The Oregon Spatial Data Library A public resource Andrea Wirth Marc Rempel Ku’uipo Walsh Bonnie Avery Oregon State University Libraries Corvallis, Oregon (U.S.) XXIII IUFRO World Congress, Seoul, 27 Aug

Deschutes Lakes North Coast Umpqua Willamette Land Use Hazards Rural Communities Wetlands Wildfire Risk Wildlife Imagery Spatial Data Library Place based portals Data Portals Topic Portals Information to help local citizens and policymakers make better decisions about Oregon’s natural resources. 2

3 Oregon State University Archives, “Walking the Plank” / Oregon Spatial Data Library (OSDL): Bridging the gap & managing the data deluge in Oregon

Oregon Spatial Data Library (OSDL) Provides access to GIS data created and managed by State of Oregon agencies – Launched on GIS Day (November 18, 2009) For: State of Oregon agency staff; public Framework data focus Multi-phase project, based on continued funding Collaborative effort addressing data deluge on a state- wide level Improves access to data 4Oregon State University Libraries

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Partners University (Libraries and INR) – Technical expertise – Interest in: Natural resources digital library expansion Communicating natural resource information to Oregonians – Libraries’ role in campus spatial data management is developing 6Oregon State University Libraries

Partners State Agencies (GEO and navigatOR) – Technical expertise – Data developers and authority – Develop, maintain, and communicate standards of GIS data management – Interest in serving geospatial data in a cost effective and user-friendly manner 7Oregon State University Libraries

Enhanced access to data Limit redundancy – everyone has access to the most recent version of framework data Central portal accessible by staff and the public Improved search capability Increased visibility of data Clip, zip, ship Personalization 8Oregon State University Libraries

Searching by keywords and filtering 9Oregon State University Libraries

Clip, zip, ship 10Oregon State University Libraries

Feedback and Use Top ContentViews (percent of total) Homepage20,189 (65%) Search page9,841 (31%) Download page1,170 (4%) Login page31 (<1%) User Registration page8 (<1%) February 24 th – July 31 st 2010 – 31,249 page views total from 4252 “unique” visitors (Google Analytics) 11Oregon State University Libraries

Feedback and Use Top Traffic SourcesVisits (percent of total) Direct6,380 (94%) State of Oregon domain (Oregon.gov) 85 (1%) Oregonexplorer.info70 (1%) Google61 (1%) Geo.oregonstate.edu58 (1%) 12Oregon State University Libraries

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Issues Limited by portal tool kit 9.3 Process for vetting data and hesitation surrounding non “official” data – Slow growth of outside contributor pool – How vetting happens – defining a good dataset Marketing is needed to expand audience 14Oregon State University Libraries

15 Oregon Spatial Data Library State & Local Data University Research Data Federal Research Data

The Future of OSDL Upgrading to or 10 – Improve harvesting through federated searching and dynamic data management Improving user interface, better instructions for download of data Make use of these datasets in other OE portals 16Oregon State University Libraries OSDL Data Place based portals Topic portals Mapping, reporting, and visualization tools

The Future of OSDL Expand – ODOT for transportation – Use the institutional repository as an alternative access site for OSU data 17Oregon State University Libraries

Oregon Spatial Data Library Oregon Explorer Me 18Oregon State University Libraries