using sead to support collaboration among land managers, scientists, and the community
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Dharma Akmon
Manager of Education and Outreach, SEAD
Using SEAD to Support Collaboration
among Land Managers, Scientists, and
the Community
Restoring Native Ecosystems, East Lansing, MI
January 23, 2015
Cooperative agreement #OCI0940824
A collaborative NSF-funded infrastructure project
Introduction to SEAD
Margaret Hedstrom, PI
James Myers, Co-PI
Beth Plale, Co-PI
Praveen Kumar, Co-PI
SEAD Functionality OverviewManage Active Data with
Project Spaces
Publish & Preserve Data
with the Virtual Archive
Connect with Others Using
the Research Network
SEAD as a Platform for Collaboration
Project Space Features
• Secure, team controlled
• Upload any type of data file (e.g. Excel, GIS
Shapefiles, images, video, etc.)
• Bring in data from other sources
• Built for data
• Tools for adding information that will help you
and your team understand and find the data later
Example Project Space: WPARC
Example Project: Wash. Co. Parks
Example Project: Wash. Co. Parks
Possibilities Enabled through SEAD
• Central place for team’s data
• Allows you to add as much or as little that will
help you use and find data
• Invite collaboration
• Solicit citizens and scientists in adding metadata
• View without downloading
• Avoid building your own system
20+ Groups and Growing!
