The Ocean Projects Department of the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) is developing a Global Marine Environmental Library (GMEL) of academic ocean environmental studies. The purpose of GMEL is to provide an easy to use, accessible set of unclassified, academically-validated publications or references to NAVOCEANO users. These published studies have been approved and released for inclusion into GMEL and will include a collection of various public reports, publications, analyses, interpretations, and compilations of academic works across large ocean regions. The importance of such works lies in the academic interpretation of the marine environment and associated dynamic processes. GMEL will be organized primarily by ocean region, and presently, three academic institutes are participating in developing an effective organizational library structure. It is intended for this effort to be a first step toward promoting interest among academic members to join and participate in the Global Marine Environmental Library.
