[ECOLOG-L] Permanent position: Waterbird Program Director
The Waterbird Program Director is responsible for overseeing activities of SFBBO’s Salt Pond research, Avian Disease Prevention Program, Newby Island Landfill surveys, and Colonial Waterbird Program. The Director may also be asked to participate in other avian research programs at SFBBO, including the Snowy Plover Program, the Landbird Program, and the Outreach Program. The Waterbird Program Director reports directly to the Executive Director. Duties include: Program Management •Trains, supervises, and evaluates biologists and interns; hires program staff •Coordinates activities of and manages program staff, interns and volunteers •Manages program data by overseeing data collection, entry, proofing, and storage •Analyzes data and produces reports and manuscripts in collaboration with other staff •Administers grants and contracts with Executive Director. o Tracks project deliverables, finances and due dates o Communicates with project contacts and collaborators o Seeks and applies for new grant funding •Maintains equipment and facilities as needed to carry out the above research Partnerships and Outreach •Participates in networking and partnering meetings, especially those concerning the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project •Presents scientific research and represents SFBBO at professional meetings •Participates in SFBBO outreach activities such as public presentations, fundraising events, and bird walks •Trains and incorporates citizen scientists in research programs as appropriate •Writes blog or newsletter articles as needed, featuring waterbird research Other Duties •Works with SFBBO science staff to coordinate permits and access agreements through the Bird Banding Lab (BBL), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, US Fish and Wildlife Service, the City of San Jose, Santa Clara Valley Water District, East Bay Regional Parks, Mid- Peninsula Open Space, and any other permitting or regulatory agencies. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: •Bachelor’s degree (plus 3 years of experience) or Master’s degree (preferred) in ecology, environmental sciences, wildlife biology or a closely related field • Supervisory and project management experience • Self-motivated, reliable, strong work ethic, organizational skills, attention to detail • Statistical analysis skills • Willingness to work irregular hours including early mornings, evenings and some weekends • Experience conducting field work, including navigating and orienting using maps • Valid driver’s license, clean driving record, and reliable personal vehicle • Effective oral and written communication skills PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: • Master’s degree in biology, ecology, environmental science or related field plus 3 years of experience • Familiarity with ArcGIS and R statistical software • Experience with Microsoft Access databases • Grant writing experience with record of achieving funding • Experience working in the San Francisco Bay Area (with waterbirds preferred) • Enjoys engaging with the public and collaborating with local agencies and nonprofits • Desire to design new projects and publish papers Compensation: Salary begins at $40,000, commensurate with experience. Generous paid time off and health benefits. To Apply: Please e-mail a single file, which includes the following: 1) cover letter, 2) resume, and 3) list of three references (names, email addresses, and phone numbers), to Dr. Yiwei Wang at ywang at sfbbo.org. The deadline for applications is April 8th, 2016. We will begin considering applications on April 1st, 2016. SFBBO is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
[ECOLOG-L] Reminder: Free Webinar tomorrow on Data Provenance
Dear Colleagues Just a reminder that tomorrow is the final event in the inaugural DataONE Webinar Series (www.dataone.org/webinars), focused on open science, the role of the data lifecycle, and achieving innovative science through shared data and ground-breaking tools. This webinar will be held on Tuesday May 12th at 12 noon Eastern time/9 AM Pacific. Our webinar will be a panel presentation by *Bertram Ludäscher, Lauren Walker, and Chris Jones *from DataONE. The abstract for the talk is detailed below and you may register at: www.dataone.org/upcoming-webinar. Please circulate widely in your communities; registration is free. Title: ***Provenance and DataONE: Facilitating Reproducible Science*. *Abstract* Provenance is a form of metadata that describes the lineage and processing history of data and knowledge artifacts and plays an important role in many scientific applications and use cases. For example, an ecologist might want to combine different datasets for a study, but needs to know how the candidate datasets were derived. A climate scientist might need to document the processing history of climate model outputs to facilitate reproducibility. A natural history collection manager might want to run automated data curation tools on specimen collection data, but has to understand the proposed “repairs” before executing them. In all these and many other cases like these, provenance information plays a crucial role. In this webinar, we will first give an overview of the different types of provenance information and how they can be used, e.g., to facilitate reproducible science. We then show how a DataONE user can search and navigate provenance information using the new UI currently under development in DataONE. After this user-oriented view on provenance, we finally take a look “behind the scenes” of the DataONE provenance technologies and present plans for future developments. *** Webinars will be recorded and made available for viewing later the same day online. A QA forum will also be available to attendees and later viewers alike. We welcome you to join us for this and future webinars. More information on the DataONE WebinarSeries can be found at: www.dataone.org/webinars and we welcome suggestions for speakers and topics. -- Yiwei Wang Postdoctoral Scholar DataONE, University of New Mexico
[ECOLOG-L] Free webinar on Data Provenance and facilitating reproducible science
Dear Colleagues Registration is now open for the final event in the inaugural DataONE Webinar Series (www.dataone.org/webinars), focused on open science, the role of the data lifecycle, and achieving innovative science through shared data and ground-breaking tools. This webinar will be held on Tuesday May 12th at 12 noon Eastern time/9 AM Pacific. Our webinar will be a panel presentation by *Bertram Ludäscher, Lauren Walker, and Chris Jones *from DataONE. The webinar is focused on the importance of Data Provenance and is titled: ***Provenance and DataONE: Facilitating Reproducible Science*. The abstract for the talk is detailed below and you may register at: www.dataone.org/upcoming-webinar. Please circulate widely in your communities; registration is free. *Abstract* Provenance is a form of metadata that describes the lineage and processing history of data and knowledge artifacts and plays an important role in many scientific applications and use cases. For example, an ecologist might want to combine different datasets for a study, but needs to know how the candidate datasets were derived. A climate scientist might need to document the processing history of climate model outputs to facilitate reproducibility. A natural history collection manager might want to run automated data curation tools on specimen collection data, but has to understand the proposed “repairs” before executing them. In all these and many other cases like these, provenance information plays a crucial role. In this webinar, we will first give an overview of the different types of provenance information and how they can be used, e.g., to facilitate reproducible science. We then show how a DataONE user can search and navigate provenance information using the new UI currently under development in DataONE. After this user-oriented view on provenance, we finally take a look “behind the scenes” of the DataONE provenance technologies and present plans for future developments. Webinars will be recorded and made available for viewing later the same day online. A QA forum will also be available to attendees and later viewers alike. We welcome you to join us for this and future webinars in the series. More information on the DataONE WebinarSeries can be found at: www.dataone.org/ webinars and we welcome suggestions for speakers and topics. -- Yiwei Wang
[ECOLOG-L] 2014 Browning StrikeForce Field Cameras
Dear Colleagues We are selling 100+ Browning StrikeForce Cameras from 2014 (there is now a 2015 model) and the associated bear boxes. The description for these cameras can be found here (I believe this is the right model - we can send you pictures of the boxes for the exact model details): http://browningtrailcameras.com/our-products/trail-cameras/strike-force/ Some of these cameras were deployed in the field for up to 6 months and some are new in the box. Asking price for used cameras $110/camera + bear box OBO and bulk discounts are available if you buy 10 or more. Shipping is not included, but you are welcome to pick them up from our lab or we can meet you within a reasonable distance. We are located in Santa Cruz, CA. Asking price for new cameras (~20) $120/camera + bear box OBO If you're interested, please contact me with the number of cameras you would like to buy, offer price, and location. Thanks! -- Yiwei Wang
[ECOLOG-L] Free webinar on measuring data use and reach Tuesday April 14th
Dear Colleagues Registration is now open for the third event in the DataONE Webinar Series ( www.dataone.org/webinars), focused on open science, the role of the data lifecycle, and achieving innovative science through shared data and ground-breaking tools. This webinar will be held on Tuesday April 14th at 12 noon Eastern time/9 AM Pacific. Our webinar will be a panel presentation by *Jennifer Lin, Martin Fenner, Matt Jones John Kratz *from the Public Library of Science, DataONE and the California Digital Library. The webinar is focused on the outcome of a recent collaborative NSF grant and is titled: ***Make Data Count: Measuring Data Use and Reach*. The abstract for the talk is detailed below and you may register at: www.dataone.org/upcoming-webinar. Please circulate widely in your communities; registration is free. Webinars are held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 12 noon Eastern Time. They will be recorded and made available for viewing latter the same day. A QA forum will also be available to attendees and later viewers alike. We welcome you to join us for this and future webinars in the series. More information on the DataONE WebinarSeries can be found at: www.dataone.org/ webinars and we welcome suggestions for speakers and topics. -- Yiwei Wang, PhD DataONE Postdoctoral Scholar Community Engagement and Outreach
[ECOLOG-L] Upcoming webinar on measuring data use and reach from DataONE Webinar Series
Dear Colleagues Registration is now open for the third event in the DataONE Webinar Series ( www.dataone.org/webinars). *Make Data Count – measuring data use and reach** *will be presented by a panel featuring Dr. Jennifer Lin and Martin Fenner from the Public Library of Science (PLOS), Matthew Jones from the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) and DataONE, and John Kratz from California Digital Library (CDL). Date: Tuesday April 14th 0900PT / 1200 ET. Please register at www.dataone.org/upcoming-webinar *Abstract* California Digital Libraries, PLOS, and DataONE are partners in Make Data Count (http://articlemetrics.github.io/MDC/), an NSF-funded project to design and develop metrics that track and measure data use, i.e. “data-level metrics” (DLMs). DLMs are a multi-dimensional suite of indicators, measuring the broad range of activity surrounding the reach and use of data as a research output. In the webinar, we will discuss the findings from Phase 1 in which we gathered information about the needs of researchers– how do they want to get credit for the data they produce? What do they want to know about how their data is used? What do they want to know about others’ data to evaluate quality? We connected with the community to determine requirements and understand use cases for the data-level metrics prototype. We will also demo the latest from our working prototype and share the initial results (usage, citations, scholarly references and mentions, social media, etc.) collected on datasets from DataONE member repositories. -- Yiwei Wang, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar for Community Engagement and Outreach DataONE University of New Mexico 1312 Basehart SE Albuquerque, NM 87106
[ECOLOG-L] Reminder: Webinar and QA with Dr. Cameron Neylon from PLOS tomorrow March 10th
Dear Colleagues, We invite you to join us tomorrow for the second event in the DataONE Webinar Series (www.dataone.org/webinars). *Boyle’s Laws in a Networked World: How the future of science lies in understanding our past *will be presented by Dr. Cameron Neylon from the Public Library of Science, followed by a community discussion. Date: Tuesday March 10th 0900PT / 1200 ET. Please register at www.dataone.org/upcoming-webinar *Abstract* When we talk about scholarly communication, we are almost always talking of the future. If we do look to the past it is to a canonical work. In the sciences today, we begin almost every discussion of the scholarly communications with the first edition of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, published in 1665, before proceeding to move past this and show that nothing (or everything) has changed. I will argue that if we are to understand the origins of scholarly communication in the sciences we need to look past the object to the community and the values that defined it. In the writings of Robert Boyle, we find guidance on the proper modes of scientific conduct and communication that might appear in a graduate training book today, but which are rarely realised in practice. Data sharing, open criticism and open experimentation all form a core part of the program of natural philosophy promoted by Boyle. If those values were truly realised in the 1660s it was because the community was small, exclusive and homogenous. Over the past 350 years those values were weakened and lost as scaling issues made them impractical. Do the internet and the web offer a solution to these problems? And if so, how can we develop communities and infrastructures that combine the best of the values of the early Royal Society with our more modern values of diversity, inclusion and equality. -- Yiwei Wang, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Scholar DataONE
[ECOLOG-L] Free Webinar by Dr. Cameron Neylon, PLOS on March 10th
Dear Colleagues, We invite you to register for the second event in the DataONE Webinar Series (www.dataone.org/webinars). *Boyle’s Laws in a Networked World: How the future of science lies in understanding our past *will be presented by Dr. Cameron Neylon from the Public Library of Science. Date: Tuesday March 10th 0900PT / 1200 ET. Please register at www.dataone.org/upcoming-webinar *Abstract* When we talk about scholarly communication, we are almost always talking of the future. If we do look to the past it is to a canonical work. In the sciences today, we begin almost every discussion of the scholarly communications with the first edition of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, published in 1665, before proceeding to move past this and show that nothing (or everything) has changed. I will argue that if we are to understand the origins of scholarly communication in the sciences we need to look past the object to the community and the values that defined it. In the writings of Robert Boyle, we find guidance on the proper modes of scientific conduct and communication that might appear in a graduate training book today, but which are rarely realised in practice. Data sharing, open criticism and open experimentation all form a core part of the program of natural philosophy promoted by Boyle. If those values were truly realised in the 1660s it was because the community was small, exclusive and homogenous. Over the past 350 years those values were weakened and lost as scaling issues made them impractical. Do the internet and the web offer a solution to these problems? And if so, how can we develop communities and infrastructures that combine the best of the values of the early Royal Society with our more modern values of diversity, inclusion and equality. -- Yiwei Wang Postdoctoral Scholar for Community Engagement and Outreach DataONE University of New Mexico 1312 Basehart SE Albuquerque, NM 87106
[ECOLOG-L] Free webinar on Scholarly Communications with Dr Cameron Neylon from PLOS
Please join DataONE for our upcoming webinar: **Boyle’s laws in a networked world: How the future of science lies in understanding our past** Presented by Dr Cameron Neylon from the Public Library of Science (PLOS) *Tuesday March 10th at 0900 Pacific time / 12 noon Eastern Time* The abstract and registration details can be found at www.dataone.org/upcoming-webinar. This is the second in a series of monthly webinars focussed on open science, the role of the data lifecycle, and achieving innovative science through shared data and ground-breaking tools. Webinars will be held the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 12 noon Eastern Time. They will be recorded and made available for viewing latter the same day. A QA forum will also be available to attendees and later viewers alike. We welcome you to join us for this and future webinars in the series. More information on the DataONE Webinar Series, including recordings of previous webinars, can be found at: www.dataone.org/webinars and we welcome suggestions for speakers and topics. -- Yiwei Wang Postdoctoral Scholar Community Engagement and Outreach DataONE
Re: [ECOLOG-L] Crowdfunding research opportunity
HI Steve, Please see our 2013 TREE paper for some insight: Raising money for scientific research through crowdfunding http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169534712002984 Also, happy to talk with you directly through email for any specific questions. Cheers, On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Steve Kimble sjkim...@gmail.com wrote: Dear List: We started a crowfunding campaign today. https://experiment.com/projects/using-turtle-dogs-to-study-wildlife-diseases?s=discover Who has had success with these and what do you think made them successful? Thanks, Steve -- Steve Kimble Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources Purdue University skim...@purdue.edu sjkim...@gmail.com http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~rodw/sKimble.php http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~rodw/Steve%20Kimble.htm -- Yiwei Wang
