I provide data and information management from documentation and metadata to data preservation, sharing, publishing, and archiving. I have experience in a variety of fields, including geology, marine science, ecology, and wildlife biology. Knowledge preservation and legacy data rescue at the intersection of science and history are also special interests of mine.
ORCID: 0000-0002-2510-9948
Expertise
- data management and documentation
- sharing and publishing data
- legacy data rescue
- information and records management
- scientific archiving
- writing reports and papers
- geographic information science
Tools
- Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Bridge, Esri ArcGIS Hub, Esri ArcGIS Pro, GitHub, GitLab, HTML, JupyterLab, markdown, mdEditor.org, Microsoft 365, Microsoft SharePoint, Python, Spyder, SQL, SQLite Studio, USGS Metadata Wizard, XML
- Darwin Core, Dublin Core, Ecological Metadata Language, FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadta, ISO 19115 metadata standards
- Tabular data, databases, images/photos, vector geospatial data, raster geospatial data, satellite imagery data types
Experience
Interdisciplinary Data Scientist
U.S. Geological Survey Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
2023 - 2024
Data Management Specialist
U.S. Geological Survey Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center and Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
2021 - 2023
Biological Technician
U.S. Geological Survey Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
2019 - 2021
Project Coordinator (Volunteer)
Victoria Bird Strike Initiative
2018 - 2022
Research Assistant
University of Victoria Anthropology Department
2016
Visiting Research Scientist
Geological Survey of Canada Pacific Geoscience Center
2015
Education
Graduate Certificate, Geographic Information Science (GIS)
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
2019 – 2020
Master of Science (MSc), Marine Science
University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
2012 – 2014
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Geology
Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, USA
2007 – 2011
Data Releases
Scully, RA, Dlabola, EK, Heaston, ED, Bayer, JM, Courtwright, JL, Snyder, MN, Hockman-Wert, DP, and WC Saunders. 2023. Wadeable stream habitat data integrated from multiple monitoring programs for the US from 2000-2022: U.S. Geological Survey data release, doi.org/10.5066/P9J3P7SN
Scully, RA, Heaston, ED, and EK Dlabola. 2023. Stream Habitat Metrics Integration Data Exchange Standard (SHMI-DES): U.S. Geological Survey software release. doi.org/10.5066/P9KON2PK
Dlabola, EK. 2023. Seismic profiles, diatom and microfossil assemblages, and radiocarbon ages for constructing a post-glacial sea level curve from Fiordland, New Zealand ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. doi.org/10.6073/pasta/b745c6f6ec5aacf2306461f38d28e1b6
Dlabola, EK. 2022. Bird-window collisions at the University of Victoria, Victoria, BC from 1990–2021, ArcGIS Online data, arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=38ffe5fa61f54c1b8e536072f06fb3cc
Hagar, JC and EK Dlabola. 2022. Mesocarnivore Survey of Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve, Klamath Network, 2017: U.S. Geological Survey data release, doi.org/10.5066/P9471RMC.
Hagar, JC and EK Dlabola. 2021. Mesocarnivore Survey of Crater Lake National Park, 2016, U.S. Geological Survey data release, doi.org/10.5066/P9PH6JAL
Hagar, JC and EK Dlabola. 2021. Mesocarnivore Survey of Lassen Volcanic National Park, 2017-2018, U.S. Geological Survey data release, doi.org/10.5066/P9YMXGWH
Hagar, J.C. and EK Dlabola. 2021. Mesocarnivore Survey of Lava Beds National Monument, 2018, U.S. Geological Survey data release, doi.org/10.5066/P91R4OIG
Hagar, JC and EK Dlabola. 2021. Mesocarnivore Survey of Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, 2018-2019, U.S. Geological Survey data release, doi.org/10.5066/P9AZ3E90
Publications
Scully, RA, Dlabola, EK, Bayer, JM, Heaston, E, Courtwright, JL, Snyder, MN, Hockman-Wert, D, Saunders, WC, Blocksom, K, Hirsch, C, Miller, S, and B Roper. Data Exchange Standard for Wadeable Stream Habitat Monitoring Data: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods Report Series, in prep
Elliott-Smith, E, Dlabola, EK, Anderson, A, Bidwell, M, Hofer, C, and G Sandoval. Data from the 2016 International Piping Plover Breeding Census: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series, in prep
Bayer, JM, Scully, RA, Dlabola, EK, Courtwright, JL, Hirsch, CL, Hockman-Wert, D, Miller, SW, Roper, BB, Saunders, WC, and MN Snyder. 2023. Sharing FAIR monitoring program data improves discoverability and reuse. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 195, 1141. doi.org/10.1007/s10661-023-11788-4
Hiemstra, MA, Dlabola, EK and EL O’Brien. 2020. Factors influencing bird-window collisions in Victoria, British Columbia. Northwestern Naturalist, 10(1). doi.org/10.1898/1051-1733-101.1.27
Barnes, PM, Pickrill, RA, Bostock, HC, Dlabola, EK, Gorman, AR, and GS Wilson. 2016. Relict pro-glacial deltas in Bradshaw and George Sounds, Fiordland, New Zealand. (903) in: Atlas of Submarine Glacial Landforms: Modern, Quaternary and Ancient. Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 46. doi.org/10.1144/m46.59
Dlabola. EK, Wilson, GS, Gorman, AR, Riesselman, CR, and CM Moy. 2015. A post-glacial sea-level curve from Fiordland, New Zealand. Global and Planetary Change, 131, 101-114. doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2015.05.010
Dlabola, EK. 2014. A post-glacial relative sea-level curve for Fiordland, New Zealand (Master’s thesis). University of Otago. hdl.handle.net/10523/5024
Presentations
Dlabola, EK, Scully, RA, and JM Bayer. Nov 2022. Data exchange standard for integrating stream habitat data from multiple monitoring programs. Presentation at the Emerging Technologies Information Sessions, Hood River, OR, USA.
Dlabola, EK, Wilson, GS, and AR Gorman. Oct 2014. Tracking post-glacial sea level rise in Fiordland, New Zealand using seismic surveys and sediment cores. Poster presented at Geological Society of America annual meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada. access poster pdf
Dlabola, EK, Wilson, GS, and AR Gorman. Apr 2014. Paleo-environments and post-glacial sea level rise in Fiordland. Presentation given for the University of Otago Marine Science department seminar, Dunedin, New Zealand. access slides pdf
Dlabola, EK, Wilson, GS, and AR Gorman. Oct 2012. Sea level rise from the late-glacial through Holocene in Fiordland, New Zealand. Poster presented at the PALSEA2 meeting, Rome, Italy. access poster pdf