Data Management Training Clearinghouse

The purpose of the Data Management Training (DMT) Clearinghouse project was twofold. First, the project aimed to increase discoverability and accessibility of the wealth of learning resources that have been developed to inform and train scientists about data management in the Earth sciences. Secondly, the project team wanted to facilitate the use of these learning resources by providing descriptive information (metadata) that can help research scientists, students, or teachers assess whether the resource would be appropriate and useful for their needs.   

The project team established the following objectives for the project:

• Create an online, searchable, and browsable clearinghouse of learning resources on data management in the Earth sciences.
• Provide a mechanism for creators or managers of learning resources to easily submit information about their resources into the clearinghouse.
• Provide the means for content submitters to describe the learning resources using a description schema that can increase discoverability and describe the contextual framework for which they were created.
• Provide a metadata submission form with online help guides available to assist content submitters in contributing complete and accurate information about their learning resources.
• Develop a basic crowd-sourced, quality-assured mechanism for building and sustaining the clearinghouse past the initial grant-funded development of the clearinghouse.

: John C Nelson
Co-Investigator : Nancy Hoebelheinrich, Tamar Norkin
Cooperator/Partner : Amber Budden, John L Faundeen, Sophie Hou, Shelley Knuth, Matt Mayernik, Erin Robinson, David Bassendine