Data Capture and Analysis of Artifacts and Biological Specimens Using Multi-Channel Images
DATA CAPTURE AND ANALYSIS OF ARTIFACTS AND BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS USING MULTI-CHANNEL IMAGES
Dr. Corey Toler-Franklin, iDigBio Visiting Scholar
Data Capture and Analysis of Artifacts and Biological Specimens Using Multi-Channel Images
DATA CAPTURE AND ANALYSIS OF ARTIFACTS AND BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS USING MULTI-CHANNEL IMAGES
Dr. Corey Toler-Franklin, iDigBio Visiting Scholar
iDigBio Visiting Scholars Program Available at the University of Florida
The NSF-funded iDigBio project is pleased to announce the annual Visiting Scholars Program. This program is directed towards early-career collections and informatics-based professionals with demonstrated interest in digitization, particularly those who broaden representation within this academic and professional community.
New version of fossil-recognition app now works on Android smartphones and includes Cretaceous period
LAWRENCE — In 2015, when researchers at the University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum released the free Digital Atlas of Ancient Life app, they didn’t know what kind of reception the smartphone-based field guide might receive.
SciComm 101
oVert Workshop: 3D Vertebrates, From Museum Shelves to Classrooms
Article contributed by Julie Bokor (UF Center for Precollegiate Education and Training)
SoRo Mountain TCN Field to Digital Object Workshop introduces undergraduate students to museum careers
Contributed by: J Ryan Allen, Dina Clark and Erin Tripp (University of Colorado)
BioQUEST and QUBES Summer Workshop 2019
Contributed by: Molly Phillips, iDigBio's Education, Outreach & Diversity Coordinator
Images courtesy of Adam Fagen
American Society of Mammalogists (ASM) 2019
The 99th Annual Meeting and Centennial Celebration of the American Society of Mammalogists took place 28 June to 2 July 2019, at the birthplace of ASM, Washington, DC. iDigBio helped to mark this important milestone through organizing a session on broadening representation in mammalogy as well organizing the first ever Data Help Desk at ASM.
Educational Materials Share Fair @ SPNHC
Educational Materials Share Fair @ SPNHC 2019
Imaging and Digitization Workshop for Amateur Paleontologists
The FOSSIL Project and iDigBio are sponsoring a three-day workshop focusing on imaging and digitization for amateur paleontologists on July 18-20, 2019
The goals for the Imaging and Digitization for Amateurs Workshop are:
SACNAS 2019
iDigBio is collaborating with the Florida Museum and the UF Biology Department on a shared exhibit at the 2019 SACNAS - The National Diversity in STEM Conference. Are you going to SACNAS? Come visit us!!
Learn more here: https://www.sacnas.org/what-we-do/conference/
Evolution of Data in the Classroom: From Data to Data Science
Evolution of Data in the Classroom: From Data to Data Science (SW 2019)
July 14-19, 2019 at William and Mary College in Williamsburg, VA
iDigBio is collaborating with BLUE on several sessions at the BioQuest workshop-- Evolution of Data in the Classroom: From Data to Data Science (SW 2019). Learn more here: https://qubeshub.org/community/groups/summer2019
May 2019 Biodiversity Spotlight
Photo courtesy of: David Keil
Article contributed by: Katelin Pearson
April 2019 Biodiversity Spotlight
Written by Selena Smith, Robyn Burnham, and Garth Holman from the Pteridological Collections Consortium (PCC) TCN.
iDigBio Hosts the Life Discovery Conference
Bioblitz group photo (Florida Museum Photo Department)
March 2019 Biodiversity Spotlight
February 2019 Biodiversity Spotlight
Wood Turtle, Glyptemys insculpta
Photo courtesy of: John White - Virginia Herpetological Society
Digital Resources in Paleontology, Professional Development Workshop
WeDigBio 2018
WeDigBio at the Florida Museum of Natural History
Come join us at the Florida Museum of Natural History as we help digitize natural history collections as part of the global event -- WeDigBio!
When: October 20, 2018, from 10am -1pm ET
Where: The Florida Museum of Natural History (University of Florida Cultural Plaza 3215 Hull Road Gainesville, FL 32611-2710)
WeDigBio 2018
Drawers, Jars and Databases: A Workshop for North Carolina Educators
Workshop Group Photo
Broadening Participation in the Biological Sciences: Arizona
Come to a free one-day workshop and career shadowing opportunity that includes:
July 2018 Biodiversity Spotlight
Rattails and Grenadiers (Family Macrouridae)
Images courtesy of NOAA Okeanos Explorer
Contributed by Randy Singer
SPNHC 2018 Educational Materials Share Fair
The Biodiversity Literacy in Undergraduate Education Network (BLUE), Ecological Society of America (ESA), and iDigBio are co-sponsoring a new session at the 2018 SPNHC/TDWG meeting entitled the Educational Materials Share Fair to be held on Thursday, August 30, 2018, from 11:00-12:30 NZST in Castle D (40). This is an opportunity for colleagues to share and get feedback on education or outreach materials.
More K-12 Resources
K-12 Biodiversity Resources
Encyclopedia of Life: http://education.eol.org/
June 2018 Boidiversity Spotlight
Microfungi Collection Consortium Teacher's Workshop
May 2018 Biodiversity Spotlight
Agave, Bats, and Tequila!
Excerpt taken from the Biodiversity Litercy in Undergraduate Education (BLUE) module “Coevolution of Flowering Plants.” Find links to the assoicated educational materials below!
Image credit: Kirt Edblom
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