Increased Usability through Data Preservation at the South Carolina Geological Survey

The FY08 NGGDPP project is separated into five tasks, which are summarized in Table 1. The inventory of SCGS Core repository was completed with 1,489 cores. Metadata records of 239 cores were submitted to NDC. The discrepancy is related to finding location information for the cores. A methodology for digitizing geophysical logs into LAS files was developed, and 88 logs were digitized. Metadata records of all 88 digitized logs also were submitted to NDC. The results of these tasks are the initial steps by the SCGS to develop a comprehensive digital data inventory of all holding s and the transfer of old records into an accessible digital format.