Data Preservation and Cyberinfrastructure

<p>AGU F14 Poster on data preservation efforts related to legacy physical object collections at a state geological survey</p

National Geothermal Database

<p>Files related to the Geological Survey's contributions to the National Geothermal Database System, particularly related to the development of the system</p

ESIP Winter Meeting 2014

<p>Poster presented at the ESIP Winter Meeting 2014, on Use Case Activities from the 2013 AGU annual meeting</p

Content Model Use and Development to Redeem Thin Scetion Records

<p>Abstract:</p> <p>The National Geothermal Data System (NGDS) is a catalog of documents and datasets that provide information about geothermal resources located primarily within the United States. The goal of NGDS is to make large quantities of geothermal-relevant geoscience data available to the public by creating a national, sustainable, distributed, and interoperable network of data providers. The Geological Survey of Alabama (GSA) has been a data provider in the initial phase of NGDS.</p> <p>One method by which NGDS facilitates interoperability is through the use of content models. Content models provide a schema (structure) for submitted data. Schemas dictate where and how data should be entered. Content models use templates that simplify data formatting to expedite use by data providers. These methodologies implemented by NGDS can extend beyond geothermal data to all geoscience data.</p> <p>The GSA, using the NGDS physical samples content model, has tested and refined a content model for thin sections and thin section photos. Countless thin sections have been taken from oil and gas well cores housed at the GSA, and many of those thin sections have related photomicrographs. Record keeping for these thin sections has been scattered at best, and it is critical to capture their metadata while the content creators are still available. A next step will be to register the GSA’s thin sections with SESAR (System for Earth Sample Registration) and assign an IGSN (International Geo Sample Number) to each thin section. Additionally, the thin section records will be linked to the GSA’s online record database. When complete, the GSA’s thin sections will be more readily discoverable and have greater interoperability. Moving forward, the GSA is implementing use of NGDS-like content models and registration with SESAR and IGSN to improve collection maintenance and management of additional physical samples.</p

Crossing the communication boundary between your field and everyone else - Presented at the Winter 2018 ESIP Meeting

You know you can write a great journal paper, and your colleagues assure you that your talks at professional meetings don’t (always) feel like “death by Powerpoint.” However, when you try to communicate the value of your contributions to folks outside your field, you find a lot of them don’t quite get it. If you’re interested in increasing the impact of your science by sharing it with a larger audience, here’s a place to start.<br

2024 January ESIP Meeting Highlights

This presentation, originally given during a webinar on February 21, 2024, provides an overview of plenaries and breakout sessions from the 2024 January Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) Meeting held online (January 23-26, 2024). The meeting theme was Grounded in Trust: Data Ethics Empower Collaboration.</p