Call for abstracts on samples for AGU Fall Meeting (abstracts due Aug 3rd)

[Sarah Ramdeen]

Hello all, 

Apologies for cross posting - please find below a call for abstracts for the American Geophysical Union's 2022 Fall Meeting.  We are soliciting submissions from all domains to highlight global efforts on making samples FAIR/CARE compliant. 

The abstract submission deadline is 3 August (23:59 EDT/03:59 +1 GMT).

Thank you,

Sarah Ramdeen

***IN013-Global community efforts to make Samples, Specimens, and Sampling Features (as well digital information about them) comply with the FAIR and CARE principles***

https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm22/prelim.cgi/Session/161625

Billions of samples have been acquired, and are considered cornerstones of research in the Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences. Where catalogs of sample collections exist they are heterogeneous: few are online making it difficult for researchers to find and reuse samples, as well as locate any derived data (images, observations, analytical data, etc).
Increasing costs of field campaigns and sites that can no longer be accessed mean the value of existing collections as reusable resources is evolving; multiple stakeholders are now trying to ensure samples comply with the FAIR and CARE principles.

This session seeks papers on any part of the samples ecosystem from collection/creation to ultimate preservation/destruction, including those working on creating a global network of FAIR samples and data derived from them. Submissions are welcome from:

• Researchers who collect/work with samples;
• Professionals who manage samples (museums, repositories, etc.);
• Cyberinfrastructure providers who support tools and services for samples.

Conveners
Sarah Ramdeen - Columbia University
Lesley A Wyborn - Australian National University

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Sarah Ramdeen, PhD