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Publish/Share > Data Collaboration Services

Data Collaboration Services are tools that enable better collaboration, management of data, and planning online. With a growing number of new collaborations occurring remotely, online collaboration Web sites and tools have begun to be crucial. The USGS is committed to providing an "Integrated Information Environment" for USGS personnel and their external partners in order to facilitate the production of data that can be shared within the scientific community and the public.

• myUSGS

Description:

myUSGS is a suite of content management and collaboration tools for USGS science teams including their external partners. myUSGS is working to provide greater integration to the vast stores of USGS scientific data, information, and access to our knowledge resources. The myUSGS platform consists of a growing set of public Web sites that share content from within this integrated information environment as well as a wide variety of online intranet/extranet communities. Department of Interior (DOI) users as well as Non-DOI users are welcome to access myUSGS.

URL:

https://my.usgs.gov/home/

• Confluence Dashboard (myUSGS v4)

Description:

The Confluence dashboard is essentially myUSGS 4.0, which is available for access. This new version will undergo several background software changes to improve collaboration and management.

URL:

https://my.usgs.gov/confluence/dashboard.action

• ScienceBase

Description:

ScienceBase provides a data cataloging and collaborative data management platform for USGS scientists and partners. ScienceBase has a central search and discovery application along with Web services that facilitate other applications. Research communities can set up their own "virtual catalogs" that contain items of particular import to their work.

URL:

https://my.usgs.gov/catalog/

• USGS SharePoint (internal only)

Description:

SharePoint is a secure collaborative workspace and a set of tools on the Web where you can store and manage documents and calendars, compile information, manage lists and discussion databases, and perform other tasks to conduct and manage projects across time zones and networks with partners in science inside and outside the USGS.

URL:

https://collaboration.usgs.gov

• Google Drive

Description:

Create and share documents on the web using Google Drive. This application allows you to control access to your documents so you determine who can see and edit your document.

URL:

https://drive.google.com/