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Research Project: Innovative Technologies and Practices to Enhance Water Quantity and Quality Management for Sustainable Agricultural Systems in the Southeastern Coastal Plain

Location: Coastal Plain Soil, Water and Plant Conservation Research

Title: Preparing your data for the future of open science: a practical guide for making data publicly available

Author
item Billman, Eric
item Sohoulande, Clement
item Vanotti, Matias

Submitted to: ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts
Publication Type: Other
Publication Acceptance Date: 10/27/2023
Publication Date: 10/29/2023
Citation: Billman, E.D., Sohoulande Djebou, D.C., Vanotti, M.B. 2023. Preparing your data for the future of open science: a practical guide for making data publicly available. ASA/CSSA/SSSA (Tri-Societies) meeting in St. Louis, MO 10/29/23 - 11/1/23.

Interpretive Summary: Abstract only

Technical Abstract: The American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America are hosting a joint panel as part of their 2023 Annual Meetings in St. Louis, MO to address recent developments in the field of data management and providing public access to data. The goal of this session is to address the publication of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) memo regarding making data publicly available. Speakers for this educational session will discuss insight into the OSTP memo as well as the importance of open data in general, how to best prepare data for repositories, and will address those issues as they relate to data preparation. The largest portion of this panel will be led by USDA-ARS scientists who are actively implementing data sharing practices. Since fall 2020, research scientists with USDA-ARS Coastal Plains Soil, Water, and Plant Research Center in Florence, SC have developed a detailed protocol for publishing datasets and making their data publicly available. This process walks users through the best-practices for data collection, storage, and retention, as well as how to organize and process data to be shared with the public. Crucially, it presents a detailed walk-through on how to create, format, and upload datasets into a public data repository, using Dryad Digital Repository as an example.