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Managing a Highly Viewed YouTube Channel
For more than 20 years we have supported the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), which is part of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Our staff manage the NCBI section of the National Library of Medicine YouTube channel, which has over 73,000 subscribers.
One video tutorial our staff developed was to help users understand the results of the National Center for Biotechnology Information Basic Local Alignment Search Tool. This tutorial received 22,000 views!
In addition, our staff provide outreach support, develop and teach workshops, and respond to emails from researchers around the world.
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New Video: How NOAA and Engineers Are Future-Proofing America’s Infrastructure
CSS team members supporting NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) industry initiative are working with the architecture and engineering, insurance and reinsurance, and retail sectors to co-develop environmental data tools that are accessible and actionable, helping industries and communities build weather resilience. A new video showcases how NOAA data products, and this initiative, are equipping professionals to design…
Hosting a Back-to-School Drive for Refugee Children in North Carolina
In August 2025, CSS hosted a back-to-school drive for child refugees in the North Carolina Triangle through CWS Durham, a non-profit specializing in refugee resettlement. With the help of many generous friends and family members, CSS successfully procured a backpack, lunchbox, water bottle, and clothes for 103 children, as well as stockpiles of 34 different essentials, covering school supplies, sanitary/hygiene items, food, and gift…
Developing and Managing Lidar Data
For over five years CSS employee owners have supported NOAA’s Digital Coast data development and management, training development and delivery, and tool development and management through our subcontract with Lynker Technologies supporting NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management. As part of this effort, CSS employee owners process lidar data from many sources to make it available…