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This wiki supports the SPNHC 2016 Symposium - An International Conversation on Mobilizing Natural History Collections Data and Integrating Data for Research, Berlin, Germany, 16 June 2016.
SYNTHESYS3, GBIF, CETAF, iDigBio, and others collaborated to create a series of 5 linked symposia to foster a unified conversation at SPNHC 2016 directed at coordinating efforts to realize global digitization and global data access for biological collections. The goals of these integrated symposia are to discuss digitization lessons learned so far, facilitating worldwide digitization and data access, prioritizing digitization collaboratively, and investigating the idea of using the ADBC and iDigBio and TCN models in other parts of the world.
Abstract. Natural History Collection (NHC) data are being mobilized all over the world. Recent preliminary worldwide survey data suggests the trend is growing. As digitization begins to become an every-day part of collections, many compelling issues vie for attention. For example, cost, prioritization, sustainability, and rates of digitization are four such issues. And, many uses for NHC data are well-known and fairly well-understood. But issues exist with the data, and there is still much legacy data to be digitally captured – before it can be shared with the world’s researchers. We envision an assortment of talks covering three areas: digitization (including imaging) lessons learned, new and emerging technologies/models, and collections data-in-action.
SPNHC 2016 Symposium - An International Conversation - Agenda and Logistics
- Agenda (see schedule below)
- All Day Wednesday 22 June 2015. Start time
- Remote participation: http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/spnhc2016mdr (adobe connect link to be decided)
- SPNHC 2016 Symposium - An International Conversation on Mobilizing Natural History Collections Data and Integrating Data for Research - Calendar Announcement
- Twitter: @iDigBio #SPNHC2016 and conveners: @bdwestra @emhaston @idbdeb
General SPNHC 2015 Information
Conference and Symposium Blog Post
Blog post
Symposium Presentations Day 1
Wednesday, 20 May 2015
| Time | Title | Presenter | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| first morning session, ballroom b | ||||
| 1 | 8:50 - 9:10 | [Symposium Introduction: Specimens Full Circle - Collection to Digitization to Data Use (pdf)] | Dena Smith, Deb Paul, Vladimir Blagoderov | |
| 2 | 9:10 - 9:30 | Using museum data for large-scale questions: modeling Florida plant diversity (pdf) | Charlotte Germain-Aubrey (University of Florida), Julie Allen, Robert Guralnick (University of Florida), Kurt Neubig, Jose-Miguel Ponciano, Thomas Lamy, Douglas Soltis (University of Florida), Lucas Majure, Pamela Soltis (University of Florida) | |
| 3 | 9:30 - 9:50 | Mining Herbarium Databases to Discover Plant Species Associations in Central Arizona (pdf) | Daryl Lafferty, L. R. Landrum (Arizona State University) | |
| 4 | 9:50 - 10:10 | Accelerating Digitization of Biodiversity Research Specimens through Online Public Participation (pdf) | Elizabeth R. Ellwood (Florida State University), Betty A. Dunckel (University of Florida), Paul Flemons, Robert Guralnick (University of Florida), Gil Nelson (Florida State University), Greg Newman, Sarah Newman, Deborah Paul (Florida State University), Greg Riccardi (Florida State University), Nelson Rios, Katja C. Seltmann, Austin R. Mast (Florida State University) | |
| 10:10 - 10:30 | BREAK | |||
| second morning session, ballroom b | ||||
| 5 | 10:30 - 10:50 | The Utility of Accessioned Collections for Conservation Management of Endangered Species (pdf) | Samantha Wisely (University of Florida), Paul M. Marinari (Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute), Oliver A. Ryder (San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research) | |
| 6 | 10:50-11:10 | Providing Computing Skills For The Next Generation Of Biodiversity Scientists (on github) | François Michonneau (University of Florida), Deb Paul (Florida State University) | |
| 7 | 11:10-11:30 | The New and Improved Armchair Botanist (pdf) | Richard Rabeler (University of Michigan) | |
| 8 | 11:30-11:50 | The digital roundabout: data flow from field project to archive to new project (pdf) | Ann Molineux (University of Texas) | |
| 11:50-12:00 | Open Discussion Session | |||
| 12:00 - 1:30 | LUNCH | |||
| first afternoon session, ballroom b | ||||
| 9 | 1:30-1:50 | The contribution of small collections: A case study for Fuireneae (Cyperaceae) (pdf) | Heather Dame and Anna Monfils (Central Michigan University) | |
| 10 | 1:50-2:10 | Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (Bison), The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) and the Federal Ecosystem of Biodiversity Data (pdf) | Gerald F. Guala | |
| 11 | 2:10-2:30 | The scrub-lovin' grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplus: The Puer Group) of the southeastern U.S.: integrating specimen data from then and now for maximum effect (pdf) | Derek Woller and Hojun Song (Texas A & M) | |
| 12 | 2:30-2:50 | Something Old, Something New, Specimens Borrowed And Published Too: Integrating New Specimens And Old Collections Into Research (pdf) Note this talk renders fine if you download it. For some reason, it does not render accurately in a browser. |
Evan Anderson (Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder), Dena M. Smith (CU Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado) | |
| 13 | 2:50 - 3:10 | Collaborating With Federal Partners: A New Online National Park Service Locality Database Through the University of California Museum of Paleontology (pdf) | Erica C. Clites, et al. | |
| 3:10 - 3:30 | BREAK | |||
| second afternoon session, ballroom b | ||||
| 14 | 3:30-3:50 | Taxonomic concept resolution for voucher-based biodiversity information platforms (pdf) | Nico Franz (Arizona State University), Bertram Ludaescher (University of California, Davis), Edward Gilbert (Arizona State University), Alan Weakley (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) | |
| 15 | 3:50-4:10 | An Update on the Notes From Nature Project: Bringing A Proof Of Concept Into Full Production (pdf) | Robert Guralnick, Michael W. Denslow | |
| 16 | 4:10-4:30 | Specimen label digitization using OCR/NLP tools integrated within the Symbiota processing toolkit (pdf) | Ed Gilbert, et al (Arizona State University) | |
| 17 | 4:30-4:50 | The Processes, End Uses and Unexpected Bonuses of High Resolution Imaging of Entomology Collection Items (pdf) | Peter Lillywhite | |
| 18 | 4:50 - 5:10 | Mobilizing Fossils for Global Change Research (pdf) | P. A. Holroyd & C. R. Marshall | |
| 5:10 - 5:30 | Open Discussion Session | |||
Symposium Presentations Day 2
Thursday, 21 May 2015
| Time | Title | Presenter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8:50 | A picture is worth a thousand words: imaging in digitisation workflows (Figshare) | Vladimir Blagoderov and Laurence Livermore (Natural History Museum, London) |
| 2 | 9:10 | Inselect: an innovative tool for automating digitisation of natural history collections. (Figshare) | Laurence Livermore (Natural History Museum, London) |
| 3 | 9:30 | Putting Our Images to Work: Using Digitized Fossil Beetles to Study a Global Climate Transition (pdf) | Lindsay Walker (University of Colorado) |
| 4 | 9:50 | Integrating Imaging into Curatorial Workflows (pdf) | Talia Karim, Lindsay Walker (University of Colorado) |
| 10:10 | Break | ||
| 6 | 10:30 | Joining up for digitisation – a pilot project between Kew and the Natural History Museum | Kew - Alan Paton, Sara Phillips, Elizabeth Woodger, et al. NHM - Sandy Knapp, Theresa Howard, Jonathan Gregson, Steve Cafferty, Jacek Wajer, Ben Atkinson |
| 7 | 10:50 | Inclusion of botany-naïve undergraduates in digitization workflows: it is possible! (pdf) | Emily Gillespie (Marshall University) |
| 8 | 11:10 | Digital Collections Programme: A structured approach to mass digitisation (Figshare) | Ben Atkinson (Natural History Museum, London) |
| 9 | 11:30 | Follow a Fossil Full Circle From Collection to Research to Outreach and Interpretation Through the Field Museum’s Silurian Reef Digitization Project (pdf) | Paul Mayer (The Field Museum) |