IN13E:
Exploring Value in Our Research Products: Approaches to Assessment of Research Products Such as Data Sets, Metadata, and Research Software within a Policy Framework that Supports Scalable, Reusable, Sustainable, and Open-Access Outcomes for Research and Societal Benefit

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Session ID#: 13541

Session Description:
We have seen a number of evaluation and assessment activities being undertaken across the Geoscience communities in recent years, with work related to data set maturity, metadata quality, research software evaluation and other research objects. From the development of recommended practices to more fully developed metrics, these activities are being integrated into larger assessment frameworks. This panel will discuss the impetus for these frameworks, their larger goals and their efforts to work with their research communities to develop these assessment practices.

  • What problems are these frameworks or activities trying to solve?
  • How are the assessment tools being developed?
  • How do they support their communities to create assessment practices that reflect the values and priorities of those communities?
Primary Convener:  Soren Scott, Ronin Institute for Independent Scholarship, Westminster, CO, United States
Conveners:  Denise J Hills, Geological Survey of Alabama, Energy Investigations Program, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States and Shelley Stall, American Geophysical Union, Open Science Leadership, Washington, DC, United States
Chairs:  Stephen C Diggs, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States and Kathleen S Fontaine, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Denise J Hills, Geological Survey of Alabama, Energy Investigations Program, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
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Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Sky Bristol, USGS Core Science Systems, Denver, United States, Madison L Langseth, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, United States and Tamar Norkin, USGS Core Science Analytics, Synthesis and Libraries, Denver, United States
Amy L Walton, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, United States
Jeff de La Beaujardière, NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, ACIO-S, Silver Spring, MD, United States
Christine E White, Federation of Earth Science Information Partners, Raleigh, NC, United States; Esri, Redlands, CA, United States
Kerstin Lehnert, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States
Michael M Little, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States and Kimberly Hines, NASA Ames Research Ctr, Moffett Field, CA, United States

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