6. The
Long
Tail
Size
of
dataset
#
datasets
#
researchers
7. The
Long
Tail
Data
Managers
Size
of
dataset
#
datasets
#
researchers
All
alone
8. UGLY TRUTH
Many
(most?)
btrgroup.com
researchers…
are
not
taught
data
management
don’t
know
what
metadata
are
can’t
name
data
centers
or
repositories
don’t
share
data
publicly
or
store
it
in
an
archive
aren’t
convinced
they
should
share
data
9. From
Flickr
by
DW0825
From
Flickr
by
Flickmor
From
Flickr
by
deltaMike
Digital
data
www.woodrow.org
C.
Strasser
Courtesey
of
WHOI
From
Flickr
by
US
Army
Environmental
Command
11. Where
data
end
up
From
Flickr
by
diylibrarian
www
blog.order2disorder.com
From
Flickr
by
csessums
Data
Metadata
From
Flickr
by
csessums
Recreated
from
Klump
et
al.
2006
12. Where
data
end
up
From
Flickr
by
diylibrarian
www
Data
www
Metadata
From
Flickr
by
torkildr
Recreated
from
Klump
et
al.
2006
13. The
Fallout
Data
Reuse
Data
Sharing
Data
Management
14. Barriers
From
Flickr
by
Chris0na
Ann
VanMeter
• Cost:
time,
personnel,
software
&
hardware
• Confusion
about
standards,
how
to
start
• Disparate
datasets
• Lack
of
training
From
Flickr
by
bthomso
• Fear
of
lost
rights/benefits
• No
incentives
15. From
Flickr
by
diylibrarian
?
www
Data
www
Metadata
From
Flickr
by
torkildr
Recreated
from
Klump
et
al.
2006
18. Facilitate
Archiving
Data
management
Data
Reuse
&
Sharing
Reproducibility
&
organization
Publishing
19. Open
Source
Tool
Add-‐in
&
Web
Application
Earth,
environmental,
?
ecological
researchers
20. Add-‐in
• Download
&
install
• Appears
as
“ribbon”
in
Excel
• Windows
Excel
2007+
Web-‐based
application
• Website
that
does
something
with
user’s
files
• New
user
interface
• Any
platform
?