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<p>Dear fellow IM's,<br>
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<p>"Databits" is the newsletter for environmental information management (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lternet.edu/?taxonomy=document-types&term=databits">https://lternet.edu/?taxonomy=document-types&term=databits</a>).<br>
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<p>The time has come for the Spring 2019 issue of Databits to be forged! We'd like to have your articles etc. by the Ides of March (<b>15 March 2019</b>) for release before the spring SC meeting.
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<p>First we would like <u>every site</u> to give us a "Site Byte" - a brief summary of recent highlights, challenges and future directions. They don't need to be long or detailed - just the highlights that you'd like to share with fellow ecological information
managers. We've set up a Google Form for submitting yours at: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdJrH7fAbjhBjSieevsdgqbRbyrxbM0844-hGzSJ3PFATE7qw/viewform?usp=sf_link">
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdJrH7fAbjhBjSieevsdgqbRbyrxbM0844-hGzSJ3PFATE7qw/viewform?usp=sf_link</a></p>
<p>We would welcome contributions in all areas of environmental information management including feature articles, Tech Tips, reviews of books or articles and commentaries</p>
<p>We would especially appreciate articles in the following areas.</p>
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<li>Accomplishments and history of information management<br>
</li><li>Developing Community standards<br>
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<li>Data standards<br>
</li><li>Common language<br>
</li><li>Annotating<br>
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</li><li>To Server or less<br>
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<li>Server vs serverless<br>
</li><li>Adopting cloud services<br>
</li><li>Dealing with compliance and security<br>
</li><li>Backup and recovery<br>
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</li><li>Challenges and Solutions for New IM Systems<br>
</li><li>Challenges for the network or community<br>
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<li>What do we need to ready for<br>
</li><li>The missing piece in information management<br>
</li><li>Why the heck don’t they just....</li></ul>
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Articles can be submitted as Google Docs, Word or LaTeX documents by emailing them (or a link to them) to:
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jporter@virginia.edu">jporter@virginia.edu</a><br>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>John Porter & Sven Bohm</p>
2019 Databits Editors
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John H. Porter
Dept. of Environmental Sciences
University of Virginia
291 McCormick Road
PO Box 400123
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4123
ORCID: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3118-5784">http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3118-5784</a></pre>
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