Data Management Planning for Citizen Science.
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2020Corporate Author
UKEOF Citizen Science Working Group
Status
PublishedPages
8pp.
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This guidance note provides specific, practical advice to citizen science
practitioners (specifically those involved
in the planning, collection, storage or
use of data) about the development of
data management plans to support the
value of datasets from citizen science
projects. A good Data Management
Plan – considering the whole lifecycle
of data from its creation and storage
to its use, publication and re-use – will
add value to citizen science datasets and
help them to have greatest possible use
and impact.
UKEOFOver the last decade there has been a sharp increase in the use of citizen science to generate data to support and inform
scientific research1. This has also raised interest in the use of these data as a potential source of evidence to inform public policy
and decision making2. This trend suggests a growing potential for citizen science to create data that can have a real impact in the
way we understand, observe and manage our world and the challenges it fac.....
Resource URL
http://www.ukeof.org.uk/resources/citizen-science-resources/cswg-data-guidance-booklet-web.pdf/viewPublisher
UK Environmental Observation Framework (UKEOF)Bailrigg, UK
Document Language
enBest Practice Type
Manual (incl. handbook, guide, cookbook etc)Citation
UKEOF Citizen Science Working Group (2020) Data Management Planning for Citizen Science. Bailrigg, UK, UK Environmental Observing Framework, 8pp. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-912Collections