[LTER-im] Site Bytes for Databits

[Porter, John H (jhp7e)]

As you may recall from an earlier email (below), Databits is an online newsletter for environmental information management.

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:
https://forms.gle/FdobbPcT2eAJKFuKA

Site Bytes don’t need to be long or complicated – a paragraph or two are fine.

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 jhp7e at virginia.edu<mailto:jhp7e at virginia.edu> and enthusiast at utexas.edu<mailto:enthusiast at utexas.edu>

Thanks!

-John Porter

From: An T. Nguyen <enthusiast at utexas.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 5:56 PM
To: im at lternet.edu
Cc: Porter, John H (jhp7e) <jhp7e at virginia.edu>
Subject: Articles for Databits

Dear Environmental Informatician,

"Databits" is the newsletter for environmental information management (see past issues here<https://lternet.edu/?taxonomy=document-types&term=databits>). It provides an opportunity to exchange information with your colleagues in a friendly, less formal context than scientific publications.

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.

We are requesting articles for the upcoming issue. 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:

Developments, challenges, solutions in:
- Adopting cloud services (IM in the cloud)
- Metadata generation tools
Outreach and collaboration efforts:
- Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity efforts in the IM community
- Science synthesis and integration
- with others in the wider ecological IM community

As well as other topics of regular interest:
- History of information management
- Future of information management, anticipated challenges and solutions
- Interesting figures, statistics, and reviews of publications and technologies pertaining to IM work

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).

Articles can be submitted as Google Docs, Word or LaTeX documents by emailing them (or a link to them) to: jporter at virginia.edu<mailto:jporter at virginia.edu> (John) and enthusiast at utexas.edu<mailto:enthusiast at utexas.edu> (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.

Thanks for your help and contributions. We look forward to hearing from you!

-John Porter & An T. Nguyen
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