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iDigBio's 2nd Train-the-Trainers Georeferencing Workshop (TTT2)

From across the continent, a diverse group of 26 participants, 10 remote participants, and five instructors  gathered in Gainesville from August 12 – 16 for a week-long intermediate to advanced course on georeferencing natural history museum legacy specimen data, emphasizing how to present and teach these skills to others. Please see our TTT2 wiki, TTT2 participant list, TTT2 Course Topics Summary List, Training Videos on Vimeo, and photos on facebook for details.

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iDigBio and the KU Biodiversity Institute Conduct Specify Workshop

iDigBio, Specify Software Project, and the Biodivesity Institute at University of Kansas joined forces the week of August 12–16, 2013 to offer its first “progressive” Specify workshop. The recent release of Specify 6.5 made the event a timely adventure. Twenty on-site participants representing 16 institutions were joined by up to 20 remote attendees for the occasion. The workshop began with basic installation of Specify, followed by four days of progressively advanced topics.

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TCN Report: Short Course on Biological Specimen Informatics

The Tri-Tropic Database Thematic Collection Network recently finished up an exciting course about present best practices for specimen-level data management.The two-week Short Course on Biological Specimen Informatics was designed as a first introduction to biological informatics with early career graduates students in mind. 

 

Authors: Jeremy Frank (Short Course Participant) & Katja Seltmann (TTD Project Manager, AMNH)

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