ECN, NEON, and iDigBio Together at EntSoc2018: Benefits of Togetherness
by Deborah Paul (iDigBio), Katherine LeVan (NEON), and Kevin Love (iDigBio)
Benefits of Togetherness.
Featured
WeDigBio 2018
Research Spotlight: November 2018
Augustus Fendler Herbarium Specimens: A Locality Improvement Project
A component of the Southern Rocky Mountain Flora Database Project
Lance J. Gloss and Timothy J. S. Whitfeld
Brown U. Herbarium (BRU)
Dec 2017 - May 2018
Introduction
Research Spotlight: October 2018
Metabolic rates, climate, and macroevolution: a case study using Neogene molluscs
Luke C. Strotz, Erin E. Saupe, Julien Kimmig and Bruce S. Lieberman
Darwin Core Hour: An Attribution Darwin Core Extension - What Would That Look Like?
UPDATE: Recording and Slides available at the following links.
Title: An Attribution Darwin Core Extension - What Would That Look Like?
Date: Monday, 29 October 2018
ADBC Summit 2018 Report
Summit 2018 group photo
September 2018 Biodiversity Spotlight
Research Spotlight: September 2018
Utilising publicly available species occurrence records to generate contemporary estimates of medically important snake species distributions
Contributed by: Joshua Longbottom, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Shining a New Light on the World’s Collections
Drawers, Jars and Databases: A Workshop for North Carolina Educators
Workshop Group Photo
MyCoPortal helps save life!
Contributed by: Timothy J. Baroni & Andrew N. Miller
State University of New York, Cortland, NY and University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
Chlorophyllum molybdites (Image courtesy of Roy Halling)
July 2018 Biodiversity Spotlight
Rattails and Grenadiers (Family Macrouridae)
Images courtesy of NOAA Okeanos Explorer
Contributed by Randy Singer
Research Spotlight: July 2018
Digital Coyote; an online archive of skulls
Contributed by: Osrica Mclean and Declan McCabe
How can you provide an authentic opportunity for undergraduate students to study geographical variation without hauling them to major metropolitan museums and arranging access to valuable specimens? This question started a slightly obsessive odyssey that began with a single coyote skull and now stands at 125 skulls….and counting.
Second Annual Digital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference: Emerging Innovations for Biodiversity Data
Over 240 biodiversity and data scientists, including more than 30 students and representing at least 7 countries, assembled a
Compelling Content Inspires Unconference Participants at Digital Data II
After two days of soaking up talks and plenary keynotes focused on the theme of Emerging Innovations for Biodiversity Data, 20 participants gathered together to share what ideas inspired them.
Microfungi Collection Consortium Teacher's Workshop
Workshop Report: Developing an ontology for insect natural history data
How to, and how not to, design a light box: A cautionary tale
by C. Skema, Anne Barber, and Tim Block
iDigBio reps attend career workshop for undergraduates
2018 US Science and Engineering Festival
Sharing Strategies for Mobilizing Collections in South America - iDigBio at the XXXII Brazilian Congress of Zoology (CBZ)
Contributed by Ana Dal Molin, INCT-Hympar/CAPES postdoctoral fellow at Laboratório de Biodiversidade de Insetos, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo. All images from Ana Dal Molin
Digitize, share, connect: Data from natural history collections go mobile
The digitization of natural history collections is time-consuming and expensive, but it opens up new possibilities for science: By merging collection data into global databases and with free access for everyone, researchers can gain new insights.
Borderless Collections – Starting a Collections Community (R)evolution
iDigBio Retreat 2018
ICEDIG - a design refinement project for DiSSCo. Transforming natural science collections for the digital age.
from Deb Paul at iDigBio
The short version.
March 2018 Biodiversity Spotlight
Sand Food (Pholisma sonorae)
Photo courtesy of Michael Carters
Darwin Core Hour: The Problem of Time - Dealing with Paleontological and Zooarchaeological Specimens in Darwin Core
Title: The Problem of Time: Dealing with Paleontological and Zooarchaeological Specimens in Darwin Core
Date: Tuesday, 24 April 2018
Time: 1 PM (DST), 12 CDT, 2 PM Buenos Aires, 6 PM London, 17:00 UTC
Webinar: The OregonFlora Portal
Title: The OregonFlora Portal
Speaker: Linda Hardison
Date: Wednesday 4/25/2018
Time: 12:00pm-1:00pm Eastern Time
Location: https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/room
Linda Hardison will demonstrate the novel ways they are using the Symbiota platform to package information for gardeners, ecologists, restorationists, and policy makers about the plants of Oregon. (The new portal display will be operational before the webinar).
Webinar: Documenting the Ethnobiology of Mexico and Central America (DEMCA)
Title: Documenting the Ethnobiology of Mexico and Central America (DEMCA)
Speaker: Jonathan Amith
Date: Wednesday 3/14/2018
Time: 12:00pm-1:00pm Eastern Time
Location: https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/room
Webinar: A new GenBank Submission Tool in Symbiota
Title: A new GenBank Submission Tool in Symbiota
Speaker: Andy Miller
Date: Thursday 3/8/2018
Time: 12:00pm-1:00pm Eastern Time
Location: https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/room
Andy will review the new GenBank Sequence Submission Tool module linking specimen data and genetic data.
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