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An Overview of Citizen Science Needs for Biodiversity Standards and
Tools
Robert D. StevensonUniversity of Massachusetts Boston
http://efg.cs.umb.edu/robert.stevenson@umb.edu
Science Framework
Increasing Spatial & Temporal Scale
PI Lab
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Sharing Information
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Papers, Friends share data
Community Data Archived
Sharing Information
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Community Data Archived
Increasingly Specialized Role for People and Need for Science Library Infrastructure
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CitSci Framework
Increasing Spatial & Temporal Scale
NEONPI Lab Lab Consortium
Naturalist
Natural History Club
or Watershed Group
eBird
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Cit
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Data Quality - IG Factor
The Invisible Gorillaby Christopher Chabris & Daniel Simons
Attention
Memory
Confidence
Knowledge Cause
Illusions of
Data Quality1) Quality Assurance Project Plans2) Initial and continued Training of Observers3) Rating Observers4) Experience in participation 5) Review by more experienced observers6) Electronic Filtering based on previous data
collected7) Recheck with Observer8) Digital Voucher
Working in Teams
Remembering what motivates and what discourages citizens
Domain experts Interface designer
Educators Software Engineers
Scientists
Know the Human Observation Sensor!
From a stroll by the stream to RSRs
Use Common Names --
• Standards: Common names in the Global Names Service Architecture
•Tools that: Promote field naturalists groups to standardize names and interact with taxonomists
More Explicit Support for Data Quality
• As more citizen science data gets published and used, especially in conjunction with other data, scientists want to now about data quality.
Support for Ecological Studies
Habitats
Microhabitats
Methods for observations -
Sampling effort
Ecological relationships
Tools with User Interfaces for Mobile Phones and Pads