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iDigBio External Advisory Board (EAB) October 23, 2017 | iDigBio External Advisory Board (EAB) October 23, 2017 | ||
Since 2011, the NSF-ADBC program has funded 19 Thematic Collection Networks (TCNs) and 24 Partners to Existing Networks (PENs). The role of TCNs is to mobilize a community of museums and herbaria to provide specimen related data and media to iDigBio. Additionally, they collaborate with each other and iDigBio to promote the use of digitization products for research and education. As part of its role in advising iDigBio, the External Advisory Board (EAB) wants to better understand the relationship between iDigBio and the TCNs in order to assess how iDigBio is meeting community needs. | Since 2011, the NSF-ADBC program has funded 19 Thematic Collection Networks (TCNs) and 24 Partners to Existing Networks (PENs). The role of TCNs is to mobilize a community of museums and herbaria to provide specimen related data and media to iDigBio. Additionally, they collaborate with each other and iDigBio to promote the use of digitization products for research and education. As part of its role in advising iDigBio, the External Advisory Board (EAB) wants to better understand the relationship between iDigBio and the TCNs in order to assess how iDigBio is meeting community needs. | ||
The description and makeup of the EAB can be found here https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/IDigBio_External_Advisory_Board. Every year the EAB meets with iDigBio and NSF at the ADBC Summit. For the upcoming 2017 meeting in Gainesville the EAB would like to meet with TCN leaders to discuss the role of iDigBio in supporting TCN activities. The meeting will be held 8-9AM on Thursday morning (Nov 2) in the McGuire Classroom in the Florida Museum. There will be someone posted outside the museum to help people gain access to the meeting room and you can text Neil Cobb 928-607-4075. | The description and makeup of the EAB can be found here https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/IDigBio_External_Advisory_Board. | ||
Every year the EAB meets with iDigBio and NSF at the ADBC Summit. For the upcoming 2017 meeting in Gainesville the EAB would like to meet with TCN leaders to discuss the role of iDigBio in supporting TCN activities. The meeting will be held 8-9AM on Thursday morning (Nov 2) in the McGuire Classroom in the Florida Museum. There will be someone posted outside the museum to help people gain access to the meeting room and you can text Neil Cobb 928-607-4075. | |||
To help frame the discussion for the meeting the EAB is interested in having TCN leaders consider two broad questions: 1) How much and in what form do TCNs currently interact with iDigBio; and 2) What services would be of greatest benefit to the TCN – including their individual participating institutions – sustain their digitization and sharing of information into the future. Below are more specific issues to consider for the meeting, feel free to bring your own to the meeting. | To help frame the discussion for the meeting the EAB is interested in having TCN leaders consider two broad questions: 1) How much and in what form do TCNs currently interact with iDigBio; and 2) What services would be of greatest benefit to the TCN – including their individual participating institutions – sustain their digitization and sharing of information into the future. Below are more specific issues to consider for the meeting, feel free to bring your own to the meeting. | ||
1. iDigBio provides services that can be categorized in four areas, which of these areas do you interact with iDigBio and do they meet your expectations? | 1. iDigBio provides services that can be categorized in four areas, which of these areas do you interact with iDigBio and do they meet your expectations? | ||