John Vande Castle, Deana Pennington, Tony Fountain and Cherri Pancake – Information managers at ecological research sites grapple with the complexity of diverse and heterogeneous datasets. The effective management of large geospatial datasets requires extensive hardware, software, and human resources that are often beyond the capabilities of smaller institutions.
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