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Introducing Encyclopedia of Life version 2 International , Personal, Re-usable data Cynthia Parr National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution @ cydparr @ eol. EOLv2 eol.org. Why?. Mora et al. 2011. PLoS ONE. Crowd-sourcing. Photo: Mary Keim. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Introducing Encyclopedia of Life version 2
International, Personal, Re-usable data
Cynthia ParrNational Museum of Natural HistorySmithsonian Institution@cydparr@eol
EOLv2 eol.org
Why?
Mora et al. 2011. PLoS ONE.
Photo: Cornell Univ.
Photo: Mary Keim
NA Butterfly AssociationFourth of July Count
Audubon Christmas Bird Count
Crowd-sourcing
EOL v1
EOL v2
eol.org
Scientific DatabasesScientific Journals Curate
CommentRate
eol.org
EOL aggregates and curates:a content curation community
Aggregate
Scope
• All species• Global• Many audiences
– enthusiasts– learners– citizen scientists– scientists
Community challenges
• Mostly in English• So much content, hard to make sense of it• Need incentives to come back• Need to empower everyone
Internationalizing
Personalizing
Collections can be practical
A collection of collections: Species in different areas of the National Zoo
http://www.eol.org/collections/64
Fascinating textures: a scavenger hunt
http://www.eol.org/collections/740
Communities to share interests …or to share work
http://xkcd.com/386/
Why Curate?
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
Empowering curation
Incentives for improvement
Image credit: Peter Förster
What next?
… but can’t yet be sure
EOL knows the answer
Photo credit: Breda Zimkus
EOL v1
EOL v2
eol.org
EOL v3?
http://eol.org/pages/598484/detailsSupplier: Ocean Biogeographic Information System
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