalpollution control. QA/QC: The authorcites Mostaghimi, S. 1989. Report No. N-QA-3-8906and Mostaghimi, S. 1989. Report No. N-P1-8811 forinformation on QA/QC. , METHOD(S): Theauthorcite Mostaghimi, S. 1989. Report No. N-QA-3-8906 andMostaghimi,S. 1989. Report No. N-P1-8811,forinformationon analytical methods use inthis study. COMMENTS: 1. No significant difference betweenpesticideconcentrations ingroundwaterandwellwaterortillagepracticewas observed; 2. maximum atrazine detected(25.6 ppb)is suspectedto have resultedfrom sample contamination; 3. although pesticideswere detectedthroughoutthe year,themonths ofMay andOctoberwerethe most likelytimeforresidue detectionin jCj^cu.mdiftf’ator, S3’? 1 ' A sample bibliographic record for the Data Base ... ofPesticides in Chesapeake Bay. programmaticallygeneratedthe tables maintainedinExcel®spreadsheetfor- quite difficult,given thepresent archi- “on the fly.” Doing so would have mat. This leads to complications. For tecture(multiplestatictables,eachde- saved diskstorage space, but sincethe example, in creating the new indexes rived from the source data file). Up- entire database consumes only a bit (SpeciesandLocation),wediscovered dates would have to be made to the morethan3MB, diskwasnotreallyan a few naming inconsistencies that source data file and to many separate issue. On the other hand, runningthe needed correction. These corrections tables. CGI programs necessary to generate hadtobemadebothtotheWebversion large tables interactively would prob- andtheauthoritativeversion. Further- For additional information, contact ably have unacceptably degenerated more, keeping two versions of such a William B. Feidt at: server performance. In addition, the complex database completely “in- Internet/E-mail: tablesizeissuealludedtoearlierwould synch”isprobablynotpossible. Onthe <[email protected]> WWW: have complicated the dynamic ap- otherhand,the authoritativeversion is proach. Hence, we chose the static not highlydynamic. <http://www.agnic.org/cbp/ table option. cbwebver.htm> In an ideal world, the Web version Telephone: (301) 504-6967 Derivativevs AuthorityDatabase would be the authoritative (and only) TDD./TTY: (301) 504-6856 version. Tobringthisabout would re- Fax: (301) 504-7473 This edition is unabashedly deriva- quireaworkablemechanismforupdat- tive. The authoritative version is still ing the data. This would no doubt be Or contactWilliam B. Feidtbymail at ALIN, VoL 22, Nos. 9-12 6 September-December 1996 . Netscape-[Bibliographic Citations and StudyDescriptions Index] File Edit View Go Bookmarks Options Directory Window Help Back Jtomej | Reload j linages | Open | Print | Find | | Stop ] Location: http:Vwww.agnic.org/cbp/bibind.html ' - , ,j ->> '•> ! - •~ v/»'• r-v; > • What's New! What'sCool! DataBase ofthe Occurrence and Distribution ofPesticides in Chesapeake Bay [Bib-IndJ [Pest-lnd] [Loc-lnd] [Species-lnd] [Maps][DB-Desc][Summary] [Home] Bibliographic Citations and Study Descriptions Index Study Title ID 94(101 Intensive surveyforchlordane contamination infinfishin Lake Roland, Back River, and Patapsco River. 94002 Contaminant levels in oysters and clamsfromthe Chesapeake Bay 1981-1985. 94003 Stripedbasscontaminantandwaterquality studies inthe Potomac Riverand upperChesapeake Bay- annual contaminant andwater quality evaluations in east coast striped basshabitats. 94004 Chesapeake Bay Fall LineToxics Monitoring Program: 1990-1991 loadings. 94005 Chesapeake Bay-Waterquality monitoringprogramtoxic chemicals andbioaccumulation component. 94006 Contaminantsin Chesapeake Bay Sediments. Final Report. Chesapeake Bay Program. 94007 APilot studyforambienttoxicitytesting inChesapeake Bay,Vol. 1 - Year1 Report,April 1991 94008 Apilot studyforambienttoxicitytesting inChesapeake Bay,Year2 Report. 94009:Sediment contaminationstudies ofthe Potomac andAnacostia Riversaroundthe District ofColumbia. 94010 Analysis ofnutrient and pesticide concentrations in groundwater. Nomini CreekWatershedProject: Pre-BMP Phase 94011]Surface microlayersampling resultsforthe Chesapeake Bay: Spring 1988. 94012]Chesapeake Bay FallLine loadings survey: Organics component. Interim report 94013]Results ofa Maryland groundwaterherbicide reconnaissancesurvey. 94014 Enrichment ofthe agricultural herbicides atrazine inthe microsurfacewaterofan estuary. 94015 CBCEStests pollutionfrom Rhode Riverwatershed. Assessing nonpoint source pollution:Adetailedstudyofa ruralwatershed inthe coastal plain ofMaryland. 94016]Toxic substances in submerged aquaticvegetation beds. 94017!Reconnaissance survey ofnonooint sourcepesticides in Marvland surfacewaters .ateal Document: Done j A part of the bibliographic index for the Data Base ... ofPesticides in Chesapeake Bay. thefollowingaddress: NationalAgriculturalLibrary, USDA,ARS Information SystemsDivision, Room 013 10301BaltimoreAvenue Beltsville, Maryland20705-2351 Cataloging of “Data Base ... of Pesticides in Chesapeake Bay” Asapartofitscontinuingprogramtocatalogelectronic is: QH545.P4D38 1995. resources,theNationalAgriculturalLibraryhascataloged IntheTechnicalServicespagesoftheNALhomepage the Data Base ofthe Occurrence and Distribution ofPes- ontheWorldWebWebtherecordislinkedtothecumula- ticides in Chesapeake Bay. Records for this valuable tive listofInternet selections at: resource appear in ISIS (/ntegrated System for/nforma- http://www.nal.usda.gov/acq/intscsel.htni tionServices), NAL’s online catalog, and inAGRICOLA Clickon “Pesticides”in thesubject listat thetop ofthe (ylGR/Cultural OnLine Access), NAL’s bibliographic pagetofinditalphabeticallywithotherInternetresources database. It was selected for cataloging by NAL’s concerningpesticides. ElectronicResourcesSelectionCouncil. Thecallnumber —JulieMangin ALIN, Vol. 22, Nos. 9-12 7 September-December 1996 Canadian Agriculture Opens Library News from Margaret Other Reynolds Libraries Archival Collection Researchers to Have Greater Access to World-Class Canadian The Canadian Agriculture Library Library Collections (CAL) ispleasedtoannouncetheoffi- cial openingoftheMargaretReynolds Archival Collection. Ceremonies November 18, 1996, Ottawa — A which library actually holds the item markingtheoccasion tookplaceinthe precedent setting agreement between thathasbeenrequested. Usersfeesfor SirJohnCarlingBuildingNovember7, twogovernmentorganizationswillsave the service will be the same for both 1996,andfeaturedthefirst“homecom- money and provide researchers with CISTI and CAL. ing” reunion ofCALalumni. greater access to scientific and techni- cal library collections, considered Thisstrategiccollaboration enables Charles Reynolds, son of Mrs. among the best in the world. The CAL’s clients to receive documents Reynolds,officiallyopenedthenewar- agreement between the Canada In- electronically. Documents from the chivalcollectionofDepartmentalpub- stitute for Scientific and Technical In- CAL collection will be scanned and lications on behalf ofhis mother, who formation (CISTI) of the National sent to IntelliDoc, where they will be was unable to be present. The large Research Council of Canada and the forwardedtoclientsbyInternet orfax, crowd of friends and colleagues ap- Canadian Agriculture Library (CAL) orasapapercopy. Throughthisagree- plauded as former Director Elmer notonlyimprovesservicebutalsosaves ment CALwill avoid the expense and Smith and Joyce Macintosh, former moneyby: effort ofdeveloping its own document Assistant Director, joined forces in a delivery process, client registration, symbolicribbon-cuttingceremony. Helping the libraries avoid billing,andrelatedsystems. CISTIwill ] duplicatingexpensive collections; benefit from the agreement by being In his welcoming remarks, Victor able to provide its 10,000 clients with Desroches, the present Director of | Ashlalroewitnegchtnhoelotgwyoaonrdgabnuiszianteisosnssetr-o dagirrieccutltaucrceeasnsdtaogrCiA-fLo’osd cwoollrelcdt-icoln.ass CaAgLia,ntpaiindhterribtutiemetowMhros.hRaedynaolladsstiansg vices; impact on the world ofagricultural in- Creating an integrated document This important initiative serves as a formation services. All who worked I deliveryservice. model for future agreements between with Mrs. Reynolds would agree that, othergovernment libraries. through herwarmth,kindness, andun- Documentdeliveryserviceprovides derstanding, she also had a lasting im- copies of articles, conference papers, For more information contact: pact on their own personal lives and reports,books, and duplicate or paper CISTI careers. copies of microfiche. Both libraries SuzanneBureau provideabouthalfamilliondocuments Head, Serials/UnionLists Margaret (Peg) Reynolds gradu- ayear from the two collections. Tel: 613-993-9029 ated in library science from McGill Fax: 613-952-8245 University in 1938. At the time ofher By1997,whentheimplementationis E-mail:[email protected] appointment asthe second permanent complete,researcherswillhaveasingle http://www.cisti.nrc.ca/cisti Chief Librarian in 1950, she was the point of access to both collections firstwomantooccupyaseniormanage- throughCISTFsonlinecataloguefrom or ment position in the history of the the World Wide Web. The catalogue Canadian Department of Agriculture can also be usedto send online orders CanadianAgricultureLibrary — a well deserved recognition of her to CISTI where theywill be processed Mae Cutler,AssistantDirector accomplishments. Under her skilful using an award-winning document Ottawa, ON, CanadaK1A 0C5 direction the Library grew and deliverysystem calledIntelliDoc. Tel: 613-759-7084 developed into an acknowledged na- Fax: 613-759-6643 tional agricultural collection with a To order a document, a researcher E-mail:[email protected] strongandvibrant network oflibraries registers with CISTI, regardless of —Mae Cutler throughout the country. Through her ALIN, Vol. 22, Nos. 9-12 8 September-December 1996

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