Databits: ezEML — A Do-It-Yourself Form-Based Editor for Creating Metadata...
By Jon Ide and Mark Servilla, Environmental Data Initiative ezEML is a form-based online tool to streamline the creation of metadata in the Ecological Metadata Language (EML). It was created by the...
View ArticleImplementing a Virtual Site All-Scientists’ Meeting
By John Porter, Virginia Coastal Reserve LTER The big decision and assessing virtual meeting needs Each January, the Virginia Coast Reserve LTER holds an “All Scientists’ Meeting” to exchange...
View ArticleDataBits: Winter/Spring Edition of Site Bytes
Below you’ll find the latest roundup of IM news from sites that have updates related to new staff, funding, project development. Luquillo LTER – Miguel Leon Greetings from the Luquillo (LUQ) LTER. I’m...
View ArticleReasons to Archive and Share Data
by John Porter & An Nguyen (with input from the LTER IM Committee) Data is not just important to information managers, but to researchers as well. Long-term ecological data have significantly...
View ArticleArduino vs Raspberry Pi: A Maker’s Guide to Environmental Sensors
By Mark Gahler Since I began working for the North Temperate Lakes (NTL) LTER site in 2014, I have heard a lot of people express interest in the possibility of building their own environmental sensors...
View ArticleUsing the LTERHub Directory API to Perform Site Tasks
–by John Porter, Virginia Coast Reserve Information Manager In late in 2020 the LTERHub was established (https://lternetwork.force.com/lterhub/s/article/What-is-LTERHub). One of the valuable features...
View ArticleDataBits: AWS Lightsail with RStudio Server
Mary Marek-Spartz, MSP LTER – University of Minnesota The Minneapolis-St. Paul urban LTER site spans the seven-county metropolitan area of one of the most spatially distributed population centers in...
View ArticleDataBits Through the Years
The premier issue of DataBits was published in 1989 to disseminate data management news between data managers, PIs, and the broader LTER community. Over 30 years later, data managers Hsunyi Hsieh...
View ArticleDataBits: Experimenting with LoRaWAN for Sensor Data
by John Porter, VCR LTER LoRa (short for Long Range) is a spread-spectrum digital radio technology designed for Internet of Things (IOT) applications. IOT applications typically involve low-cost...
View ArticleImportance and Unanticipated Use of Biological Collections in Long-Term...
Moira Décima1, Deborah Steinberg2 and Linsey Sala11Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD2Virginia Institute of Marine Science Biological collections are a critical component of scientific...
View ArticleAnnouncing ltertools: An R Package By and For the LTER Community
This article part of DataBits, stories about data management, techniques, and tools. DataBits is curated by the LTER Information Managers. For more information and to contribute a DataBits article,...
View ArticleEnriching Ecological Data Using Annotated Metadata
This article part of DataBits, stories about data management, techniques, and tools. DataBits is curated by the LTER Information Managers. For more information and to contribute a DataBits article,...
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