SPNHC 2017 Biodiversity Informatics 101

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This wiki supports the SPNHC 2017 Biodiversity Informatics 101 Short Course, Denver, Colorado, 18 June, 2017.

Three themes of this course:

Abstract.

SPNHC 2017 Symposium - Specimens Full Circle - Agenda and Logistics

• Agenda (see schedule below)
• All Day Sunday 18 June, 2017. Start time: 9 am
• Remote participation: http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/ (to be decided)
• Link to iDigBio - Calendar Announcement (which needs to be created)
• Twitter: @iDigBio #SPNHC2017 and conveners: @ @ @idbdeb

General SPNHC 2017 Information

• SPNHC 2017 Program
• SPNHC at-a-glance meeting schedule
• SPNHC 2017 Conference Web Site

Conference and Symposium Blog Post

Blog post

Symposium Presentations Day 1

Sunday, 18 June 2017

SPNHC 2017 Biodiversity Informatics 101

	Time	Title	Presenter
first morning session
1	9:00 - 9:10	Course Introduction: SPNHC 2017 Biodiversity Informatics 101 Themes 1,2,3	Jennifer Strotman, Holly Little, Deb Paul
2	9:10 - 9:30	Theme 1a	speaker/s
3	9:30 - 9:50	Theme 1b	speaker/s
4	9:50 - 10:10	Theme 1c	speaker/s
	10:10 - 10:30	BREAK
second morning session
5	10:30 - 10:50	Theme 1d	speaker/s
6	10:50-11:10	Theme 1e	speaker/s
7	11:10-11:30	Theme 2a	speaker/s
8	11:30-11:50	Theme 2b	speaker/s
	11:50-12:00	Open Discussion Session
	12:00 - 1:30	LUNCH
first afternoon session, ballroom b
9	1:30-1:50	The contribution of small collections: A case study for Fuireneae (Cyperaceae) (pdf)	Heather Dame and Anna Monfils (Central Michigan University)
10	1:50-2:10	Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (Bison), The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) and the Federal Ecosystem of Biodiversity Data (pdf)	Gerald F. Guala
11	2:10-2:30	The scrub-lovin' grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplus: The Puer Group) of the southeastern U.S.: integrating specimen data from then and now for maximum effect (pdf)	Derek Woller and Hojun Song (Texas A & M)
12	2:30-2:50	Something Old, Something New, Specimens Borrowed And Published Too: Integrating New Specimens And Old Collections Into Research (pdf) Note this talk renders fine if you download it. For some reason, it does not render accurately in a browser.	Evan Anderson (Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder), Dena M. Smith (CU Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado)
13	2:50 - 3:10	Collaborating With Federal Partners: A New Online National Park Service Locality Database Through the University of California Museum of Paleontology (pdf)	Erica C. Clites, et al.
	3:10 - 3:30	BREAK
second afternoon session, ballroom b
14	3:30-3:50	Taxonomic concept resolution for voucher-based biodiversity information platforms (pdf)	Nico Franz (Arizona State University), Bertram Ludaescher (University of California, Davis), Edward Gilbert (Arizona State University), Alan Weakley (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
15	3:50-4:10	An Update on the Notes From Nature Project: Bringing A Proof Of Concept Into Full Production (pdf)	Robert Guralnick, Michael W. Denslow
16	4:10-4:30	Specimen label digitization using OCR/NLP tools integrated within the Symbiota processing toolkit (pdf)	Ed Gilbert, et al (Arizona State University)
17	4:30-4:50	The Processes, End Uses and Unexpected Bonuses of High Resolution Imaging of Entomology Collection Items (pdf)	Peter Lillywhite
18	4:50 - 5:10	Mobilizing Fossils for Global Change Research (pdf)	P. A. Holroyd & C. R. Marshall
	5:10 - 5:30	Open Discussion Session

Symposium Presentations Day 2

Thursday, 21 May 2015

Specimens Full Circle, Day 2

	Time	Title	Presenter
1	8:50	A picture is worth a thousand words: imaging in digitisation workflows (Figshare)	Vladimir Blagoderov and Laurence Livermore (Natural History Museum, London)
2	9:10	Inselect: an innovative tool for automating digitisation of natural history collections. (Figshare)	Laurence Livermore (Natural History Museum, London)
3	9:30	Putting Our Images to Work: Using Digitized Fossil Beetles to Study a Global Climate Transition (pdf)	Lindsay Walker (University of Colorado)
4	9:50	Integrating Imaging into Curatorial Workflows (pdf)	Talia Karim, Lindsay Walker (University of Colorado)
	10:10	Break
6	10:30	Joining up for digitisation – a pilot project between Kew and the Natural History Museum	Kew - Alan Paton, Sara Phillips, Elizabeth Woodger, et al. NHM - Sandy Knapp, Theresa Howard, Jonathan Gregson, Steve Cafferty, Jacek Wajer, Ben Atkinson
7	10:50	Inclusion of botany-naïve undergraduates in digitization workflows: it is possible! (pdf)	Emily Gillespie (Marshall University)
8	11:10	Digital Collections Programme: A structured approach to mass digitisation (Figshare)	Ben Atkinson (Natural History Museum, London)
9	11:30	Follow a Fossil Full Circle From Collection to Research to Outreach and Interpretation Through the Field Museum’s Silurian Reef Digitization Project (pdf)	Paul Mayer (The Field Museum)

Symposium Recordings

• Day1 first morning session, ballroom b
• Day1 second morning session, ballroom b
• Day1 first afternoon session, ballroom b
• Day1 second afternoon session, ballroom b

• Day2 first session
• Day2 second session