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Introducing Encyclopedia of Life version 2 International , Personal, Re-usable data Cynthia Parr
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Introducing Encyclopedia of Life version 2
International, Personal, Re-usable data
Cynthia ParrNational Museum of Natural HistorySmithsonian Institution@cydparr@eol
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EOLv2 eol.org
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Why?
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Mora et al. 2011. PLoS ONE.
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Photo: Cornell Univ.
Photo: Mary Keim
NA Butterfly AssociationFourth of July Count
Audubon Christmas Bird Count
Crowd-sourcing
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EOL v1
EOL v2
eol.org
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Scientific DatabasesScientific Journals Curate
CommentRate
eol.org
EOL aggregates and curates:a content curation community
Aggregate
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Scope
• All species• Global• Many audiences
– enthusiasts– learners– citizen scientists– scientists
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Community challenges
• Mostly in English• So much content, hard to make sense of it• Need incentives to come back• Need to empower everyone
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Internationalizing
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Personalizing
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Collections can be practical
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A collection of collections: Species in different areas of the National Zoo
http://www.eol.org/collections/64
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Fascinating textures: a scavenger hunt
http://www.eol.org/collections/740
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Communities to share interests …or to share work
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http://xkcd.com/386/
Why Curate?
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Institutional obligations
Citable online work
Accurate info on internet
Advertise my expertise
Highlight my research
Meet needs of my project
Supervising someone else
n=161 Most importantLeast important
Why scientists want to curate EOL
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Empowering curation
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Incentives for improvement
Image credit: Peter Förster
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What next?
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… but can’t yet be sure
EOL knows the answer
Photo credit: Breda Zimkus
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EOL v1
EOL v2
eol.org
EOL v3?
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http://eol.org/pages/598484/detailsSupplier: Ocean Biogeographic Information System
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Acknowledgements
Funding from:John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur FoundationAlfred P. Sloane FoundationSmithsonian InstitutionMarine Biological Laboratory and other funders and donors
All our content partners and global partners, especially:INBio -- Costa RicaBiblioteca Alexandrina -- EgyptCONABIO – MexicoOBIS – Ocean Biogeographic Information System
Volunteer curators and individual contributors via Flickr, Wikimedia, and members of EOL