Information management is an integral component of the CAP LTER project with the overarching goals of:

  • Supporting data collection.
  • Archiving well-structured and documented research data in a long-term data repository for the benefit of the scientific community, decision makers and public.
  • Enabling and promoting dataset discovery and access.
  • Providing leadership and education on sound data management..

CAP maintains high standards for data archival and documentation to ensure the quality of the scientific data and metadata produced. The information manager works with CAP scientists, students and staff in a variety of capacities to address data management throughout the knowledge-generating enterprise from research design to data publication. CAP works with other information managers in the Network and informatics community to improve information management, and follows LTER guidelines and best practices. You can follow much of our work and development on GitHub and GitLab.