LTER Information Management Manual

## IM Manual has moved In summer of 2025, this version of this LTER IM manual was deprecated. Content was incorporated into the combine network-docs set of documentation. Find the current version of the manual at [https://lter.github.io/docs-network/im/home.html](https://lter.github.io/docs-network/im/home.html).

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This manual gathers in one place the current practices and procedures that apply to information management within the LTER Network. It does not aspire to be a single source of information and resources for information management more generally – nor even for the myriad best practices that have been established through IM collaboration in the LTER Network.

What do you need to do?

I’m brand new to LTER
I’m familiar with LTER, but a new Information Manager
Ask for help with something
Update my site’s personnel
Update my site’s publications
Obtain a unique site identifier
Create (or edit) a site website
Write Ecological Markup Language (EML)
Establish a site GitHub Repository
Suggest edits to the IM Manual