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  • Acquisition Information
  • Biographical Note
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  • 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."
    More information is available at the Bren School website: http://www.bren.ucsb.edu/people/Faculty/more_young.htm 

    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:
    1. Series I, Office Files, contains alphabetical subject files from Young's campus office. Files are generally titled as received. (8 cartons).
    2. 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).
    3. 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).
    4. 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).
    5. Series V, Courses, contains planning, schedules, readers, etc. for courses taught by Young at Dartmouth and UCSB. Arranged by course number. (2 cartons).
    1. CCU = Circumpolar Conservation Union
    2. ESSP = Earth System Science Partnership
    3. GCP = Global Carbon Project
    4. HDP = Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Programme
    5. IASC = International Arctic Science Committee
    6. ICSU = International Council for Science
    7. IDGEC = Institutional Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
    8. IGBP = International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
    9. IGFA = International Group of Funding Agencies
    10. IHDP = International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change
    11. IPO = International Project Office
    12. NSF = National Science Foundation
    13. [P]GSD = [Program for] Governance of Sustained Development
    14. SSC = Scientific Steering Committee
    15. UNEP = United Nations Environment Programme

    Related Materials

    In Special Collections:
    1. UCSB, Bren School of Environmental Science & Management Collection, UArch 24.
    2. 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.
    Bren School website: http://www.bren.ucsb.edu/ 
    IHDP website: http://www.ihdp.unu.edu/ 
    ESSP website: http://www.essp.org/ 

    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