1. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreement EF-1115210. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Breakout 1 – Group 2 iDigBio Retreat June 30, 2014 Charlotte Germain Aubrey, Shari Ellis, Cheryl McLaughlin, Andrea Matsunaga, David Jennings, Sarfaraz Soomro, Gil Nelson, Cathy Bester, Suzette King, Matt Collins

2. Topic Need to demonstrate why people would use our portal Concern: we do not have many users using the portal, and researchers state they have no interest (general feedback during the last IAC meeting) Can we identify who we are targeting with the portal? 2

3. What we can do Marketing: to relevant societies that are not aware of iDigBio; create a carrousel story walking through a research and how it made use of portal data. Get critical mass of data (to avoid alienating those that cannot find data that interests them) Get relevant data into iDigBio: need to get data with relationships (currently, even the insect-plant relationship is one-sided) Engage others to use our data: Handhold other portal developers to make use of our APIs and data Target a Herbaria portal (due to our current state of data) BISON has tools that could make use of our APIs/data 3

4. Discussion/What is important The data store is one of the values that will be left once the 10-year NSF funds terminate There is a limited number of groups that will be able to maintain a data store effectively; iDigBio should be one of them Value in being a data store and a portal Is a portal necessary in the long run? The portal is the best way for us to continue branding iDigBio and making the community aware that the data is being served by iDigBio 4