Title: Data Entry and Bulkloading

Date: January 9, 2018

Time: 3:00pm ET

Abstract: Arctos is both a community and a collection management information system. It provides fundamental research infrastructure for biodiversity data, and is intended for curators, collection managers, investigators, educators, and anyone interested in natural and cultural history. Over 3 million records are publicly available from 20+ collaborating institutions.

This webinar will cover the two primary methods for getting data into Arctos: data entry and bulkloading. While data entry provides a simple interface to enter data for specimens individually, bulkloading allows the user to upload a .csv file of multiple records. Both methods incorporate tools for data standardization and basic cleaning prior.

Presenter/s:  Emily Braker (Collection Manager of Vertebrate Zoology, CU Museum of Natural History) & Teresa Mayfield (Collection Manager, UTEP Biodiversity Collections)

Moderator: Erica Krimmel (Assistant Collection Manager, Chicago Academy of Sciences)

Links to any relevant pre-reading materials for best experience:

• Learn more about Arctos (https://arctosdb.org/ [1])
• Arctos Data Portal (http://arctos.database.museum/SpecimenSearch.cfm [2])
• AWG Google Group (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/arctos-working-group [3])
• Link to how to get the most out of Adobe Connect: https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Web_Conferencing [4]