Specimens Full Circle SPNHC 2015

Agenda

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This wiki supports the SPNHC 2015 Symposium - Specimens Full Circle: Collection to Digitization to Data Use, Gainesville, Florida, 20 May, 2015.

This symposium has three tracks: collection of museum specimens, digitization (includes imaging and other media), and use of the resulting digitized data in research.

Abstract. Novel field-collecting methods providing richer specimen data, maturing transcription and imaging techniques, and up-dated end-user interfaces are resulting in greater access to and use of specimen data for a variety of purposes. This has led to increasing use of museum specimen data for analysis and the development of visualization tools that facilitate research and support educational needs and outreach opportunities.

As a collector, have you updated your field-collecting protocols? Do you map your field-collected data to current standards (like Darwin Core or Audubon Media)? Do you use hand-held devices and apps when collecting specimens? Or are you designing an app? Are you attaching globally unique identifiers in-the-field? As a collection manager, curator, technical assistant, informatics manager, programmer,…have you sped up transcription and imaging at your institution? Are you implementing novel methods for assuring data quality and fitness-for-research use? Have you incorporated crowd-sourcing and georeferencing into your digitization workflows? How are you incorporating digitization, social media, and use of specimen data into your education and outreach strategies? Have there been new research outputs and capabilities made possible by the changes you have made in your workflows? As a graduate student or current researcher do you have new research to share using specimen data? To all in the SPNHC community and beyond, please come show us what is working, what is still challenging, and what you’re accomplishing with specimen data.

SPNHC 2015 Symposium - Specimens Full Circle - Agenda and Logistics

• Agenda (see below or google doc)
• All Day Wednesday May 20th, 2015. Start time: 8:30 am
• SPNHC 2015 Program
• SPNHC at-a-glance meeting schedule
• SPNHC 2015 Symposium - Specimens Full Circle: Collection to Digitization to Data Use - Calendar Announcement
• SPNHC 2015 Conference Web Site
• Twitter: @iDigBio @SPNHC #collectingspecimens #digitization #datause and conveners: @denasmithnufio @vblago @idbdeb

Collaborative Documents

• Google Doc for Symposium Group Notes
  • Schedule is embedded in the Google Doc

Conference and Symposium Blog Post

Blog post

Photos

• Facebook album

Symposium Presentation Recordings

Wednesday, 20 May 2015

1. 8:30 - 8:40 Introduction to the Symposium. Dena Smith, Vladimir Blagoderov, Deb Paul

Symposium Presentation PowerPoints and PDFs

Wednesday, 20 May 2015

1. 8:30 - 8:40 Introduction to the Symposium. Dena Smith, Vladimir Blagoderov, Deb Paul