ODP Final Technical Report - Ocean Drilling Program - Texas A&M ...

Program Administrationnary scientific and operational results fromthe leg was published (www.odplegacy.org/samples_data/publications.html). In addition,the shipboard scientific party received a papercopy of the initial draft of the Proceedings ofthe Ocean Drilling Program, Initial Reportsvolume that contained scientific and engineeringresults from the ODP leg. This contentwas then edited and formatted by the ODPPublication Services staff in preparation for ameeting that was held 3–5 months postcruiseat ODP-TAMU. During this weeklong meeting,the Co-Chief Scientists, Staff Scientists,and members of the shipboard scientific partyfinalized the content of the Initial Reportsvolume. The volume was published 1 yearpostcruise (www.odplegacy.org/samples_data/publications.html).Scientists were required to conduct personalpostcruise research after the end of each leg.A second Postcruise Meeting was held 12–24months after the leg to provide an opportunityfor the entire shipboard scientific partyto share the results of their work. Also duringthe meeting, a list of all leg-related publicationswas generated. The Co-Chief Scientistsand Staff Scientist were responsible for staying“…ODP managed to continuously andconsistently serve the needs of individualscientists and the scientific objectivesof ODP cruises… .”abreast of the work carried out postcruise andfor carrying out Editorial Review Board duties.This included working with ODP PublicationServices staff members who coordinatedpeer review of contributions to the ScientificResults volume and monitored manuscriptsubmissions to other journals. The ScientificResults volume was initially published 3 yearspostcruise (Legs 101–163) and subsequentlypublished 4 years postcruise (www.odplegacy.org/samples_data/publications.html).In addition to the Proceedings series, postcruisedocumentation included detailed laboratoryand tool manuals, technical reports, andother legacy documents that were producedduring the life span of the Program.Contractual and FinancialAccountabilityJOI consistently received top marks from NSFin annual performance evaluations for delivery27