THE PACIFIC REGIONAL PLANETARY DATA CENTER (PRPDC) CONTINUES TO SERVE THE LOCAL PLANETARY SCIENCE COMMUNITY BY ACQUIRING ARCHIVING AND MAKING ACCESSIBLE THE IMAGES AND DATA PRODUCTS GENERATED BY NASA'S PLANETARY EXPLORATION PROGRAM. THE PRPDC OCCUPIES 2 400 FT2 ON THE 5TH FLOOR OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BUILDING AT THE UH MANOA CAMPUS. THE PRPDC SHARES A FLOOR WITH MANY OF THE PLANETARY FACULTY AND GRADUATE STUDENTS WITHIN THE HAWAII INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS AND PLANETOLOGY (HIGP). THE PRPDC WAS CREATED TO SERVE ITS LOCAL RESEARCH COMMUNITY WHO EVEN BACK IN THE EARLY 1980S WERE MEMBERS OF PLANETARY MISSIONS (E.G. GALILEO) AND COLLECTED TELESCOPIC SPECTRA OF THE MOON MARS AND ASTEROIDS. PLANETARY FACULTY MEMBERS CURRENTLY AT UH INCLUDE JEFF TAYLOR JEFF GILLIS-DAVIS SARAH FAGENTS KLAUS KEIL SHIV SHARMA ANUPAM MISRA SASHA KROT GARY HUSS ED SCOTT PAUL LUCEY SCOTT ROWLAND BRIDGET SMITH- KONTER JULIA HAMMER AND PETER MOUGINIS-MARK. IN ADDITION DR. JOE CIOTTI (WINDWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE) AND DR. KEN HON (UH HILO) OFTEN HAVE STUDENTS WHO RELY ON THE RPIF FOR SUPPORT. IN TOTAL THERE ARE 50 FACULTY RESEARCH STAFF AND GRADUATE STUDENTS WHO USE THE PRPDC ON A REGULAR BASIS (TYPICALLY A FEW TIMES PER WEEK FOR ACCESS TO PLANETARY BOOKS JOURNALS IMAGES OR MAPS). IN ADDITION THE PRPDC IS FREQUENTLY USED FOR TEACHING SMALL (<20 STUDENT) CLASSES TWO OR THREE TIMES PER WEEK. MOST RECENTLY THE PRPDC SUPPORTED THE TEACHING OF GG666 "GEOLOGY OF PLANETARY LANDING SITES" IN FALL 2016 (6 STUDENTS) AND GG107L "EXPLORING THE SOLAR SYSTEM LAB" IN SPRING 2017 (15 STUDENTS). THE INSTITUTE IS ALSO HOME TO THE HAWAII SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUM AND OFTEN THE PRPDC IS THE GO-TO RESOURCE FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WORKING ON SEMESTER-LONG SPACE GRANT PROJECTS. THIS YEAR'S GOAL FOR THE PRPDC IS TO PRODUCE AN INVENTORY OF ITS HOLDINGS ALONG THE LINES PRESCRIBED BY NASA. THIS WILL INCLUDE COMPILING A SPREADSHEET LISTING EACH DOCUMENT PRINT TYPE AND MAP TYPE. IN PARTICULAR WE WILL DEFINE WHICH OF OUR HOLDINGS ARE UNIQUE IN THE COMMUNITY AND DEVELOP A STRATEGY FOR CATALOGING AND DIGITIZING THESE HOLDINGS. THROUGH DONATIONS TO THE PRPDC WE HAVE OBTAINED MISSION RECORDS AND UNIQUE AT WE HAVE RARE DOCUMENTS (WHICH MAY ALSO EXIST AT FOR EXAMPLE USGS FLAGSTAFF) WHICH NEVERTHELESS WARRANT DIGITIZATION.
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