Intro to GBIF: NBN Crowdsourcing Data Capture Summit
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The document provides an overview of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), highlighting its role as an open-access research infrastructure for biodiversity data, which was established in 2001. It includes statistics on species occurrence records, citizen science contributions, and institutions publishing data, emphasizing the growth of biodiversity research and data mobilization. Additionally, it outlines upcoming initiatives aimed at improving data accessibility and enhancing digitization of natural history collections.
Intro to GBIF: NBN Crowdsourcing Data Capture Summit
- 1. 25 SEP 2015 NBN CROWDSOURCING SUMMIT Kyle Copas
- 3. WHAT IS GBIF? http://www.gbif.org • Open-access research infrastructure for biodiversity information, funded by the world’s governments • Established in 2001 on recommendation by OECD Global Science Forum in 1999 • 92 national and organizational participants: ‘member state’ approach • Secretariat hosted by KU and attached to the Zoological Museum in Copenhagen
- 6. GBIF BY THE NUMBERS 576,332,681 species occurrence records 1,611,321 species 15,147 datasets 765 data-publishing institutions http://www.gbif.org | 22 SEP 2015
- 7. DATA GROWTH IN DATA http://www.gbif.org/analytics/global
- 8. CITATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH 2 SEP 2015 Annual number of peer-reviewed publications using GBIF-mediated data 52 89 148 169 229 249 357 261 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 (Jan-Aug)
- 9. SOURCES OF CITIZEN SCIENCE DATA Citizen science networks • eBird: 150 (soon 210) million high-quality observations • Recorder networks in UK, Sweden, Norway, Finland et al. Bioblitzes • Sometimes hosted by national and organizational participants • Important tool for public outreach for ‘member states’ Crowdsourced digitization • Virtual public transcription projects: ongoing or timebound GBIF Secretariat analysis—Nov 2014
- 10. CITIZEN SCIENCE DATA: 2014 TOP NATIONAL PUBLISHERS GBIF Secretariat analysis—Nov 2014 Country # Observations USA 161,894,332 Sweden 38,604,747 UK 22,304,967 Finland 13,519,114 Australia 7,448,478 Germany 4,951,803 Denmark 4,609,679 Ireland 1,582,524 Norway 370,911 Estonia 169,086 Belgium 370,911 Canada 121,916 Country # Observations Sweden 38,604,747 UK 22,304,967 Finland 13,519,114 USA 8,362,169 Australia 7,448,478 Germany 4,951,803 Denmark 4,609,679 Ireland 1,582,524 Norway 370,911 Estonia 169,086 Belgium 370,911 Canada 121,916 EXCLUDING eBIRD
- 11. BASIS OF RECORD • Greater proportion of observations • Contributions to specimen data are underreported and underappreciated GBIF Secretariat analysis—Nov 2014 Basis of record Citizen science Institutional Human observation 204,330,760 67,405,200 Observation 45,803,179 55,760,093 Unknown 3,782,583 36,026,607 Preserved specimen 1,984,634 97,090,284 Literature 51,204 404,875 No information 81 3 Fossil specimen 47 3,850,597 Living specimen 0 822,136 Machine observation 0 689,739 Material sample 0 2,293 Ratio of specimens 0.8% 39%
- 13. DATA FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM http://www.gbif.org/analytics/country/GB/published
- 14. LARGEST OCCURRENCE DATASETS ABOUT UK • Botanical Society of the British Isles - Vascular Plants Database 7,999,606 occurrences in United Kingdom out of 8,934,780 (89.53%) • Botanical Society of the British Isles - Vascular Plants Database additions since 2000 4,776,757 occurrences in United Kingdom out of 4,801,101 (99.49%) • British Bryological Society 2,258,879 occurrences in United Kingdom out of 2,419,291 (93.37%) • Suffolk Biological Records Centre 2,120,907 occurrences in United Kingdom out of 2,120,907 (100%) • Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre 1,581,060 occurrences in United Kingdom out of 1,581,060 (100%) • Rotherham Biological Records Centre 1,444,609 occurrences in United Kingdom out of 1,444,609 (100%) http://www.gbif.org/country/GB/publishing
- 15. DATA SHARING FROM UK INSTITUTIONS http://www.gbif.org/analytics/country/GB/published
- 16. DATA PUBLISHED BY GBIF PARTICIPANTS NOTE: Datasets are assigned to countries according to the location of the publishing institution, including aggregated datasets with contributors from many other countries. http://www.gbif.org | 03 SEP 2015 1. France 21,582,586 6. United Kingdom 2,440,150 2. United States 5,920,877 7. Belgium 2,297,574 3. Sweden 4,907,131 8. Norway 2,192,808 4. Brazil 3,736,933 9. Netherlands 2,088,214 5. Australia 3,605,281 10. Finland 1,736,075 1. United States 212,516,65 6 6. Netherlands 22,694,678 2. Sweden 52,232,884 7. Finland 20,157,042 3. United Kingdom 49,611,538 8. Norway 19,137,395 4. Australia 40,300,025 9. Germany 19,121,495 5. France 38,974,640 10. Spain 10,668,065 Number of new records published—Top 10 Countries (1 Jan to 31 August 2015) Total number of records published—Top 10 Countries (as of 31 August 2015)
- 17. VISITS TO GBIF.ORG BY COUNTRY Access available upon request from comms@gbif.org | 02 SEP 2015 1. United States 12,152 6. France 3,670 2. India 6,150 7. Mexico 3,338 3. Germany 4,839 8. Colombia 3,163 4. Brazil 4,153 9. Spain 2,909 5. United Kingdom 3,890 10. Australia 2,765 August 2015
- 18. DATA DOWNLOAD REQUESTS, BY COUNTRY Requests for download do not necessarily result in data actually being downloaded. Based on country indicated by user login | 4 SEP 2015 1. Mexico 11,920 6. Colombia 2,524 2. United States 8,336 7. United Kingdom 2,486 3. Brazil 4,876 8. Ecuador 1,814 4. China 4,825 9. France 1,618 5. Spain 3,477 10. Australia 1,616 Total of 58,538 requests from 6,167 users in 137 countries, islands and territories 1 Jan 2015 – 31 August 2015
- 19. USE CITATIONS, BY COUNTRY OF AUTHORS 2 SEP 2015 Total 2015 Number of research publications from January to August 2015 citing use of GBIF-mediated data, ranked by country according to affiliation of author. Top ten countries shown. August 2015 August 2015 Number of research publications in August 2015 citing use of GBIF-mediated data, ranked by country according to affiliation of author. Top nine countries shown. 1. United States 109 6. Brazil 22 2. United Kingdom 50 6. China 22 3. Germany 28 8. Spain 19 4. Mexico 23 9. Colombia 17 4. Australia 23 10. Belgium 16 1. United States 12 4. China 3 2. Colombia 5 4. Germany 3 3. Spain 4 4. India 3 4. Australia 3 4. United Kingdom 3 4. Brazil 3
- 20. UK FUNDERS OF RESEARCHERS USING GBIF-MEDIATED DATA • DEFRA • BBRSC • UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills • James and Eve Bennett Trust • The Leverhulme Trust • Medical Research Council • NERC • North of England Zoological Society / Chester Zoo • Northern Ireland Department of Agriculture and Rural Development • Northern Ireland Natural Heritage Research Partnership • University of Oxford • The People’s Trust for Endangered Species • Queen’s University Belfast • Rhodes Trust • Rufford Small Grants Foundation • Scotland Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services GBIF Literature Tracking Programme
- 21. RECENT AND UPCOMING WORK AREAS • DOIs for datasets and downloads provides framework for tracing use to occurrences • Improved map viewer (mapped search to follow) • Standardized licencing using Creative Commons • Country reports with statistics on mobilization, geographic and taxonomic coverage, and use • Gap mapping to highlight areas of poor coverage • User profiles to define data quality/fitness on use http://www.gbif.org
- 22. ACCELERATING DISCOVERY OF BIOCOLLECTIONS DATA • Global ‘metadata approach’ for describing and characterizing undigitized collections • Helps setting priorities for mobilization • Documenting best practices and successful business models for content mobilization • Scoping training and outreach materials • Expert task force includes Ian Owens • Background Behrensohn et al. (2010) http://dx.doi.org/10.17161/bi.v7i2.3989 http://www.gbif.org/newsroom/news/accelerating-discovery-of-biocollections-data
- 23. NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS: FASTER ACCESS TO MORE DATA New survey (just released) seeks to determine: • Digital readiness of the world’s biocollections and their institutions • Benefits that digitization accrues to collections • Impediments to collection data digitization Photo: Preserved museum specimen. © Greg Basco, www.deepgreenphotography.com j.mp/1LNFqYw
- 24. Kyle Copas kcopas@gbif.org Twitter @gbif Facebook gbifnews Research uses gbif.org/mendeley LinkedIn Group linkedin.com/grp/home?gid=55171 Github github.com/gbif GBIF Ebbe Nielsen Challenge gbif2.devpost.com gbif.devpost.com
Editor's Notes
- #2: THANK YOU Here to listen and learn from you. We appreciate the chance to share a bit about GBIF, citizen science, sharing data—both globally and in the UK—and a little about some current work that could provide food for thought ahead of this afternoon’s workshops.
- #3: How many here are familiar with GBIF? Open-access research infrastructure for biodiversity information, funded by the world’s governments Established in 2001 on recommendation by OECD Global Science Forum in 1999 92 national and organizational participants or member states, nodes that do considerable work around citizen science and reporting at national levels Secretariat hosted by KU and attached to the Zoological Museum in Copenhagen
- #4: Open-access research infrastructure for biodiversity information, funded by the world’s governments Established in 2001 on recommendation by OECD Global Science Forum in 1999 92 national and organizational participants or member states, nodes that do considerable work around citizen science and reporting at national levels Secretariat hosted by KU and attached to the Zoological Museum in Copenhagen
- #5: This comes togerther atGBIF.org, which is now a fully functional, near real-time open-access data infrastructure. Also important to point out that we Provide and maintain open access and web services to global species data through GBIF.org Promote common standards and free tools for biodiversity data management and exchange Offer guidance on national mobilization of biodiversity information Support collaborative network at global and regional levels But I’m pleased to report, this week, we’ve finally made it.
- #6: This post is from an evolutionary biogeographer, using Twitter to define a five-year trajectory, probably represents a geologic era or two in Internet time. It’s also a slide that ought to cure you of reading your slides.
- #7: Statistical snapshot of what we provide Species occurrence data include field observations, collection specimen, records from literature and now sample-based data
- #8: CBD uses this as a primary indicator of progress toward Aichi Target 19 The infrastructure is maturing, and while we are still very much engaged in content mobilization, we are also coming to grips with questions data quality and data gaps. Global and national metrics on data trends are one way of doing that. Not simply numbers, but also geographic or taxonomic completeness and precision, for example.
- #9: Ongoing literature tracking for peer-reviewed uses of GBIF-mediated data since 2008 Data are cited in substantitive uses at an average rate of more than one paper per day. Based on past trends, we expect to surpass 400 papers for 2015.
- #10: Look at Citizen Science. Ireland, Denmark, Costa Rica, even Barcelona parks
- #11: Analysis from last fall eBird about to add 60 million more records
- #12: Underappreciated contributions to specimens
- #14: These analyses are also useful at the national level to identify not just trends but issues with the data or areas to concentrate mobilization efforts in the future.
- #15: Stable API with strong versioning, as it’s used extensively. Only additions are made, and any breaking changes must await v2 (with lots of advance warning).
- #25: THANKS AGAIN