Geoscience Digital Data Resource and Repository Service (GeoDaRRS) Workshop Report

The goal of the workshop was to help the NSF and data repositories better support geoscience researchers when they ask the question: "Where do I put my data?" Geoscience researchers are now being asked by funding agencies and scientific publishers to archive and cite data to support open access, but often struggle to understand and fulfill these requirements.

The workshop brought together over sixty individuals from multiple stakeholder groups to discuss data management and archiving challenges and opportunities within the geosciences. The relevant stakeholder communities represented by the attendees included geoscience researchers, technology experts, scientific publishers, funders, and data repository personnel. A number of recommendations were developed as a result of the workshop discussions.