Session 05: Promoting data publishing Image from Billy W obtained via http://www.freeimages.com/photo/bee-keeping-11-1491032 Mélianie Raymond GB22 Training event for Nodes - 5 October 2015

Data holders – a key audience for GBIf One of the six GBIF audiences Diverse group including: Natural history collection curators Authors and publishers of scientific research Libraries Citizen scientists Generators of remotely-sensed data Environmental impact assessment consultants Indigenous and local communities… http://www.gbif.org/resource/80926

Primary communication needs Information on the importance and benefits of sharing and publishing data in standard formats that make them widely discoverable and re-usable Clear guidance on how to publish data Onward communication tools to make the case for investment in digitization and publication of biodiversity data http://www.gbif.org/resource/80926

Key messages GBIF is of value because it: Enables efficient means to mobilize, manage and publish digital biodiversity data Helps provide institutional visibility and recognition for sharing biodiversity data in formats suitable for discovery and re-use Provides free, open-access tools and guidance for publishing digital datasets Promotes practices that ensure data persistence and data provenance Helps comply with open data regulations and requirements

Examples – Posters & presentations http://www.pensoft.net/img/upl/file/DataPaperPoster.pdf http://www.gbif.org/event/82148

Examples – Infographics http://www.sibcolombia.net/web/sib/guia-para-publicacion-de-datos-primarios-sobre-biodiversidad

Examples – Videos Belgian Biodiversity Platform reBiND project Que es el SiB Colombia? AgroMag in Benin http://www.biodiversity.be/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8U6BbgDOUg http://rebind.bgbm.org/rebind_movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9Nm7jxBrCc

Other ideas http://community.gbif.org/pg/file/read/48774/

Presentation of resources and group discussion Session outline Split into two subgroups Choose a scenario and inform the other subgroup 35 min to prepare resource Present resource to the other subgroup Group discussion taking the role of a data holder Swap! Share experiences on community site Scenario 1 Scenario 3 35 min Presentation of resources and group discussion

Scenario 1 Type of interaction: Running a booth at an international congress of conservation practitioners Target audience: International conservation biologists, NGOs and policy makers with limited prior knowledge of GBIF Examples of resource type: Brochure/handout, or poster, a series of posts in social media, an ad in the congress booklet… Photo: Dmitry Schigel at GBIF booth at ICCB-ECCB Montpellier, August 2015 (credit Alberto González-Talaván)

Scenario 2 Type of interaction: An institutional visit to a major natural history museum in the process of digitizing their collections Target audience: Museum staff - curators, taxonomists Examples of resource types: Presentation, draft script, brochure/handout… Photo: Dmitry Lyskov at Moscow University Herbarium; photo credit Alexey Seregin

Examples of resource type: Presentation deck, poster, video… Scenario 3 Type of interaction: You are approached by a member of your board with a request for material to promote data publishing at an upcoming scientific conference. Target audience: Scientific researchers; e.g. marine biologists; agrobiodiversity specialists… Examples of resource type: Presentation deck, poster, video… Photo: Posters at Africa Rising conference, May 2015

Session 05: Promoting data publishing Image from Billy W obtained via http://www.freeimages.com/photo/bee-keeping-11-1491032 Mélianie Raymond GB22 Training event for Nodes - 5 October 2015