Dr. Bruce MacFadden will deliver a presentation entitled “Fossils In The Cloud” on April 6th, from 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM. The presentation will be delivered in the iDiBio conference room located on the 3rd floor of Building 105 (105 NW 16th Street, Gainesville FL 32603).
To attend, please RSVP to Cathy Bester.
Abstract:
About 100 million fossils are stored in research collections in the US. Only a tiny fraction of these are ever placed on exhibit for the public to appreciate. Many of these remain behind closed doors, limiting access. This talk describes the new iDigBio program. Over the next 10 years, iDigBio will coordinate the uploading of natural history specimen images (including fossils) and associated data from over 500 U.S. institutions to a cloud portal. In so doing, fossils, and other natural history specimens, will become more widely available to scientists, educators, and the general public.
