SCNet Webinar: Biological Field Stations as Repositories of Biodiversity Data
30 April 2015
Digitization
Bringing Herbarium Workflows Up To Date
Updates from the Beyond the Box Digitization Competition
Potential entrants to the Beyond the Box competition have been asking questions regarding rules and other specifics to the competition. The Beyond the Box team have responded by creating a FAQ section on the website and sending out the following update:
Specimens Full Circle: Collection to Digitization to Data Use
SPNHC Symposium Title: Specimens Full Circle - Collection to Digitization to Data Use
Symposium Wiki: https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Specimens_Full_Circle_SPNHC_2015
Listen in and chat remotely: http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/spnhc2015sfc (use headset for best experience)
Wednesday May 20th, 2015, all day 8:50am - 5: 30pm EDT and Thursday May 21st from 8:50am-12:10pm EDT.
One Million Dollar Prize for Digital Innovation to Capture Info From Museum Drawers
Photo credit: Reed Beaman, NSF, BIO
Managing Natural History Collections Data for Global Discoverability
CMU Herbarium Highlighted for TCN Collaboration
Photo provided by Central Michigan University / Steve Jessmore
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.
Small Fish in a Big Pond: Lessons Learned in Digitizing a Small Paleontology Collection
13 November 2014
3:00-4:00 p.m Eastern
Virtual meeting place: https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/scnet
Small Fish in a Big Pond: Lessons Learned in Digitizing a Small Paleontology Collection
Presenter: Julie Rousseau, Collection Manager, University of Alaska Museum
GSA 2014 Digitization Symposium Attracts 33 Presentations, 4 Posters, and More than 75 Participants
Arguably the most important joint gathering of paleo and geo scientists in North America, the annual conference of the Geological Society of America (GSA) regularly attracts more than 5,000 participants, several hundred posters and presentations, and an array of vendors and exhibitors.
Santa Barbara Workshop Draws 50 Participants
iDig’dBio@ FSU’s Herbarium Imaging Blitz a Success!
By the numbers:
Short Course Announcement: Basics of CT Data Acquisition, Visualization, and Analysis
SHORT COURSE: Basics of CT Data Acquisition, Visualization, and Analysis
DATE: 22-26 February 2015 (22 and 26 are travel days)
News Article Showcases Wisconsin State Herbarium-Led Digitization Project
Kenneth Cameron, director of the Wisconsin State Herbarium
Photo: David Tenenbaum/University of Wisconsin-Madison
BIS (TDWG) 2014 Symposium: Access to digitization tools and methods
New Grant Will Expand Access to Land Snail Collection
Appalachian State University’s Webpage Highlights New Digitization Project
Zack E. Murrell, a professor at Appalachian State University, was given recognition in an article released by Appalachian State University, University News for receiving an NSF grant for $2.5 million dollars to digitize and create a database for more than 3 million plant specimens across the Southeast.
Gearing Up for the Beyond the Box Digitization Competition
"The Beyond the Box Digitization Competition will award $1 million to the person or team who creates a technology that increases the speed and accuracy of digitization of a drawer of insect specimens and their associated data. The competition is a joint project of the U.S. National Science Foundation and the American Institute of Biological Sciences."
SPNHC 2014 Focus on Digitization: Cardiff provides an international view
We, the symposium conveners Elspeth Haston (RBGE), Elizabeth Ellwood (iDigBio), and Deborah Paul (iDigBio) were thrilled (gulp!) when an originally-proposed half-day symposium turned into a full-day symposium at SPNHC 2014. The topic? - Progress in the Digitisation of Natural History Collections.
New Journal Article Defends the Importance of Specimen Collections
“Given increasing rates of habitat loss and global change, we believe that responsibly collecting voucher specimens and associated data and openly sharing this knowledge (for example, through GBIF, iDigBio, and VertNet) are more necessary today than ever before.”
Volunteering for the Summer at NYBG and AMNH
By Chelsea Fowler
Short Course Announcement: Basics of CT Data Acquisition, Visualization, and Analysis
SHORT COURSE: Basics of CT Data Acquisition, Visualization, and Analysis
DATE: 22-26 February 2015 (22 and 26 are travel days)
iDigBio and NANSH Host Small Herbarium Digitization Workshop at Botany 2014
Workshop Opportunity: Strategies for Vertebrate Digitization
Workshop Opportunity: Leveraging Digitization Practices Across Multiple Domains
Specify Workshop for Paleontologists and Collaborating to Make it Easier to Start Digitizing
by Deb Paul (on Twitter @idbdeb)
Have you used Specify? Or, are you looking for an easy way to install and try this collection management software?
Specify Paleo Collections Workshop - training, new technology, and data models
guest blog by Talia Karim (University of Colorado) and Una Farrell (University of Kansas)
iDigBio Digitization Workshop at TORCH 2014
by Deb Paul, Joanna McCaffrey, Kevin Love
Recruiting, Supporting, and Retaining Small Collections Workshop: A Student’s Perspective
by Abigail Hollingsworth
SPNHC 2014 Special Interest Group Session: Collections Digitization and Opportunities for International Collaboration
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