iDigBio Terms of Use Policy
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Standards Documentation:
https://www.idigbio.org/sites/default/files/iDigBio_Terms_of_Use_20180315.pdf
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Congratulations to Dr. Corey Toler-Franklin, iDigBio's 2013 Visiting Scholar
Corey Toler-Franklin is a University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellow in the Computer Science Department at UC Davis. She is investigating new methods for capturing and processing digital media formats and imaging modalities to create more comprehensive representations of biological specimens. Dr. Toler Franklin's project will take her to the collections of AMNH and Duke University's Lemur Center, where she plans to use non-invasive optical capture techniques to digitize recent and fossil primates.
1st Annual iDigBio Augumenting OCR Hackathon: Fort Worth, Texas, February 13-14
iDigBio Augmenting OCR Hackathon
February 13-14, 2013, in Fort Worth, Texas
Be a part of helping to get "dark data" out of millions of museum cabinets and into online databases!
Assistant Director for Scientific Research Collections
Overview:
The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON, Inc.) is a nonprofit science corporation dedicated to understanding how changes in climate, land use and invasive species impact continental scale ecology. Currently in construction is the NEON project - an observatory comprising more than 60 environmental and biological monitoring locations distributed throughout twenty domains across the United States, Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico. We anticipate the need to archive and share a sizable collection of samples and specimens acquired through NEON’s extensive field activities.
Location:
Boulder, Colorado
Summary:
The AD for Scientific Research Collections will be responsible for planning, implementing and overseeing the archiving of biological, physical and chemical samples, tissues, and specimens collected as part of the field-based research of the NEON Observatory. This person will actively collaborate with NEON scientists to determine, document and establish archiving requirements and spearhead outsourcing of archiving to existing facilities. This person will actively network with museums, collection and archive facilities and related science institutions for the purpose of establishing long-term relationships for archiving NEON Observatory collections, and will pursue appropriate contracting arrangements to support collections requirements.
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New iDigBio Workshop Opportunity: Digitizing Specimens in Wet Collections, March 5–6, 2013
iDigBio is pleased to announce the second in a series of preparation-specific workshops focusing on organizing, launching, maintaining, and enhancing a biological collections digitization program. This new workshop will focus on digitization of wet collections, to include specimen label databasing, specimen imaging, ledger and field book imaging, and digitization of legacy objects such as X-rays, CT scans, and 35mm slides.
Collaborating with iDigBio on Grant Proposals
As part of its role as national resource, iDigBio is often asked to comment on grant proposals to various funding agencies. This document provides guidance on topics related to collaboration with iDigBio, interaction with the iDigBio Portal, and commitment of services by iDigBio for grant proposals.
Standards Documentation:
https://www.idigbio.org/sites/default/files/Collaborating-with-iDigBio-on-Grant-Proposals_0.pdf
Bruce MacFadden, iDigBio Director of Education and Outreach
Dr. Bruce MacFadden is Curator of Paleontology at the Florida Museum of Natural History and Director of Education and Outreach for iDigBio. His responsibilities with iDigBio include oversight of educational and outreach activities and their assessment at iDigBio, the TCNs and at other digitization projects involving biological collections. Here, he discusses his early fascination with dinosaurs and paleontology, pivotal experiences in undergraduate and graduate school that helped shape his career, and then some of his professional accomplishments.
iDigBio's Train the Trainers Georeferencing Update II - Out of the Dark Ages
The intensive, week-long First iDigBio Train-the-Trainers Georeferencing Workshop ended on October 12th, 2012. After a week, we are family and were sad to have to go home - but everyone seems very excited to get back to their own institutions to share what they learned and put it to good use in their own georeferencing and digitization projects.
Accelerating Scientific Discovery through Public Participation
A special iDigBio Blog Contribution by:
Austin Hendy, Ph.D.
Florida Museum of Natural History
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