Resources

Dataversity is a community of practice of Biodata Managers in NZ Local Government. This site contains the following resources to support the community.

• A description of Dataversity, the community of practice of local government Biodata Managers.
• A showcase of successful uses of local or national systems to manage biodiversity data.
• Want Ads containing descriptions of biodata management problems looking for solutions.
• A Knowledge Base containing information and resources about biodata management.
• A list of National Biodatabases that can be used by local government biodata managers.
• A list of groups, organisations and networks that are related to local government biodata management.
• A list of publications that are relevant to biodata management.
• Contact information for key Dataversity people.

Online Groups

This site also contains the following online groups.

• Dataversity Public Announcements, a low traffic announcement group for keeping people informed about progress with the project. You can read the message in this group, subscribe to a web feed of the messages, or join this group to receive messages by email, on its home page
• Dataversity Private Discussion, a discussion group for local government biodata managers. To join this group, contact the Dataversity Project Facilitator, Dan Randow.