Survey Summary

LTER Cyberinfrastructure Assessment Survey - February 2007.

This survey was designed to assess the current state and cyberinfrastructure (CI) needs of the LTER Network. The survey is an update of the 2005 CI assessment survey. Components of the survey were developed by the LTER CI Team to cover specific topic areas and updated based on results of an information management workshop held at the 2006 LTER All Scientists meeting. The survey is designed to assess the LTER Network as a whole. Although individual site information is gathered, all results are pooled. Note that the term "Site" is often used loosely to refer to the LTER site program itself, or in other instances, depending on context, to the physical research site itself.

LTER Site Name and survey user

1. What LTER Site do you represent? Please select the LTER site acronym:

Response Percent

Response Total

AND

3.8%

ARC

3.8%

BES

3.8%

BNZ

3.8%

CAP

3.8%

CCE

3.8%

CDR

3.8%

CWT

3.8%

FCE

3.8%

GCE

3.8%

HFR

3.8%

HBR

3.8%

JRN

3.8%

KBS

3.8%

KNZ

3.8%

LUQ

3.8%

MCM

3.8%

MCR

3.8%

NWT

3.8%

NTL

3.8%

PAL

3.8%

PIE

3.8%

SBC

3.8%

SEV

3.8%

SGS

3.8%

VCR

3.8%

Total Respondents

(skipped this question)

2. Please enter any of the LTER roles, duties, committee affiliations of the PRIMARY information management personnel at your site:

Response Percent

Response Total

LTER Site Principal Investigator (i.e. is a signatory PI on LTER grant)

15.4%

LTER Research Scientist

30.8%

LTER Site Manager

19.2%

LTER Site Administrator

11.5%

LTER Climate Committee

23.1%

LTER Technology Committee Representative

26.9%

LTER Network Information System Advisory Committee

23.1%

LTER Education Committee Representative

Other (please specify)

46.2%

Total Respondents

(skipped this question)

OTHER:

Please enter any of the LTER roles, duties, committee affiliations of the PRIMARY information management personnel at your site:

1.	IMExec
2.	LTER IM Executive Committee
3.	none
4.	none of these
5.	IM exec
6.	Other Professional
7.	Science Council, Executive Board
8.	Dedicated information manager
9.	none of the above
10.	social science representative
11.	Information Management
12.	social science rep

3. What position(s) most closely matches the general job functions of the PRIMARY information management personnel at your site? (select any/all that apply)

Response Percent

Response Total

Student

3.8%

Technician

19.2%

System Administrator

50%

Network Administrator

30.8%

Software Developer

57.7%

Webmaster

88.5%

Spatial Data Manager/Analyst

53.8%

Database Administrator

76.9%

Research Assistant

19.2%

IT Professional

34.6%

Researcher

38.5%

Scientist

34.6%

University instructor/lecturer

University Professor (any level)

15.4%

Other (please specify)

11.5%

Total Respondents

(skipped this question)

OTHER:

Please enter any of the LTER roles, duties, committee affiliations of the PRIMARY information management personnel at your site:

1.	IMExec
2.	LTER IM Executive Committee
3.	none
4.	none of these
5.	IM exec
6.	Other Professional
7.	Science Council, Executive Board
8.	Dedicated information manager
9.	none of the above
10.	social science representative

3. General data/information management infrastructure

4. How many full time positions (FTE's) does your site CURRENTLY allocate for ALL information management (all types including data entry from technicians, data management specialists, web designers etc.) at your site? This will include all funding sources. LTER funding from NSF, supplements, other NSF grants, partnerships, cost share etc.

Response Percent

Response Total

0.0

0.25

0.50

3.8%

0.75

1.00

19.2%

1.25

7.7%

1.50

7.7%

1.75

3.8%

2.00

19.2%

2.25

2.50

3.8%

2.75

3.8%

3.00

7.7%

3.25

3.50

7.7%

3.75

3.8%

4.00

4.25

4.50

4.75

5.00

3.8%

5.25

5.50

5.75

6.00

6.25

6.50

6.75

7.00

7.25

7.50

7.75

8.00

3.8%

8.25

8.50

8.75

9.00

9.25

9.50

9.75

10.0

3.8%

>10.0

Total Respondents

(skipped this question)

5. How many full time positions (FTE's) does your site allocate for information management from the LTER funding from NSF, including supplements? The amount here, when subtracted from the total in the previous question should equal the number of FTE's who are funded from OTHER sources (other grants, cost-share etc).

Response Percent

Response Total

0.0

0.25

3.8%

0.50

3.8%

0.75

1.00

30.8%

1.25

11.5%

1.50

15.4%

1.75

7.7%

2.00

11.5%

2.25

3.8%

2.50

3.8%

2.75

3.00

3.8%

3.25

3.50

3.75

4.00

4.25

4.50

4.75

5.00

5.25

5.50

3.8%

5.75

6.00

6.25

6.50

6.75

7.00

7.25

7.50

7.75

8.00

8.25

8.50

8.75

9.00

9.25

9.50

9.75

10.0

>10.0

Total Respondents

(skipped this question)

6. Please indicate the type of background and training of the PRIMARY site information management personnel. "Formal training" means coursework or certification.

High

Medium

Low

Response Total

Formal training or education in computer science.

15% (4)

46% (12)

38% (10)

Acquired (on the job training) computer science training.

46% (12)

50% (13)

4% (1)

Formal training or education in data management/database software.

8% (2)

35% (9)

58% (15)

Acquired (on the job training) in data management/database software.

54% (14)

46% (12)

0% (0)

Formal Ecological/Biological Science training or education.

77% (20)

12% (3)

Acquired (on the job training) in Ecological/Biological Science.

50% (13)

42% (11)

8% (2)

Formal GIS/Remote Sensing training or education.

35% (9)

27% (7)

38% (10)

Acquired (on the job training) in GIS/Remote Sensing.

35% (9)

54% (14)

12% (3)

Social Science or education.

4% (1)

27% (7)

69% (18)

Acquired (on the job training) in Social Science or education.

15% (4)

19% (5)

65% (17)

Total Respondents

(skipped this question)