Repository details
World Data Centre for Glaciology, Cambridge
Name of repository
World Data Centre for Glaciology, Cambridge
Additional name(s)
- WDCGC
- WDC-C for Glaciology
- SPRILIB Ice and Snow
Description
Until 2014 housed in the library of the Scott Polar Research Institute, the WDC for Glaciology, Cambridge, maintains a particularly comprehensive collection of publications covering all aspects of snow and ice worldwide. Glaciological literature has been systematically collected and catalogued at the Scott Polar Research Institute since 1920. The SPRI Picture Library houses one of the world's most comprehensive collections of historical photographs of the Polar Regions
Content type(s)
Keyword(s)
Repository size
40.000 records
Repository type(s)
- disciplinary
Research data repository language(s)
- English
Data and/or service provider
- data provider
Institution name
Identifier(s)
- ROR:03wnrjx87
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
Additional name(s)
- SPRILIB
Contact(s)
- library@spri.cam.ac.uk
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
- technical
Type of institution
non-profit
End date of responsibility
2014
Institution name
Additional name(s)
- WDCGC
Contact(s)
- wdcgc@spri.cam.ac.uk
- https://www.wdcgc.spri.cam.ac.uk/contacts/
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Policies (1)
Policy Name
Database access
Type of access to research data repository
open
Data access (2)
Type of access to data
open
Type of access to data
restricted
Data access restriction type(s)
- registration
Data licenses (1)
DataLicense
Data upload (1)
Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
- registration
Persistent identifier system(s)
- none
Name of the repository software
- dLibra
Enhanced Publication
unknown
Quality management
yes
Remarks
Remarks
The Library of the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI Library) also housed until 2014, the Library the World Data Centre for Glaciology, Cambridge, with special responsibilities for the provision of information to British and European glaciologists. The World Data Center for Glaciology, Boulder (WDCGB) is at the National Snow and Ice Data Center [Colorado, USA]. The WDC for Glaciology and Geocryology, Lanzhou, is in China. All three centres form part of the ICSU World Data System (WDS). Until July 1999 the Centre was called WDC-C for Glaciology.
Entry date
2013-09-09
Last update
2021-06-08
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