[Esip-preserve] Data Stewardship Training Telecon - Thursday May 26, 12 EDT

[Carol Beaton Meyer]

Hi Bob, et al,

Thanks for posing a question about funding. The proposal and budget
justification were written in such a way that provides for flexibility. We
did want to offer a stipend for course instructors, as well as support their
travel to the venue. The balance of the budget request was written to
support the course's development and delivery of the course. Our agreement
lasts through next summer (2012).

Carol

On 5/26/11 9:09 AM, "Cook, Robert B." <cookrb at ornl.gov> wrote:

> Hi Ruth,
> 
> I have another commitment at noon (EDT) today and won't be able to attend the
> teleconference.
> 
> I've looked over the information and wanted to provide some comments for you
> and the group to consider.
> 
> First, what are the constraints of the funding?  Funding duration (three
> years, one year) ?  What does the budget cover?:  workshop venue, participants
> costs (travel?), training materials, development of training materials?
> Honoraria for lecturers?? The budget seems ample enough to plan a great
> training program, but I think it would be helpful to understand a bit more
> about it.
> 
> Perhaps we should consider an initial target audience and workshop venue at
> the outset, based on the existing funding and its constraints.  To me, that
> would help focus the material we develop.
> 
> Option 1:  As a suggestion, let's say that our initial audience is early
> career Earth Scientists and the initial venue will be a 4 hour workshop
> associated with Fall 2011 AGU (maybe the Sunday before AGU).  Over the next
> year, perhaps this could be expanded into a one-day or two-day course either
> stand-alone or in association with another meeting.
> 
> Option 2:  If the budget we have from NOAA expires in 2012, perhaps we could
> plan a week-long training session in early January (La Jolla) or late June
> 2012 (Breckenridge) for early career scientists.  We could work to get this
> course established through a university, or we could offer it as an "ESIP"
> course.  Lots of Universities are pushing Environmental Information Management
> (UT-Knoxville and UNM are two that I know of).  Maybe CU?  It would be a pain
> to get a new course approved at a University, but it would be worth the
> effort.
>   
> Course Content:
> For early career scientists, the course should contain:
> -the benefits of data stewardship
> -Planning for data management (aka NSF's 2-page Data Management Plans)
> -fundamentals of data management
> -identifying a suitable archive and meeting their requirements
> 
> For a longer-course
> -collecting data (from sensors, for example)
> -relational databases
> -metadata creation
> -analysis tools (R vs Excel)
> 
> This note clearly shows my bias for the scientist and proper creation and
> preservation of data products.
> 
> Thanks for considering these ideas.
> 
> Best wishes,
> Bob
>  
> 
> On May 25, 2011, at 12:46 AM, Ruth Duerr wrote:
> 
>> Please join us for the next Data Stewardship Training Telecon to be held this
>> Thursday (May 26) at 12 EDT.  Based on the success of the "Developing your
>> data management plan" workshop held at AGU last fall, this group, still in
>> its formative stages, has the goal of developing data management training for
>> both scientists and budding data managers.  If you are interested in the
>> topic, please join and help shape ESIP's contributions in this area.
>> 
>> This weeks agenda:
>> 
>> Review newly revised charter - discuss roles and responsibilities - what are
>> team members able and willing to support?
>> Review course outline - what is missing, redundant?
>> Discuss plan for generating course content
>> 
>> Call-in toll-free number (US/Canada): 1-877-669-3239 Attendee access code:
>> 231 109 49
>> To start or join the online portion of the Personal Conference meeting
>> Go to 
>> blockedhttps://esipfed.webex.com/esipfed/e.php?AT=WMI&EventID=160335277&PW=30
>> d40003021c04757f73&RT=MiM3
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