Following on from the conference held in Bristol earlier in the year, Deborah Paul of iDigBio and
Nicole Fisher of CSIRO have asked that this e-mail inviting UK natural scientists to participate in two world-wide surveys being undertaken, be circulated to GCG members. Please do take time to contribute
if you can.
Thanks
Ray
Ray Barnett
Head of Collections & Archives
Bristol Culture
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
Queen’s Road
Bristol BS1 8RL
Tel: 0117 3525896
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Surveys: Integrating Changes into Collections Databases: Challenges and Opportunities
The purpose of these surveys is to gather information from the collections community regarding your experience incorporating changes into your local collections databases. Our goals are
to compile and share findings
at
SPNHC-TDWG 2018 as part of the SPNHC
symposium:
Challenges for Implementing Collections Data Quality Feedback: synthesizing the community experience.
Our interests are in the skills, processes, and resources needed (or missing) when collections staff work to integrate data from aggregators and/or crowd-sourced transcriptions back into their local
databases. We plan to share the critical information collected in these surveys to help current and future programs design and implement improved data integration and data quality efforts. Many changes might need
to be integrated into collection databases. These two surveys focus on :
- data quality feedback suggestions from aggregators, and
- information provided by crowdsourcing efforts (e.g., online transcription platforms).
Please take either questionnaire, or both, as is appropriate. Each survey is estimated to take a maximum of 5 to 10 minutes.
Results will be shared at
SPNHC-TDWG
2018 and with you as well if you provide contact information.
Survey 1: Integrating Data Quality Feedback from Aggregators into Collection Databases
http://bit.ly/integrateDQ
Survey 2: Integrating Crowdsourced Data into Collection Databases
http://bit.ly/integrateCrowdData
Thanks very much. In anticipation,
Deb Paul (iDigBio) & Nicole Fisher (CSIRO)
please excuse cross-postings - aiming for worldwide reach - please share!
Nicole Fisher
Digital Collections and Informatics
National Research Collections Australia (NRCA)
CSIRO
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T +61 2 6246 4261 M +61 (0) 475 972 827
Address : GPO Box 1700, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
www.csiro.au/en/Research/Collections
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