Data Management
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APHN Priorities for Data Management Actions
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1) Highest priority is to produce and manage high quality, well-documented
data originating with the Inventory and Monitoring Program
2) Place greatest emphasis on those projects that are just beginning to be developed and implemented
3) As time and resources permit, work toward raising the level of data management for current projects, legacy data, and data originating outside the Inventory and Monitoring Program
Goals for Data Mangement in APHN
- To ensure that data managed by the network are of high quality, including, designing standardized data entry, importation, and handling procedures which effectively screen for bad data, and minimize transcription and translation errors
- To make certain network data are readily available, by implementing standard procedures for distributing data, while protecting sensitive data; and designing a standardized filing system for organizing I&M information
- To ensure that network data can be easily interpreted, by considering the users’ needs as the primary factor driving the design of summary reports and analyses; establishing rigorous data documentation standards; integrating common data tables and fields in the NPS database template format; and making summary information available in formats tailored to the variety of audiences interested in I&M program results
- To make certain that data are secure for the long term, including, instituting standard procedures for versioning, data storage and archiving; and maintaining the necessary hardware and software configurations to support network data management needs
Contact for APHN Data Management
Patrick Flaherty
Phone: 828-407-5654email: Patrick_Flaherty@nps.gov
Appalachian Highlands I&M Network
Blue Ridge Parkway
67 Ranger Drive
Asheville, NC 28805