Access Restrictions
Use Restrictions
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Biographical Note
Scope and Content
Arrangement
Related Materials
Title: Oran Young papers
Identifier/Call Number: UArch FacP 49
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
26.5 linear feet
(21 cartons and 1 flat oversize box)
Creator:
Young, Oran R.
Date (inclusive): circa 1989-2010
Abstract: Collection contains files of Bren School faculty member Oran Young relating to his work in the areas of Arctic studies, institutional
and international environmental governance.
Physical Location: The collection is located at the Southern Regional Library Facility (SRLF).
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research. The collection is stored offsite. Advance notice is required for retrieval.
Use Restrictions
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish
or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Oran Young papers, UArch FacP 49. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library,
University of California, Santa Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Oran Young, 2011.
Biographical Note
From the Oran Young page at Bren School website:
http://www.bren.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/oran_young.htm : "Oran Young is a renowned Arctic expert and a world leader in the fields of international governance and environmental institutions.
His scientific work encompasses both basic research focusing on collective choice and social institutions, and applied research
dealing with issues pertaining to international environmental governance and the Arctic as an international region. Professor
Young served for six years as vice-president of the International Arctic Science Committee and was the founding chair of the
Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change within the National Academy of Sciences in the United States. He currently
chairs the Scientific Committee of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change and the Steering
Committee of the Arctic Governance Project. Among the more than 20 books he has authored are The Institutional Dimensions
of Environmental Change and Governance in World Affairs."
Scope and Content
Many of the files are labeled by Young and his office in acronyms or abbreviations. The best effort has been made to "translate"
these abbreviations in the guide. The most common are also listed below.
List of Common Abbreviations:
Arrangement
Collection is arranged in the following series:
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Series I, Office Files, contains alphabetical subject files from Young's campus office. Files are generally titled as received. (8 cartons).
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Series II, IDGEC, contains the following subseries: General, Administrative (Dartmouth IPO), Projects - Carbon Cycle, and Scientific. Files
are titled and arranged as received. Files relating to IDGEC can also be found in the Office Files and Meetings series. (7
cartons).
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Series III, IHDP, contains the following subseries: General, and Core Projects. Files are titled and arranged as received. Files relating to
IHDP can also be found in the Office Files and Meetings series. (3 cartons).
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Series IV, Meetings, Workshops & Conferences, contains files on meetings for various organizations that Young belonged to (primarily IDGEC, IHDP, ESSP). Arranged chronologically
by meeting date. The IDGEC and IHDP series also contain files relating to meetings for those organizations. (4 cartons).
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Series V, Courses, contains planning, schedules, readers, etc. for courses taught by Young at Dartmouth and UCSB. Arranged by course number.
(2 cartons).
- CCU = Circumpolar Conservation Union
- ESSP = Earth System Science Partnership
- GCP = Global Carbon Project
- HDP = Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Programme
- IASC = International Arctic Science Committee
- ICSU = International Council for Science
- IDGEC = Institutional Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
- IGBP = International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
- IGFA = International Group of Funding Agencies
- IHDP = International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change
- IPO = International Project Office
- NSF = National Science Foundation
- [P]GSD = [Program for] Governance of Sustained Development
- SSC = Scientific Steering Committee
- UNEP = United Nations Environment Programme
Related Materials
In Special Collections:
- UCSB, Bren School of Environmental Science & Management Collection, UArch 24.
- UCSB, Environmental Studies Program Collection, UArch 76.
Books by Oran Young are searchable in the Library's online catalog and are located primarily in the Main and Sciences-Engineering
Libraries.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Environmental law, International
Environmental policy -- Arctic regions
Environmental policy -- International cooperation
Global environmental change
International cooperation -- Environmental aspects
Administrative records
Correspondence
Office files
Readers
Reports
Young, Oran R. -- Archives
University of California, Santa Barbara. Faculty
Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management -- Faculty
International Human Dimensions Programme on Environmental Change