iDigBio and Data Carpentry go to Africa
Location: BIS (TDWG) 2015 Biodiversity Information Standards:
An amazing 2 weeks in Nairobi, Kenya.
by Deb Paul, input from Libby Ellwood and Matt Collins.
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Worldwide Engagement for Digitizing Biocollections (WeDigBio) Event
Liberate centuries of data about life on earth! Contribute online either at a museum party or from a computer anywhere on the planet during the event. For more info, visit wedigbio.org.
iDigBio and the EMu NHSIG in Philadelphia
iDigBio was delighted with Axiell's generous invitation to present a half-day digitization workshop at the annual meeting of the EMu user group Natural History Special Interest Group (NHSIG), held October 7 at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia. After determining via survey what EMu users would be interested in hearing about, we fashioned the following well-received agenda:
A summer learning R to clean up data with the iDigBio portal recordset correction feature
by Heather Appleby, former undergrad intern, Tri-Trophic Thematic Collection Network (TTD-TCN).
Katja Seltmann (TTD-TCN), Deb Paul, Alex Thompson, and Matt Collins Eds.
Organization for Biological Field Stations and iDigBio team up for digitization workshop at the OBFS annual meeting
GWG Georeferencing Blog: Comparing GPS apps with GPS device data
by Mike Yost, iDigBio GWG member and MaCC TCN Project Assistant
Introduction.
Greetings fellow georeferencers! Mike Yost here, MaCC Project Assistant and blogger of all things georeferencing.
Undergraduates Learn About Careers and Graduate Study in Biology at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
ASU Hosts Managing NHC Data for Global Discoverability
from Deb Paul @iDigBio
Exploring unique values in iDigBio using Apache Spark
Data exploration for large datasets is always challenging. Often you are left with deciding between subsetting the dataset (randomly or on some facet), making slow progress waiting for results just to find that something needs to be fixed, or optimizing code for performance when you don't even know if the result is going to be interesting. Having a high-performance system capable of ad-hoc investigation has always been difficult and/or expensive.
Broadening Participation in the Biological Sciences: A Workshop for Undergraduate Students
Space for this workshop is limited.
iDigBio at ESA 100: Booth and Ignite Session on Using Biodiversity Data in Research
From Libby Ellwood (iDigBio Post Doc) and Deb Paul (iDigBio Data Specialist) 
iDigBio Hosts Ecological Niche Modeling Workshop at Botany 2015
On July 26, 2015, iDigBio hosted an all-day ecological niche modeling (ENM) workshop at Botany 2015, the joint annual conference hosted by the Botanical Society of America, Plant Canada, and their affiliated societies, in Edmonton, Alberta.
iDigBio API Hackathon Report
iDigBio API Hackathon Report Blog
Georeferencing: The Polygon Method
Georeferencing: The Polygon Method - a guest blog by Michael Yost, Macrofungi Collection Consortium (MaCC) Project Assistant at the Denver Botanic Gardens and active member of the iDigBio GWG.
American Society of Mammalogists and iDigBio Cosponsor Mammal Digitization Workshop
SPNHC2015 Symposium: Specimens Full Circle: Collection to Digitization to Data Use
An overview. from Deb Paul, Dena Smith, and Vlad Blagoderov
Summary.
Reproducible Science Workshop at iDigBio
By François Michonneau, @fmic_ (with editorial suggestions from Judit Ungvari-Martin)
SPNHC 2015: Sowing the Seeds of Digitization
The Florida Museum of Natural History and partners hosted the 30th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) from May 17-23, 2015, at the Hilton University of Florida Conference Center in Gainesville, Florida. The theme of the conference was “Making Natural History Collections
Accessible Through New and Innovative Approaches and Partnerships”.
Vertebrate Biologists Gather for a 4-day Digitization Adventure
Steps in Georeferencing Specimen Locality Data - Community Examples
Georeferencing Procedure Outline - a guest blog by Michael Yost, Macrofungi Collection Consortium (MaCC) Project Assistant at the Denver Botanic Gardens
Greetings, fellow georeferencers!
Digitization of Biological Collections: A Global Focus
Photo: Minky Faber (ALA)
Field to Database (F2DB): field-data collecting trends and 21st century data skills
From Deb Paul, @idbdeb
This 4-day hands-on short course in March investigated current trends in collecting, and focused on best practices and skills development for supporting the collection and sharing of robust, fit-for-research-use data.
Rmarkdown + GitHub = Reproducible Research
-Guest blog enthusiastically provided by course participant Rick Levy, Database Associate, Denver Botanic Gardens
Simultaneous Transcription Blitzes a Success!
Planning the Worldwide Engagement for Digitizing Biocollections (WeDigBio) Event
Apply now for iDigBio's Fourth Biodiversity Informatics Workshop
Managing Natural History Collections Data for Global Discoverability is fourth in a series of biodiversity informatics workshops at iDigBio and we are currently accepting applications! Don't wait, space is limited.
Deadline to Apply is May 1st, 2015.
SPNHC 2015 30th Annual Meeting and Gala Celebration
SPNHC 2015 30th Annual Meeting and Gala Celebration
Making Natural History Collections Accessible through
New and Innovative Approaches and Partnerships
May 17, 2015 to May 23, 2015
iDigBio and the University of Texas High-resolution X-ray CT Facility Team Up for Successful Short Course
Paleobiology Database to Host API Hackathon March 20-22, 2015
The Paleobiology Database Executive Committee is running a hackathon with the goal of creating exciting tools (web applications, R code, data analysis tools, data visualization tools, integration with other web databases, etc.) that use the Paleobiology Database API for research, education, or outreach.
When and where? March 20th-22nd, 2015, on the campus of UC Santa Cruz.
Data Standards for Sharing & Hands-On Experience with the Integrated Publishing Toolkit (IPT)
From Deb Paul, on twitter @idbdeb
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