Small Collections Symposium SPNHC 2014

This wiki supports the Recruiting, Retaining, and Supporting Small Collections in Digitization Initiatives symposium at SPNHC 2014. The symposium is jointly sponsored by iDigBio and the Small Collections Network (SCNet).

Advancing Collections Care
Quick Links for SPNHC 2014 Progress in Digitization Symposium
[ http://www.idigbio.org/sites/default/files/workshop-presentations/spnhc2014/ProgressInDigitisationSymposiumSPNHC2014_Agenda.docx SPNHC 2014 Progress in Digitization Symposium Agenda]
SPNHC 2014 Progress in Digitization Symposium Biblio Entries
SPNHC 2014 Progress in Digitization Symposium Report

Remote Participation

Not going to SPNHC 2014? Register for remote participation

Presentations

• SCN1 Introduction to iDigBio (Gil Nelson)
• SCN2 Digitizing Specimens in a small herbarium: A viable workflow for collections working with limited resources (Kari Harris)
• SCN4 iCollections:Digitising the past for the future (Lyndsey Douglas)
• SCN5 The Role of small herbaria in large digitization projects (Chris Neefus)
• SCN6 Digitization workflow for a small herbarium (Chris Neefus)
• SCN7 Teachable Moments: the good, the bad, and the undergrads (Kirsten E. Nicholson)
• SCN8 Achieving the digitization of biological collections from the Pacific (Shelley A. James)
• SCN9 Arctos: A Collaborative, cost-efficient solution for managing and publishing biodiversity data in collections of all sizes (Carla Cicero)
• SCN10 Undergraduates in natural history collections: What are the educational gains and how can we make the experience more impactful? (Anna Monfils)
• SCN11 The place for biological research and field stations in biodiversity digitization (Gil Nelson)
• SCN12 Entomology Collections Network: A model for reaching out to small collections (Christy Bills)
• SCN13 Michigan Small Herbarium Initiative: the trail from an idea to specimen digitization (Richard Rabeler)
• SCN14 Exposing Data from Small Collections: common questions and some answers (Deb Paul, Richard Rabeler)
• SCN15 Mobilizing New England vascular plants to track environmental change (Dorothy Allard)
• SCN16 Resurrecting orphaned collections (Gabriela Hogue)

Agenda and Related Resources

• Annotated agenda, including abstracts
• Webinar series leading up to SPNHC 2014
• Webinar Recordings
• IDigBio Initiatives for Small Natural History Collections
• iDigBio/SCNet Recruiting, Supporting, and Retaining Small Collections in Biodiversity Digitization Workshop, Central Michigan University, 7-10 April 2014
• Recruiting, Supporting, and Retaining Small Collections Workshop: A Student’s Perspective
• The Small Collections Network: Recruiting, Retaining, and Sustaining Small Collections in Biodiversity Digitization, SPNHC Newsletter, April 2014, Anna Monfils and Gil Nelson

Symposium Recordings

• http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/p3ckipyd8us/ AM1(9am-10:40am)
• http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/p540q6ouay7/ AM2(11:10am-1pm)
• http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/p11z7zymhn4/ PM(2pm-3:40pm)