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Since 2002, the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Samples Repository has been supporting research by providing secure storage for geological, biological, and geochemical samples; maintaining organization and an active inventory of these sample collections; and providing researchers access to these scientific collections for study and reuse. Over the years, local storage facilities have changed and new collections management strategies have been adapted as sample collections have grown and as research programs and focuses have shifted. The commitment of the Samples Repository to preserve and provide physical samples for future research, however, has remained the same. This report documents the collections management plan developed and implemented by the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Samples Repository to manage its scientific collections. USGS collections of marine cores, dredged rocks, and surface sediments within WHOI’s Core Lab repository. This was done to preserve these samples for further investigations and ensure that the scientific legacy of USGS research will not be lost. D-tubes containing split cores, subsamples of dredges, and sediment grab samples (grabs) collected by USGS scientists are still housed in the WHOI repository; the cooperative agreement between the two institutions continues to this day. In addition to the protected storage provided by WHOI, the USGS acquired a number of outdoor climate-controlled vans to store grab samples, subsamples, split and whole cores, and smaller sample collections (see section “Types of Collections Preserved and Maintained in the Samples Repository” for detailed descriptions of these sample types) in refrigerated, freezing, and ambient temperatures (fig. 1). These outdoor vans became collectively known as the “Freezer Farm.” Upon acquiring these storage units, the USGS took steps to create Introduction to the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Samples Repository Located in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC) has been a member of the Woods Hole scientific community since 1962. From the beginning, samples1 collected by USGS scientists in this office have provided invaluable insight into the nature and character of coastal, estuarine, and nearshore marine environments, as well as the sea floor— a region that remains to this day one of the least explored places on the Earth. Many of these samples are unique and irreplaceable because of either the great difficulty and expense in their collection or the changing nature of these locations. Early in its history, WHCMSC, then known as the Branch of Atlantic Marine Geology, established an agreement with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) to co-locate 1Terms in bold are defined in the glossary. Figure 1. Storage vans, referred to as the “Freezer Farm,” sit outside the U.S. Geological Survey offices in Woods Hole, Massachusetts (2004). Photograph by Brian Buczkowski, U.S. Geological Survey. 2 Collections Management Plan for Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Samples Repository and maintain order among the vans and the samples housed within them. The WHCMSC Samples Repository (hereafter referred to as the “Samples Repository”) was officially formed in 2002 to formally catalog and organize these geological, geochemical, and biological scientific collections and to establish policies and procedures for their preservation and access. Since its inception, the Samples Repository has seen developments in collections management strategies, as well as the construction of the current storage facility, the K.O. Emery Geotechnical Wing (fig. 2).

Collections management plan for the U.S. Geological Survey Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Samples Repository