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The [[Integrating Collections and Ecological Research|ICER Working Group]] (Integrating Collections and Ecological Research), along with [https://bcon.aibs.org/ BCoN], will present a half-day workshop centered around ecologists who incorporate collections data in their scientific research and sharing a potential model program for integrating collections data in conservation efforts. Speakers invited will give talks representing community examples of museum specimen data integrated with other biodiversity data to enhance and inform efforts to address key ecological questions and support conservation efforts. | The [[Integrating Collections and Ecological Research|ICER Working Group]] (Integrating Collections and Ecological Research), along with [https://bcon.aibs.org/ BCoN], will present a half-day workshop centered around ecologists who incorporate collections data in their scientific research and sharing a potential model program for integrating collections data in conservation efforts. Speakers invited will give talks representing community examples of museum specimen data integrated with other biodiversity data to enhance and inform efforts to address key ecological questions and support conservation efforts. | ||
| '''Changes/Improvements to the [https://www.idigbio.org/portal iDigBio Portal]''' (Joanna McCaffrey, Shari Ellis, Richard Garand) | | '''Changes/Improvements to the [https://www.idigbio.org/portal iDigBio Portal]''' (Joanna McCaffrey, Shari Ellis, Richard Garand) | ||
| '''Rapid digitization of incoming insect material''' (Neil Cobb, Crystal Maier, Jen Zaspel) | | '''Rapid digitization of incoming insect material | ||
'''Goal:''' Develop workflow(s) for rapidly digitizing material from “collecting events”, especially where a large amount of material is brought into the collection from inventories. The workflow would be database neutral (Arctos [Derek], EMu [Crystal], institutional [Chris], Specify [Andrew], Symbiota [ Neil for now]), it would be scalable from small to large institutions, and it would be cross-phyla functional (e.g., plants/herbaria, insects/museums). | |||
'''Rationale:''' There are an estimated 256 million specimens in US collections, we are currently digitizing 2.5 million per year, which is the same amount of new material that is added to collections per year. Thus, we are currently running in place and we need to implement workflows that will help us at least double our current rate of digitization. Several collections have already developed workflows that greatly increase the rate of digitizing new specimens that need to be integrated into the collection from surveys and inventories https://vimeo.com/184611446. | |||
'''Action Items:''' Provide workflows that can be shared by all museums. This may involve options that take into consideration the type of specimens, the size of the museum, and the size and diversity of material. We will initially share drafts via dropbox. During this meeting we will produce a first draft and if there is time left we will outline a strategy to overcome the top 10 challenges in digitizing arthropods. | |||
''' (Neil Cobb, Crystal Maier, Jen Zaspel) | |||
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