Site-based data management is a collaborative endeavor that supports observational field science. Participants in the Emiquon Partnership include a wide variety of individuals-resource managers, research scientists, students, and volunteers as well as technical, information, and curation specialists. Gathering data from a variety of sources represents a significant first step that highlights the need for coordinated planning. It begins the process of articulating and formalizing data practices. With data aggregation, particularly in the ecological sciences, the heterogeneity of data and data practices is immediately evident. Though often perceived as mundane, the everyday work of data management is complex with interwoven social, technical, and organizational dimensions. Day-today tasks include acquisition, organization, and documentation in addition to data processing and quality control. Decision-making about data packaging, description, and delivery is required in creating a local data environment. Given contemporary mandates for open access to scientific data, new kinds of work and new forms of sociality are emerging. The twin concepts of data management and infrastructure growth are presented as essential to site-based, data-rich partnerships.
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