[Esip-preserve] EarthCube iSamples Webinar: Wednesday 10/28 -managing physical sample collections

[Ramdeen, Sarah]

FYI I am talking in the second half of the hour on my dissertation research ☺

Thanks!
Sarah

Sarah Ramdeen Doctoral Candidate
School of Information and Library Science
University of North Carolina
ramdeen at email.unc.edu<mailto:ramdeen at email.unc.edu>
http://ramdeen.web.unc.edu/

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Managing Physical Sample Collections at the U.S. Geological Survey
and
Information Seeking and Physical Objects
Wednesday, October 28, 2015, 4pm Eastern Time

The link to webinar is
WebEx Link<https://earthcube.webex.com/earthcube/j.php?MTID=maa7e42c1631b4bf8f0029429e0a6003a> for October 28th, 4pm Eastern Time
(For plain text postings where the link did not show up: Any updated links or information will be posted at http://earthcube.org/workspace/isamples/webinars)

The Internet of Samples in the Earth Sciences (iSamples) RCN is hosting Fall 2015 webinars that will focus on the discovery, access, sharing, analysis, and curation of physical samples and the data generated by their study. The webinar series highlights success stories as well as current challenges and needs.

Managing Physical Sample Collections at the U.S. Geological Survey
Brian Buczkowski, USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1410 "The U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Collections Management System (GCMS)—A Master Catalog and Collections Management Plan for U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Samples and Sample Collections" provides a guide for sample repositories to establish common practices for collection, retention, and disposal of geologic materials obtained by USGS researchers through the course of scientific investigations.  The GCMS Collections Management Plan provides a set of protocols and templates for the management of scientific collections, including guidance for the access, storage, transfer, and disposal of physical geologic samples and data, with the goal to standardize the curation of these samples and data, while improving their discovery and access by USGS and partner researchers.  Initially written for geoscientific sample collections, this plan’s flexibility allows repositories to adapt the practices best suited to their collections—including, but not limited to, geological, paleontological, biological, and hydrological scientific collections. This report was authored by the USGS Geologic Materials Repository Working Group, consisting of USGS scientists and collections managers, as well as outside collaborators from federal and state agencies. This report is available online through the USGS Publications Warehouse at http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/cir1410.

Information Seeking and Physical Objects
Sarah Ramdeen, PhD Candidate, School of Information and Library Science, Univ. of North Carolina
For my dissertation, I am investigating the information seeking behavior of scientists when searching for physical objects. Information seeking is “a conscious effort to acquire information in response to a need or gap” in your knowledge (Case, 2007). For my research, I am focusing on physical objects, such as geological cores and cuttings. These items cannot be completely replaced by a digital surrogate and must be connected to metadata in order to retain their scientific value. I will be recruiting participants from state geological survey’s sample repositories. State surveys are state agencies whose missions include providing access to information and knowledge related to geological issues. In many states this also includes maintaining a core and cuttings repository.

Science data centers such as state surveys use cyberinfrastructure to enable discovery, access, use, and documentation of data. This includes catalogs, databases, and perhaps even use of IGSN’s.  But geologists’ interactions with such systems remain understudied. Previous studies focus only on the ways in which geologists search for publications, not data (Bichteler & Ward, 1989; Joseph, 2001). Expected outcomes from my dissertation include developing a model of information seeking behavior for data. This might be used in developing cyber systems that better fit user needs.

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Part of the iSamples Webinar Series

Archived presentations will be posted on the iSamples RCN YouTube Channel<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe6VrHkVuJzp0juuRStxfCQ>

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