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=Logistic information=
=Logistic information=
'''''Invited participant support: Hotel cost, travel, and per diem expenses reimbursed following workshop.''''' <br>
'''''Invited participant support: Hotel cost, travel, $75 registration, and per diem expenses reimbursed following workshop.''''' <br>
'''Airport:''' ''Please contact Jill Goodwin at jgoodwin@floridamuseum.ufl.edu to approve flights prior top booking''   
'''Airport:''' ''Please contact Jill Goodwin at jgoodwin@floridamuseum.ufl.edu to approve flights prior top booking''   
*LaGuardia Airport (LGA) 10 mi from NYBG  
*LaGuardia Airport (LGA) 10 mi from NYBG  
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'''Airport transportation:''' Uber/Lyft/taxi/rental car is the easiest and most convenient way to get from any of these airports to the Bronx; the fastest public transportation will take at least an hour and require several switches of bus and/or train. By car the trip will take 20-30 minutes or less, depending on traffic (and be sure to account for traffic and leave plenty of time to reach return flights). <br>
'''Airport transportation:''' Uber/Lyft/taxi/rental car is the easiest and most convenient way to get from any of these airports to the Bronx; the fastest public transportation will take at least an hour and require several switches of bus and/or train. By car the trip will take 20-30 minutes or less, depending on traffic (and be sure to account for traffic and leave plenty of time to reach return flights). <br>
'''Recommended workshop hotels:''' ''Please book a room ASAP to ensure availability and stay under $200/night.'' <br>
'''Recommended workshop hotels:''' ''Please book a room ASAP to ensure availability and stay under $200/night.'' <br>
*[https://www.choicehotels.com/new-york/bronx/rodeway-inn-hotels/ny324/rates?ratePlanCode=LZOO&checkInDate=2023-03-22&checkOutDate=2023-03-25 Rodeway Inn] 0.6 mi from NYBG
* [https://www.choicehotels.com/new-york/bronx/rodeway-inn-hotels/ny324/rates?ratePlanCode=LZOO&checkInDate=2023-03-22&checkOutDate=2023-03-25 Rodeway Inn] 0.6 mi from NYBG
*[https://www.reservationdesk.com/hotel/69262cb/sleep-inn-bronx-new-york/?cid=sem::TPRD::AW::Reservation_Desk_US_Northeast_New_York_New_York_City_Area::::sleep%20inn%20bronx::e&creative=620347116390&device=c&AdPos=&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=sleep%20inn%20bronx&utm_campaign=Reservation_Desk_US_Northeast_New_York_New_York_City_Area&iv_=__iv_p_1_a_944090107_g_143959657667_w_kwd-813987502000_h_9011578_ii__d_c_v__n_g_c_620347116390_k_sleep%20inn%20bronx_m_e_l__t__e__r__vi__&gclid=CjwKCAiAzp6eBhByEiwA_gGq5OjKBV-iePLyNrZ7owKO1DQM-H-14XbrdfnsfQFCfrG6jiSZjEBJzhoC1NYQAvD_BwE Sleep Inn] 0.6 mi from NYBG
* <del>[https://www.reservationdesk.com/hotel/69262cb/sleep-inn-bronx-new-york/?cid=sem::TPRD::AW::Reservation_Desk_US_Northeast_New_York_New_York_City_Area::::sleep%20inn%20bronx::e&creative=620347116390&device=c&AdPos=&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=sleep%20inn%20bronx&utm_campaign=Reservation_Desk_US_Northeast_New_York_New_York_City_Area&iv_=__iv_p_1_a_944090107_g_143959657667_w_kwd-813987502000_h_9011578_ii__d_c_v__n_g_c_620347116390_k_sleep%20inn%20bronx_m_e_l__t__e__r__vi__&gclid=CjwKCAiAzp6eBhByEiwA_gGq5OjKBV-iePLyNrZ7owKO1DQM-H-14XbrdfnsfQFCfrG6jiSZjEBJzhoC1NYQAvD_BwE Sleep Inn] 0.6 mi from NYBG</del>
* [https://tremonthotelbronx.com/ Tremont Hotel Bronx]
* [https://tremonthotelbronx.com/ Tremont Hotel Bronx]
'''Transportation from hotel to venue:''' Uber, Lyft, or taxi from any of the suggested hotels to NYBG should be 5-10 minutes. The Rodeway Inn is walking distance, though walkers should use common sense while traveling on foot in the Bronx. Participants should come to the Mosholu gate and check in with security, who will direct them to the appropriate building and entrance. <br>
'''Transportation from hotel to venue:''' Uber, Lyft, or taxi from any of the suggested hotels to NYBG should be 5-10 minutes. The Rodeway Inn is walking distance, though walkers should use common sense while traveling on foot in the Bronx. Participants should come to the Mosholu gate and check in with security, who will direct them to the appropriate building and entrance. <br>
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'''Meals:''' Breakfast, break refreshments, and lunch will be provided at NYBG on both workshop days. Dinner is not provided, but you will be reimbursed for meals not provided following the workshop.<br>
'''Meals:''' Breakfast, break refreshments, and lunch will be provided at NYBG on both workshop days. Dinner is not provided, but you will be reimbursed for meals not provided following the workshop.<br>


=Potential Workshop Topics=
=Referencing Pre-workshop webinars=
=[https://www.idigbio.org/content/envisioning-biological-collections-action-center <br>Webinars]=
[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k6g7sH4CX5uM3U4WnmHG--CuK6wkBeFno7gXykky8CE/edit?usp=sharing Potential Workshop Topics from the Pre-workshop webinars] <br>
'''Potential Workshop topics from Webinar 1'''
[https://www.idigbio.org/content/envisioning-biological-collections-action-center <strong>Links to the pre-workshop webinars can be found here]<br>
*What existing models for permanent national centers might this particular center emulate? GenBank? Others? Andrea Weeks aweeks3@gmu.edu SESYNC, CETAF, EU SYNTHESYS)
 
*Barabara mentioned the value of interfacing with enivronmental data as part of the extended specimen concept, would adding the whole of natural history be an option to the pervue, or would this Center need to coordinate with a yet created/proposed equivalent Action Center?" Rebecca Snyder snyderr@si.edu
 
*How would the center balance the US focus with borderless challenges?" Jorrit Poelen jhpoelen+idigbio@jhpoelen.nl  Could a Center take on a role in meeting global biodiversity compacts and agreements, for example by provisioning necessary data products and ensuring quality/interoperability? This may move the funding model beyond just the purview of NSF? Bryan McLean b_mclean@uncg.edu  Why not an ‘international center’? Something across multiple governments that would be more collaborative and less centralized? Prosanta Chakrabarty prosanta@lsu.edu  The new UN treaty of the high seas agreed to this weekend essentially will extend Nagoya principles to areas beyond national jurisdiction. This will require international tracking of collections. Dan Distel d.distel@northeastern.edu
 
*With increasing AI capabilities it is becoming easier to acquire information from multiple sources. Should an action center aim to take advantage of these capabilities rather than trying to create one central solution for all collections? Dan Distel d.distel@northeastern.edu
 
*Should such a center help local collections advocate for themselves locally? Deborah Paul dlpaul@illinois.edu
 
*There is no community solution for biological collections to maintain the original digital data being produced. There my benefit in collective bargaining for cloud storage. Could a center impact this? Andy Bentley abentley@ku.edu
 
*Given that so much of our biodiversity occurrence records are now arising from observations (e.g., via iNaturalist), would there be benefits to thinking about folding that as a major source of data/opportunities into a scope of a biodiversity action center?" Austin Mast amast@fsu.edu
 
*Very excited about the potential for this Action Center to facilitate our collective efforts to make our data FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable) Rebecca Snyder snyderr@si.edu
 
*The name Action Center implies collections data and analyses will drive impacts (thru science). The language describing the center should be explicit in this regard, not implicit.  Perhaps the language would benefit by addressing enhanced impact. Hilary Swain hswain@archbold-station.org
 
*National orphans collections discovery and clearinghouse? Tristan Edgarian tedgarian@usgs.gov  California has funded collection rescue, and folks can now get ""rapid grants"" for saving a collection. info@calalive.org" Daniel Gluesenkamp combined@calalive.org
 
*How can iSamples infrastructure and the companion Sampling Nature Research Coordination Network be part of this planning process? Erin Robinson erin.robinson-1@colorado.edu
 
*How might a center such as this help move the needle on workforce development, ensuring that museum careers in whatever capacity are available to all?" Cody Thompson cwthomp@umich.edu
 
*Given AI, centralized one stop shopping databases may not be the future of data distribution. Dan Distel d.distel@northeastern.edu
 
*Is there an economy of scale? - actions that could be taken by an action center that would not occur without an action center, even if existing centers were given to additional institutions? Kevin Hackett kevin.hackett@usda.gov  Also, how approaches of an Action Center be downscaled and guide convergence  e.g. a small field station site with multiple taxon collections, multiple tissue, multiple observation, and genomic data." Hilary Swain hswain@archbold-station.org
 
*What legal framework is needed to make an action center work?  Assigning interpretative methods to collections generates ownership and repatriation issues, if collections were unjustly acquired from indigenous peoples or other nations. Jonathan Blythe jonathan.blythe@boem.gov
 
*Ensure that specific and explicit language that the processes of data mobilization and publication prior to making data public is included. These processes are not digitization and they don’t happen magically but take time, effort, and skill. Stake out some ground on the post-publication side of these processes and get into data use. David Bloom dbloom@vertnet.org
 
'''Potential Workshop topics from Webinar 2'''
 
*I wonder how much the Smithsonian National Museum can have the added charge of acting as the ‘Biological Collections Action Center’. Or should it be a complete and distinct center? Prosanta Chakrabarty prosanta@lsu.edu
 
*Joe Cook, could you elaborate on how collections could be “built” to anticipate scientific needs? What would you do differently or what practices would you standardize? Or is this more about making collections data open/accessible? Keegan T keegan.sawyer@science.doe.gov
*In a recent survey of Antarctic researchers, it was discovered that the majority of collected objects and data were in the individual personal collections of researchers, rather than in institutional collections. I suspect that this is true in other disciplines. These collections are important and should be addressed in any national collections concept. Dan Distel d.distel@northeastern.edu
 
*As a living collection Scientist, I still see a major silo separating living and non-living collections. I hope the action center can help to better integrate these two types of collections. Is the group being able to bring in more living collections into these conversations? Manzour Hazbon hazbon@yahoo.com
 
*One of the greatest barriers to growth for vertebrate collections is wildlife agencies restricting collecting and pushing for non-lethal sampling only. Often these restrictions are in place with the goal to protect wildlife and preserve biodiversity, but these agencies don't seem understand how collections can help achieve their goals. How do you envision the action center addressing this? Katrina Derieg kderieg@nhmu.utah.edu
 
*What systems or procedures are in place for formalizing materials transfer and use agreements, especially for living collections? Anonymous Attendee
 
*To Shirley Pomponi - Your desciption of living collections reminds me of digital collections that now exist in parallel to their physical counterparts. As an biodiversity informatics person, I see digital data as "living" dynamic objects in which curation and management is still in various stages of development. How do you imagine physical (preserved/living) collections co-exist with their digital counter parts? What are you thoughts on how an action center can help to mature the protocols needed to preserve our digital treasures? Jorrit Poelen jhpoelen+idigbio@jhpoelen.nl
 
*Is there a role for the action center, centralized or distributed, in 'lobbying' for base level funding (non grant based) so that collections, regardless of size, can more effectively engage in these broader science questions and value for society. Michael Lomas mlomas@bigelow.org
 
*Thank you for Joe Cook’s talk. As someone managing a site (Archbold, FL) with an existing comprehensive multi-taxon collection I am interested in hearing about any existing collection strategies for sites. Not just collection gaps and frequencies (agree with all your suggestions, thank you) but also how to anticipate collection needs for locations sites which also have a long-term corresponding multi streams of environmental data. Extended specimen tied to extended environmental data.  Plus think about same question for networks of intensively monitored sites. Hilary Swain hswain@archbold-station.org
 


==Envisioning a Biological Collections Action Center==
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| 9:45 || <strong>[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_dbVm3pgd1cUGrW35wZPy6ELG2ZKui9bXVKCjM2UPU4/edit#slide=id.p30 Highlights of NASEM report and webinars]</strong> <br> [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aH-pY1Jjykr8rrAS6qLBOdIXsS6_PeZGIcLoMAEH8xU/ NASEM doc] || Pam Soltis<br>Andy Bentley
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| 10:45 || <strong>Impacts and Challenges</strong> || Gil Nelson<br>Libby Ellwood
| 10:45 || <strong>[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1eGbPaRVu73kXF9lBDQZdbREuhhe1795MFyKvqq9Pb0I/edit?usp=sharing Impacts and Challenges</strong>] || Gil Nelson<br>Libby Ellwood
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|  1:30 || <strong>Group reports<br>[https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/global-centers-gc?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery Global Centers (GC)]</strong> || <strong>Moderator:</strong> Libby Ellwood
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Latest revision as of 12:18, 19 April 2023

Series Page: Envisioning a Biological Collections Action Center

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Workshop at NYBG: March 2023

When: March 23-24, 2023
Where: New York Botanical Garden
Organizers: John Bates, Field Museum of Natural History; Carol Butler, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian; Matt Borths, Duke Lemur Center; Joe Cook, Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico; Libby Ellwood, Florida Museum of Natural History, iDigBio; Jillian Goodwin, Florida Museum of Natural History, iDigBio; David Jennings, Florida Museum of Natural History, iDigBio; Gil Nelson, Natural Science Collections Alliance, Florida Museum of Natural History, iDigBio; Jyotsna Pandey, American Institute of Biological Sciences, Natural Science Collections Alliance; Emily Sessa, New York Botanical Garden; Pam Soltis, Florida Museum of Natural History, iDigBio, UF Biodiversity Institute; Breda Zimkus, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Biological Collections Network
Expected number of participants: 30 - 40

Logistic information

Invited participant support: Hotel cost, travel, $75 registration, and per diem expenses reimbursed following workshop.
Airport: Please contact Jill Goodwin at jgoodwin@floridamuseum.ufl.edu to approve flights prior top booking

  • LaGuardia Airport (LGA) 10 mi from NYBG
  • JFK Airport (JFK) 20 mi from NYBG
  • Newark (EWR)
  • Westchester County (HPN)

Airport transportation: Uber/Lyft/taxi/rental car is the easiest and most convenient way to get from any of these airports to the Bronx; the fastest public transportation will take at least an hour and require several switches of bus and/or train. By car the trip will take 20-30 minutes or less, depending on traffic (and be sure to account for traffic and leave plenty of time to reach return flights).
Recommended workshop hotels: Please book a room ASAP to ensure availability and stay under $200/night.

Transportation from hotel to venue: Uber, Lyft, or taxi from any of the suggested hotels to NYBG should be 5-10 minutes. The Rodeway Inn is walking distance, though walkers should use common sense while traveling on foot in the Bronx. Participants should come to the Mosholu gate and check in with security, who will direct them to the appropriate building and entrance.
Workshop venue: New York Botanical Garden
William & Lynda Steere Herbarium
NYBG Mosholu entrance: 2950 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, NY 10458
Workshop location: Reading Room, LuEsther T. Mertz Library
Breakfast and lunch: Pfizer Laboratory Conference Room
PLEASE NOTE: Workshop participants should come directly to the Mosholu gate, NOT the main entrance to the Garden. Be sure to use the Mosholu address given above for your Uber/taxi driver or GPS (2950 Southern Blvd). When you arrive at the gate, if you are coming by car, you will need to check in with Security at the booth, and ask them to direct you to either the Pfizer lab or Ross Gallery entrance, depending on the time you arrive (see schedule and map provided). Walkers can turn left upon entering the gate and proceed directly to the appropriate building; do not go to the visitor ticket booths. On the accompanying map, the Pfizer lab entrance is marked A, and the Ross Gallery B.
NYBG Map
Wifi networks: Once on-site, workshop participants can log into the NYBG_Guest network for internet access.
Meals: Breakfast, break refreshments, and lunch will be provided at NYBG on both workshop days. Dinner is not provided, but you will be reimbursed for meals not provided following the workshop.

Referencing Pre-workshop webinars

Potential Workshop Topics from the Pre-workshop webinars
Links to the pre-workshop webinars can be found here

Envisioning a Biological Collections Action Center

Agenda

Day 1: Thursday, March 23
8:00 Breakfast @ NYBG
9:15 Why we are here:

Welcome and introductions (organizing team first)

  • Name
  • Affiliation
  • What is your interest in this workshop?
  • What is one goal you would like to see a Biological Collections Action Center accomplish?
 Libby Ellwood
9:45 Highlights of NASEM report and webinars
NASEM doc		 Pam Soltis
Andy Bentley
10:15 Break
10:45 Impacts and Challenges Gil Nelson
Libby Ellwood
11:30 Lunch @ NYBG
Priorities Breakout Group Deliberations

Please develop a consensus list of at least 5 priorities an action center could achieve.
(More than 5 is permissible)
Discussion Notes: Group1, Group2, Group3, Group4
Slide Presentation: Record Priorities here:

1:00 Looking back from the Future: Nobel Prize exercise Emily Sessa
1:30 Group 1 Moderator: Joe Cook Scribe: Shyla Davison

Andy Bentley, Matthew Pace, Doug Jones, Angelo Soto-Centeno, Scott Miller, Kim Watson, Jenn Yost

1:30 Group 2 Moderator: Breda Zimkus Scribe: Lauren Cohen

Matt Borths, Pam Soltis, Chris Johnson, Talia Karim, Jose Fortes, Steve Ellis, Nicole Tarnowsky

1:30 Group 3 Moderator:John Bates Scribe: Jesse Grosso

Austin Mast, Jyotsna Pandey, Hilary Swain, Patrick Sweeney, Barbara Thiers, Kelcie Brown

1:30 Group 4 Moderator: Carol Butler Scribe: David Jennings

Bill Moser, Shirley Pomponi, Libby Ellwood, Nelson Rios, Reed Beaman, Larry Gall, Leanna McMillin

3:00 Break
3:30 - 5:00 Presentations & Discussion: Action Center Priorities from Group Breakouts

Slide Presentation: Recorded Priorities here:
Each group should designate speaker(s) to review group priorities
and field questions as needed.

Moderators: Emily Sessa, Gil Nelson
5:00 Wrap-Up Moderator: Joe Cook

Workshop Agenda Day 2 Goal of the Day:
Develop detailed written draft statements describing the priority components for an Action Center
(not to be confused with polished prose).

Day 2: Friday, March 24
8:00 Breakfast @ NYBG
9:30 Reviewing and Refining the Action Center Components recommended on the Day 1

The goal of Day 2 is to review and prioritize the Action Center Components from the slide decks completed on Day 1 and to expand each component into one or more explanatory paragraphs, not to be confused with polished prose. We will begin the day with the same four groups. Each group should structure its own time, taking breaks as needed, with the goal of completing its work by noon.

Moderators: Carol Butler, Gil Nelson, Jyotsna Pandey
9:45 Group 1 Notes Slide Deck] Moderator: Joe Cook Scribe: Shyla Davison

Andy Bentley, Matthew Pace, Doug Jones, Angelo Soto-Centeno, Scott Miller, Kim Watson, Jenn Yost

9:45 Group 2 Notes Slide Deck]] Moderator: Breda Zimkus Scribe: Lauren Cohen

Matt Borths, Pam Soltis, Chris Johnson, Talia Karim, Jose Fortes, Steve Ellis, Nicole Tarnowsky

9:45 Group 3 Notes Slide Deck]] Moderator:John Bates Scribe: Jesse Grosso

Austin Mast, Jyotsna Pandey, Hilary Swain, Patrick Sweeney, Barbara Thiers, Kelcie Brown

9:45 Group 4 Notes Slide Deck]] Moderator: Carol Butler Scribe: David Jennings

Bill Moser, Shirley Pomponi, Libby Ellwood, Nelson Rios, Reed Beaman, Larry Gall, Leanna McMillin

Noon Lunch @ NYBG
1:30 Group reports
Global Centers (GC)		 Moderator: Libby Ellwood
3:00 Break
3:30 Wrap-up Moderator: Libby Ellwood
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