I and others are convening several sessions related to data management that would be well informed by the IPY experience. There is one on data centers and libraries, another on the ethics of data sharing, and the third on data systems for (polar) observing networks. See links below.

We encourage your submissions at http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/?content=program
Abstracts are due 10 September.

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U08: The Library - Data Center Alliance in Earth and Space Sciences

http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/?content=search&show=detail&sessid=272

IN22: Data and the Ethos of Science

http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/?content=search&show=detail&sessid=351

IN20: Sustained, Interoperable Data Systems for Observing Networks--Building the IPY Legacy for Earth System Science.

http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/?content=search&show=detail&sessid=593