AVIAN KNOWLEDGE NETWORK
Resources
Explore the resources on this page to learn more about the Avian Knowledge Network partnership and how to get involved. Looking for user guides, videos, and instructions? Check out our help page.
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Manage & Explore Data
AKN offers tools for collecting, entering, uploading, managing, accessing and summarizing bird monitoring data.
AKN Glossary
Users access levels
The AKN allows for multiple levels of access to enter, manage, and share data. AKN users are assigned a User Role associated with each AKN Project they have permission to access. Current User Roles include:
Biologist: An AKN user assigned as a Biologist in an AKN Project…
Data Sharing Levels
It is the intention of the AKN that data be shared whenever possible, while carefully considering the tradeoffs between widespread distribution of datasets, the need to ensure data quality and validity, the privacy rights of land owners, and the intentions of the Data Owner(s). AKN, therefore, of…
AKN Data Sharing Guidelines
Data and Analysis Tool Sharing Guidelines
The Avian Knowledge Network (AKN) is comprised of people, data, and technology working together to improve bird conservation, management, and research across organizational boundaries and spatial scales. The sharing of data is the core function of the Av…