Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge of the Arctic

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Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge of
the Arctic
ELOKA
ELOKA works to provide data management and user
support to facilitate the collection,
preservation, exchange, and use of local
observations and knowledge of the Arctic. ELOKA
helps make LTK and community observations
discoverable, so more information is available
for research and community decision making.
LTK Local and Traditional Knowledge
Shari Gearheard, Chris McNeave, Mark Parsons
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ELOKA Activities

• Identified and met with all partner projects,
  defined requirements, and planned data
  acquisition.
• Ongoing outreach and communication with Arctic
  residents and facilitation of communication with
  scientists.
• Investigated systems for the preservation,
  presentation, discovery, and distribution of CBM
  and LTK data. Some initial prototyping for
• a. Data collection processes
• b. Metadata development--developing and testing
  of data collection profile
• c. Database
• Webpage development--project registry, discussion
  forum, metadata registry, community sub-pages and
  community networking

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ELOKA Plans

• Implement metadata registry
• Provide collection level metadata to CADIS for
  ELOKA projects and assist others who are
  interested
• Implement project registry
• Partner collaboration workshop
• Develop access and discovery systems for
  narrative information (Narwhal test case)
• Archive and distribute data from partners
• Web-based system to facilitate the comparison of
  information across data and sources (e.g. sea ice
  concentration, narwhal migration)
• Develop online communication and networking tools
  to link researchers, students, and Arctic
  communities, and promote better data discovery.

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ELOKA and AON

• Community-based observations are a key part of
  any AON these observations need specialized data
  management
• ELOKA provides a data management service and hub
  for discovery of LTK and community-based
  monitoring in the Arctic
• A major function of ELOKA is to help facilitate
  links between LTK and science

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