Northeast Consortium Research Fleet (NECOR) records
Scope and Content Note
The records consist of materials from the NECOR Executive Committee, as well as other committees and subcommittees, and cover subjects including the organization, formation, and implementation of NECOR, the design of oceanographic research vessels, ship scheduling, and a number of other issues. Materials in the collection include correspondence, notebooks, notes, meeting agenda and minutes, memorandum of agreement, memoranda, newsletters, reports, and proposals.
Dates
- 1981-1988
Language of Materials
The records are in
English.
Access
Open: materials are available for research.
Use
Copyright: Permission to publish material from the collection must be authorized by the Institution Archivist.
Historical Information
The Northeast Consortium Research Fleet (NECOR) was established in July 1981, when the Directors of the Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution signed an agreement to coordinate the operations of their UNOLS research vessels. The objectives of the agreement were to improve availability of the fleet through coordinated scheduling, to permit a larger degree of specialization of some ships in the fleet, to avoid duplication and gain savings by sharing responsibility for the operation of specialized facilities, and to achieve more economical operation of vessels through pooled inventories, standardization of equipment, joint planning of equipment replacement, and sharing of technical support personnel.
Several standing and ad hoc committees and subcommittes were formed under NECOR, including the Submersible/ROV Subcommittee, Ship Scheduling Committee, Winch and Wire Committee, MCS (Multichannel Seismic Subcommittee), SEABEAM Committee, Navigation Committee, and Diving Committee.
Extent
1 box (.5 lin. ft.)
Overview
The collection consists of records relating to NECOR, including committee and subcommittee records, from 1981-1988.
Custodial History
The custodial history of the records is undocumented.
Acquisitions Information
The Data Library and Archives acquired the records on October 22, 1992.
Processing Information
First-level processing completed by David Sherman on December 9, 2009.
- Title
- A Guide to the Northeast Consortium Research Fleet (NECOR) records, 1981-1988
- Author
- David Sherman
- Date
- 2009
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written inEnglish
Repository Details
Part of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Data Library and Archives Repository