PROJECT TITLE: PRESERVATION AND DISSEMINATION OF CORE PHOTOS AND LITHOLOGY LOGS FROM ONSHORE AND OFFSHORE CORES IN DELAWARE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROJECT FILESPROJECT PERIOD: 7 1 2024 THROUGH 6 30 2025AWARD PURPOSE: THE MAIN OBJECTIVE IS TO PRESERVE AND PROVIDE PUBLIC ACCESS TO CORE PHOTOGRAPHS AND BOREHOLE LITHOLOGIC LOGS STORED IN THE DELAWARE GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS PROJECT FILES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY SYSTEMATICALLY CATALOGUED OR MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE. THESE DATA WILL BE PRESERVED FOR THE LONG TERM IN THE RELATIONAL DATABASE SYSTEM THAT IS PART OF THE SURVEYS INSTITUTIONAL DATA REPOSITORY AND AS FILES ON INTERNAL NETWORK SERVERS. THE PRESERVED DATA WILL BE DISCOVERABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE SURVEYS MAP-BASED WEB APPLICATIONS. THE PROPOSAL ALSO SUPPORTS STAFF PARTICIPATION IN THE 2024 USGS DATA PRESERVATION WORKSHOP.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: PRESERVATION OF THE CORE PHOTOGRAPHS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES: 1) INVENTORY OF CORE PHOTOS, 2) CREATING COPIES OF EACH PHOTO IN COMPRESSED JPG FORMAT FOR WEB VIEWING AND UNCOMPRESSED TIFF FORMAT FOR ARCHIVING, AND 3) STORING PHOTOS WITH APPROPRIATE METADATA IN THE ORACLE-BASED SYSTEM THAT SERVES AS OUR PERMANENT INSTITUTIONAL DATA REPOSITORY. NEW PHOTOGRAPHS WILL BE TAKEN AND PRESERVED FOR WIRELINE CORES FROM SEVEN SITES DRILLED BY THE DELAWARE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY PHOTOGRAPHED.PRESERVATION OF THE LITHOLOGIC LOGS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY: 1) CATALOGUING AND STORING PDF FORMAT LITHOLOGIC LOGS IN OUR SCANNED LOG REPOSITORY, 2) CAPTURING LITHOLOGY LOG METADATA IN THE SURVEYS DATA REPOSITORY, AND 3) CAPTURING LITHOLOGIC INTERVAL DESCRIPTIONS IN OUR DATA REPOSITORY THROUGH A COMBINATION OF DATA IMPORT AND MANUAL ENTRY. THE DATA WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON TWO DGS MAP-BASED WEB APPLICATIONS: THE DELAWARE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DIGITAL GEOLOGICINFORMATION RESOURCE MAP VIEWER AND THE DELAWARE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BOREHOLE DATA VIEWER.DELIVERABLES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES: DELIVERABLES PLANNED FOR THE GEOPHYSICAL LOG COMPONENT OF THIS PROJECT ARE: 1) APPROXIMATELY 8,000 CATALOGUED CORE PHOTOS IN TIFF AND JPG FORMATS FROM MORE THAN 25 ONSHORE SITES AND 300 OFFSHORE SITES ON SURVEY INTERNAL NETWORK SERVERS WITH ACCOMPANYING METADATA IN THE SURVEYS DATA REPOSITORY 2) DIGITIZED LITHOLOGIC DESCRIPTIONS FOR APPROXIMATELY 300 SITES AND 2700 LITHOLOGY INTERVALS CAPTURED IN THE SURVEYSDATA REPOSITORY 3) BOREHOLE LITHOLOGY LOGS FOR APPROXIMATELY 300 SITES SAVED IN PDF FORMAT ON THE SURVEYS INTERNAL SERVERS WITH ACCOMPANYING METADATA IN THE INSTITUTIONAL DATA REPOSITORY 4) ACCESS TO THESE DATA ON DELAWARE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WEB APPLICATIONS AND 5) FINAL PROJECT REPORT COMPLEMENTED BY METADATA UPLOADED TO THE REGISTRY OF SCIENTIFIC COLLECTIONS AND THE NATIONAL INDEX OF BOREHOLE INFORMATION.INTENDED BENEFICIARY(IES): THE PRESERVATION EFFORTS AIM TO ENHANCE PUBLIC ACCESS TO CRUCIAL GEOLOGIC DATA, AIDING ANALYSIS AND DECISION-MAKING BY STAKEHOLDERS SUCH AS STATE WATER RESOURCE AGENCIES, FEDERAL AGENCIES INVOLVED IN COASTAL RESTORATION AND GROUNDWATER INVESTIGATIONS, COUNTY PLANNING OFFICIALS, AND CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANCIES. PRESERVATION OF VIBRACORE DATA SUPPORTS STAKEHOLDER UNDERSTANDING OF OFFSHORE SAND RESOURCES FOR FUTURE BEACH REPLENISHMENT PROJECTS. PRESERVATION OF CORE PHOTOS FROM THE COASTAL PLAIN AIDS STAKEHOLDERS INANALYZING GROUNDWATER SYSTEMS AND PROVIDES RESOURCES FOR RESOLVING REGIONAL STRATIGRAPHIC PROBLEMS.SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: N A