SPNHC 2017 Biodiversity Informatics 101
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General Information
When: Sunday, June 18, 2017
Where: 2017 SPNHC Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado. The Curtis Hotel, Room: Red Rover
Online: Adobe Connect https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/biodiversityinformatics101
Sponsored by: The Smithsonian, iDigBio, and SPNHC
Organizers Jennifer Strotman (Lead and Concept), Holly Little, Deborah Paul
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This wiki supports the SPNHC 2017 Biodiversity Informatics 101 Short Course, Denver, Colorado, 18 June, 2017.
The short course will provide an introduction to natural history biodiversity informatics. The course is designed for museum professionals that need a better understanding of the natural history informatics landscape or the resources available for digitizing and digitally sharing natural history collections data. Topics will cover the basics of natural history collection data and digital object lifecycle management, including digitally archiving and mobilizing collections data and participation in global initiatives. The course will be led by museum and informatics professionals with experience in natural history collections digitization and informatics.
Three themes of this course:
- All Sections include panel and open-discussion sessions for questions, generating new ideas, and developing professional networks. Those signing up may also be invited to share information and their specific expertise in a presentation.
- Theme 1: Data, Standards, and Resources. What is Natural History Biodiversity Informatics? Topics covered will include introductions to data standards, data sharing standards, specimen and collection object imaging, data mobilization, data and media management, data cleanup tools and methods, and best practices for these subjects.
- Theme 2: Who's who in Natural History Biodiversity Informatics? We will provide overviews for many of the projects, initiatives, and organizations currently involved in mobilizing collections data, see many examples here. Find out how you and your collections benefit from these initiatives. Learn how you can contribute your expertise and experience to them.
- Theme 3: Getting Involved. Resources for learning more about and participating in Natural History Biodiversity Informatics. For example, find out how you might increase your biodiversity informatics skills and data literacy through a Data or Software Carpentry workshop. Investigate existing iDigBio and other community working groups. Get a SPNHC Demo Camp Preview. Learn how all this content helps you work with your collections’ informatics specialists. And, please come to help shape the 2018 SPNHC + TDWG joint meeting opportunities.
Participant Questionnaire
SPNHC 2017 Symposium - Biodiversity Informatics 101 - Agenda and Logistics
- Agenda (see schedule below)
- All Day Sunday 18 June, 2017. Start time: 8 am
- Room: Red Rover, The Curtis Hotel
- Link to iDigBio - SPNHC 2017 iDigBio Events Calendar Announcement
- Twitter handles @iDigBio @SPNHC2017 with hashtag #nhcbiodiv101 and organizers: @iamlilh @idbdeb
General SPNHC 2017 Information
Symposium / Short Course Resources
- Questionnaire
- Google Drive Link
- Collection Management Software Test Drives...(also see iDigBio comparison worksheet)
- Arctos - see Erica Krimmel for a live demo
- eMu - see Holly Little for a live demo
- Specify - see Gary Motz for a live demo of Specify 6, 7, and Insight (iPad)
- Symbiota - see Gary Motz for a live demo
- Data Standards & Vocabularies
- DarwinCore (DwC) standard
- Darwin Core Hour
- Post-Its and Minute Cards - morning
- Participant List
- Blog post
- Open Refine - data cleaning application
- Kurator - toolkit of assorted workflows for cleaning data
- Denver Botanic Gardens Protocols -repository of protocols
Short Course Outline
AGENDA in development
Sunday, 18 June 2017
Room: Red Rover
| Time | Title | Presenter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 7:45 - 8:00 | Sign-in, Name tags, Wifi for SPNHC 2017 Biodiversity Informatics 101 | |
| 1 | 8:00 - 8:15 | Course Introduction: SPNHC 2017 Biodiversity Informatics 101 Slides Themes 1,2,3 |
Holly Little, Deborah Paul, Jennifer Strotman |
| Theme 1: Collections Data, Standards, and Resources. What is Natural History Biodiversity Informatics? | |||
| 2 | 8:15 - 8:30 | Encouraging the Proliferation of Digital Data Slides |
Gil Nelson |
| 3 | 8:30 - 8:45 | Collection Management Systems: Laying the Groundwork for Biodiversity Informatics Google Slides |
Erica Krimmel, Gary Motz |
| 4 | 8:45 - 8:55 | Collections Imaging and Resources Google Slides |
Holly Little, Laurence Livermore |
| 5 | 8:55 - 9:10 | Digital Curation - DAMS, Digital Preservation, Digital Lifecycle Management Slides |
Rebecca Snyder |
| 6 | 9:10 - 9:30 | Panel and Open Discussion Q & A | All presenters and participants |
| 9:30 - 10:00 | BREAK | ||
| Theme 1: continued | |||
| 7 | 10:00 - 10:05 | Framing the Conversation for Theme 1: part II | |
| 8 | 10:05 - 10:25 | Standards and Data Mobilization Once the data is out, then what? Feedback, Action, Data Use/Citation/Tracking Google Slides |
Holly Little, Laurence Livermore |
| 9 | 10:25 - 10:40 | Data Enhancement / Curation: Field to Database Google Slides |
Rick Levy |
| 10 | 10:40 - 10:55 | Data Enhancement / Curation: Georeferencing Slides |
Crystal Maier |
| 11 | 10:55 - 11:10 | Data Enhancement / Curation: Focus on Transcription Centers Slides |
Laurence Livermore |
| 12 | 11:10 - 11:30 | Data Enhancement / Curation: Data Cleaning, Automation / Scripting / APIs, Open Refine, Kurator Slides |
John Wieczorek |
| 13 | 11:30 - 12:00 | Panel and Open Discussion Q & A; Lunch Homework | All presenters and participants |
| 12:00 - 1:00 | LUNCH | ||
| Theme 2: Who's who or Who's that? in Natural History Biodiversity Informatics? Making Connections | |||
| 14 | 1:00 - 1:15 | Joining Paleontological and Neontological biodiversity data PBDB, ePANDDA - Making Connections - No Silos Slides |
Gil Nelson, Talia Karim |
| 15 | 1:15 - 1:25 | Alphabet Soup & Advocacy Slides |
Deborah Paul, Shelley James |
| 16 | 1:25 - 1:40 | Focus on Entomological biodiversity data and collections ECN, EntSoc, InvertNet, ECN liaison with SPNHC Slides |
Dan Young, Craig Brabant |
| 17 | 1:40 - 1:55 | View from the EU: SYNTHESYS3, CETAF, NatSCA, GCG, DiSSCo Slides |
Elspeth Haston, Laurence Livermore |
| 18 | 1:55 - 2:05 | What's up down-under? Slides |
Shelley James, Nicole Fisher |
| 19 | 2:05 - 2:15 | Expanding NHC Stakeholders: CCBER - Ecology and Collections Together Slides |
Gregory Wahlert |
| 20 | 2:10 - 2:20 | 2-minute Stand Ups Jonathan Kennedy Megan Ryan King Laurence Livermore Matthew Yoder | |
| 21 | 2:20 - 2:30 | Open TBD | |
| 22 | 2:30 - 3:00 | Panel and Open Discussion Q & A | All presenters and participants |
| 3:00 - 3:30 | BREAK | ||
| Theme 3: Getting Involved: resources for learning more about and participating in Natural History Biodiversity Informatics | |||
| 23 | 3:30 - 3:40 | Biodiversity Data Skills and Literacy: What, Where, and How? Slides |
Deborah Paul |
| 24 | 3:40 - 3:50 | Making DwC Stick: Introducing the Darwin Core Hour Webinar Series and Git Hub Google Slides |
Gary Motz on behalf of the Darwin Core Hour Team |
| 25 | 3:50 - 4:00 | Innovative Uses of Collections Data Slides |
Shelley James |
| 26 | 4:00 - 4:10 | DEMO Camp Preview, Working Groups, Get Involved | All - as a group |
| 27 | 4:10 - 5:00 | TDWG - SPNHC 2018 Joint Meeting; Minute Cards; Panel and Open Discussion; Wrap up; Survey | All presenters and participants |