ePANDDA Participants Congregate in Boulder
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Discovery of a hidden collection of slime molds at Chico State University
Cibraria cancellata – photo by Kim Fleming
March 2016 Biodiversity Spotlight
Red-Cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis)
Data Curator (academic hourly)
Employer: Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS), a department of the Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois
Job Description: Provide management support of tasks and staff for the NSF funded Microfungi Collections Consortium (MiCC) project, which aims to digitize information from over 1.2 million fungal specimens in collections at 38 institutions across the United States by closely monitoring progress, and effectively communicating with lead Principal Investigators and Project Managers to inform and resolve any issues. Provide technical assistance by training staff on digitization protocols within the project. Generate, edit and manage data including transcription and georeferencing records produced through the project as well as digitization workflows to ensure continued progress amongst all collaborators. Add collections and datasets to the MiCC data portal, and develop/manage resources for the portal. Communicate with participants and collaborators including (but not limited to): attending and participating in project related meetings in person (or via video-conferencing); being available to respond to questions on the phone or through email during normal business hours; attending seminars and conferences pertaining to projects; providing data for, and assisting with the preparation of project reports. Oversee training, supervision, and scheduling of undergraduate student and hourly workers involved in digitizing fungal specimens at INHS and providing general training (in person or remotely) to project participants. Coordinate with our national collaborators in making data available through the project's data portal (http://mycoportal.org) and the central hub at iDigBio (Florida) including functionality of website uploads from various collaborators.
Qualifications: BA/BS is required. Specialization in a biological science discipline including plant biology, biology, integrative biology, or environmental biology is preferred.
Salary: $15.00/hr
Available: March 1, 2016, through June 30, 2017, 40 hours per week
Application: For full consideration, applications should be received by 3/15/16, but position will remain open until filled. Electronic applications required. To apply, please send cover letter, resume, copy of college transcripts, and names and contact information of three professional references to: hroffice@inhs.uiuc.edu (Reference “A. Miller Data Curator” in subject line). Direct technical questions to Dr. Andrew Miller at amiller7@illinois.edu. Direct hiring questions to Erica Hanson at elhanson@illinois.edu.
Illinois is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with a disability. Illinois welcomes individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and ideas who embrace and value diversity and inclusivity (www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu).
Ocean Networks Canada Job Announcements
Scientific Data Specialist
Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) is a world-leading organization supporting ocean discovery and technological innovation. Operating as a not-for-profit society, ONC is responsible for the management of VENUS, the coastal network, and NEPTUNE Canada, the regional network, on behalf of the University of Victoria. ONC’s vision is to be a world leading organization supporting ocean discovery and technological innovation. ONC’s mission is to enable transformative ocean research and technology development through an innovative, cabled infrastructure that supplies continuous power and Internet connectivity to a broad suite of novel subsea instrumentation in coastal and deep-ocean environments.
Three cable arrays, together over 900 km in length, host several hundred sensors distributed in, on and above the seabed. They are strategically located to address key scientific and policy issues (subsea earthquakes and tsunamis, ocean acidification, marine biodiversity, etc.) within a wide range of environments.
The Scientific Data Specialist is responsible for the development of sophisticated data products, including verification and quality assessment of real-time and archived data. These data products enable scientific and non-scientific users to understand, interpret and analyze the information collected via the instruments on the network operated by ONC.
See http://www.oceannetworks.ca/scientific-data-specialist-0 for more information.
Closing Date: Friday, March 4, 2016 - 16:00
Metadata and Data Curation Specialist
Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) is a world-leading organization supporting ocean discovery and technological innovation. ONC is as a not-for-profit society that operates and manages innovative cabled observatories on behalf of the University of Victoria that supply continuous power and Internet connectivity to various scientific instruments located in coastal, deep-ocean, and Arctic environments. ONC’s cable arrays host hundreds of sensors distributed in, on and above the seabed along with mobile and land based assets strategically located, instruments that address key scientific and policy issues (subsea earthquakes and tsunamis, ocean acidification, marine biodiversity, etc.) within a wide range of environments..
ONC also provides coastal and oceanographic data acquisition, curation, and distribution services to third party clients like the Pacific Salmon Foundation, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy..
The Metadata and Data Curation Specialist is primarily responsible for acquiring, verifying and maintaining metadata and data for ONC. Secondary duties include providing support during infrastructure maintenance operations, mainly on-shore but occasionally in the field. Curation activities enhance metadata and data discovery and retrieval, provenance, quality, archival and interoperability.
See http://www.oceannetworks.ca/metadata-and-data-curation-specialist-1 for more information.
Closing Date: Friday, March 11, 2016 - 16:00
PHOIBOS2 at Biosphere 2 - practical hacking on identifiers
Permanent, globally unique identifiers are increasingly critical for the efficient analysis, publishing, tracking and reuse of dig data, including biological, geological and ecological information. Practical Hacking On Identifiers at BiOSphere2 (PHOIBOS2) took place at The University of Arizona’s Biosphere 2, Oracle, Arizona, from Feb 17-19, 2016. The Biosphere2 was an ideal location for a workshop - remote, spiny vegetation,
Call for Abstracts for iDigBio Symposium at the Pacific Science Congress 2016
iDigBio is pleased to announce the upcoming Symposium "Data and digital images: progress, tools and scientific need for digitizing Pacific biological specimen collections" at the 23rd Pacific Science Congress: Science, Technology and Innovation, June 13-17, 2016 in Taipei, Taiwan.
We invite presentations from students and professionals about the digitization of natural history collections data in the Asia-Pacific region and the use of mobilized collections data for research.
February 2016 Biodiversity Spotlight
Madagascar
Call for student abstracts for iDigBio workshop at Island Biology 2016
Are you a student attending the Island Biology 2016 International Conference on Island Evolution, Ecology and Conservation, to be held on Terceira Island, Azores, from 18-22 July 2016? Do you have a research project which involves the digitization of vouchered natural history collections data from island communities, or utilizes published natural history collections data to better understand island ecosystems?
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