Workgroups
Committees periodically charge short term Working Groups to complete specific projects or tasks.
| Workgroup | Dates | Summary | Leads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geospatial Data Citation | 2025–present | Creates instructional materials and research on best practices for citing geospatial data. | Amanda Tickner |
| Geodata Curation | 2025–present | Implements foundation phase: partnerships, ingest workflows, UI improvements, and curation plan. | Colleen Wilson |
| Service Models Collaboration | 2024–present | Research collaboration comparing GIS/Data Services models and producing shared outputs. | Milan Budhathoki; Joshua Sadvari |
| Geodata Pilot Collection | 2024–2025 | Defined pilot scope, tested schemas/workflows, and delivered preliminary recommendations. | Karen Majewicz |
| FAST Subject Headings | 2024–2025 | Developed guidance for applying FAST subject terms prospectively and retrospectively. | Meg Mering |
| Geodata Archive | 2023 | Evaluated options and costs for a BTAA Geodata Archive and preservation workflows. | Ryan Mattke |
| Land Acknowledgement | 2022 | Explored Indigenous perspectives and embedded contextual information into BTAA‑GIN resources. | Karen Majewicz; Melinda Kernik |
| Creator Standardization | 2022 | Standardized Creator field values to improve display, sorting, and downstream use. | Jennifer Liss |
| Original Content | 2022 | Recommended improvements for findability, accessibility, and persistence of public‑facing materials. | Karen Majewicz |
| Education Outreach Phase 2 | 2021 | Expanded tutorials and identified discipline‑specific resources for classroom use. | Ryan Mattke |
| Diverse Collections | 2021 | Assessed collection diversity and proposed guidance for prioritizing inclusive materials. | Josh Sadvari |
| Impact Report | 2020 | Produced qualitative and quantitative evidence of BTAA‑GIN benefits for library leadership. | Karen Majewicz |
| Education Outreach Phase 1 | 2020 | Created tutorials to support instruction on finding and evaluating geospatial data. | Ryan Mattke; Josh Sadvari |
| Web Services | 2019–2020 | Evaluated shared ArcGIS Enterprise/Online options for BTAA data storage and service delivery. | Melinda Kernik |
| Licensed Data Implementation | 2019–2020 | Piloted adding licensed data records and recommended display and workflow strategies. | Ryan Mattke |
| Maps Scanning Workflow | 2018–2020 | Documented institutional scanning workflows and created best practices for digitizing maps. | Nathan Piekielek; Nicole Scholtz |
| Licensed Data | 2019 | Inventoried licensed geospatial holdings and institutional authentication/authorization approaches. | Ryan Mattke |
| Analytics | 2018 | Established baseline usage metrics and recommendations to define Geoportal success and promotion. | Ryan Mattke |
| User Personas & Stories | 2018 | Captured user interviews, personas, and stories to guide Geoportal design and outreach. | Karen Majewicz |
| ArcGIS Portals | 2017–2018 | Assessed ArcGIS Open Data sustainability and proposed BTAA and provider best‑practice strategies. | Melinda Kernik |