NAPC Symposium Celebrating Public Participation in Paleontology

Worshop Agenda

• Workshop Agenda

Presentations

• Egg Mountain paleontological field station: Integrating science and educational outreach
• Partnering for posterity: Community collaboration in the furtherance of collections-based paleontology at Cincinnati Museum Center
• Using a volunteer army to help a small museum collect large vertebrate specimens
• Engagement with the public and avocational paleontologists at the Calvert Marine Museum
• Partners in Paleontology: Successful synergies and collaborations between amateurs and professionals, illustrated by the University of Iowa Paleontology Repository, the Mid America Paleontology Society, and the Black Hawk Gem and Mineral Society
• Avocational paleontologists and volunteers: Critical partners with the Non-vertebrate Paleontology collections at UT Austin
• The Dallas Paleontological Society's contributions to public participation in paleontology
• The purpose and function of fossil clubs: A personal perspective
• Where are the women and minority fossil collectors? A study of the development and characteristics of science hobbyists
• Public participation and collaboration in Colorado paleontology
• e Paleo Quest: Accelerating science literacy, paleontological discoveries and museum collections through citizen science, outreach and novel field recovery methods
• Stonerose Interpretive Center and Eocene Fossil Site: an integrative model at the crossroads of research, public outreach and community involvement
• Mineral Wells Fossil Park
• The New Mexico friends of paleontology: A volunteer group committed to the advancement of paleontology in New Mexico
• Engaging professionals and the public: Outreach efforts of the friends of the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology
• SharkFinder: Advancing the understanding of evolution and diversity of prehistoric elasmobranches (sharks, skates and rays) through an innovative citizen science program
• Participation of K-12 teachers and students in paleontology: Factors impacting effectiveness and sustainability
• Digitizing paleontological collections for new audiences: Past practices and the potential for public participation
• FOSSIL—A national network of fossil clubs and professional paleontologists in the U.S.