Facilitating Knowledge Integration with a Monitoring Protocol Registry

This project identified collected, and characterized existing online monitoring methods and protocol collection tools that USGS manages or is a substantial collaborator. It also identified the common elements between existing protocol libraries content and functionality. The project examined the results of the USGS Monitoring workshop in December 2011 that provided information about stakeholder needs to form the future scope of monitoring library components and functionality. Finally, the project developed a mechanism via the Data Management website for USGS scientists to identify their needs with regards to seeking monitoring protocols for a particular methodology and or other protocol access, reference, and citation needs.

Author : Jacquelyn L Schei, Sarah Beldin, Lisa Zolly, Daniel J Sullivan, Jennifer M Bayer, Andrea Ostroff, Jennifer Carlino

Benefits

• Access to monitoring protocols
• Increased awareness of opportunities for collaboration with other scientists across the U.S.
• Ability to cite published protocols in metadata and other project documentation

Deliverables

• Report, Community for Data Integration (CDI) Protocol/Method Library Comparison Evaluation, Summary, & Conclusions

Note: this information is from the FY12 CDI Annual Review