The document introduces SEAD (Science Environment for Ecological Knowledge), a collaborative NSF-funded platform that supports data management and sharing among land managers, scientists, and communities. It describes SEAD's key features like project spaces for secure team collaboration and data storage, publishing data to a virtual archive, and a research network. Examples are provided of existing SEAD project spaces for organizations conducting ecological research and management. SEAD offers a central place for collaborative projects to store, organize, and invite additional contributions to shared data.

1. 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

2. A collaborative NSF-funded infrastructure project
Introduction to SEAD
Margaret Hedstrom, PI
James Myers, Co-PI
Beth Plale, Co-PI
Praveen Kumar, Co-PI

3. SEAD Functionality Overview
Manage Active Data with
Project Spaces
Publish & Preserve Data
with the Virtual Archive
Connect with Others Using
the Research Network

4. SEAD as a Platform for Collaboration

5. 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

6. Example Project Space: WPARC

7. Example Project: Wash. Co. Parks

8. Example Project: Wash. Co. Parks

9. 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

10. 20+ Groups and Growing!

11. Join Us!
http://sead-data.net/
Twitter: @SEADdatanet