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EOLv2: International Encyclopedia of Life - Curate, Aggregate, and Personalize Data

Explore EOLv2, a global platform that aggregates, curates, and personalizes data on all species for various audiences, from enthusiasts to scientists. Discover the power of curation, incentives for improvement, and the community challenges. Join now for an enriching experience!

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EOLv2: International Encyclopedia of Life - Curate, Aggregate, and Personalize Data

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  1. Introducing Encyclopedia of Life version 2 International, Personal, Re-usable data Cynthia Parr National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution @cydparr @eol

  2. EOLv2 eol.org

  3. Why?

  4. Mora et al. 2011. PLoS ONE.

  5. Crowd-sourcing Photo: Mary Keim NA Butterfly Association Fourth of July Count Photo: Cornell Univ. Audubon Christmas Bird Count

  6. eol.org EOL v1 EOL v2

  7. EOL aggregates and curates: a content curation community Scientific Databases Scientific Journals Curate Aggregate Comment Rate eol.org

  8. Scope • All species • Global • Many audiences • enthusiasts • learners • citizen scientists • scientists

  9. Community challenges • Mostly in English • So much content, hard to make sense of it • Need incentives to come back • Need to empower everyone

  10. Internationalizing

  11. Personalizing

  12. Collections can be practical

  13. A collection of collections: Species in different areas of the National Zoo http://www.eol.org/collections/64

  14. Fascinating textures: a scavenger hunt http://www.eol.org/collections/740

  15. Communities to share interests …or to share work

  16. Why Curate? http://xkcd.com/386/

  17. Why scientists want to curate EOL Institutional obligations Citable online work Accurate info on internet Advertise my expertise Highlight my research Meet needs of my project Supervising someone else n=161 Least important Most important

  18. Empowering curation

  19. Incentives for improvement Image credit: Peter Förster

  20. What next?

  21. … but can’t yet be sure EOL knows the answer Photo credit: Breda Zimkus

  22. eol.org EOL v1 EOL v3? EOL v2

  23. Supplier: Ocean Biogeographic Information System http://eol.org/pages/598484/details

  24. Acknowledgements Funding from: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Alfred P. Sloane Foundation Smithsonian Institution Marine Biological Laboratory and other funders and donors All our content partners and global partners, especially: INBio -- Costa Rica Biblioteca Alexandrina -- Egypt CONABIO – Mexico OBIS – Ocean Biogeographic Information System Volunteer curators and individual contributors via Flickr, Wikimedia, and members of EOL

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