<a href=”http://datapub.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/img_0502.jpg”><img class=”alignleft wp-image-1037″ title=”IMG_0502″ src=”http://datapub.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/img_0502.jpg?w=1024&h=1024″ alt=”” width=”368″ height=”368″ /></a>I’m spending this week in Portland to attend the <a href=”http://esa.org/portland/” target=”_blank”>Ecological Society of America’s annual meeting</a>. If you are a long-timer of the blog, you might remember I <a title=”ESA 2011 Meeting, Austin TX” href=”http://datapub.cdlib.org/?p=50″ target=”_blank”>was at ESA last year</a> to collect requirements for DataUp (then DCXL) and reported on <a title=”Quantitative Results From the ESA Conference” href=”http://datapub.cdlib.org/?p=84″ target=”_blank”>data sharing among ecologists</a>. Unfortunately I’m not presenting on DataUp specifically, but rather I’m here to tout the merits of <a href=”http://www.dataone.org” target=”_blank”>DataONE</a>. (This includes serving as one of the <a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promotional_model” target=”_blank”>DataONE booth babes</a>). I’m anxious to showcase DataUp to the ESA crowd, but our public release isn’t until September… so I’m resisting the urge to show off the tool. With <a title=”Looking for something? DataONE can help” href=”http://datapub.cdlib.org/?p=1012″ target=”_blank”>DataONE going live</a> a few weeks ago, there is plenty to talk about with ESA attendees.
That said, there are all kinds of great things to see at ESA this week. DataONE sponsored a <a href=”http://eco.confex.com/eco/2012/webprogrampreliminary/Session8028.html” target=”_blank”>workshop on data management</a> this past Sunday where there were quite a few questions about DataUp. I also participated in a <a href=”http://eco.confex.com/eco/2012/webprogrampreliminary/Session8029.html” target=”_blank”>session on data management planning </a>yesterday, and will take part in a <a href=”http://eco.confex.com/eco/2012/webprogrampreliminary/Session7962.html” target=”_blank”>panel discussion today</a> over lunch about the culture of data sharing in Ecology. Rest assured that DataUp will be mentioned during that discussion! Other must-sees at ESA: the <a href=”http://eco.confex.com/eco/2012/webprogram/Session7618.html” target=”_blank”>session I organized with Josh Tewksbury and Steph Hampton on the future of ecology</a> (Wednesday) and the <a href=”http://esa.ropensci.org” target=”_blank”>workshop on using R to find ecological data</a> (Thursday).
If you happen to be at ESA this year, stop by the DataONE booth and say hello. You can use the new <a href=”https://cn.dataone.org/onemercury/” target=”_blank”>ONE-Mercury search engine</a> to search DataONE repositories for data, chat with me about DataUp, and eat tasty chocolates.
Despite the NSF requirement for data management plans, I get the feeling that folks still haven’t gotten on board with learning about data management and sharing. It will be fun to attend #ESA2013, showcase DataUp, and see how the culture has evolved.
