Featuring Dr. Heather Fischer, Crowd Informatics and Oregon State University; Kaylin Bugbee, Applications Data Manager at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and member of NASA’s Interagency Implementation and Advanced Concepts Team; Charmel Menzel, Co-Chair of the Data & Metadata Working Group of the Citizen Science Association.

Follow this link to open Reflection Tool 4, which includes many (all?) of the links mentioned by our speakers.

The scientific community is rapidly developing and evolving data practices that ensure longterm value and interoperability of data sets. For maximum value and utility, citizen science data sets must comply with these standards and accommodate acknowledgements and special metadata requirements. Come learn from leaders in the field about emerging practices, standards to watch, and strategies for ensuring that your volunteers’ time is well spent.