Alaska Region Metadata Guide
  • Alaska Region Interim Metadata Guide
    • Other Training Resources
  • Goals of Data Management
  • Project & Data Management Integration
  • Alaska Region Tools
    • Alaska Regional Data Repository
    • Metadata Standard Checklist
    • Contact Master List
    • mdEditor basics
      • Record Types
      • mdJSON vs. mdEditor files
      • Settings
      • Profiles and Schemas
      • Import Records
      • Copy Records
      • Export Records
      • I Need HELP! and Bug Reporting
    • Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs)
    • Data.gov
  • Creating Metadata
    • A Workflow At A Glance
  • Contact Entry Guidance
    • Organization Contacts
    • Individual Contacts
  • Project Metadata Guidance
    • Project Main Tab
      • Guide to Good Titles
    • Project Metadata Tab
    • Project Keywords Tab
    • Project Extent Tab
    • Project Taxonomy Tab
    • Project Distribution Tab
    • Project Funding Tab
    • Project Associated Tab
  • Product Metadata Guidance
    • Product Main Tab
      • Resource Types Defined
    • Product Metadata Tab
    • Product Keywords Tab
    • Product Extent Tab
    • Product Lineage Tab
    • Product Taxonomy Tab
    • Product Distribution Tab
    • Product Constraints Tab
    • Product Associated Tab
  • Product Dictionary Entry Guidance
    • Dictionary Main Tab
    • Dictionary Entities Tab
    • Dictionary Domain Tab
  • Glossary
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Planning, acquiring, maintaining, sharing, and archiving are all important steps of proper data management. The Alaska Region Data Management User Guide was designed to walk staff through each of these steps, with procedures, documents, and best practices specific to Region 7. Fisheries and Ecological Services, Migratory Bird Management, National Wildlife Refuge System, and the Office of Subsistence Management staff should look to this guide for regional data management support. Supplementing this document are additional region-specific resources, including:

  • Recorded with accompanying handouts developed to assist staff with particular data management topics like file organization and tidy tabular data.

  • , a Microsoft Team with a channel dedicated to receiving and answering staff inquiries.

  • SharePoint site, which contains important templates and the latest data management news.

For information related to National U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) data management, consult the . This document offers information on data management basics as well as a breakdown of data management lifecycle components and related USFWS policies. Meeting the requirements of this guide meets National USFWS policy.

Need help? Contact your program's data manager or technician with any questions.

Program
Contact information

Fisheries and Ecological Services

Theresa Wisneskie, Data Manager

Samantha Hamilton, Data Technician

Migratory Birds

Tammy Patterson, Data Manager

Hannah Vincelette, Data Technician

Refuges

Caylen Kelsey, Data Manager

Other

Hilmar Maier, Regional Data Manager

Updated March 2022

Trainings
AK Data Forum
Alaska Region Data Management
National Data Management Handbook
hannah_vincelette@fws.gov
tamatha_patterson@fws.gov
hilmar_maier@fws.gov
samantha_hamilton@fws.gov
caylen_kelsey@fws.gov
theresa_wisneskie@fws.gov