View source for Making the Case for Data Stewardship Use Cases: A Community Building and Engagement Exercise

Project Submitted By: Denise Hills, Geological Survey of Alabama and Sarah Ramdeen, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill <br>

GOALS:
:*Extending the current ESIP Data Stewardship community to include people from all points in the data life cycle
:*Promote ESIP to a more diverse community, in line with ESIP’s overall mission
:*Create interdisciplinary connections
:*Achieve synergy in data management practice

PLAN:
:*Submit a proposal for a Town Hall meeting at the Fall 2013 AGU meeting
:*Submit two abstracts to an Informatics session - one focused on broad purpose and need for Data Stewardship Use Cases, the second focused more specifically on a particular Use Case
:*Presentations would be used to promote the Town Hall, or to follow up on the Town Hall discussions
:*If the Town Hall were not accepted, the presentations would still serve the meet the outlined goals.

EXPECTED OUTCOMES:
:*Broader community involvement the ESIP Data Stewardship Committee
:*Increase the knowledge base of Data Stewardship standards and practices by including more stake-holders
:*Potential publication (e.g., in EOS) of results of the Town Hall