SilverWeb - Portfolio - Marine Science Network

Marine Science Network
Smithsonian Institution
Scientific Diving Office
www.si.edu/marinescience

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THE CHALLENGE

Marine Science is one of the most important scientific fields at the Smithsonian Institution, and yet there is no one location for Marine Science at the Institution. Any department throughout the Smithsonian could have a scientist whose work involves marine science. The Smithsonian Scientific Diving office therefore approached us with the concept of creating one web site that would accomplish the following:

Bring together all of the marine science that takes place at the Smithsonian Institution

Explain the importance of Marine Science

Describe the fascinating research that's taking place at the Smithsonian Institution

Provide a resource for contacting scientists involved in Marine Science

Explain the Marine Science Network and show the geographic location of its member facilities

THE SOLUTION

We built a site using an image bank and scientific papers provided by the chief scientific diving officer. Sorting through years of images and scientific text, we created a unique design with a slide show that continually runs from the home page. Maps were added to the web site to highlight the locations of Smithsonian Marine Research Project sites worldwide. Content was pulled from scientific papers and modified slightly to meet the needs of the web site.

THE SUCCESS

Overall, the site is exciting to look at, interesting to the general public, and informative to the scientific community. The Smithsonian Scientific Diving Office continues to utilize this site as their resource to the general public and the scientific community.

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