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Resource Discovery Initiative for Field Stations

Resource Discovery Initiative for Field Stations. William Michener LTER Network Office October/November 2003. Research Coordination Networking – Resource Discovery Initiative for Field Stations (RDIFS).

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Resource Discovery Initiative for Field Stations

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  1. Resource Discovery Initiative for Field Stations William Michener LTER Network Office October/November 2003

  2. Research Coordination Networking – Resource Discovery Initiative for Field Stations (RDIFS) • NSF project “to facilitate storage, discovery, and access to the strategic environmental information resources that are collectively held at North American biological field stations.”

  3. RDIFS Activities for North American Field Stations • Database Development • Data Registry and Repository • Thesaurus for Field Biology • Site Characteristics Database • Bibliography of Field Station Publications • Database of Field Station QA/QC and Standard Methods • Training

  4. www.obfs.org Organization of Biological Field Stations 240 Member Stations

  5. www.lternet.edu Long Term Ecological Research Network 24 sites

  6. Project Results

  7. Searchable Data Registry (81 Entries) Data Registry Interface * Search data * Register data

  8. Searchable Data Registry Entering a new data set Data search results

  9. Field Stations by State Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory (LTER & OBFS) Site Characteristics Field Station & Site Characteristics Database (240 Field Stations)

  10. Search Personnel Personnel Database (288 Personnel) Search Results & Personnel Access

  11. Personnel Database (288 Personnel) 13 (OK) University of Oklahoma Biological Station 11 (AK) Toolik LTER Arctic Lake Site 5 (MN) St. Croix Watershed Research Station, Science Museum of MN 5 Individual Member of OBFS 5 (MT) Flathead Lake Biological Station 5 (NM) LTER Network Office 4 (NY) Adirondack Ecological Center 4 (AZ) Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research 3 (CO) Short Grass Steppe Field Station 2 (FL) Archbold Biological Station 2 (FL) Katharine Ordway Preserve 2 (CA) Starr Ranch Audubon Sanctuary 2 (CA) Teakettle Experimental Forest 2 (CA) Hastings Natural History Reservation 2 (CA) James San Jacinto Mountains 2 (CA) Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve 2 (MO) Bull Shoals Field Station 2 (MI) University of Michigan Biological Station (Douglas Lake) 2 (CO) Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory 2 (MN) MSUM [Minn. St. Univ. Moorhead] Regional Science Center 2 (ID) Taylor Ranch Wilderness Field Station 2 (NC) Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory (University of Georgia USDA Forest Service) 2 (NE) Cedar Point Biological Station 2 (PA) Lacawac Sanctuary Foundation 2 (PA) Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology 2 (PA) Raystown Field Station 2 (OH) Lake Erie Research and Education Center 2 [Canada] Kananaskis Field Stations

  12. Field Courses (276 Courses Posted) Searchable Field Course Database Course Information

  13. Current Field Classes By Site 28 (ME) Humboldt Field Research Institute (was, Eagle Hill Wildlife Research Statio 26 (OH) Stone (F.T.) Laboratory 22 (IA) Iowa Lakeside Laboratory 16 (OR) Oregon Institute of Marine Biology 13 (MI) University of Michigan Biological Station (Douglas Lake) 13 (MT) Flathead Lake Biological Station 12 [Canada] Huntsman Marine Science Centre 11 (SC) Savannah River Environmental Field Station 11 (MN) Lake Itasca Forestry and Biological Station 10 (MI) Kellogg (W.K.) Biological Station 10 (KY) Hancock Biological Station 10 (PA) Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology 9 (OK) University of Oklahoma Biological Station 9 (NE) Cedar Point Biological Station 9 (CO) Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory 7 (VA) Mountain Lake Biological Station 7 (WI) University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee) Field Station 6 [Bermuda] Biological Station for Research Inc. 6 (NC) Highlands Biological Station 5 (NC) Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory (University of Georgia USDA Forest Service) 5 (ME) Shoals Marine Laboratory (Cornell 5 (LA) LUMCON Marine Center 4 (MA) Nantucket Field Station University of Massachusetts 4 (MI) Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies 3 (FL) TNC Disney Wilderness Preserve 3 (AZ) Southwestern Research Station 1 (AZ) Sierra Ancha Station 1 [Costa Rica] Quetzal Education Research Center 1 [Dominica] Archbold Tropical Research and Education Center 1 To Be Entered... 1 (NY) Adirondack Ecological Center 1 (NY) Institute of Ecosystem Studies 1 (VA) Anheuser Busch Coastal Research Center 1 (PA) Lacawac Sanctuary Foundation

  14. Standard Field MethodsSearchable Database (1551 References)

  15. Educational Training Workshops

  16. Wireless Sensor Networking Workshops Dave Hughes provided technical expertise and experience Tom Williams provided the theoretical background of wireless networks • Dates: April 29 - May 1, 2002 & May 2 - 4, 2002 • Location: Sevilleta Biological Research Station • Instructors: Dave Hughes & Tom Williams

  17. Workshop Attendees • Each workshop was attended by 23 scientists & technicians • More than 40 biological field stations and LTER sites represented

  18. Dave Hughes and attendees establishing a radio connection to their notebook computers Dave Hughes and attendees setting up a radio transmitter from a meteorological station Workshop Provided Indoor & Outdoor Technology Training Exercises

  19. RDIFS Informatics Trainingat the Sevilleta Research Field Station

  20. RDIFS Informatics Training • Dates • October 20 – November 2, 2002 • Topics • DBMS • Access • SQL • Biodiversity & taxonomic databases • Metadata management • Bibliographic data management • Web development

  21. Future Training • 2003 – Sevilleta • 2004 – La Selva Biological Station, CR ??? • 2005 – Sevilleta or UNM • 2006 – Sevilleta or UNM

  22. Instructors • James Brunt, University of New Mexico • Peter McCartney, Arizona State University • William Michener, University of New Mexico • Pete Olsen, University of New Mexico  • Deana Pennington, University of New Mexico • John Porter, University of Virginia • Samantha Romanello, University of Virginia • Will Shuart, Virginia Commonwealth University • Kristin Vanderbilt, University of New Mexico • Karen Weatherill, University of New Mexico   • Marshall White, University of New Mexico

  23. Module 1: Ecoinformatics October 27 – November 2, 2003 at Sevilleta Research Station Sunday October 26 – Travel day for Participants to Albuquerque, NM Monday October 27 – Ecological Informatics (Brunt , Michener & Vanderbilt) Tuesday October 28 – Web Page Design (White) Wed. October 29 – Intro to Web Page Authoring (White, Vanderbilt & Olsen) Thursday October 30 – Database Design (McCartney & Porter) Friday October 31 – RDBMS (McCartney & Porter) Saturday November 1 – Integrating WWW and RDBMS (White & Olsen) Sunday November 2 – Bibliographic DBMS (White) plus OBFS Database Work

  24. Module 2: GIS November 2– 7, 2003 at Sevilleta Research Station Sunday November 2 -- Sunday November 2 – Bibliographic DBMS (White) plus OBFS Database Work Monday November 3 – Introduction to ArcGIS (Shuart) Tuesday November 4 – Introduction to ArcGIS (Shuart) Wednesday November 5 – Spatial Data Acquisition & Integration (Pennington) Thursday November 6 – Spatial Analysis (Pennington) Friday November 7 – Advanced Concepts (Pennington, Shuart)

  25. 2004 Activities • Jan—Week-long workshop for new faculty members in ecoinformatics • Feb/March???—QA/QC workshop • Identify best practices, software tools and algorithms, and needed research • Statisticians, laboratory techs, informaticians, etc. • August—Day-long workshop on ecoinformatics and 2-3 afternoon/evening sessions on metadata management at 2004 ESA meeting • Oct/Nov—Training (one 2-wk or two 1-wk modules) • Other training/workshop topics ???? See me…..

  26. 2004 Activities • Database enhancement • Data registry – 4-12 months • Site characteristics/capabilities – 4months • Bibliographic module – 7-8 months • Administrative module – 1-2 months • Course module – 12 months ------ need input!!!! • Prototype web implementation of operations manual • Dynamic FAQ’s • Post indexed documents (e.g., site examples) • Threaded thematic discussion lists • Coupling of strategic plan with web design plan • Design team: Mark Stromberg, Marshall White, Eric Nagy, Brian Kloeppel, Ian Billick, Bill Michener, Dawn Wilson

  27. Future Activities • Institute “Ecoinformatics Conference” • Participants • OBFS data managers and GIS managers • Likewise, for LTER, USGS (NBII), NERRS, CaNRS, OTS, etc. • Computer scientists (the development community) • Other informaticians (the practitioner community) • Objectives • Identify best practices, software tools and algorithms, and needed R&D • Provide tutorials on selected software • Round-table discussions • Plenary and contributed talks • Develop a community that can enhance informatics capacity for field biology

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