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<p class="MsoNormal">As you may recall from an earlier email (below), Databits is an online newsletter for environmental information management.
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<p class="MsoNormal">We’d like to cast a wide net for information about what is happening at various research sites – especially with respect to new things you may have done due to COVID-19. So please consider submitting a “Site Byte” at:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://forms.gle/FdobbPcT2eAJKFuKA">https://forms.gle/FdobbPcT2eAJKFuKA</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Site Bytes don’t need to be long or complicated – a paragraph or two are fine.
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you’ve got a lot to talk about, and you’d like to do a feature article instead, please contact An Nguyen and myself at
<a href="mailto:jhp7e@virginia.edu">jhp7e@virginia.edu</a> and <a href="mailto:enthusiast@utexas.edu">
enthusiast@utexas.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-John Porter<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> An T. Nguyen <enthusiast@utexas.edu> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 14, 2020 5:56 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> im@lternet.edu<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Porter, John H (jhp7e) <jhp7e@virginia.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Articles for Databits<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Dear Environmental Informatician,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">"Databits" is the newsletter for environmental information management (see
</span><a href="https://lternet.edu/?taxonomy=document-types&term=databits"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">past issues here</span></a><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">). It provides an opportunity to exchange information
with your colleagues in a friendly, less formal context than scientific publications.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Databits is transitioning to an exciting new format, with articles appearing on-the-fly in blog form, then subsequently
being compiled archived as an issue. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">We are requesting articles for the upcoming issue</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">.
We would welcome contributions in all areas of environmental information management, in any format, such as feature articles, reviews, and op-eds/commentaries. But we are open to anything you think would be of interest to your colleagues in the environmental
information management community. We would particularly appreciate articles addressing the following areas:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Developments, challenges, solutions in:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">- Adopting cloud services (IM in the cloud)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">- Metadata generation tools<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Outreach and collaboration efforts:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">- Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity efforts in the IM community<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">- Science synthesis and integration<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">- with others in the wider ecological IM community<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">As well as other topics of regular interest:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">- History of information management<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">- Future of information management, anticipated challenges and solutions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">- Interesting figures, statistics, and reviews of publications and technologies pertaining to IM work<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">We would also appreciate tips on other potential contributors who might be uniquely suited to writing on a certain topic
(for example, you might not feel qualified to write an article on a topic, but you know someone who could).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Articles can be submitted as Google Docs, Word or LaTeX documents by emailing them (or a link to them) to: </span><a href="mailto:jporter@virginia.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">jporter@virginia.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> (John)
and </span><a href="mailto:enthusiast@utexas.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">enthusiast@utexas.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> (An). Articles are preferably between 500-1000 words
(1-2 typed pages) but can be shorter (or longer) if appropriate. We will not be specifying a specific due-date, but anyone interested in writing an article is requested to email the editors with a tentative title and expected completion date.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Thanks for your help and contributions. We look forward to hearing from you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">-John Porter & An T. Nguyen</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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