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Malik, Amin, Marco d’Errico, Danvers Omolo, and Benjamin Gichane. "Building resilience in Somalia; evidence from field data collection." Journal of Development Effectiveness 12, no. 4 (2020): 323–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19439342.2020.1840421.
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Kuzeljevic, Zeljko, Milorad Dudukovic, and Hugh Stitt. "From Laboratory to Field Tomography: Data Collection and Performance Assessment." Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 50, no. 17 (2011): 9890–900. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ie101759s.
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Roberts, Karen. "From Field to Filed: Minimising and Mitigating Risks of Data Error and Loss in a Vertebrate Zoology Collection." Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 2 (June 13, 2018): e26344. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/biss.2.26344.
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One of the key risks identified for the Vertebrate Zoology (VZ) Collections at Museums Victoria has been data error, loss and dissociation. These risks are highest during the stages involved in preparing the specimen for lodgement in the collection (from collecting and accession of the specimen, to preparation, labelling and so on). The VZ Collections data are managed through an electronic collection information system (EMu) but the process of data transferral and input can be time-consuming and error-prone at many steps along the way. The two main methods of specimen acquisition in the Mammalogy, Ornithology and Herpetology collections in recent years have been internal field programs and external stakeholder donations. Prior to 2012, most specimen data from both of these methods of acquisition were handwritten and transcribed one or more times by multiple people before a specimen ended up in the primary database. An assortment of other identifying numbers or codes were used prior to a collection number being assigned, and sometimes these have been difficult to match up or reconcile. The amount of time needed to enter this information manually also increased the risk of data dissociation and specimen misplacement, as it could significantly delay getting specimens lodged correctly in the collection. Since 2012, a number of steps have been taken by the VZ Collection staff to reduce these risks and streamline data processing. For internal field programs in Mammalogy and Ornithology, a field data-collecting tool has been developed using FileMaker Pro. This enables direct input of specimen and field data into our FileMaker field database using the FileMaker Go app on iPad that is then exportable to an Excel spreadsheet for upload to EMu. Specimens are given field numbers initially, and a collection number once at the museum. Data processing is simplified as most specimens undergo full preparation in the field. We have also developed an upload spreadsheet in Excel that can be used by internal or external researchers who are lodging bulk lots of specimens. Thus we receive the mandatory data we require, and it is already in a format we can easily upload to EMu. For external stakeholder donations, preparation is completed at the museum so all data available upon donation are entered directly into EMu. A collection registration number is applied as soon as a specimen is accessioned so there is only one number required to track it during and after preparation. All specimen-related data generated during preparation are still handwritten and then transcribed direct to the electronic catalogue record by collection managers. These procedures continue to be refined, but have significantly enhanced specimen and associated data management. Accidental data loss through technical issues, for example possible iPad data-loss before backup, human error at data input stage such as overwriting a record, or incorrectly assigning field number, have been minimal. Also, we will continue to decrease the need for data transcription by encouraging internal and external researchers to use our data-upload spreadsheet, and training preparation staff to enter specimen data directly into the specimen catalogue record in EMu.
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Egan, Patrick. "Perspectives from the Field: Environmental Data Collection and Unmanned Aircraft Systems." Environmental Practice 17, no. 3 (2015): 233–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1466046615000228.
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Fritz, Roschelle L., and Roxanne Vandermause. "Data Collection via In-Depth Email Interviewing: Lessons From the Field." Qualitative Health Research 28, no. 10 (2017): 1640–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049732316689067.
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This methods article is a reflection on the use of in-depth email interviewing in a qualitative descriptive study. The use of emailing to conduct interviews is thought to be an effective way to collect qualitative data. Building on current methodological literature in qualitative research regarding in-depth email interviewing, we move the conversation toward elicitation of quality data and management of multiple concurrent email interviews. Excerpts are shared from a field journal that was kept throughout one study, with commentary on developing insights. Valuable lessons learned include the importance of (a) logistics and timing related to the management of multiple concurrent email interviews, (b) language and eliciting the data, (c) constructing the email, and (d) processing text-based data and preparing transcripts. Qualitative researchers seeking deeply reflective answers and geographically diverse samples may wish to consider using in-depth email interviews.
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Free, David. "News from the Field." College & Research Libraries News 82, no. 3 (2021): 102. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/crln.82.3.102.
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Library Accessibility Alliance adds new partnersCall for applications, nominations for ACRL Publications in Librarianship (PIL) editorLibrary, higher education groups debut effective data practices toolkitProject MUSE journal collection updatesLibrary Futures Institute launchesLibAnswers adds new featuresACRL Learning Analytics Toolkit
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Nagatsuma, T., K. Hayashi, D. J. McEwen, and T. Obara. "Real time collection of geomagnetic field data from northern near-pole region." Advances in Space Research 31, no. 4 (2003): 1081–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0273-1177(02)00805-0.
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Burke, Lisa A., and Karen E. James. "Using online surveys for primary research data collection: lessons from the field." International Journal of Innovation and Learning 3, no. 1 (2006): 16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijil.2006.008177.
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Macpherson, Diana, Sadie Mills, and Caroline Chin. "Managing Data in the NIWA Invertebrate Collection: Past and Present Methodology." Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 2 (June 13, 2018): e25786. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/biss.2.25786.
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The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) Invertebrate Collection is a Nationally Significant Collection consisting of around 300,000 marine invertebrate specimen jars housed at the NIWA Greta Point campus in Wellington, New Zealand. Our collection holdings include samples from New Zealand, Antarctic and Pacific waters and represent over 70 years of collecting and is still growing. We estimate approximately 40% of our collections are registered and digitally accessible (about 127,000 records since digital registering began in 2004), with most of our unregistered material being historical collections. We are the repository for several important historical collections, one of the largest being the former New Zealand Oceanographic Institute (NZOI) collection, a taxonomically diverse and a geographically wide-ranging collection which occurred from the 1950’s to the early 1990’s. Associated specimen information such as station data and taxonomic identification for these historical collections are managed by NIWA staff and are in the form of Microsoft Excel and Access spreadsheets, NIWA and NZOI Biodiversity Memoirs, and online via the NIWA cruise and station database. These data are manually collated and registered into our Specify collections software specimen database which offers a unified and comprehensive data repository for our historical specimens, therefore greatly improving data accessibility. To expedite the availability of data and improve access to specimens for our users we are focusing on the registration of both important historical and taxonomic collections, and streamlining the registration of specimens in the field onboard NIWA's research vessel Tangaroa. Our field registration and curation techniques have been fine-tuned over the years and now we are capturing data directly into a shipboard copy of Specify in the sorting lab on the ship, printing labels with a thermal printer, and importing data back to our home version following the end of the voyage using Specify's Workbench feature. This process reduces the time spent double-handling specimens and entering data off paper record sheets and allows the capture of data directly into our database immediately after collection and sorting onboard the ship.
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Isaac, Peter, James Cleverly, Ian McHugh, Eva van Gorsel, Cacilia Ewenz, and Jason Beringer. "OzFlux data: network integration from collection to curation." Biogeosciences 14, no. 12 (2017): 2903–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2903-2017.
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Abstract. Measurement of the exchange of energy and mass between the surface and the atmospheric boundary-layer by the eddy covariance technique has undergone great change in the last 2 decades. Early studies of these exchanges were confined to brief field campaigns in carefully controlled conditions followed by months of data analysis. Current practice is to run tower-based eddy covariance systems continuously over several years due to the need for continuous monitoring as part of a global effort to develop local-, regional-, continental- and global-scale budgets of carbon, water and energy. Efficient methods of processing the increased quantities of data are needed to maximise the time available for analysis and interpretation. Standardised methods are needed to remove differences in data processing as possible contributors to observed spatial variability. Furthermore, public availability of these data sets assists with undertaking global research efforts. The OzFlux data path has been developed (i) to provide a standard set of quality control and post-processing tools across the network, thereby facilitating inter-site integration and spatial comparisons; (ii) to increase the time available to researchers for analysis and interpretation by reducing the time spent collecting and processing data; (iii) to propagate both data and metadata to the final product; and (iv) to facilitate the use of the OzFlux data by adopting a standard file format and making the data available from web-based portals. Discovery of the OzFlux data set is facilitated through incorporation in FLUXNET data syntheses and the publication of collection metadata via the RIF-CS format. This paper serves two purposes. The first is to describe the data sets, along with their quality control and post-processing, for the other papers of this Special Issue. The second is to provide an example of one solution to the data collection and curation challenges that are encountered by similar flux tower networks worldwide.
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Parilla, Lesley L., Rebecca Morgan, and Christina Fidler. "Excavating archival description: from collection to data level." Digital Library Perspectives 33, no. 3 (2017): 195–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/dlp-11-2016-0043.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss three projects from three institutions that are dealing with challenges with natural sciences field documentation. Each is working to create the collection, item and data-level description required so that researchers can fully use the data to study how biodiversity has changed over time and space. Libraries, archives and museums recognize the need to make content searchable across material type. To create online catalogs that would make this possible, ideally, all records would describe one item. Museums and libraries describe their materials at the item level; however, archives must balance the need to describe the collection as a whole alongside needs of collection materials that may require more description to reconnect with library and museum items. There is a growing determination inside of archives to increase this flow of data, particularly for the natural sciences, by creating workflows that provide additional description to make these data discoverable. This process is a bit like drilling into the earth: each level must be described before the next can be dealt with. Design/methodology/approach The piece describes challenges, approaches and workflows of three institutions developing deeper levels of description for archival materials that will be made available online to a specialized audience. It also describes the methods developed so that the material’s data can eventually be accessed at a more granular level and linked to related resources. Findings Current systems, schema and standards are adapted as necessary, and the natural sciences archival community is still working to develop best practices. However, they are getting much closer through the collaboration made possible through grants in the recent years. Originality/value The work described in this paper is ongoing, and best practices resulting from the work are still under development.
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Su, Yu, Shu Hong Wen, and Jian Ping Chai. "Embedded System Based Television Data Collection and Return Technology." Applied Mechanics and Materials 48-49 (February 2011): 496–501. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.48-49.496.
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Television data collection and return technologies are one of key technologies in television secure broadcasting system, TV video content surveillance, TV program copyright protection, and client advertisement broadcasting. In china, the dominating methods of TV video content surveillance are manual tape recording and whole TV program Automatic Return. Manual method costs too much, whole TV program return method needs lots of net bandwidth and storage space. This paper proposes a new method of television data collection and return technology, video field is extracted from continuous video and coded at frequency of about one field per second, in other words, one field is extracted from continuous fifty fields of original video for PAL TV system, extracted frame can be coded by all means, for example JPEG2000, or intra mode code of H.264 or MPEG2. TV programs whose content and topic change most frequently are news and advertisement program, which may change topic in five to ten seconds, so extracted sequences hold the same topic and content and enough information with original video for TV program content surveillance application. The data quantity of extracted sequence is about 3 percent of the original video program, which will save large quantity of network bandwidth and storage space. One hardware implementation method of this technology based on embedded system is proposed, the TV Field Extractor, which circularly extracts images from target TV program, uses high-performance compression algorithm for image compression and stores the final output sequences of stationary images on the hard disk, or transmits these sequences to the monitoring center via network. This method evidently reduces device cost, network bandwidth and storage space, which can be widely adopted in TV program content surveillance and TV secure broadcasting system.
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Borrayo, Ernesto, and Masaru Takeya. "Signal-processing tools for core-collection selection from genetic-resource collections." F1000Research 4 (April 23, 2015): 97. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.6391.1.
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Selecting a representative core collection (CC) is a proven and effective strategy for overcoming the expenses and difficulties of managing genetic resources in gene banks around the globe. Because of the diverse applications available for these sub-collections, several algorithms have been successfully implemented to construct them based on genotypic, phenotypic, passport or geographic data (either by individual datasets or by consensus). However, to the best of our knowledge, no single comprehensive dataset has been properly explored to date.Thus, researchers evaluate multiple datasets in order to construct representative CCs; this can be quite difficult, but one feasible solution for such an evaluation is to manage all available data as one discrete signal, which allows signal processing tools (SPTs) to be implemented during data analysis.In this research, we present a proof-of-concept study that shows the possibility of mapping to a discrete signal any type of data available from genetic resource collections in order to take advantage of SPTs for the construction of CCs that adequately represent the diversity of two crops. This method is referred to as 'SPT selection.'All available information for each element of the tested collections was analysed under this perspective and compared, when possible, with one of the most used algorithms for CC selection.Genotype-only SPT selection did not prove as effective as standard CC selection algorithms; however, the SPT approach can consider genotype alongside other types of information, which results in well-represented CCs that consider both the genotypic and agromorphological diversities present in original collections.Furthermore, SPT-based analysis can evaluate all available data both in a comprehensive manner and under different perspectives, and despite its limitations, the analysis renders satisfactory results. Thus, SPT-based algorithms for CC selection can be valuable in the field of genetic resources research, management and exploitation.
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Smith, Donald P. "Inspection Technologies and Crisis Management: Field Automation lessons from the field." International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings 2014, no. 1 (2014): 300246. http://dx.doi.org/10.7901/2169-3358-2014-1-300246.1.
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The task of capturing accurate information from the field and sharing it with response teams, incident commanders, command posts, regional offices, and internal/external agencies in a timely manner is a goal that has been difficult to achieve, especially on large-scale events. Growing fiscal constraints necessitate that solutions be part of a stable reusable system that is easily used by responders/inspectors, and also easily expanded when additional support and complexity become necessary. However, the various types of events/activities can be very challenging for both responders and inspectors. Government agencies are not always homogenous; their regional branches may collect different details on the same object, leading to incompatibilities between regional information. If the various agencies' engaged in data collection and dissemination does not standardize their efforts, then, information meltdown occurs. Ultimately, the data that were collected and disseminated become untrustworthy and unreliable. In some cases, this can compromise enforcement actions. Once information is collected, it also requires processing and distribution to different internal, external, non-profit, and private agencies. Recent mobile technologies that are available through smart phones and tablets offer solutions that allow quick customizations, scalability, and low-cost alternatives to data collection/dissemination. The concept of ‘Bring Your Own Device’ (BYOD) helps agencies to utilize existing equipment/infrastructure and to standardize policies and minimize training/software needs. These technologies can be utilized during all phases of Disaster Management – mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery, and day-to-day inspection activities. This shifting paradigm offers opportunities for all field-deployed personnel to share data in a near real-time environment. Over the past few decades, we have been actively involved in developing field inspection applications and establishing an infrastructure for Disaster Response/inspection programs that has allowed EPA to successfully manage field data collection. This poster intends to share these efforts and to demonstrate their effectiveness. The following is a list of issues that will be covered by the application of field automation: cost sharing, rapid application deployment, ease of training, Internet sharing, data quality, and data dissemination.
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Jablonski, Daniel, Aleksandar Urošević, Marko Andjelković, and Georg Džukić. "An unknown collection of lizards from Afghanistan." ZooKeys 843 (May 9, 2019): 129–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.843.29420.
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Afghanistan is a herpetologically understudied country with few published papers since the end of “Afghanistan’s Golden Age” from the 1930s to the 1970s. Although a detailed checklist of the herpetofauna of the country, based on exploration of herpetodiversity using biodiversity archives, has been published recently, there still exist additional historical data that have not been considered. This is the case for a so far unknown collection of lizards from Afghanistan deposited in the herpetological collection of the Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković at the University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia. The material comes from field research conducted in 1972 and contains 27 specimens in seven lizard genera representing four families (Agamidae, Gekkonidae, Lacertidae, Scincidae). This historical collection was examined and basic morphometric data, field data, and photographs are provided, comparing the distributional data with published datasets. Updated species distribution maps reveal new locality or province records and an important range extension for Eurylepis taeniolata Blyth, 1854 which represents the northernmost record for this species in Afghanistan. In addition, one further distribution record for the Bufotes viridis (Laurenti, 1768) complex from the same research trip is noted.
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Bellamy, Derrick, Vanessa Bateman, Eric C. Drumm, et al. "Electronic Data Collection for Rockfall Analysis." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1821, no. 1 (2003): 97–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/1821-12.
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Rockfall analysis traditionally has used conventional stationery tools, that is, pencil and paper, for data collection. Traditional methodologies are being revisited with the advent of personal digital assistants (PDAs) or pen-based computers that enable field data to be collected electronically. The advantages over data collection with pencil and paper include automatic error and data integrity checks during data input and the elimination of manual data entry. PDAs also allow automatic branching to solicit data input on the basis of previous data entered and support for code or scripting, which can be used to create unique files names from the data entered. These advantages are illustrated in an electronic data collection methodology as implemented within a rockfall hazard rating system for the Tennessee Department of Transportation.
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Vogl, Susanne. "Integrating and Consolidating Data in Mixed Methods Data Analysis: Examples From Focus Group Data With Children." Journal of Mixed Methods Research 13, no. 4 (2018): 536–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1558689818796364.
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The challenge in data analysis often lies in accounting for the multidimensionality and complexity of the data while simultaneously discovering patterns. Integrating and consolidating different types of data during analysis can broaden the perspective and permit obtaining complementary views. This methodological research study on data collection illustrates how one type of data collection generates different types of data, which can be linked and consolidated to reach a better understanding of the topic. Procedures and practicalities are illustrated to offer a good practice example for data integration and consolidation. With the methodological reflection of research practice, I evaluate the consequences for the field of mixed methods research, in which the practicalities of an integrated mixed analysis still need to be elaborated.
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Axnér, E., R. Payan-Carreira, P. Setterlind, J. Åsbrink, and A. Söderberg. "Collection of field reproductive data from carcasses of the female Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx)." Theriogenology 80, no. 8 (2013): 839–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2013.06.015.
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Morris, Sara F., Mary Bea Kolbe, and Justin B. Moore. "Lessons Learned From a Collaborative Field-Based Collection of Physical Activity Data Using Accelerometers." Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 20, no. 2 (2014): 251–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/phh.0b013e3182893b9b.
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Susan Paul N., Sherin, Philip Mathew, Felix Johns, and Jacob Abraham. "The feasibility of using remote data collection tools in field surveys." International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health 5, no. 1 (2017): 81. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20175514.
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Background: The objectives of the study were to conduct a field survey to measure the prevalence of chronic diseases by taking history, to assess the feasibility of using remote data collection tools in field surveys and to create the map of the survey area using global positioning system (GPS). Methods: A community survey was carried out in two urban municipal wards by trainees with medical sociology back ground among those aged 35 years and above. There were a total of 563 participants from whom history of chronic diseases were collected and from those aged 60 years and above the presence of frailty was assessed using Canadian Study of Health and Ageing (CSHA) Clinical Frailty Scale. The data was collected using a remote data collection application named KoBo Toolbox, downloaded in their smart phones, which was sent directly to the main computer in the Clinical Epidemiological Unit, using mobile data or Wi-Fi hotspots. The co-ordinates of the households were marked using GPS which was also sent through the KoBo Toolbox to the main computer. At the centre the data was converted into excel sheets and various percentages were calculated. Results: In the survey the proportion affected with diabetes, hypertension, coronary artery disease and cerebrovascular accidents were 24%, 20.6%, 10.5% and 3.5% respectively. Among the older population 2.2% were found to be severely frail or worse requiring special care. The field map of the area surveyed was also generated using the co-ordinates marked using the GPS enabled phones. Conclusions: The remote data collection tool enabled us to conduct a survey on chronic diseases, effectively, within a limited period of time, creating a map of the area surveyed.
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Bavdaž, Mojca, Ger Snijkers, Joseph W. Sakshaug, et al. "Business data collection methodology: Current state and future outlook." Statistical Journal of the IAOS 36, no. 3 (2020): 741–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/sji-200623.
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Collecting data from businesses faces ever-larger challenges, some of them calling for an overhaul of underlying methodology, e.g. motivation for participating is low; technology is shaping data collection processes; response processes within businesses are imperfectly understood while alternative data sources originating from digitalization processes push the response process (thus also response quality) further out of our sight. The paper reviews these challenges, discusses them in light of new developments in the field, and proposes directions for future research. This review may help those that collect data from businesses (e.g. national statistical institutes, academia, and private statistical agencies) to reconsider their current approaches in light of what promises to work (or not) in today’s environment and to build their toolkit of business data collection methods.
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Bharadwaj, S., R. Dubey, M. I. Zafar, and S. Biswas. "RASTER DATA BASED AUTOMATED NOISE DATA INTEGRATION FOR NOISE MAPPING LIMITING DATA DEPENDENCY." International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XLIII-B4-2021 (June 30, 2021): 159–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xliii-b4-2021-159-2021.
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Abstract. Noise has become a recurrent problem worldwide. Road traffic noise studies in India are fewer and restricted only to the metropolitan areas. These studies focused on recording, monitoring, analysis, modelling, and mapping. The major concern is with the onsite collection of vehicular noise data from road sites. Road traffic noise maps have been generated by using traditional techniques that involve the collection of road traffic noise by experts. There are negligible studies in the area of automated noise generation for road traffic noise. In this paper, the study examines the problems that an individual is facing in collecting onsite noise data. Onsite Noise data collection with Sound Pressure level increases the delay. A noise map is a graphical representation of the spatial dissemination in a given area for a characterized period. Developing any geospatial application requires the collection of geospatial data and attribute information. Open-source geospatial data are largely available today in the form of Map APIs. Making a model to extract spatial and attribute information from it can offer an easy solution for urban applications, without needing a separate collection of geospatial or attribute information. Google raster maps for city roads and surrounding buildings in UP are tried to be used to extract roads, buildings, vehicles, trees, etc. Various geometrical setups of vehicles in several similar road segments are tried classified using ML algorithms. Vehicular clusters in road segments are classified into 3 categories, high, medium, and low. Further characterized in terms of the range of noise spectra associated with it incorporating field data. These noise scenes are then utilized to predict the various types of simulated noise maps predicted around the road segments on an instantaneous scale, with an estimation of accuracy.
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Mayer, Paul, Katherine Hodge, Dana Kahn, et al. "Interns and Volunteers Crucial in Curating and Digitizing Fossil Invertebrates in the Field Museum’s Fast Growing Mazon Creek Collection." Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 2 (June 13, 2018): e25942. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/biss.2.25942.
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The Mazon Creek region in Northeastern Illinois is home to a Middle Pennsylvanian (~307 million years old) soft-bodied fossil Lagerstätte of animals and plants that lived along a subtropical swampy coastline. This area was strip mined for coal from 1928 to 1974 and museum geologists and amateur collectors acquired large fossil collections during this time by collecting and splitting millions of nodules unearthed at the mines. These large collections are important because of the rarity of many of the species in the Mazon Creek biota. There are about 250 described fossil invertebrate species from the Mazon Creek region. Fifty-one of these species (mostly insects and arachnids) are represented by just a single specimen in the Field Museum’s collection. Since the 1980’s collecting has decreased and the mines have been restored to parks and wildlife areas. The Field Museum maintained a collection of 34,000 Mazon Creek invertebrate fossil for many decades. With the new donations from private collectors in the last three years this collection has grown by 20% and now represents 18% of the Fossil Invertebrate systematic collection. The Mazon Creek is also the most used fossil invertebrate collection accounting for about 38% of loans in the last five years. Dealing with these large and often unexpected donations adds to the already large workload of the collection staff, so interns and volunteers are utilized to process, catalog, digitize, and integrate these fossils into the museum’s collection. In the summer of 2016, interns Mackenzie Best and Yaal Dryer unpacked and sorted into drawers the Thomas V. Testa collection, and digitized the first 1,000 fossils. In 2017, two Women in Science interns, Kate Hodge and Dana Kahn, spent 6 weeks entering the data for 5,000 fossils into our database, numbering these fossils, and printing their labels. Having a well curated collection, as well as volunteer Jack Wittry, who has expert knowledge of Mazon Creek fossils, has also been crucial to the success of these projects. Mane Pritza, a Field Museum volunteer, began photographing these collections and has captured over 11,000 images. Janel Nelson, a former volunteer, has uploaded these images into our multimedia database and linked them to the corresponding records in the catalog module. James and Sylvia Konecny donated their 4,000-specimen Mazon Creek collection in December of 2017, ensuring that interns and volunteers will continue their curation work for at least the next two years.
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Barros, Aluísio, and Cauane Blumenberg. "Electronic data collection in epidemiological research." Applied Clinical Informatics 07, no. 03 (2016): 672–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.4338/aci-2016-02-ra-0028.
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SummaryThis paper describes the use of Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) to conduct one of the follow-up waves of the 2004 Pelotas birth cohort. The aim is to point out the advantages and limitations of using this electronic data capture environment to collect data and control every step of a longitudinal epidemiological research, specially in terms of time savings and data quality.We used REDCap as the main tool to support the conduction of a birth cohort follow-up. By exploiting several REDCap features, we managed to schedule assessments, collect data, and control the study workflow. To enhance data quality, we developed specific reports and field validations to depict inconsistencies in real time.Using REDCap it was possible to investigate more variables without significant increases on the data collection time, when comparing to a previous birth cohort follow-up. In addition, better data quality was achieved since negligible out of range errors and no validation or missing inconsistencies were identified after applying over 7,000 interviews.Adopting electronic data capture solutions, such as REDCap, in epidemiological research can bring several advantages over traditional paper-based data collection methods. In favor of improving their features, more research groups should migrate from paper to electronic-based epidemiological research.Citation: Blumenberg C, Barros AJD. Electronic data collection in epidemiological research: The use of REDCap in the Pelotas birth cohorts
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Mehtätalo, Lauri, and Annika Kangas. "An approach to optimizing field data collection in an inventory by compartments." Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35, no. 1 (2005): 100–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/x04-139.
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This study presents models for the expected error of the total volume and saw timber volume due to sampling errors of stand measurements. The measurements considered are horizontal point sample plots, stem numbers from circular plots, sample tree heights, sample order statistics (i.e., quantile trees), and sample tree heights from the previous inventory. Different measurement strategies were constructed by systematically varying the numbers of these measurements. A model system developed for this study was used in a data set of 170 stands to predict the total volume and saw timber volume of each stand with each measurement strategy. The errors of these volumes were modeled using stand characteristics and the numbers of measurements as predictors. The most important factors affecting the error in the total volume were the number of horizontal point sample plots and height sample trees. In addition, the number of quantile trees had a strong effect on the error of saw timber volume. The errors were slightly reduced when an old height measurement was used. There were significant interactions between stand characteristics and measurement strategies. Thus, the optimal measurement strategy varies between stands. A demonstration is provided of how constrained optimization can be used to find the optimal strategy for any one stand.
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Park, Jae Il. "A Data Management System for Field Workers Using Smart Phones." Applied Mechanics and Materials 437 (October 2013): 866–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.437.866.
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Mobile manufacturing is a mobile application which can be a key to address manufacturing functionalities with ease from anywhere, anytime. This paper presents a web based-mobile data collection tasks generator for mobile manufacturing. It is specially designed for small-medium enterprises which do not have advanced IT system development skills but need to quickly design and distribute form-based data collection tasks. These forms contain important information to tell mobile workers where to go and what job to do when they get there. The tasks are created by assigning the forms to workers from the website. The website lets you view, map and manage which forms are deployed to which mobile users.
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Klaeger, Tilman, Sebastian Gottschall, and Lukas Oehm. "Data Science on Industrial Data—Today’s Challenges in Brown Field Applications." Challenges 12, no. 1 (2021): 2. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/challe12010002.
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Much research is done on data analytics and machine learning for data coming from industrial processes. In practical approaches, one finds many pitfalls restraining the application of these modern technologies especially in brownfield applications. With this paper, we want to show state of the art and what to expect when working with stock machines in the field. The paper is a review of literature found to cover challenges for cyber-physical production systems (CPPS) in brownfield applications. This review is combined with our own personal experience and findings gained while setting up such systems in processing and packaging machines as well as in other areas. A major focus in this paper is on data collection, which tends be more cumbersome than most people might expect. In addition, data quality for machine learning applications is a challenge once leaving the laboratory and its academic data sets. Topics here include missing ground truth or the lack of semantic description of the data. A last challenge covered is IT security and passing data through firewalls to allow for the cyber part in CPPS. However, all of these findings show that potentials of data driven production systems are strongly depending on data collection to build proclaimed new automation systems with more flexibility, improved human–machine interaction and better process-stability and thus less waste during manufacturing.
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Hattne, Johan, Francis E. Reyes, Brent L. Nannenga, et al. "MicroED data collection and processing." Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances 71, no. 4 (2015): 353–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s2053273315010669.
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MicroED, a method at the intersection of X-ray crystallography and electron cryo-microscopy, has rapidly progressed by exploiting advances in both fields and has already been successfully employed to determine the atomic structures of several proteins from sub-micron-sized, three-dimensional crystals. A major limiting factor in X-ray crystallography is the requirement for large and well ordered crystals. By permitting electron diffraction patterns to be collected from much smaller crystals, or even single well ordered domains of large crystals composed of several small mosaic blocks, MicroED has the potential to overcome the limiting size requirement and enable structural studies on difficult-to-crystallize samples. This communication details the steps for sample preparation, data collection and reduction necessary to obtain refined, high-resolution, three-dimensional models by MicroED, and presents some of its unique challenges.
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Gastaud, E. "FROM INTERNET OF THINGS TO SMART DATA FOR SMART URBAN MONITORING." ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XLII-4/W3 (September 25, 2017): 19–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xlii-4-w3-19-2017.
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Cities are facing some of the major challenges of our time: global warming, pollution, waste management, energy efficiency. The territory of the Metropolis of Lyon, France, which brings together 59 municipalities, for a total of 1.3 million inhabitants, has launched a smart city policy aimed, among other things, at finding solutions for these issues. The data platform set up in 2013 is one of the cornerstones of this policy. In this context, the Metropolis of Lyon is deploying solutions that will enable, through the collection of new data, to implement monitoring and action tools in several fields.<br><br> As part of a European innovation project called "bIoTope", focused on the development of new services based on the Internet of Things, a multidisciplinary team is implementing a system to mitigate the effects of global warming in the city. Thanks to various connected objects allowing a true monitoring of the trees, and by using different data sources, an automatic and intelligent irrigation system is developed. In the field of waste management, several hundred containers in which the inhabitants throw away their used glass for recycling will soon be equipped with fill rate sensors. The main objective is to have this network of sensors interact easily with the container collection trucks. Expected results are an optimization of the collection, thus less fuel consumed, less noise, less traffic jam. The Metropolis of Lyon also participates in the "Smarter Together" project, focused on the development of intelligent duplicable solutions for cities, in the field of energy. A digital tool for analysing consumption and energy production at the level of a neighbourhood is currently being developed. This requires both interfaces with multiple partners, the development of a data model reflecting the reality of the terrain, from the sensors to the buildings, and the implementation of a visualization tool.
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Grimstead, Deanna N., Selin Nugent, and Jean Whipple. "Why a Standardization of Strontium Isotope Baseline Environmental Data Is Needed and Recommendations for Methodology." Advances in Archaeological Practice 5, no. 2 (2017): 184–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/aap.2017.6.
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ABSTRACTSince initial applications of strontium isotope human sourcing in the early 1990s, the use of the method has steadily increased in archaeology and in anthropology more broadly. Despite this trend, the collection of necessary baseline environmental data has not been standardized and sometimes does not occur at all. A thorough environmental sampling strategy will ensure that all the variability within a selected region is documented, which is a critical step to improving the accuracy of sourcing studies. Furthermore, shared strontium baseline data collections are needed to improve the intercomparability of datasets and results. This paper provides a case study from a semiarid region in northwestern New Mexico, USA, highlighting the need for a bottom-up approach to baseline data collection (from bedrock to animal) and describes the methods of pre-field planning and collecting, including rationales for what samples to collect for Sr isotope baseline data. The authors hope that this paper will lay a foundation for the implementation and standardization of Sr isotope baseline data collecting, which does not currently exist.
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Pedersen, L. B., and T. M. Rasmussen. "The gradient tensor of potential field anomalies: Some implications on data collection and data processing of maps." GEOPHYSICS 55, no. 12 (1990): 1558–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/1.1442807.
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The full gradient tensor is presently not measured routinely onboard airplanes or on land. This paper describes some improvements that can be made in strategies of data collection and in processing of potential field maps if such tensor measurements were available. We suggest that, in addition to producing for example standard total field anomaly maps, the invariants of the tensor be mapped. Strikes of magnetic or gravimetric structures may be determined from minimizing the power in the first row and column of the tensor. Invariants can be looked upon as nonlinear filters enhancing sources with big volumes. Their lateral resolution is superior to that of the field proper and, for a given resolution, the flight altitude and separation between flight lines can be increased compared with the standard mode of operation. In airborne surveys the distance between flight lines is normally much larger than the height above the ground. This may introduce severe aliasing effects in the direction perpendicular to the flight lines. By increasing the flight altitude, aliasing effects are reduced at the expense of lateral resolution which, however, may be improved by mapping the tensor invariants in addition to the magnetic field. The estimated gradient tensor from total field magnetic data over the Siljan impact region shows that the magnetic properties of the area are very nonuniform even from a height of 430 m above the topography. The nonlinear filters discriminate major anomalies into separate units.
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Shteinberg, Ilya E. "Life Hacks, How Tos, and Guides in the Qualitative Research Data Collection Tutorial." Inter 12, no. 3 (2020): 106–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.19181/inter.2020.12.3.6.
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A review of the textbook by A.V. Vanke, E.V. Polukhina and A.V. Strelnikova “How to Collect Data in Field Qualitative Research”. The authors of the book describe a joint experience of participation in field research projects, choosing the genre of “how to do” with many examples of field situations, strategies, tools and documents. The problems of access to the field, visual materials collecting, issues of data archiving, and many other topical aspects of research work are reviewed here. The book shows the logic of a field project step by step, from constructing a research design to leaving the field and maintaining connections with it.
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Villordon, Arthur, Jason Franklin, and Don LaBonte. "Using Personal Digital Assistants and Database Forms as Tools for Field Data Collection: Practical Experiences from Research Trials." HortTechnology 14, no. 3 (2004): 402–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/horttech.14.3.0402.
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Handheld computing devices, such as personal digital assistants (PDAs), can potentially reduce repetitive tasks that pervade data collection activities in horticultural research. PDA-collected records are electronically transferred to a desktop computer, eliminating manual reentry as well as the need of reviewing for incorrect data entries. In addition, PDAs can be enclosed in protective cases, enabling data collection in inclement weather. Visual CE-generated database forms installed on PDAs were used to electronically collect data from research trials conducted in 2003. The records were subsequently transferred to Microsoft Access desktop database tables for archiving and subsequent statistical analyses. Data for certain trials were also manually collected using paper forms to facilitate comparison between manual and PDA-assisted data collection methods under controlled conditions. Using paired samples analysis, we determined that electronic transfer of records reduced the time required to store the records into desktop computer files. Manual and PDA-based recording methods did not vary in the time required to enter numerical measurements. Our experience demonstrates that off-the-shelf software and consumer PDA devices are viable options for data collection in research. PDA-assisted data collection is potentially useful in situations where remote, site-specific records need to be merged into a central database and where standardized measurements and observations are essential for performing analysis.
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Holden, Richard J., Amanda M. McDougald Scott, Peter L. T. Hoonakker, Ann S. Hundt, and Pascale Carayon. "Data collection challenges in community settings: insights from two field studies of patients with chronic disease." Quality of Life Research 24, no. 5 (2014): 1043–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11136-014-0780-y.
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Andrews, Billy J., Jennifer J. Roberts, Zoe K. Shipton, Sabina Bigi, M. Chiara Tartarello, and Gareth Johnson. "How do we see fractures? Quantifying subjective bias in fracture data collection." Solid Earth 10, no. 2 (2019): 487–516. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/se-10-487-2019.
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Abstract. The characterisation of natural fracture networks using outcrop analogues is important in understanding subsurface fluid flow and rock mass characteristics in fractured lithologies. It is well known from decision sciences that subjective bias can significantly impact the way data are gathered and interpreted, introducing scientific uncertainty. This study investigates the scale and nature of subjective bias on fracture data collected using four commonly applied approaches (linear scanlines, circular scanlines, topology sampling, and window sampling) both in the field and in workshops using field photographs. We demonstrate that geologists' own subjective biases influence the data they collect, and, as a result, different participants collect different fracture data from the same scanline or sample area. As a result, the fracture statistics that are derived from field data can vary considerably for the same scanline, depending on which geologist collected the data. Additionally, the personal bias of geologists collecting the data affects the scanline size (minimum length of linear scanlines, radius of circular scanlines, or area of a window sample) needed to collect a statistically representative amount of data. Fracture statistics derived from field data are often input into geological models that are used for a range of applications, from understanding fluid flow to characterising rock strength. We suggest protocols to recognise, understand, and limit the effect of subjective bias on fracture data biases during data collection. Our work shows the capacity for cognitive biases to introduce uncertainty into observation-based data and has implications well beyond the geosciences.
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Lockhart, Doug, Edward Saade, and Jerry Wilson. "New Developments in Multibeam Backscatter Data Collection and Processing." Marine Technology Society Journal 35, no. 4 (2001): 46–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.4031/002533201788057973.
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Recognition of the superior data and coverage from multibeam echosounders (MBES) has been widespread and is increasing rapidly. In addition to the significant value of ensonification of a swath as compared to a profile of bathymetric data, the acoustic data have been frequently presented as "psuedo-sidescan-sonar". Field programs conducted during 2001 using Reson MBES systems and TritonElics software gave us the opportunity to develop enhanced acoustic imagery by manipulation of the backscatter information within each MBES beam. This work has resulted in improved MBES data products using new acquisition and processing techniques.
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Valach, J., P. Štefcová, R. Bruna, and P. Zemánek. "MULTIDISCIPLINARY INFORMATION SYSTEM OF ASSYRIAN CUNEIFORM TABLETS ENHANCING NEW RESEARCH POSSIBILITIES VIA HETEROGENEOUS DATA IN RECORDS." ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XLII-2/W5 (August 21, 2017): 703–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xlii-2-w5-703-2017.
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This paper outlines recently started project dedicated to creation and development of information system for cuneiform tablets. The contribution deals with the architecture of a virtual collection of cuneiform tablets, conceived as a complex system combining and integrating several domains of information obtained from various types of analyses. The research team includes experts from the field of collection conservation with philologists and researchers in the 3D scanning and physical measurement. Multidisciplinary databases like the one described, represent a new tool in digital humanities and help to improve accessibility of collections to public and researchers.
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Oh, Jeong Hyun, Sara Yeatman, and Jenny Trinitapoli. "Data Collection as Disruption: Insights from a Longitudinal Study of Young Adulthood." American Sociological Review 84, no. 4 (2019): 634–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0003122419859574.
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Research disrupts the social world, often by making respondents aware that they are being observed or by instigating reflection upon particular aspects of life via the very act of asking questions. Building on insights from the first Hawthorne studies, reflexive ethnographers, and methodologists concerned with panel conditioning, we draw on six years of research within a community in southern Malawi to introduce a conceptual framework for theorizing disruption in observational research. We present a series of poignant-yet-typical tales from the field and two additional tools—the refresher-sample-as-comparison and study-focused ethnography—for measuring disruption empirically in a longitudinal study. We find evidence of study effects in many domains of life that relate directly to our scope of inquiry (i.e., union formation, fertility) and in some that extend beyond it (i.e., health). Moreover, some study effects were already known and discussed in the broader community, which was also affected by our research in unintended ways. We conclude that the assumption of non-interactivity in observational research is shaky at best, urging data-gatherers and users to think more seriously about the role of disruption in their work.
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He, Xiang Yong, Xiao Xi Ling, Qiang Fang, and Ting Lei. "Data Collection and Quality Assessment System for Flight Simulator." Applied Mechanics and Materials 487 (January 2014): 649–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.487.649.
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In the field of professional pilot training, flight simulator is becoming increasingly important, which draws more and more attention nowadays. For effectively guiding and assessing the training quality of pilots while being trained, the system needed to record the video of the flight data from monitors without bringing any changes to the flight simulator. The system extracted the frames from the video and then the images would be processed through binarization. So we could easily recognize the flight data from the binarization images by using the pattern recognition technology. Thus the flight track could be reconstructed in three dimension based on the OpenGL API, which will be very beneficial to the training. Altogether, the system can take advantage of the resources to guide and assess the training process of pilots more efficiently as well as developing the pilot training industry.
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Anagnos, Thalia, Mary C. Comerio, Christine Goulet, et al. "Developing Regional Building Inventories: Lessons from the Field." Earthquake Spectra 28, no. 4 (2012): 1305–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1193/1.4000087.
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Between 2008 and 2011 members of the Concrete Coalition completed numerous building inventories of California cities to assemble a database of California pre-1980 concrete buildings. Inventory collectors used a variety of data sources ranging from county assessors' files to Sanborn maps and satellite images. Sidewalk surveys were used to corroborate data collected from multiple sources, and a regression model was developed to extrapolate data to cities where detailed inventory collection was not possible. Lessons drawn from the inventories of three cities—Alameda, Los Angeles, and San Francisco—indicate that no single approach can be recommended, but instead, the approach depends on many things, including city size, building stock, available budget, available data, and the availability and experience of human resources. Regardless of approach, inventory data is a valuable resource for developing loss estimates and policy recommendations.
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Villordon*, Arthur, Jason Franklin, and Don LaBonte. "Using Personal Digital Assistants and Electronic Forms to Collect and Rapidly Summarize Field Data." HortScience 39, no. 4 (2004): 875D—875. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.39.4.875d.
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The use of handheld computers such as personal digital assistants (PDAs) represents a feasible method of automating the transfer of files to computers for archiving and statistical analysis. Data collected using the PDA can be transferred directly to a database program on a desktop computer, virtually eliminating errors associated with the reentry of manually collected data. These devices are highly portable and can be housed in protective cases, enabling data collection even in inclement environments. The availability of handheld database programs that permit the development of electronic forms further makes the PDA a viable data collection platform for scientific research. These database applications not only allow novice users to develop customized forms that facilitate the recording of alphanumeric data; these applications also synchronize directly with current desktop-based database and spread-sheet applications. We used Microsoft Access database tables, along with Visual CE, a PocketPC database application, to generate electronic forms for collecting data from research trials conducted in 2003. To facilitate comparison with manual data collection, we also recorded observations using “pen and paper” methods. We found no differences between both methods in the length of time required to enter observations. However, the PDA transferred the data to a computer 600% faster relative to the manual reentry method. Using the handheld computer, field data was immediately available for compilation and statistical analysis within minutes of completing the data gathering process, at the same time ensuring the integrity and continuity of the files.
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Junawan, Hendra. "ANALYSIS OF DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF INFORMATION SYSTEM OF LIBRARY OF UIN SUNAN KALIJAGA JOGYAKARTA." IQRA`: Jurnal Ilmu Perpustakaan dan Informasi (e-Journal) 14, no. 2 (2020): 73. http://dx.doi.org/10.30829/iqra.v14i2.7698.
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<p>The purpose of writing this article is to find out how to design and implement the Information System of the Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University Yogyakarta Library which is supported by the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC). The method used in this study is the type of field research that is "field research" which has the nature of skin research and data collection techniques with direct observation and information obtained through documentation in the field. The results and discussion in this article show that CYPRUS (Library Information System) has the task of collecting, processing, preserving, reinventing information, borrowing and returning books in the circulation section, already using information technology to store data and library collections, in the design process This library information system also uses the MySQL database in streamlining the library information system, and from the plan, it can be used by the admin and librarian and the results are shown in the library information system design show that there is data collection on the members, login columns, member data types, display reports free library, and display collection returns and borrowing columns.</p><p>Design and Implementation, Library Information System.</p>
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FLETCHER, PAUL. "Data and beyond." Journal of Child Language 41, S1 (2014): 18–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0305000914000191.
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ABSTRACTPerusing early issues of this Journal from nearly forty years ago, we find many topics on the contents lists that could appear in a current issue. But the resources available to contributors for addressing questions of interest have changed dramatically, not least in the public availability of data. Here we look briefly at two assets which have accrued to the field in the intervening decades, and at the contributions they make. CHILDES provides a level playing field on which debates about the import of language sample data, especially longitudinal data, can be played out. The MBCDI and its offspring encourage the collection of data from large samples of individuals and so promote the exploration of factors that may explain individual differences. Both have been major contributions to the field.
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Stoll, Gabe P., Joe D. Luck, Santosh K. Pitla, and Rodney A. Rohrer. "Integration of Auxiliary Sensor Data to ISOBUS for Agricultural Machinery Data Collection." Applied Engineering in Agriculture 37, no. 1 (2021): 157–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.13031/aea.14152.
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HighlightsA novel data acquisition system was developed to synchronously log CANbus machine operating parameters with auxiliary sensor data converted and transmitted via the ISObus.A relationship between the number of added messages and frequency of transmission was evaluated.Knowledge of existing bus loads can lead to successful deployment of the data acquisition system for field data logging of both machine and implement data.Abstract. While standalone CAN data loggers offer a simplified, plug-and-play solution for agricultural machinery performance data collection, information that can be obtained from these devices are limited to data contained within interpretable messages broadcast over the machinery CAN bus. For machinery performance parameters that cannot be interpreted from CAN data, alternative methods are needed to record these variables. This application note discusses the development of a customized solution, named the Sensor CAN Gateway (or SCANGate), that integrates various components, including an Electronic Controller Unit (ECU), to allow auxiliary sensor data to be recorded by a CAN data logger through message transmission over a tractor’s ISOBUS. Testing with a modern tractor validated that the impact on bus load from added messages transmitted by the SCANGate could be determined based on the number of additional messages added per time interval. With knowledge of existing bus load requirements for an implement connected to a tractor’s ISOBUS, it can be determined whether the SCANGate can further enhance a standalone CAN data logger for a given application. Keywords: Agricultural machinery, CAN bus, Controller Area Network (CAN), Data acquisition, SAE J1939.
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Link, Michael. "New data strategies: nonprobability sampling, mobile, big data." Quality Assurance in Education 26, no. 2 (2018): 303–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/qae-06-2017-0029.
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Purpose Researchers now have more ways than ever before to capture information about groups of interest. In many areas, these are augmenting traditional survey approaches – in others, new methods are potential replacements. This paper aims to explore three key trends: use of nonprobability samples, mobile data collection and administrative and “big data.” Design/methodology/approach Insights and lessons learned about these emerging trends are drawn from recent published articles and relevant scientific conference papers. Findings Each new trend has its own timeline in terms of methodological maturity. While mobile technologies for data capture are being rapidly adopted, particularly the use of internet-based surveys conducted on mobile devices, nonprobability sampling methods remain rare in most government research. Resource and quality pressures combined with the intensive research focus on new sampling methods, are, however, making nonprobability sampling a more attractive option. Finally, exploration of “big data” is becoming more common, although there are still many challenges to overcome – methodological, quality and access – before such data are used routinely. Originality/value This paper provides a timely review of recent developments in the field of data collection strategies, drawing on numerous current studies and practical applications in the field.
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Forbes, Bruce C., and Olga I. Sumina. "Comparative Ordination of Low Arctic Vegetation Recovering from Disturbance: Reconciling Two Contrasting Approaches for Field Data Collection." Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 31, no. 4 (1999): 389. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1552587.
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Chambers-Ju, Christopher. "Data Collection, Opportunity Costs, and Problem Solving: Lessons from Field Research on Teachers’ Unions in Latin America." PS: Political Science & Politics 47, no. 02 (2014): 405–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049096514000304.
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Forbes, Bruce C., and Olga I. Sumina. "Comparative Ordination of Low Arctic Vegetation Recovering from Disturbance: Reconciling Two Contrasting Approaches for Field Data Collection." Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 31, no. 4 (1999): 389–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15230430.1999.12003323.
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Supanti, Titik, Janu Saptari, and Fernando Marpaung. "Validasi Data Katalog Perpustakaan PUSPAR UGM." Berkala Ilmu Perpustakaan dan Informasi 9, no. 2 (2016): 32. http://dx.doi.org/10.22146/bip.13184.
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Library catalogs need to demonstrate availability of its collection, the library requires for bibliographic information from is collection. Users need a tool library catalog for retrieval of library materials. Catalogue compile in to symstematic list of library materials with descriptive information about the author, title, publisher, date of publication, the physical form, charateristic of material and place.Library of UGM PUSPAR a support unit GMU Center for Tourism Studies, as part of supporting the smooth operation of the field of torism research and assessment. His collection of book, journals, research, proceedings, lokakarya, and other scientific publications.This study aims to : 1. simplifying and uniting PUSPAR UGM library catalog, catalogs cards and catalogs electronic into one main database in Indonesian language; 2. know the exact profile of the collection; 3. knowing the number of documents with the appropriate classification; 4. provides a rang of collection neatly arranged according to the catalog; 5. without knowing the exact collection of catalogs; 6. know the exact physical condition of the documents / collection (broken, missing, incomplete, borrowed etc.)
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Rinaldo, Constance, Linda Ford, and Joseph deVeer. "Museum, Library and Archives Partnership: Leveraging Digitized Data from Historical Sources." Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 2 (June 13, 2018): e25920. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/biss.2.25920.
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The Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University (MCZ), founded in 1859, has approximately 20 million extant and fossil invertebrate and vertebrate specimens. These historical collections continue to be a focus of research and teaching for the MCZ, Harvard and outside researchers. The Ernst Mayr Library/Archives (EMLA) of the MCZ is a founding member of the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL), an international consortium with a mission to make biodiversity literature openly available for use. Meeting the needs of the MCZ is a priority for EML Museum/library and achives collaboration One collaborative Museum/Library project was the digitization of approximately 81,000 MCZ specimen ledger pages/cards associated with various collections. These historical items, once digitized and deposited in the Harvard Digital Repository Service (DRS), were linked to the relevant specimen records in MCZbase, the museum-wide database. Over 1.2 million specimen records are now linked with digitized sources which benefit all users by adding to the provenance of the specimen data and allowing direct referral to the primary collection source. The EMLA holds an extensive collection of field notes, letters and manuscripts of researchers associated with the MCZ. Collector records are a gold mine of unpublished observations, notes, sketches, specimen lists and narratives. They are primary source data at its most personal, and may be the only documentation of a scientist’s thought processes and observations, particularly for unpublished materials. William Brewster was a prominent late 19th, early 20th century naturalist associated with the MCZ Ornithology Department until his death in 1919. Brewster provided authoritative and novel additions to the knowledge of birds, and his detailed, long-term observations are the key to his published contributions. Brewster’s unpublished scientific legacy is being digitized and deposited in the Harvard DRS and BHL by the EMLA. Transcribed notebook pages will be attached to images in BHL thus improving data discovery. Brewster deposited over 45,000 specimens in the MCZ Ornithology Collection. Combining specimens and unpublished notes is an opportunity to link hidden data and enhance research capabilities. Next steps for this collaborative project include finely grained cross-linking of specific pages, correspondence and photographs to and from the MCZ’s specimen database and BHL. We show how MCZ has leveraged data in digital repositories to enhance and directly relate to MCZbase, with citations to notes, transcriptions and published literature. These collaborations enhance discoverability of hidden data while promoting cross-discipline research to interrelated historical sources.