Jarmo Saarikko
- Systems Analyst and Information Specialist
- Metla Communications, WWW-team
My office is located in the Forest House, downtown Helsinki - Metla Communications, WWW-team
Current tasks and projects
- Metla Communications (WWW-team, webmaster, Metla intranet)
- Metla IT-services (metadata, data resources mapping, training)
- Metla library (thesauri, classification systems, collaboration on information services in Finland and internationally)
- Juhta: JHS129 - member of theworking group for updating the Guide for public administration website development
- Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry: Matri-project (2004-2005)
- NEFIS (EU-project, European forestry metadata directory, 2003-2005)
- IUFRO Research Unit 6.03.03 Global Forest Decimal Classification (deputy coordinator)
- Global Forest Decimal Classification (steering group member)
- WWW Virtual library: Forestry (manager since 1995, together with Kimmo K. Kolari)
- FOREST mailing list (listowner since 1994)
Earlier tasks and projects
EU
- BioCISE (Resource identification for a Biological Collection Information Service in Europe. Concerted action -project under DG XII).
IUFRO
- IUFRO Task Force on Global Forest Information Service (member 1999-2004)
- IUFRO Task Force on Internet (member, 1995-2000)
- www.iufro.org and www.iufro.net (domain administration 1995-2000)
- IUFRO-95 WWW Information Service (IUFRO World Congress/1995)
Other international
- BIOME (information provider, advisory board member)
- Nordic forestry website administration (1997-2000 ex. http://www.nordicforest.org/)
- BIN21 Local Node in the International Biodiversity Information Network (1994-1996, some kind of predecessor to GBIF)
National collaboration
- Forest-Finland (contact person)
- suomi.fi (contact person)
- A network-based knowledge system for modelling and decision support on ecosystem health, biodiversity and natural resources (proposals by H.Saarenmaa 1994-1996)
- FINBIN Finnish Biodiversity Network (proposal by H.Saarenmaa 1994)
Metla
- Resource Technology 1998: Nordic Rovaniemellä (1998), publication (2000)
- EMIT-laboratory (1993 - 1996)
- Metla gopher-server (moderator, 1993-1998)
- Training (Finnish and English)
Professional associations
- Finnish Society for Information Services (board member 2003-2004, thesaurus and classfication working group 2005-)
- Finnish Association of Science Editors and Journalists
- Finnish Information Processing Association (member)
- ISOC Finland (past board member, treasurer and controller)
- The Helsinki Information Technology Association, (member)
Expertise and research interests
- Knowledge and information management
- Internet services
- Metadata
- Thesauri and classification
- Behavioural ecology of shrews
