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The Inaugural WeDigBio Event: Global Event Advances Digitization and Science Literacy

Hundreds of volunteers around the world transcribed >30,000 specimen labels at 25 events over four days (Oct 22–25, 2015) in the first Worldwide Engagement for Digitizing Biocollections (WeDigBio) event.  Events spanned a range of formal and informal education venues, from middle-school and undergraduate science classrooms to county libraries to museums, universities, and botanical gardens, such as the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural Histor

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Herbarium Curator / Instructor - Oregon State University

The Department of Botany and Plant Pathology (The Department of Botany and Plant Pathology (http://bpp.oregonstate.edu) seeks applicants for a 12-month, full-time (1.0 FTE) Instructor and Herbarium Curator.
The OSU Herbarium is a major regional collection of approximately 425,000 specimens of plants, fungi and lichens, and the only herbarium in Oregon that supports research and extension plant identification. The OSU Herbarium is actively growing and heavily utilized, and it is the primary resource for the documentation and study of Oregon's diverse flora.
The successful candidate will teach three courses per year in the fields of plant taxonomy/diversity, plant structure or related botanical topics; curate the OSU Herbarium; provide extension and outreach services associated with plant identification and public lectures; and serve as head advisor for the Botany undergraduate major.
Scholarship and creative activities will primarily be in the area of plant identification, taxonomy and floristics; as well as innovation in teaching strategies and development of new educational approaches. The Curator / Instructor is encouraged to seek external funding in support of these activities.
OSU seeks diversity as a source of enrichment for our university community. We are an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer, and particularly encourage applications from members of historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, women, individuals with disabilities, veterans, LGBTQ community members, and others who demonstrate the ability to help us achieve our vision of a diverse and inclusive community.
To review the position description and apply, go to https://jobs.oregonstate.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=68913.
Questions about the position can be directed to search committee chair Prof. Aaron Liston, aaron.liston@oregonstate.edu.
For full consideration, please apply by January 8, 2016 when review of applications will begin. 

Job Announcement: Assistant Professor of Digital Science

The University of South Florida is a high-impact, global research university dedicated to student success. USF is a Top 50 research university among both public and private institutions nationwide in total research expenditures, according to the National Science Foundation. Serving nearly 48,000 students, the USF System has an annual budget of $1.5 billion and an annual economic impact of $4.4 billion. USF is a member of the American Athletic Conference.

Assistant Professor of Digital Science (Geosciences, Paleontology, or related discipline)

The Center for Virtualization and Applied Spatial Technologies (CVAST), and the School of Geosciences at the University of South Florida seek to fill a 9 month, full-time and tenure-earning, Assistant Professor position. PhD in Geology, Paleontology, or related field is required. Applications from individuals who are ABD will be accepted, but the degree must be conferred by appointment start date.

The candidate will have expertise in some aspects of virtual reality, 3D laser scanning, LIDAR, scientific visualization, or photogrammetry as applied to field and online quantitative research and education, a publication record, and the ability to generate external funding.

The Center for Virtualization and Applied Spatial Technologies (CVAST) is an interdisciplinary unit tasked with creating an integrated approach for digital research and education efforts at the University of South Florida. CVAST is also a global center for research and the application of digital techniques to science and humanities research with projects throughout Europe, Latin America, North America, and the Arctic. The successful candidate will be assigned to CVAST with a two course per year teaching load in the School of Geosciences. The candidate will be expected to pursue international digital projects, funding, and publication, and will be expected to participate and contribute to the Center’s new $9.6 million Hitz Project for Advanced Virtualization, Education and the Democratization of Science. Overseas travel and research required.

Salary is negotiable. To Apply, please visit http://employment.usf.edu and attach a cover letter, CV, teaching philosophy, evidence of successful research, and provide names and contact information for three references, Position is open until filled, review of applications begin on 1 December 2015.

Please contact Prof. Herbert Maschner maschner@usf.edu for more information.

Conclusion of this search is subject to final budget approval. According to Florida Law, applications and meetings regarding them are open to the public.  USF is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access institution.

Ontology workshop @ USGS HQ, Nov 30 - Dec 3, 2015

VoCamp is a series of informal events where people can spend some dedicated time creating lightweight vocabularies/ontologies for the Semantic Web/Web of Data. The emphasis of the events is not on creating the perfect ontology in a particular domain, but on creating vocabs that are good enough for people to start using for publishing data on the Web. The intention is to follow a "paper first, laptops second" format, where the modelling is done initially on paper and only later committed to code. 
VoCamp 2015 workshop will take place at the USGS National facility starting at noon on Monday, November 30 and conclude mid-afternoon Thursday December 3 in Reston VA.  One topic concerns the effort by a group of people devoted to modeling ontology design patterns for key notions related to physical samples. This group will be working on the International Geo Sample Number (IGSN). The IGSN is 9-digit alphanumeric code that uniquely identifies samples from our natural environment and related sampling features.
For more details, see: http://vocamp.org/wiki/GeoVoCampDC2015.  There is no registration fee associated with the workshop.

Notice of Availability of Request for Information (RFI) – Bioarchive Services

On October 28, 2015, NEON, the National Ecological Observatory Network will be issuing a Request for Information (RFI) to determine the interest of organizations, institutions, collaborations and consortia in providing museum services in support of the NEON mission.  NEON is a large facility project funded by the National Science Foundation.  Throughout the 30 year life of the NEON observatory, a range of biological and physical samples and specimens will be collected from terrestrial and aquatic systems including insects, small mammals, fish, flora, soils, as well as wet and dry deposition.  These samples (collectively, the NEON Bioarchive) will require cataloging, curation and long term storage.  For more information on NEON and its mission, please visit www.neoninc.org.
 
Notices of Intent to Submit are due November 20, 2015 and submissions are due February 17, 2016.  All interested and qualified parties are encouraged to provide a submission.  The full RFI provides additional information and is available from the NEON Contracts Administrator, Steve McCormick at (720) 330-1668 or smccormick@neoninc.org.

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