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Global Biodiversity Information FacilityParticipants’ Report 2011
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
GBIF Participants’ Report 2011Background and context
• GBIF has run an online Participant Reporting System in its current form from 2009-2011
• The previous reports are available here:
• 2009: http://www.gbif.org/orc/?doc_id=2958
• 2010: http://www.gbif.org/orc/?doc_id=3075&l=en
• In response to feedback that the previous reports were too lengthy, the 2011 Participants’ Report is presented in this format of a deck of slides to enable reuse by Participants in relevant presentations.
• These slides are a complete analysis of the data provided by GBIF Participants in 2011, including a regional view to support the work of the regional subcommittees.
• Trends from 2009-2012 are included where a sufficient number of Participants have responded to a question over the three years.
• A highlights presentation, presented to the Governing Board at their 19th meeting in Lillehammer, 2012 will be available after the meeting here: http://www.gbif.org/orc/?doc_id=4823
2010: 94 page report
2011:Deck of slides
available for use in relevant GBIF
meetings
2011 Participant Report: New format
GBIF Participants’ Report 2011 Contents I
• Participant Reporting System objectives
• 2011 Response Rates
• Section 1: Engagement
– National Nodes
– Regional Activities
– Training
– Outreach and Communication
• Section 2: Informatics Infrastructure
– Priorities for Informatics Infrastructure
GBIF Participants’ Report 2011 Contents II
• Section 3: Biodiversity Science, Content and Use
– Discovery and metadata
– Digitization and mobilization
– Names services (ECAT)
– Data use
• Section 4: Strategic Partnerships and Uptake
– Strategic partnerships
– Participant use of the GBIF 2011 Work Programme
• Section 5: Evaluating the Participant Reporting System
– Three main problems identified
– Value of the Participant Reporting System to GBIF’s Participants
– Lessons learnt
– Conclusions
1. To provide a channel for GBIF Participants to report on the status of their activities and their implementation of the GBIF Work Programme
2. To enable GBIF Participants to communicate their needs and priorities to the GBIF Secretariat
3. To provide an overview of the activities carried out by the GBIF network as a whole
Participant Reporting System Objectives
Response rates for countries and economies
Africa Asia Europe Latin America North America Oceania
Benin Chinese Taipei Andorra Argentina Canada Australia
Burkina Faso India Austria Colombia USA New Zealand
Cameroon Indonesia Belgium Costa Rica
Ghana Japan Denmark Cuba
Guinea Pakistan Finland Mexico
Kenya Philippines France Peru
South AfricaRepublic of
Korea Germany
Togo Iceland
Uganda Ireland
Luxembourg
Norway
Poland
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
The Netherlands
United Kingdom
Country and Economy Participants providing (partial) 2011 reports
Response rates for countries and economies
Country and Economy Participants not providing 2011 reports
Africa Asia Europe Latin America North America Oceania
Central African Republic Bulgaria Chile
Congo Estonia Nicaragua
Equatorial Guinea Portugal Uruguay
Madagascar Switzerland
Mauritania
Morocco
Tanzania
Response rates for countries and economies
Response rates for organizations
Organization Participants providing (partial) 2011 reports:
1. Bioversity International2. DIVERSITAS3. Encyclopedia of Life (EoL)4. Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT)5. ETI Bioinformatics6. ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability7. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)8. Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN)9. International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPIE)10. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
(ICIMOD)11. International Long Term Ecological Research (ILTER)12. NatureServe13. Nordic Genetic Resource Centre (NordGEN)14. Society for the Management of Electronic Biodiversity Data
(SMEBD)15. Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections
(SPNHC)
Response rates for organizations
Organization Participants not providing 2011 reports:
Response rates for organizations
• National Nodes– Origin and development status of
GBIF’s national Nodes– Barriers to the development of
national Nodes– Work areas covered by national Nodes
• Regional Activities• Training• Outreach and Communication
Section 1: Engagement
Origin of national GBIF networks
Origin of national GBIF networks
Development of national Nodes
Development of national Nodes
Participant Report 2009-2011, N=25 Countries and Economies providing reports over 3 years
Trend in Nodes' development
Budget for national Nodes
Budget for national Nodes
Staffing of national Nodes
Staffing of national Nodes
n indicates the number of Nodes from each region that replied to the questionn indicates the number of Nodes from
each region that replied to the question
Sustainability of national Nodes
These three barriers have consistently been reported by
national Nodes as the top three most significant barriers
in 2009, 2010 and 2011
These three barriers have consistently been reported by
national Nodes as the top three most significant barriers
in 2009, 2010 and 2011
National data portals
National data portals
Use of national data portals
Collectively the lists maintained by 41 country Participants include an estimated
total of 3,058 institutions and 12,283 people
Collectively the lists maintained by 41 country Participants include an estimated
total of 3,058 institutions and 12,283 people
National networks
National networks
n indicates the number of Nodes from each region that replied to the questionn indicates the number of Nodes from
each region that replied to the question
Collectively a total of 1442 data holding institutions were reported as being involved in the national Nodes of the
39 country Participants that answered this question
Collectively a total of 1442 data holding institutions were reported as being involved in the national Nodes of the
39 country Participants that answered this question
Providing information services
Providing information services
Regional activities – national Nodes
Regional activities – national Nodes
Regional activities - organizations
National Nodes providing training
National Nodes providing training
4 organization Participants organized 7 training events in 2011, through which a total of 64 people were trained on GBIF
related activities
4 organization Participants organized 7 training events in 2011, through which a total of 64 people were trained on GBIF
related activities
1 of these training events benefitted from the train-the-trainers approach1 of these training events benefitted from the train-the-trainers approach
Organizations providing training
Only 5 country Participants had submitted digital training materials to be included in
the Online Resource Centre
Only 5 country Participants had submitted digital training materials to be included in
the Online Resource Centre
National Nodes developing training materials
Organizations developing training materials
National Nodes participating in GBIF training
National Nodes participating inGBIF training
Trend in training participation
Participant Report 2009-2011, N=24 Countries and Economies providing reports over 3 years
Organizations participating inGBIF training
National Nodes involved in outreach
Organizations involved in outreach
Collectively 30 country Participants reported that they circulate GBits to a combined total of 7517 people
Collectively 30 country Participants reported that they circulate GBits to a combined total of 7517 people
Communication: GBIF’s newsletter
In addition, 2 organization Participants reported that they circulate GBits to a
combined total of 1010 people
In addition, 2 organization Participants reported that they circulate GBits to a
combined total of 1010 people
n indicates the number of Nodes from each region that replied to the questionn indicates the number of Nodes from
each region that replied to the question
Communication: GBIF’s newsletter
• Priorities for Informatics Infrastructure• National Nodes’ priorities• Organizations’ priorities
Section 2: InformaticsInfrastructure
• 25 country Participants provided responses over the three years. Their top priorities each year were consistently:
• Tools to customize and deploy data portals
• Tools for harvesting and indexing datasets from your community of data providers
• Tools for documenting and sharing metadata
Informatics priorities 2009-11
• Discovery and metadata• Digitization and mobilization• Names services (ECAT)• Data use
Section 3: Biodiversity Science: Content and Use
National Nodes’ metadata policies
National Nodes’ metadata policies
National Nodes’ metadata catalogues
National Nodes’ metadata catalogues
N=29 Countries and Economies providing reports over 3 years
Metadata catalogues 2009-11
2011 Participant Report, N=58 Countries and Economies
Data mobilization strategies
Data mobilization strategies
Data mobilization by organizations
Data mobilization by organizations
Countries promoting data publishing
Organizations promoting data publishing
National Nodes improving data quality
National Nodes improving data quality
Actions to improve data quality
Organizations improving data quality
Actions to improve data quality
Checklist publishing by National Nodes
Checklist publishing by national Nodes
Support for checklist publishing
National Nodes’ data use projects
National Nodes’ data use projects
Trend in involvement in data use
Participant Report 2009-2011, N=22 Countries and Economies providing reports over 3 years
Organizations’ data use projects
Scientific publications – national Nodes
Scientific publications – national Nodes
Scientific publications - organizations
Value of GBIF mediated data – national Nodes
Value of GBIF mediated data - organizations
• Strategic partnerships• Participant use of the GBIF 2011
Work Programme
Section 4: Strategic Partnerships and Uptake
2011 Participant Report, N=46 Organization Participants
Strategic Partnerships
Use of GBIF Work Programme – national Nodes
Top three useful services for national Nodes 2009 2010 2011
1stInformatics infrastructure provided by GBIF
GBIF technical recommendations, documents and guidelines
GBIF Data Portal (http://data.gbif.org)
2ndGBIF Communications Portal (http://www.gbif.org)
GBIF meetings (regional, global)
Guidance and assistance from the GBIF Secretariat Staff
3rd GBIF Data Portal (http://data.gbif.org)
Guidance and assistance from the GBIF Secretariat Staff
Exchange of experience and know-how with other Participant Nodes at GBIF meetings
N=26 Countries and Economies providing reports over 3 years
Use of GBIF Work Programme - organizations
• Three main problems identified• Value of the Participant Reporting
System to GBIF’s Participants• Lessons learnt• Conclusions
Section 5: Evaluating the Participant Reporting System
Trend in response rates
Problem 1: Low response rates, incomplete reports, patchy data
GBIF Participant Report 2009-2011
Feedback on PRS scope and system
Problem 2: Too many questions, but still not enough detail overall
“The report is useful and
relevant, but it is too long”
“The report is useful and
relevant, but it is too long”
“I believe the report is not sufficiently detailed to
figure out why at the participant level progress is not as high as it should be.”
“I believe the report is not sufficiently detailed to
figure out why at the participant level progress is not as high as it should be.”
Problem 3: Using questionnaire software for reporting purposes
“The report could provide more summary information about my NODE extracted from the
GBIF data portal and other GBIF information
systems.”
“The report could provide more summary information about my NODE extracted from the
GBIF data portal and other GBIF information
systems.”
“A way of improving the system could be
to reuse the information from previous reports”
“A way of improving the system could be
to reuse the information from previous reports”
Value of the Participant Reporting System to country Participants
Value of the Participant Reporting System to organization Participants
PRS lessons learnt
1. GBIF receives information from Participants through various streams that need to be brought together in an automated way
PRS lessons learnt
2. Participant needs and priorities benefit from discussion in order to better understand the requirements and way forward
Through regional meetings, the NSG, and focal Nodes groups, develop recommendations and feasible approaches in consensus between the regions
Conclusions
The GBIFS will not run the Participant Reporting System in the same way for 2012
GBIF is focusing on improving those network status metrics which could be made available through country and regional pages to be developed in the new Portal in an automated way
The Nodes Steering Group (NSG) is now a functional standing committee providing rich recommendations through regional reports and input on Nodes’ priorities to the GBIF Work Programme
The GBIF Secretariat proposes to work with the NSG to devise a new set of metrics to be assessed through regional reporting to complement information available through the portal