2025/04/28 by Elizabeth Adams, Natalie H. Raia, Saebyul Choe +2 · 1 voice
Computer Science · Decision Sciences · #Data Quality and Management #Research Data Management Practices #Scientific Computing and Data Management
paper · pdf · doi:10.3897/rio.11.e155393
openalex publication_date 2025/04/28 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/19
State geological surveys create and steward valuable long-term earth and environmental science datasets and often serve as physical archives for material samples. Often funded directly through state legislatures, these agencies face varying degrees of support, nuanced regulations and public-serving missions that direct their research and day-to-day operations. Scientists at state geological surveys produce a range of outputs: datasets that may be stored internally, through an institutional repository or disseminated to broader community repositories and publications that may include both grey and peer-reviewed literature. This paper discusses a workshop held at the Kentucky Geological Survey to introduce researchers to data management, sharing and stewardship practices and to better understand obstacles to implementing such practices.