Collaborative Research: ELOKA Phase IV: Optimizing Data Management Support for Community-Based Research and Observations Contributing to Arctic Science

北极地方观测和知识交易所(EROKA)的使命是提供数据管理和用户支持服务，以促进北极地方观测和知识的收集、保存、交流和使用。收集、记录、保存和共享知识是一项合作努力，迫切需要管理本地和传统知识，以便：(1)信息不会丢失，而是得到保护和保存；(2)信息是可发现的，(3)信息对环境研究、政策和公众意识有影响。当地和传统知识以及基于社区的观测是北极科学、全面的北极观测网络以及知情的管理和政策的重要组成部分。许多研究和业务项目清楚地表明，社区数据在了解北极最近的环境、社会和文化变化方面具有价值，其基础是通过科学方法难以获得的知识和观察。这种知识的例子是对未监测地区的变化进行精细观测，以及来自早于测绘和卫星记录的地区的知识。埃洛卡？S的研究和产品产生了持久的、更广泛的影响，包括提供社区数据，以支持社会科学、健康研究、环境科学、适应研究和其他领域的研究，并支持环境和野生动物管理。注重用户友好的界面将使普通公众能够方便地获取社区数据，增加公众对北极土著人民、科学和环境的了解和识字；支持土著语言和文化保护和维护的项目就是一个例子。出版物以及教育和培训活动将改善科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)的培训和教育，同时支持土著人民--STEM中代表性不足的少数群体。在第四阶段，Eloka项目将与研究人员和北极土著社区合作，实现三个主要目标，包括：(1)提供和优化核心服务，包括就伦理社区数据管理提供建议，记录和发布数据，使数据可被发现，进一步开发可用于支持许多不同应用程序的数据管理平台，并长期保存数据；(2)建设本地能力和领导力：在其网络开发活动的基础上，Eloka将专注于知识交流和能力建设，以支持社区、研究人员和其他机构随着时间的推移在填充和维护系统方面发挥更大作用，以及(3)全面实现互操作性：进一步开发一个可以与不同数据资源、跨信息和知识领域以及跨关键地理范围进行交互的系统。Eloka通过为基于社区的研究项目提供支持和基础设施来填补北极科学领域的一个关键空白，这些项目通常被授权使数据可被发现和访问，但支持的选择有限。

The mission of the Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge of the Arctic (ELOKA) is to provide data management and user support services to facilitate the collection, preservation, exchange, and use of local observations and knowledge of the Arctic. Collecting, documenting, preserving, and sharing knowledge is a cooperative endeavor, and there is an urgent need to manage Local and Traditional Knowledge so that: (1) the information is not lost, but rather protected and preserved; (2) the information is discoverable, and (3) the information has influence on environmental research, policy, and public awareness. Local and traditional knowledge and community-based observations are critical components of Arctic science, a comprehensive Arctic observing network, and informed management and policy. Numerous studies and operational projects clearly demonstrate the value of community data in understanding recent environmental, social, and cultural changes in the Arctic based on knowledge and observations that are not readily available through scientific methods. Examples of this knowledge are fine-scale observations of change from areas not monitored, and knowledge from areas that pre-date mapping and satellite records. ELOKA?s research and products result in lasting broader impacts, including making community data available to support research in a number of areas including social sciences, health research, environmental science, adaptation studies, and others and supporting environmental and wildlife management. The focus on user-friendly interfaces will allow the general public to easily access community data, increasing public knowledge and literacy of Arctic Indigenous peoples, science and the environment; one example are projects that support Indigenous language and cultural preservation and maintenance. Publications and the education and training activities will result in improved Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) training and education while supporting Indigenous peoples, an underrepresented minority in STEM. ELOKA has and will continue to focus on partnerships between academia and other sectors including Indigenous organizations and science and observing coordination bodies.In its fourth phase, ELOKA project will achieve three primary objectives in collaboration with researchers and Arctic Indigenous communities, including, (1) Provide and optimize core services, including advising on ethical community data management, documenting and publishing data, making data discoverable, further developing a data management platform that can be used to support many different applications, and preserving data over the long-term; (2) Build local capacity and leadership: Building on its network development activities, ELOKA will focus on knowledge exchange and capacity building to support communities, researchers, and other to play a larger role in populating and maintaining the system over time, and (3) Fully enable interoperability: Further develop a system that can interact with different data resources, across information and knowledge domains, and across key geographic scales. ELOKA fills a critical gap in Arctic science by providing support and infrastructure to community-based research projects that are often mandated to make data discoverable and accessible, but have limited options for support.