Ag Data Commons has been selected for inclusion in Clarivate Analytics' Data Citation Index on the Web of Science platform. This index contains searchable bibliographic records for data and software objects for a global audience of scholarly researchers, bringing wider exposure and impact measures for material deposited in Ag Data Commons. More information about the Data Citation Index can be found at https://clarivate.com/webofsciencegroup/solutions/webofscience-data-cita....
September 12, 2018
Ag Data Commons is assisting in the initiative to get USDA Agricultural Research Service scientists registered for ORCID IDs — consistent identifiers for scientists, researchers, and authors — and to have those ORCIDs connected to ARS.
ORCID shows the impact of your USDA research and enhances discovery and access to research outcomes and products across USDA.
If you are an ARS scientist, please visit https://digitop.nal.usda.gov/orcid for more information, including training and outreach resources:
- How to Connect an Existing ORCID iD to USDA (PDF)
- How to Register and Connect an ORCID iD to USDA (PDF)
- ARS Inform & Engage: ORCID Researcher IDs and Your Research 9/6/2018 (Slides in PDF on AXON)
- ORCID Help
- ORCID Knowledge Base
- ORCID on Vimeo
September 10, 2018
Introduction to GeoData Webinar
Tuesday, September 25 @ 1:00 PM -2:00 PM EDT
The original air date for this webinar has passed, but you can view a recording for Introduction to GeoData at our YouTube webinar playlist.
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Join us for our next webinar where we give an introduction to GeoData, NAL's geospatial data catalog.
We will review:
- An overview of GeoData, what types of information it includes, and how to use the catalog
- General best practices for filling out the metadata form, including mandatory and preferred fields
- Controlled vocabularies, covering some of the primary thesauri and taxonomies and reviewing how they work within the GeoData system
- Reusable components - what type of information is already in the system and how to populate the fields automatically
- Submitting records for review - how to move through the workflow to get a record published
- And have time for questions
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Each month we offer a webinar with topics ranging from introduction for new users to topics with a more targeted focus. We also leave time for organized question and answer periods. To join us for any of the upcoming webinars, you can:
- Email NAL-ADC-Curator@ars.usda.gov. We will mail the join information to you for this and future webinars.
- Check back here in the news section for the next webinar's connect information. Please note each meeting number will be different.
If there are any topics you want to see covered, please let us know. We may be able to incorporate them into upcoming webinars.
Upcoming Webinar Schedule:
Tuesday, October 23 @ 1:00 PM -2:00 PM EDT
To view past webinar recordings visit the Ag Data Commons Monthly Webinar Series page or Ag Data Commons Monthly Webinar Series playlist on NAL's YouTube channel.
August 3, 2018
Data-Literature Linking in Ag Data Commons Webinar
This original air date for this webinar has passed, but you can view a recording of Data-Literature Linking in Ag Data Commons / Password: gUHKcV9A
Please forgive the feedback that occurs during portions of the first 5.5 minutes - two people not associated with our webinar somehow ended up on the same channel and we couldn't mute them!
Data-Literature Linking in Ag Data Commons
Tuesday, August 21 @1:00 PM-2:00 PM EDT
We will:
- Review data citation practices and policies in scholarly literature
- Describe the types if data-literature links we capture in Ag Data Commons
- Show Ag Data Commons citation metrics and bibliography of citing literature (Zotero library)
- And have time for questions
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Each month we offer a webinar with topics ranging from introduction for new users to topics with a more targeted focus. We also leave time for organized question and answer periods. To join us for any of the upcoming webinars, you can:
- Email NAL-ADC-Curator@ars.usda.gov. We will mail the join information to you for this and future webinars.
- Check back here in the news section for the next webinar's connect information. Please note each meeting number will be different.
If there are any topics you want to see covered, please let us know. We may be able to incorporate them into upcoming webinars.
Upcoming Webinar Schedule:
Tuesday, September 25 @ 1:00 PM -2:00 PM EDT
Tuesday, October 23 @ 1:00 PM -2:00 PM EDT
July 10, 2018
Introduction to the Ag Data Commons - Webinar
Please note, the original air date of this webinar has passed, but you can view a recording by entering in password QmPANBt3
Join us for our next webinar and learn the basics about submitting data to the Ag Data Commons.
Introduction to the Ag Data Commons
Tuesday, July 24 @1:00 PM-2:00 PM EDT
This webinar is geared toward any individual or group producing scientific data with an agricultural focus. We will cover:
- An overview of the Ag Data Commons
- The types of data we accept and catalog
- Using the data submission metadata form to create a record
- How to upload or link data resources
- Tips and tricks for more efficient record creation
- Time for questions
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Each month we offer a webinar with topics ranging from introduction for new users to topics with a more targeted focus. We also leave time for organized question and answer periods. To join us for any of the upcoming webinars, you can:
- Email NAL-ADC-Curator@ars.usda.gov. We will mail the join information to you for this and future webinars.
- Check back here in the news section for the next webinar's connect information. Please note each meeting number will be different.
If there are any topics you want to see covered, please let us know. We may be able to incorporate them into upcoming webinars.
Upcoming Webinar Schedule:
Tuesday, August 21 @ 1:00 PM -2:00 PM EDT
Tuesday, September 25 @ 1:00 PM -2:00 PM EDT
Tuesday, October 23 @ 1:00 PM -2:00 PM EDT
May 31, 2018
Understanding Data Dictionaries - Webinar
Please note: the original date for this webinar has passed, but you can view a recording with additional information to incorporate discussion from the original Q&A portion of the webinar. The password to view the recording is 42gVfwja
Join us for our next webinar and learn more about data dictionaries and the role they play in making data more easily understandable.
Understanding Data Dictionaries Webinar
Tuesday, June 26 @ 1:00 PM -2:00 PM EDT
This webinar is a basic overview of data dictionaries. We will cover:
- What a data dictionary is
- Why we recommend data be accompanied by a data dictionary
- Different types of data dictionaries
- How to create a data dictionary
- Time for questions
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Each month we offer a webinar with topics ranging from introduction for new users to topics with a more targeted focus. We also leave time for organized question and answer periods. To join us for any of the upcoming webinars, you can:
- Email NAL-ADC-Curator@ars.usda.gov. We will mail the join information to you for this and future webinars.
- Check back here in the news section for the next webinar's connect information. Please note each meeting number will be different.
If there are any topics you want to see covered, please let us know. We may be able to incorporate them into upcoming webinars.
Upcoming Webinar Schedule (Topics TBD):
Tuesday, July 24 @ 1:00 PM -2:00 PM EDT
Tuesday, August 21 @ 1:00 PM -2:00 PM EDT
Tuesday, September 25 @ 1:00 PM -2:00 PM EDT
May 30, 2018
The National Agricultural Library is hosting the Driving Innovation through Data in Agriculture (DIDAg) Workshop, from June 20th to 22nd, 2018.
DIDAg will be the first in what are anticipated to be a series of workshops in support of the USDA NIFA (National Institute of Food and Agriculture) FACT (Food and Agriculture Cyberinformatics and Tools) initiative. DIDAg, which will be held at the National Agricultural Library, will be used to address long-term goals and supporting objectives for two research domains -- dairy agroecosystems and agricultural economics:
- Shared understanding of existing policies and resources related to public access to data and agricultural data management.
- Clear expectations for research data management and publication in selected research domains, both so that researchers can plan for them and so that information professionals can support them.
- Improved cyberinfrastructure, training materials, and business models.
- Roadmap for supporting the next generation of data-intensive research in the chosen domains.
Contact: Eli Moore, Eli.Moore@ARS.USDA.GOV
May 4, 2018
A growing library of scholarly articles citing Ag Data Commons datasets is now available at https://www.zotero.org/groups/925027/ag_data_commons/items/collectionKey.... The references are stored using the Zotero reference management tool, with separate collections for citations to Ag Data Commons datasets, ADC "Data Paper" datasets, and citations to Dr. Dukes databases. The library can be accessed in any browser. For more information about Zotero visit https://www.zotero.org. To add a reference to the library, please contact NAL-ADC-curator@ars.usda.gov.
May 2, 2018
Data Science and Agriculture - Webinar
Tuesday, May 22 @ 1:00 PM -2:00 PM EDT
This webinar's original air date has passed, but you may view a recording - enter password mShjCGm7 for access. Please forgive the echo during the introduction - we got it under control before the first presentation began!
Join us for our next webinar where University of Maryland iSchool Fellows Shivam Saith and Akshat Pant discuss applications and aspects of data science as it relates to agriculture.
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Shivam will present "An analysis of the trends in nutrient sentiments across the years (1980-Present)," where he discusses creating visualizations to display trends in sentiments for the 6 essential nutrients in official USDA Dietary Guidelines.
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Akshat will present "Analysis of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility and the NAL Thesaurus," where he discusses how he sought to analyze the agriculturally relevant data in GBIF using information from the NAL Thesaurus.
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Each month we offer a webinar with topics ranging from introduction for new users to topics with a more targeted focus. We also leave time for organized question and answer periods. To join us for any of the upcoming webinars, you can:
- Email NAL-ADC-Curator@ars.usda.gov. We will mail the join information to you for this and future webinars.
- Check back here in the news section for the next webinar's connect information. Please note each meeting number will be different.
If there are any topics you want to see covered, please let us know. We may be able to incorporate them into upcoming webinars.
Upcoming Webinar Schedule:
Tuesday, May 22 @ 1:00 PM -2:00 PM EDT - Data Science and Agriculture
Tuesday, June 26 @ 1:00 PM -2:00 PM EDT- Creating Data Dictionaries
Tuesday, July 24 @ 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT - What's New? Updated Features in the Ag Data Commons
April 3, 2018
Ag Data Commons Metrics
The Ag Data Commons has been live since 2015. For the first time, you can see interactive visualizations of our monthly activity metrics. Visit the Ag Data Commons Metrics Page to see how we have grown over the past two years. For example, our community of submitters is larger, recent harvests have expanded the number of agencies we support, and our datasets are getting downloaded and cited. You can also now see live statistics.