Biodiversity Informatics Management

This is the Wiki for the Biodiversity Informatics Management Working Group.

Listserv idigbiobim-L@lists.ufl.edu

E-mail Log

• 2013-02-20 New Biodiversity Informatics Management Working Group
• 2013-03-25 Biodiversity Informatics Manager Working Group
• 2013-03-29: BioDivMan Job Dimensions/Expectations
• 2013-05-28 Meeting reminder

Meeting Agenda

• 03/25/2013 Agenda
• 03/25/2013 Meeting Notes
• 05/28/2013 Agenda

Working Group Proposal

• Original Proposal to Steering Committee to establish this working group

Working Documents

• Plan/Scope of Work
• Biodiversity Informatics Manager Personal Skill Set
• Job Dimension Notes
• Expectations Notes
• Biodiversity Informatics Manager--Working document
• Community Input Document from those outside of the working group
• Workshop Ideas Sandbox

Writing Job Descriptions References

• Small Business Administration Guidelines
• UCLA Guide to Writing Job Descriptions
• Purdue: Well-written job descriptions are worth the effort
• Aurora University Guidelines for Writing Job Descriptions in the Aurora University Format

Resources

• A decadal view of biodiversity informatics: challenges and priorities, Alex Hardisty and Dave Roberts
• Addressing Biological Informatics Workforce Needs, Leadership in Biology Series, December 8, 2015

Working Group Membership

• Gil Nelson, iDigBio Digitization (Lead)
• Joanna McCaffrey iDigBio Biodiversity Informatics Manager (co-lead)
• Shelley James iDIgBio Data Management Coordinator
• Dorothy Allard, UVM
• Anne Barber, ASU
• Andy Bentley, Biodiversity Institute, U. of Kansas
• Lawrence Gall, Yale, Peabody
• Ed Gilbert, Lichens & Bryophytes, and SCAN TCNs IT, Symbiota
• Les Landrum, ASU
• Austin Mast, FSU Herbarium
• Paul J. Morris , Harvard
• Deborah Paul, iDigBio User Services
• Rich Rabeler, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• Melissa Tulig, New York Botanical Garden, Tri-Tropic TCN