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Supporting Researchers in Discovering Data Repositories

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Amber Budden

Amber Budden

DataONE

As Director for Community Engagement and Outreach, Amber Budden works with the DataONE User’s Group, post-docs, and working group members to engage the community and provide education and outreach activities focussed on data preservation, management, use and reuse. Amber has a PhD in behavioral ecology and has conducted ecological and sociological research at the University of California Berkeley and the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (UC Santa Barbara) in addition to teaching at York University and the University of Toronto in Canada. Amber is also a lead ont eh Arctic Data Center repository and worked in outreach and publications within the non-profit sector prior to joining DataONE.
Erin McLean

Erin McLean

Arctic Data Center

Erin works with Arctic Data Center and the community of research scientists that use it, teaching them how to upload and use the data in the repository, as well as coordinating any other outreach activities.

Erin has always been interested in science communication and, as such, has spent most of her career in informal science education with aquariums and after school programs, teaching K-12 students about the wonders of the ocean and inspiring the next generation of ocean stewards. More recently, she managed partnerships for Kaplan Test Prep, and she’s happy to be back in science where she belongs!

Erin has a bachelor’s degree in Marine Science and English Literature from Boston University and a Master’s of Science in Biological and Environmental Sciences from the University of Rhode Island. Her thesis research was on the growth response of American lobsters to simulated ocean acidification conditions.

How do researchers go about identifying a repository to preserve their data? Do they have all the information they need to make an informed decision? Are there resources available to help? Read more

How do researchers go about identifying a repository to preserve their data? Do they have all the information they need to make an informed decision? Are there resources available to help?

There are a myriad of repositories available to support data preservation and they differ across multiple axes. So which one is right for your data? The answer is largely, ‘it depends’. But this can be frustrating to a new researcher looking to publish data for the first time. What questions need to be asked to detangle these dependencies and where can a researcher go for answers?

Conversations and sessions at domain conferences have consistently suggested that researchers need more support in navigating the landscape of data repositories and with support from ESIP Funding Friday, we sought to do that. In this webinar we will introduce a resource under development that aims to serve as a gateway for information about repository selection. With links to existing resources, games and outreach materials, we aim to facilitate discovery of data repositories and we welcome contributions to increase the value of this resource.

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