iDigBio

Horizon

Welcome to Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio), the national coordinating center for the Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC) program funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). iDigBio is enabling digitization of data and media for millions of biodiversity specimens from U.S. collections and is integrating those data to make them available online for the research community, government agencies, students, educators, citizen scientists, and the general public to promote understanding of biodiversity and societal consequences of environmental issues.

Vision

Welcome to Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio), the national coordinating center for the Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC) program funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). iDigBio is enabling digitization of data and media for millions of biodiversity specimens from U.S. collections and is integrating those data to make them available online for the research community, government agencies, students, educators, citizen scientists, and the general public to promote understanding of biodiversity and societal consequences of environmental issues.

Project Scope

Welcome to Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio), the national coordinating center for the Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC) program funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). iDigBio is enabling digitization of data and media for millions of biodiversity specimens from U.S. collections and is integrating those data to make them available online for the research community, government agencies, students, educators, citizen scientists, and the general public to promote understanding of biodiversity and societal consequences of environmental issues.

Mission

Welcome to Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio), the national coordinating center for the Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC) program funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). iDigBio is enabling digitization of data and media for millions of biodiversity specimens from U.S. collections and is integrating those data to make them available online for the research community, government agencies, students, educators, citizen scientists, and the general public to promote understanding of biodiversity and societal consequences of environmental issues.

2024 Stakeholder Engagement Forum

The Stakeholder Engagement Forum (formerly known as the IAC meeting) is open to all stakeholders of the national digitization effort, including iDigBio staff, Thematic Collections Network (TCN) staff, Partners to Existing Network (PEN) staff, National Science Foundation (NSF) representatives, and staff from other related digitization projects. We hope you will join us!

The Stakeholder Engagement Forum meets regularly to collaborate and discuss timely issues related to digitization, training, sustainability, education, outreach, and other topics.

2023 Stakeholder Engagement Forum (formerly IAC)

The Stakeholder Engagement Forum (formerly IAC) is open to all stakeholders of the national digitization effort, including iDigBio staff, Thematic Collections Network (TCN) staff, Partners to Existing Network (PEN) staff, National Science Foundation (NSF) representatives, and staff from other related digitization projects. We hope you will join us!

The Stakeholder Engagement Forum meets regularly to collaborate and discuss timely issues related to digitization, training, sustainability, EODI, and other topics.

2022 TCN Advisory Meetings (IAC)

 
TCN Advisory Meetings (IAC) are open to any and all staff from iDigBio, Thematic Collections Networks (TCNs), Partners to Existing Networks (PENs), National Science Foundation (NSF), and other related digitization projects. Participation from any or all TCN and PEN participants is welcomed and encouraged! Please send a delegate so that your TCN or PEN is represented.

iDigBio Update 2020

Dear iDigBio Enthusiasts,

I am delighted to report that iDigBio enjoyed an exceptionally successful and productive 2020 made possible in large part by contributions of the many collaborators whose consistent support, involvement, and input have been highly valued and much appreciated. We enter the new year eager to continue integral involvement in the biodiversity collections community.   

iDigBio and Collaborations at Ecological Society of America 2020

iDigBio works to share and facilitate broader biocollections data use and provide access to data and computational literacy skills and knowledge needed to support FAIR and reproducible research. As part of an on-going strategy, iDigBio has participated in-some-fashion at the yearly Ecologial Society of America Conference since 2015.

Workshop: How to prepare your data for publication, and what to do with open data

Preparing a dataset in order to publish on an aggregator like Canadensys or GBIF or iDigBio can be quite fastidious, but data cleaning and standardisation are the key points to good quality and useful datasets. Fortunately, a lot of tools and protocols have been develop through time to help preparing biodiversity datasets.

2019 iDigBio Executive Committee Meetings

The iDigBio Executive Committee (EC) is composed of the Project Director, Principal Investigators, and Project Manager. The Executive Committee is responsible for overall project management, general oversight of iDigBio activities, managing conflicts of interest, and implementation of the strategic plan, including assurance that the digitization, research, training, and outreach missions of iDigBio are integrated and accomplished.

Remote access is available here: http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/steeringcommittee

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2019 iDigBio Steering Committee Meetings

The iDigBio Steering Committee (SC) is composed of the Project Director, Principal Investigators, Project Manager, and other key personnel. The Steering Committee is responsible for reviewing progress and coordinating activities in digitization, research, training, and outreach at iDigBio and for advising others in iDigBio on overall resource allocation, strategic directions, and management policies.

Remote access is available here: http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/steeringcommittee

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EntSoc 2018 Data Help Desk

Entomological collections and Ecological data repositories and data specialists will collaborate at the EntSoc 2018 meeting in Vancouver to add a Data Help Desk to the Poster/Exhibition Hall. The Entomological Collections Network (ECN), iDigBio, and the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) do this to offer their combined expertise and learn about data needs from those attending this conference. Details on the wiki.

2018 iDigBio Executive Committee Meetings

The Executive Committee (EC) is composed of the iDigBio Project Director, Principal Investigators, Project Manager, and key Senior Personnel. The Executive Committee is responsible for overall project management, general oversight of iDigBio activities, managing conflicts of interest, and implementation of the strategic plan, including assurance that the digitization, research, training, and outreach missions of iDigBio are integrated and accomplished.

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2018 iDigBio Steering Committee Meetings

The Steering Committee (SC) is composed of the iDigBio Project Director, Principal Investigators, Project Manager, and Senior Personnel. The Steering Committee is responsible for reviewing progress and coordinating activities in digitization, research, training, and outreach at iDigBio, and for advising others in iDigBio on overall resource allocation, strategic directions, and management policies.

Remote access is available here: http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/steeringcommittee

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Darwin Core Hour: The Aggregator's Viewpoint - (More Than Vert)Net

UPDATE: (Adobe Connect) recording of this webinar. mp4 version coming soon.

Title: Darwin Core Hour: VertNet presents the Aggregator's Viewpoint
   Part THREE: VertNet: (More Than Vert)Net

DATE TIME: Tuesday, August 29th, 2PM EDT, 3PM (Buenos Aires), 7 PM (London), 6 PM UTC (18:00)

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