This guide contains a description and inventory of the Office of Interdisciplinary Earth Studies (OIES) Records. The materials described in this guide are available for research in the NCAR Archives. Please contact the archivist to access these records. This collection documents the organizationa... Show moreThis guide contains a description and inventory of the Office of Interdisciplinary Earth Studies (OIES) Records. The materials described in this guide are available for research in the NCAR Archives. Please contact the archivist to access these records. This collection documents the organizational activities of the Office of Interdisciplinary Earth Studies (OIES) from its creation in 1986 until its dissolution in 1994. The collection is organized into eight series and primarily covers the planning, activities, and resulting publications of various workshops, conferences and meetings held internally or with partnering institutions. Items include correspondence, publications, drafts, reports, photographs, photocopied records, audio recordings, policy records, handwritten notes, and photocopied clippings of related articles. The Office for Interdisciplinary Earth Studies (OIES) was a non-profit organization created by the University Corporation of Atmospheric Research in April 1986 to facilitate research among the earth science disciplines through the organization of scientific workshops and study sessions, the publication of reports, and the dissemination of information, including a regular newsletter and calendar of activities. As the interface with atmospheric sciences and other disciplines in global change, OIES provided a proving ground where scientists at NCAR and the university atmospheric science community could develop the role of their field in earth system science and initiate research on important problems in the U.S. Global Change Research Program. OIES was directed by Dr. Jack Eddy from its start until 1992 when he resigned to serve as the Chief Scientist and Vice President for Research at the Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) in Saginaw, Michigan. Tom M.L. Wigley was appointed and served as director until the organization was dissolved in October 1994. Show less
