by Ruth Duerr, NSIDC This is an exciting time for scientific data management, a field that up to just a few years ago desperately needed more attention, but which now shows signs of coming into its own as people …
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Creating a digital menagerie
NEON technicians will collect and identify countless insect specimens over the lifetime of the observatory. To put it into perspective, during a short prototype collection at one site over three weeks using 20 traps, we collected close to 400 ground beetles. Now imagine 40 traps collecting insects at 60 sites for several months every year …
Data Conservancy Participation in the Digital Curation Education in Research Centers (DCERC) Kickoff Workshop
By Matt Mayernik, UCAR/NCAR The kickoff workshop for the Digital Curation Education in Research Centers (DCERC) program took place June 5-7, 2012, in Boulder, CO. DCERC, funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), supports graduate …
Data Conservancy Education Activities at the University of Illinois
By Carole Palmer and Virgil Varvel, University of Illinois The Data Conservancy (DC) Broader Impacts team at the University of Illinois is leading activities to advance education of data professionals to address data curation workforce needs in the sciences. …
Reflections on remote sensing, ecology and the NEON AOP
A few summers ago, I spent my time in the field hugging trees. While I’ve been called a hippie in the past, this was hardly hippie behavior. This was research. I was an ecology Ph.D. student studying streamside forests and measuring things like the diameter and canopy heights of trees. I trudged through countless miles …
Johns Hopkins University Seeks Candidates for Data Management Services Manager Position
UPDATE: This position is no longer available. The Johns Hopkins University Data Management Services (JHU DMS) group is hiring a Manager to lead the team with a focus on operational and supervisory aspects. The JHU DMS provides both …