iDigBio and Entomological Collections Network Team for Successful ECN Annual Meeting
Nearly 200 collections professionals attended this year’s Entomological Collections Network (ECN) conference, 15-16 November 2014 in Portland, Oregon.
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HerpNET and ORNIS Data Migrating to VertNet
On November 24, 2014, the VertNet project announced that the HerpNET2 and ORNIS2 portals will be taken offline and replaced with the VertNet portal on January 5, 2015.
Here is a passage from VertNet’s announcement:
Boise State University Highlights Herbarium’s Digitization Project
Jim Smith and Alexa DiNicola sort dried plant specimens from the collection.
Photo courtesy of Boise State University Photo Services.
Michigan Radio Features Great Lakes Invasives TCN
“More than 2,500 species of plants, fish and mollusks will be invading the internet soon.” - The Environment Report
November 2014 Biodiversity Spotlight
Yaupon holly (Ilex vomitoria)
Image used with permission from http://specialtyornamentals.blogspot.com/
Network Integrated Biocollections Alliance (NIBA)
There are more than 1600 biological collections (biocollections) in the United States. Scientists have amassed, annotated, and curated in those collections more than one billion specimens. These specimens and their associated data are maintained for research and education and to inform wise decisions about the environment, public health, food security, and commerce.
iDigBio Summit IV Report
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The Entomological Collections Network (ECN) Partners with iDigBio for Upcoming Meeting in November
Pamela Horsley1, Christy Bills2, Floyd Shockley3, Katrina Menard4, Gil Nelson5
1Michigan State University/ECN, 2Natural History Museum of Utah/ECN, 3Smithsonian Institution/ECN, 4Sam Noble Museum, Oklahoma State University/ECN, 5Florida State University/iDigBio
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