MetaDiversity II: Assessing the Information Requirements of the Biodiversity Community. Summary of Findings.

摘要

MetaDiversity II was a symposium jointly organized and sponsored by the National Federation of Abstracting & Information Services and the U.S. Geological Survey. It was held June 25-26, 2001, in Charleston, SC. The symposium was organized to identify the following: Places biodiversity information user needs are being met and how they are being met; Gaps in biodiversity information needed to support users; Populations of priority users of biodiversity information. The report provides a summary of the discussions and recommendations that were formed at MetaDiversity II.