Featured Session: Initiatives from the NSF's DataNet Program: DataONE and the Data Conservancy

This session reports on two initiatives from the National Science Foundation's DataNet Program. DataNet Observation Network for Earth (DataONE) represents a new virtual organization that will enable new science and knowledge creation through universal access to data about life on earth and the environment that sustains it. The Data Conservancy (DC) embraces a shared vision: data curation is not an end, but rather a means to collect, organize, validate, and preserve data to address the grand research challenges that face society.

• Sayeed Choudhury, Associate Dean for Library Digital Programs The Johns Hopkins University
• Clifford A. Lynch, Executive Director Coalition for Networked Information
• William Michener, Professor and Director of e-Science Initiatives for University Libraries University of New Mexico