Documents — Policies

We are asking sites to provide a BibTex file of publications and products that could not have been produced without LTER support. Sites maintain records of their publications in different systems (Zotero, DEIMS, EndNote, custom databases), but everyone should be able to export a BibTex file. The Network Office will combine all the files from sites... Read more »

These website guidelines were developed by a committee composed of information managers, communications professionals, educators and investigators. They were distributed to Information Management, Education, and Communication Committees and the Science Council for comments from March 22 to May 1, 2018. Comments were addressed and guidelines were reviewed and approved by the LTER Executive Board and Science... Read more »

The attached LTER information management system guidelines were updated in the fall of 2017 and approved at the December 2017 Executive Board Meeting. They reflect the current state of LTER information management and the establishment of the Environmental Data Initiative.

LTER Data Access Policy was revised at the 2017 Science Council Meeting to reflect new data sharing standards. 

This document describes the process by which new books can be included in the US LTER book series. Authors should reach out to the publications committee as early in the development process as possible. 

Benson_Advancing the Sharing and Synthesis of Ecological Data:Guidelines for Data Sharing and Integration

A three page document which covers:

• Introduction
• Scope
• Web Metrics
• Registration
• Voluntary
  Registration
• Personal Accounts
• Access to Information
• Cookies
• Compliance with
  court orders

This document was created by the LTER Web Site Design Working Group and reviewed
by the LTER Information Management Committee. Version 1.1. January 27, 2009

LTER and U.S.
Forest Service Climate/Hydrology Database Guidelines

LTER Publications Committee Role and Responsibility for prospective authors.

James Brunt, Peter McCartney, Stuart Gage, and Don Henshaw, October 2004, in a response to a request from the LTER Network Information System Advisory Committee; Text amended April 13, 2005 to reflect approval of recommendations by the LTER CC.

Description of how to use LTER Children’s Book Series in the classroom.

PDF Version of LTER Network Data Access Policy Revision 3, Data Access Requirements, and General Data Use Agreement Revised by James Brunt, Peter McCartney, Stuart Gage, and Don Henshaw, October 2004, in response to a request from the LTER Network Information System Advisory Committee, approved by the LTER Coordinating Committee April, 2005.

This policy is retained for historical purposes. It has been replaced by 2012 and 2017 revisions to the policy.

The following worksheet outlines a Minimum Standard Installation (MSI) of various technological capabilities at all sites of the LTER Network. The worksheet was developed at the LTER Coordinating Committee (LTER/CC) meeting at Kellogg Biological Station, November 3-4, 1988.

Each Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) site should develop its own data management policy in consultation with key investigators and higher administrative units.