Considered a major matching effort by Florida International Libraries and the Everglades National Park, South Florida Natural Resource Center to the Gateway Environmental Shared Resources Project, this site represents a collaborative project to establish a centralized, comprehensive information service and electronic library for the Everglades. It is an active, viable, and responsive program of library and information services for the benefit of scientists, staff, cooperators, educators, students, decision makers, and others within Everglades National Park, Florida International University, and worldwide.