[ESIP-all] Call for Abstracts: AGU 2017 Session on Maximizing data value for data centers and managers

[Nancy Ritchey - NOAA Federal]

Dear Colleagues,
We would like to remind you and to encourage you to submit an abstract
<https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/in/papers/index.cgi?sessionid=26276> to
the session: *IN042: **Maximizing data value for data centers and data
managers: Experiences, strategies, lessons learned, and recommendations by
the Aug. 2, 2017 deadline.*

Looking forward to your contribution.

On behalf of the conveners,
Nancy Ritchey

On Monday, July 17, 2017, Nancy Ritchey - NOAA Federal <
nancy.ritchey at noaa.gov> wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
>
>
> The AGU 2017 Fall Meeting will be held on 11-15, Dec. 2017 in New
> Orleans, Louisiana. Abstracts submission deadline is Wednesday, 2 August
> 23:59 EDT.
>
>
> We would like to encourage you to submit an abstract
> <https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/in/papers/index.cgi?sessionid=26276> to
> the session: *IN042: **Maximizing data value for data centers and data
> managers: Experiences, strategies, lessons learned, and recommendations*
>
>
> *Description*: The growing volume of disparate scientific datasets,
> complex scientific questions, and difficult societal problems, coupled with
> limited financial support for data needs, makes business challenging for
> data centers and data managers. These entities add value to data through
> investments in documentation, accessibility, and services. Yet, data
> centers and data managers need guidance to best allocate limited resources
> and to demonstrate to stakeholders the overall value provided.
>
>
> This session invites abstracts around issues like:
>
> Which curation practices are ‘worthwhile’? Which, if any, are not?
>
> How can the quality or maturity of data management, curation,
> documentation, services, etc., be measured? What metrics or guidelines
> exist or could be developed for evaluating these aspects?
>
> When is it worthwhile to invest in automation?
>
> How can societal benefits be quantified, e.g. in education, public
> planning, safety, and scientific knowledge?
>
> What would a framework to evaluate the return on investment in data
> curation look like?
>
>
> *Conveners*:  Nancy A Ritchey, NOAA/NESDIS/National Centers for
> Environmental Information, Stephen M Richard, Columbia University of New
> York, Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Anne Wilson, Laboratory for
> Atmospheric and Space Physics, and Ilya Zaslavsky, San Diego
> Supercomputer Center, Spatial Information Systems Lab,
>
>
>
> Very best wishes,
>
> On behalf of the Conveners,
>
> Nancy Ritchey
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> Nancy Ritchey
> Archive Branch Chief
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Nancy Ritchey
Archive Branch Chief
ORCID: 0000-0003-3939-6287
NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
Asheville, NC 28801
828-271-4445
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