Appendix H: Summary of Policy Revisions and Updates Made After March 1999⁴⁶

Periodically policy revisions and administrative updates are made to this policy. This list summarizes the modifications that have been made to this document and the dates they were implemented.

Policy revisions are changes that affect the guidelines scientists must follow to fulfill their ODP obligation.

H.1.a. 1 June 2001

Removed guidelines for Scientific Party members on Legs 160—175:

• Removed text in Sections 4.4.b.i and 4.4.b.ii. and relabeled Section 4.4.b.iii. as Section 4.4.b.i.
• Removed Sections B.1.a. and B.1.b. from Appendix B and relabeled Section B.1.c. as Section B.1.a.
• Removed Appendix A "Summary of New Publications-related Policy Components."
• Relabeled Appendixes B—G as Appendixes A—F.

H.1.b. 1 June 2001

Changed wording in Appendix A from "Investigators who receive samples" to "Investigators who receive samples or data"

H.1.c. 1 June 2001

Added acknowledgment statement and key words that authors should use in all ODP-related publications to appropriate sections.

H.1.d. 15 April 2002

Replaced wording in all appropriate sections:
"Submit all final analytical and/or descriptive data, preferably in electronic format, to the ODP Curator."
with:
"Complete the Postcruise Data Availability Form (see Appendix G) and submit it to the ODP Data Librarian (for contact information see Appendix C)."

H.1.e. 15 April 2002

Added Appendix G: "Postcruise Data Availability Form" to the policy.

H.1.f. 19 August 2002

Added instructions for the new online manuscript submission process to all appropriate sections.

Administrative updates are changes that keep the policy current (such as address updates) and clarify existing policy guidelines. Updates do not affect the guidelines scientists must follow to fulfill their ODP obligation.

H.2.a. June 2001

Updated Appendix C:

• Revised area code and e-mail addresses for ODP/Texas A&M University staff members: ODP Curator, ODP Deputy Director, ODP Manager of Science Services, ODP Publication Services Manager, ODP Publications Coordinator, and ODP Data Librarian.
• Updated CAB member: Dr. Kenneth G. MacLeod replaced Dr. Richard Murray.
• Updated ODP Data Librarian: Paula Clark replaced Vasudha Chavali.
• Replaced Dr. Tom Janecek, SCIMP Chair, with Dr. James Allan and Dr. Eiichi Kikawa Co-chairs.
• Corrected mailing address for Dr. Frank Rack, Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc., from Suite 800 to Suite 700
• Updated JOIDES Office contact information: Dr. Elspeth Urquhart, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami FL, USA, replaced Dr. Jeff Shuffert, GEOMAR Research Center, Kiel Germany.

Note: Some minor wording and organization changes were also made.

H.2.b. December 2001

Updated text:

• Added clarification (underlined words) to Section 4.4.b.
  "Authors who wish to submit manuscripts (to Scientific Results volumes, journals or books) before the moratorium has expired must comply with the guidelines in this section."

H.2.c. April 2002

Updated Appendix C:

• Updated ODP Data Librarian: Kim Bracchi replaced Paula Clark; added new e-mail address and phone number.
• Updated e-mail address for Dr. Frank Rack, Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc.

H.2.d. October 2002

Updated Appendix C:

• Replaced Dr. James Allan, SCIMP Co-chair, with Dr. Richard W. Murray.

H.2.e. October 2002

Updated text:

• Added footnote to Section 4.4.b.i. and Appendix A that defines Scientific Results "papers" and "data reports."

H.2.f. October 2002

Updated text:

• Added link from Section 4.4.c.iii. to "Manuscript Submissions Deadlines" Web page that lists specific deadlines for each leg.

H.2.g. February 2003

Added Appendix H:

• Created Appendix H "Summary of Policy Revisions and Updates Made After March 1999" to document all modifications made to policy.
• Added references to Appendix H wherever policy updates or administrative changes have been made.

H.2.h. February 2003

Updated Appendix C:

• Updated contact information for SciMP Co-chair, Dr. Eiichi Kikawa.

H.2.i. February 2003

Updated text:

• Added guidelines to Section 4.4.b.i. that were previously implied for this section and were included in Appendix A.1.

H.2.j. February 2003

Updated text:

• Added link from Section 4.4.c.iii. to "Manuscript Submissions Deadlines" Web page that lists specific deadlines for each leg.

⁴⁶Policy revision made February 2003. See Appendix H.2.g. for details.