October 2019 Biodiversity Spotlight
Being Loved To Death – A Third of Cacti at Risk of Extinction
Article contributed by: Lin Li, Project Manager, Endless Forms TCN
Education and Outreach
oVert Workshop: 3D Vertebrates, From Museum Shelves to Classrooms
Article contributed by Julie Bokor (UF Center for Precollegiate Education and Training)
July 2019 Biodiversity Spotlight
Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus
Article and photos contributed by Natasza Fontaine
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.
March 2019 Biodiversity Spotlight
February 2019 Biodiversity Spotlight
Wood Turtle, Glyptemys insculpta
Photo courtesy of: John White - Virginia Herpetological Society
iDigBio at SPNHC 2019: Making the Case for Natural History Collections
The SPNHC 2019 theme: Making the Case for Natural History Collections offers everyone a chance to share the value of collections for society and science. iDigBio staff look forward to contributing to this story and visiting the Field Museum who are hosting this year's SPNHC meeting.
Some of the events iDigBio is organizing or participating in include:
November 2018 Biodiversity Spotlight
Wood-warblers, Parulidae
Image Credit: Joe Poston
August 2018 Biodiversity Spotlight
European honey bee, Apis mellifera
Image Credit: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab
2018 US Science and Engineering Festival
iDigBio at ICE 2016 XXV Insect Expo Education and Outreach Event
iDigBio at ICE 2016 Insect Expo!
ICE 2016 XXV International Congress of Entomology - Entomology Without Borders
In September 2016 from the 25th - 30th, iDigBio heads to ICE 2016 XXV International Congress of Entomology, in Orlando, Florida, USA.
WeDigBio 2016 Planning Workshop
10th Anniversary of Florida Museum of Natural History’s ButterflyFest
Florida State University Transcription Blitz with Florida Native Plant Society
On Friday, May 29, Florida State University held a transcription blitz for attendees of the Florida Native Plant Society Annual Conference. This was the third digitization blitz hosted by iDigBio, the Southeastern Regional Network of Expertise and Collections Thematic Collections Network, and FSU's Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium.
Call for Participants for Worldwide Engagement for Digitizing Biocollections Event
Call for Participants for Collections Communications Workshop
See below for an invitation from the NSC Alliance:
Dear NSC Alliance Membership,
The NSC Alliance is cosponsoring with the Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN) a Collections Communications Workshop this September 1-2. The workshop will be held at The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois.
Demo and Webinar: Interactive Handwritten Text Recognition and Indexing of Historical Documents: tranScriptorium and the Transkribus Platform
Hi Everyone, this event is now over, but you can listen to the conversation in the Webinar Recording: http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/p65yarolyd7/
Sustainability and Social Media Conference Report
UF CAIRES (Center for Adaptive Innovation, Resilience, Ethics, and Science) sponsored a two-day Sustainability and Social Media Conference on Friday, April 17-18 2015, at the Levin School of Law. iDigBio graduate student Randy Singer was fortunate enough to be invited as a panelist for a session on Digitizing Nature.
iDigBio Postdoc presents to Middle School Science Teachers about STEM
Photo courtesy of Mike Lauterborn.
3D Digitization of Fossils for Educators & Citizen Scientists
3D Digitization of Fossils for Educators & Citizen Scientists:
A collaborative workshop among iDigBio, the FOSSIL Project, and K12 Science Educators
Summary: The 3D Digitization of Fossils for Educators & Citizen Scientists Workshop will bring together scientists, collection professionals, and K-12 educators to discuss using 3D imaging and citizen science in the classroom. The workshop will consist of presentations, breakout discussion sessions, collection tours, and a field trip to Thomas Farm.
iDig’dBio@ FSU’s Herbarium Imaging Blitz a Success!
By the numbers:
Article Highlights Plant Blindness
"By not paying attention to this whole kingdom of life, we lose something really important -
I work every day to combat it," Christopher Martine
Dr. Lena Struwe working with graduate student Lauren Frazee (front), and undergraduate Alisha Sharma. (Rutgers University)
An Outsider’s view inside NSF: Trends and Tips
This article was generated from a webinar presented as an addendum to the iDigBio Education & Outreach Workshop held in Gainesville, FL, January 15-17, 2014. Participants were interested in finding out more about applying for grants available through the National Science Foundation (NSF) for Education and Outreach.
If you are targeting the National Science Foundation (NSF) for Education and Outreach funding, you may be looking for money in all the wrong places. With creativity and knowledge you can find the right places.
