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Escribano, Nora; Galicia, David; Ariño, Arturo H Game of Tops: Trends in GBIF’s Community of Users Journal Article Biodiversity Information Science and Standards, 3 , pp. e37187, 2019. Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: biodiversity, community structure, data users, GBIF, research trends @article{10.3897/biss.3.37187, title = {Game of Tops: Trends in GBIF’s Community of Users}, author = {Nora Escribano and David Galicia and Arturo H Ariño}, url = {https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.3.37187}, doi = {10.3897/biss.3.37187}, year = {2019}, date = {2019-01-01}, journal = {Biodiversity Information Science and Standards}, volume = {3}, pages = {e37187}, publisher = {Pensoft Publishers}, abstract = {Building on the development of Biodiversity Informatics, the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) undertook the task of enabling access to the world’s wealth of biodiversity data via the Internet. To date, GBIF has become, in many respects, the most extensive biodiversity information exchange infrastructure in the world, opening up a full range of possibilities for science. Science has benefited from such access to biodiversity data in research areas ranging from the effects of environmental change on biodiversity to the spread of invasive species, among many others. As of this writing, more than 7,000 published items (scientific papers, reviews, conference proceedings) have been indexed in the GBIF Secretariat’s literature tracking programme. On the basis on this database, we will represent trends in GBIF in the users’ behaviour over time regarding openness, social structure, and other features associated to such scientific production: what is the measurable impact of research using GBIF data? How is the GBIF community of users growing? Is the science made with, and enabled by, open data, actually open? Mapping GBIF users’ choices will show how biodiversity research is evolving through time, synthesising past and current priorities of this community in an attempt to forecast whether summer—or winter—is coming.}, keywords = {biodiversity, community structure, data users, GBIF, research trends}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } Building on the development of Biodiversity Informatics, the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) undertook the task of enabling access to the world’s wealth of biodiversity data via the Internet. To date, GBIF has become, in many respects, the most extensive biodiversity information exchange infrastructure in the world, opening up a full range of possibilities for science. Science has benefited from such access to biodiversity data in research areas ranging from the effects of environmental change on biodiversity to the spread of invasive species, among many others. As of this writing, more than 7,000 published items (scientific papers, reviews, conference proceedings) have been indexed in the GBIF Secretariat’s literature tracking programme. On the basis on this database, we will represent trends in GBIF in the users’ behaviour over time regarding openness, social structure, and other features associated to such scientific production: what is the measurable impact of research using GBIF data? How is the GBIF community of users growing? Is the science made with, and enabled by, open data, actually open? Mapping GBIF users’ choices will show how biodiversity research is evolving through time, synthesising past and current priorities of this community in an attempt to forecast whether summer—or winter—is coming. |
Lecoq, Marie-Elise; Archambeau, Anne-Sophie; Figueira, Rui; Martin, David; Pamerlon, Sophie; Robertson, Tim; Lebbe, Régine Vignes; Villaverde, Cristina The Living Atlases Community of Practice Journal Article Biodiversity Information Science and Standards, 3 , pp. e35779, 2019. Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: ALA, GBIF, Living Atlases @article{10.3897/biss.3.35779, title = {The Living Atlases Community of Practice}, author = {Marie-Elise Lecoq and Anne-Sophie Archambeau and Rui Figueira and David Martin and Sophie Pamerlon and Tim Robertson and Régine Vignes Lebbe and Cristina Villaverde}, url = {https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.3.35779}, doi = {10.3897/biss.3.35779}, year = {2019}, date = {2019-01-01}, journal = {Biodiversity Information Science and Standards}, volume = {3}, pages = {e35779}, publisher = {Pensoft Publishers}, abstract = {The power and configurability of the the Atlas of Living Australia tools have enabled more and more institutions and participants of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility adapt and install biodiversity platforms. For six years, we have demonstrated that the community around this platform was needed and ready for its adoption. During the symposium organized for the SPNHC+TDWG 2018, we started a discussion that has led us to the creation of a more structured and sustainable community of practice. We want to create a community that follows the structure of open-source technical projects such as Linux or Apache foundation. After the GBIF Governing Board (GB25), the Kilkenny accord was agreed among 8 country or institution partners and early adopters of ALA platform to outline the scope of the new Living Atlases community. Thanks to this accord, we have begun to set up a new structure based on the Community of Practice (CoP) model. In summary, the governance will be held by a Management committee and a Technical advisory committee. Adding to these, the Living Atlases community will have two coordinators with technical and administrative duties. This presentation will briefly summarise the community history leading up to the agreement of the Kilkenny accord and provide information and context of the key points contained. Then, we will present and launch the new Living Atlases Community of Practice . Through this presentation, we aim to collect lessons learned and good practices from other CoP in topics like governance, communications, sustainability, among others to incorporate them in the consolidation process of the Living Atlases community.}, keywords = {ALA, GBIF, Living Atlases}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } The power and configurability of the the Atlas of Living Australia tools have enabled more and more institutions and participants of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility adapt and install biodiversity platforms. For six years, we have demonstrated that the community around this platform was needed and ready for its adoption. During the symposium organized for the SPNHC+TDWG 2018, we started a discussion that has led us to the creation of a more structured and sustainable community of practice. We want to create a community that follows the structure of open-source technical projects such as Linux or Apache foundation. After the GBIF Governing Board (GB25), the Kilkenny accord was agreed among 8 country or institution partners and early adopters of ALA platform to outline the scope of the new Living Atlases community. Thanks to this accord, we have begun to set up a new structure based on the Community of Practice (CoP) model. In summary, the governance will be held by a Management committee and a Technical advisory committee. Adding to these, the Living Atlases community will have two coordinators with technical and administrative duties. This presentation will briefly summarise the community history leading up to the agreement of the Kilkenny accord and provide information and context of the key points contained. Then, we will present and launch the new Living Atlases Community of Practice . Through this presentation, we aim to collect lessons learned and good practices from other CoP in topics like governance, communications, sustainability, among others to incorporate them in the consolidation process of the Living Atlases community. |
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