News Article Showcases Wisconsin State Herbarium-Led Digitization Project
Kenneth Cameron, director of the Wisconsin State Herbarium
Photo: David Tenenbaum/University of Wisconsin-Madison
Digitization
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
TORCH - iDigBio Digitization Workshop
Biological Collections Digitization in the Pacific
Update on Initiatives and Progress in Digitization of Natural History Collections
Full-Day Symposium (Thursday June 26, 2014) at the SPNHC 2014 Annual Conference in Cardiff, Wales.
Digitizing Source Materials Workshop: A Step Toward Best Practices
The source materials associated with biodiversity collections often contain the most complete and sometimes most accurate descriptions of localities, collecting events, and even the collection objects themselves of any extant documentation.
Biodiversity Collections Digitization in the Pacific
Weekend Digitization Blitz Yields 4,276 Specimen Images for Archbold Biological Station
iDigBio, Archbold Biological Station, Tall Timbers Research Station (TTRS), and the Godfrey Herbarium at Florida State University (FSU) teamed up the weekend of January 18th and part of the following week to image Archbold’s entire herbarium collection. Gil Nelson and Joanna McCaffrey hauled a carload of contributed technology, including camera stations and equipment provided by TTRS and FSU as well as iDigBio’s new OR Technologies light box to the south-central Florida field station for the event.
Canada's Museum of Nature is Digitizing 3 Million Specimens. Part of an international movement to put archives online for researchers.
Canada's Museum of Nature is part of an international movement to put archives online for researchers. CLICK HERE to read full article on CBC News site.
By Max Paris Environment Unit, CBC News Posted: Jan 05, 2014 9:00 PM ET Last Updated: Jan 05, 2014 12:21 PM ET
Mobilizing Small Herbaria Workshop Attracts Enthusiastic Participants
Any doubt about the importance of small herbaria or the enthusiasm of their curators was certainly dispelled at the recent Mobilizing Small Herbaria workshop held at Florida State University the week of December 9th. Co-sponsored by iDigBio, the Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium at Florida State, the North American Network of Small Herbaria, and the Small Collections Network (SCNet), the event brought together about 30 collections professionals from 25 institutions representing 16 states.
iDigBio’s Paleo Digitization Workshop Draws more than 60 Attendees to New Haven
More than 60 paleontologists representing 41 institutions assembled in New Haven, CT the week of September 23rd, 2013 to share ideas, protocols, preferences, and strategies. This was iDigBio’s most populous workshop to date, with an assortment of excellent presentations and ample opportunities for rich discussion.
Entomologists Gather in Ann Arbor to Explore Fluid-preserved Arthropod Imaging
There was no dearth of enthusiasm or expertise at the recent Fluid-preserved Arthropod and Microscopic Slide Imaging workshop held at the University of Michigan September 16-18, 2013. For those whose interests span the gamut of cameras, lenses, microscopes, and the myriad gadgets and creative solutions that make it possible to capture images of difficult subjects, this workshop was the place to be.
iDigBio Responds to Call for International Collaboration
The expansive scope of iDigBio’s activities places it in the forefront of national and international digitization and data aggregation efforts. Recognizing the importance of its numerous international partners and encouraged by the NSF to expand international collaborations, iDigBio accepted an invitation to join a digitization symposium featured at the 12th Pacific Science Inter-Congress held at the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji, and to follow the symposium with a digitization workshop for the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), in Canberra, Australia.
SPNHC 2013 – DemoCamp: Demonstration of iDigBio’s Specimen Data Portal
Demo Camp live demonstrations are a highlight of the annual SPNHC conferences. This year, iDigBio took this great opportunity to show the natural history collections community all we've accomplished in two years’ time. iDigBio Principal Investigator, Pam Soltis, stepped up to show off the iDigBio Data and Image Portal.
Specify 6 Workshop
The Biodiversity Institute at University of Kansas, iDigBio, and the Specify Software team are pleased to co-sponsor a 5-day Specify 6 workshop to be held the week of August 12-16, 2013 in Lawrence, KS. This is a "progressive workshop," beginning with Specify 6 installation and basics and progressing through advanced topics. Each participant will attend up to 3 consecutive days, depending on need and experience with Specify. The success of this workshop may lead to similar workshops in the future.
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