National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Inventory & Monitoring Program

1. National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Inventory & Monitoring Program Inventory & Monitoring Program Data Management: The first ten years, and on to the second decade Margaret Beer, I&M Data Manager 2011 George Wright Society Meeting, March 15, 2011

2. January, 2001 In 2000, about five people in NPS called themselves “data managers.”

3. NPS Data Management Conference, Ca. 2000

4. By the end of 2001, 12 permanent I&M network data managers were hired • By 2010: well over 70 I&M staff work specifically in network data management or GIS • In 2010, the Data Management and GIS Conference had over 200 attendees.

5. Slide from 2005 NRDT SQL, VB, VBA NPStoret database design communications & outreach QA-QC NPSpeciesNatureBib website management GPS, mobile computing curation & archiving records management GIS, geography, cartography, FOIA, OCIO, DO Metadata budgets and project management Data Management Challenge: How does it all fit together? How does it all get done?

6. Accomplishments of the • Data Management Community • …the first 10 years • 32 Data Management Plans + a National Data Management Plan • Natural Resource Database Template developed and refined – hundreds of instances now in use • 700+ protocols uploaded, each with a data management component • Thousands of Geospatial data sets, imagery, remote sensing data acquired and managed

7. Accomplishments of the • Data Management Community • Progression of reference cartography Quarter-Quad Delivery Web Map Services - Seamless Park Mosaics Florissant Fossil Beds

8. Accomplishments of the • Data Management Community • Hundreds of species lists certified in NPSpecies • Hundreds of reports produced under the Natural Resource Report Series • Network SharePoint, Internet, intranet sites created and managed

9. Accomplishments of the • Data Management Community • Annual conferences • Webinars, listservs • Mentoring of new staff • Thousands of records created and files uploaded to NRInfo • Plus: curation, archiving, communication, administration, tech support, project management, mobile computing, records management…

10. Data Management Technical Reviews • Criteria and process developed by workgroup of 12 data managers in the course of 2010 • Voluntary self-assessments • Results starting in May • Outcome will help set the course for next 5-10 years

11. Keys to Success • Cooperation – open sharing of skills and knowledge • Strong bottom-up approach • Talent • Persistence

12. Data managers, 2010

13. Inventory data sets GIS projects Monitoring results Research data Studies funded by park base, NRPP Fire Program Data Warehouse “The Hopper” Search Tools for Finding Things in the Hopper: NatureBib NPSpecies NR-GIS Search Tool NPS Focus Routine analysis and reporting by networks and cooperators Condition Assessments: Occasional analyses, synthesis by parks, with funding & expertise assistance from WCA & I&M

15. National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Natural Resource Program Center • October, 2006 - NRPC • Data Management Policy • “…NRPC will create a central web portal, a single sign-on system, and develop a common user interface for all natural resource applications…” • “ NRPC will integrate all applications, eliminate redundant data storage, and streamline standard functions...” • “ NRPC systems will transition to Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). This transition will strategically position NRPC to better deal with future changes in technology…”

16. Steps taken to build a solution and modernize systems Resource Data Supporting Services Frameworks Processes F o u n d a t i o n

17. nrinfo.nps.gov

18. NRInfo Portal Essentials But there isope. . . • Based on web services and common data exchange standards. • Based on widely-used industry standards. • Approach is the OMB and DOI standardpromoted for all federal agencies. • We can integrate and share data among data systems. • Within NRSS/NRPC • Within NPS • With external partners and data sources

19. NRInfo Portal Essentials • Authentication: system knows who you are and what you can do, without usernames and passwords • Standardized look, feel, navigation throughout • Managed Access: NPS and public • Sensitivity, Proprietary status, Quality assessment: managed at the record level

22. Data Discovery and Sharing within NPS Elk Research

23. Data discovery and sharing among systems USGS Publications Warehouse 70,000 records USFWS ECOS data system

24. Harvesting of data by external sites

25. National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Natural Resource Program Center “ [NRInfo Portal] has been identified as having the core capabilities upon which the enterprise solution can be based. “

26. CLIMATE CHANGE With apologies to the Department of Defense

27. Session Reminders: • Today, 4:00-6:05 – NPSpecies workshop • Wednesday Afternoon: 1:30 on… • GIS & Data Management Open House (Oakley) • Thursday, 1:30 -3:35: Reference workshop • Thursday, 4:00-6:05: NRInfo Portal