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|valign="top"|[https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/InvertNet:_An_Integrative_Platform_for_Research_on_Environmental_Change,_Species_Discovery_and_Identification InvertNet] ([http://invertnet.org/ website])
|valign="top"|[https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/InvertNet:_An_Integrative_Platform_for_Research_on_Environmental_Change,_Species_Discovery_and_Identification InvertNet] ([http://invertnet.org/ website])
|valign="top"|2011
|valign="top"|2011 - 2015
|valign="top"|[mailto:dietrich@inhs.uiuc.edu Christopher Dietrich]  
|valign="top"|[mailto:dietrich@inhs.uiuc.edu Christopher Dietrich]  
|valign="top"|robotic scanning of vials, slides and drawers, crowd-sourcing of label data from images
|valign="top"|robotic scanning of vials, slides and drawers, crowd-sourcing of label data from images
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|valign="top"|[https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/North_American_Lichens_and_Bryophytes_-_Sensitive_Indicators_of_Environmental_Quality_and_Change Lichens & Bryophytes (LBCC)]
|valign="top"|[https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/North_American_Lichens_and_Bryophytes_-_Sensitive_Indicators_of_Environmental_Quality_and_Change Lichens & Bryophytes (LBCC)]
|valign="top"|2011
|valign="top"|2011 - 2015
|valign="top"|[mailto:cgries@wisc.edu Corinna Gries], [mailto:‎tom.nash@asu.edu Tom Nash]‎‎, [mailto:egbiodiversity@gmail.com Ed Gilbert]‎  
|valign="top"|[mailto:cgries@wisc.edu Corinna Gries], [mailto:‎tom.nash@asu.edu Tom Nash]‎‎, [mailto:egbiodiversity@gmail.com Ed Gilbert]‎  
|valign="top"|label imaging, using OCR for data capture [http://lbcc1.acis.ufl.edu/?q=project_workflow workflow]
|valign="top"|label imaging, using OCR for data capture [http://lbcc1.acis.ufl.edu/?q=project_workflow workflow]
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|valign="top"|[https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Mobilizing_New_England_Vascular_Plant_Specimen_Data New England Vascular Plants (NEVP)]
|valign="top"|[https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Mobilizing_New_England_Vascular_Plant_Specimen_Data New England Vascular Plants (NEVP)]
|valign="top"|2012
|valign="top"|2012 - 2016
|valign="top"|[mailto:patrick.sweeney@yale.edu Patrick Sweeney]
|valign="top"|[mailto:patrick.sweeney@yale.edu Patrick Sweeney]
|valign="top"|robotic scanning apparatus for herbarium sheets, specimen-by-specimen label data capture
|valign="top"|robotic scanning apparatus for herbarium sheets, specimen-by-specimen label data capture
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|valign="top"|[https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Creating_A_PALEONICHES PaleoNICHES]
|valign="top"|[https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Creating_A_PALEONICHES PaleoNICHES]
|valign="top"|2012
|valign="top"|2012 - 2015
|valign="top"|[mailto:blieber@ku.edu Bruce Lieberman]
|valign="top"|[mailto:blieber@ku.edu Bruce Lieberman]
|valign="top"|specimen-by-specimen label data capture
|valign="top"|specimen-by-specimen label data capture
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|valign="top"|[https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/The_Macrofungi_Collection_Consortium MacroFungi Collection Consortium (MaCC)]
|valign="top"|[https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/The_Macrofungi_Collection_Consortium MacroFungi Collection Consortium (MaCC)]
|valign="top"|2012
|valign="top"|2012 - 2015
|valign="top"|[mailto:bthiers@nybg.org Barbara Thiers]
|valign="top"|[mailto:bthiers@nybg.org Barbara Thiers]
|valign="top"|label imaging, crowd-sourcing of label data
|valign="top"|label imaging, crowd-sourcing of label data
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|valign="top"|[https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Southwest_Collections_of_Arthropods_Network_(SCAN) Southwest Collections of Arthropods (SCAN)]
|valign="top"|[https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Southwest_Collections_of_Arthropods_Network_(SCAN) Southwest Collections of Arthropods (SCAN)]
|valign="top"|2012
|valign="top"|2012 - 2015
|valign="top"|[mailto:neil.cobb@nau.edu Neil Cobb]
|valign="top"|[mailto:neil.cobb@nau.edu Neil Cobb]
|valign="top"|visionary digital workflow, specimen-by-specimen label data capture
|valign="top"|visionary digital workflow, specimen-by-specimen label data capture
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|valign="top"|[https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Fossil_Insect_Collaborative:_A_Deep-Time_Approach_to_Studying_Diversification_and_Response_to_Environmental_Change Fossil Insect Collaborative (FIC)]
|valign="top"|[https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Fossil_Insect_Collaborative:_A_Deep-Time_Approach_to_Studying_Diversification_and_Response_to_Environmental_Change Fossil Insect Collaborative (FIC)]
|valign="top"|2013
|valign="top"|2013 - 2017
|valign="top"|[mailto:dena@colorado.edu Dena Smith]
|valign="top"|[mailto:dena@colorado.edu Dena Smith]
|valign="top"|visionary digital workflow, most specimen data already captured
|valign="top"|visionary digital workflow, most specimen data already captured
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|valign="top"|[https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Developing_a_Centralized_Digital_Archive_of_Vouchered_Animal_Communication_Signals Vouchered Animal Communication Signals (VACS)]
|valign="top"|[https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Developing_a_Centralized_Digital_Archive_of_Vouchered_Animal_Communication_Signals Vouchered Animal Communication Signals (VACS)]
|valign="top"|2013
|valign="top"|2013 - 2017
|valign="top"|[mailto:msw244@cornell.edu Michael Webster]
|valign="top"|[mailto:msw244@cornell.edu Michael Webster]
|valign="top"|digitizing analog sound recordings, imaging specimens & labels
|valign="top"|digitizing analog sound recordings, imaging specimens & labels
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|valign="top"|[https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/The_Macroalgal_Herbarium_Consortium:_Accessing_150_Years_of_Specimen_Data_to_Understand_Changes_in_the_Marine/Aquatic_Environment Macroalgal Herbarium Consortium (MHC)]
|valign="top"|[https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/The_Macroalgal_Herbarium_Consortium:_Accessing_150_Years_of_Specimen_Data_to_Understand_Changes_in_the_Marine/Aquatic_Environment Macroalgal Herbarium Consortium (MHC)]
|valign="top"|2013
|valign="top"|2013 - 2017
|valign="top"|[mailto:chris.neefus@unh.edu Chris Neefus]
|valign="top"|[mailto:chris.neefus@unh.edu Chris Neefus]
|valign="top"|imaging herbarium sheets with the eBioBox
|valign="top"|imaging herbarium sheets with the eBioBox

Revision as of 13:26, 13 December 2013


These resources are an at-a-glance introduction to existing Thematic Collection Networks (TCNs), including a volunteer contact and their email for each project, and some rudimentary information about the organisms in their proposal. This information hopes to be an aid to anyone writing a proposal, or who has recently received funding and is looking for tips and advice.

TCN Lightening Round Progress Reports at Summit 3, November 2013

Each TCN gave a succinct digitization progress report: https://www.idigbio.org/content/idigbio-summit-iii-0

TCNs at a Glance

Below is a table of TCN project information. RDCNs are added below for completeness since they work closely with thematic networks.

Note: the number of anticipated specimens and images to be digitized is approximate.

TCN Date Contact with Email Digitization Methodology Software Organisms # of Specimens/Images # of Collaborators
InvertNet (website) 2011 - 2015 Christopher Dietrich robotic scanning of vials, slides and drawers, crowd-sourcing of label data from images arthropods 56.1M / .89M 14 (1 PEN) (Map)
Tri-trophic (TTD) 2011 Katja Seltmann (insects), Rob Naczi (plants) imaging herbarium sheets with the eBioBox Arthropod Easy Capture, Symbiota insects (Hemiptera, Hymenoptera) and vascular plants 1.6M (insects) 6.1M (plants) / 611,000 32 (Map)
Lichens & Bryophytes (LBCC) 2011 - 2015 Corinna Gries, Tom Nash‎‎, Ed Gilbert label imaging, using OCR for data capture workflow Symbiota lichens & bryophytes 2.3M / 2.3M 73 (3 PENs) (Map)
New England Vascular Plants (NEVP) 2012 - 2016 Patrick Sweeney robotic scanning apparatus for herbarium sheets, specimen-by-specimen label data capture Symbiota, EMu vascular plants 1.29M / 1.29M 18 (Map)
PaleoNICHES 2012 - 2015 Bruce Lieberman specimen-by-specimen label data capture Specify fossils: arthropods, brachiopods, echinoderms, and mollusks 650K / 3600 8 (2 PENs) (Map)
MacroFungi Collection Consortium (MaCC) 2012 - 2015 Barbara Thiers label imaging, crowd-sourcing of label data Symbiota macrofungi 1.39M / 1.3M 34 (Map)
Southwest Collections of Arthropods (SCAN) 2012 - 2015 Neil Cobb visionary digital workflow, specimen-by-specimen label data capture Symbiota ground dwelling arthropods .73M / 15,125 15 (1 PEN) (Map)
Fossil Insect Collaborative (FIC) 2013 - 2017 Dena Smith visionary digital workflow, most specimen data already captured Specify, EMu and other (for home institutions) - developing the iDigPaleo Portal for our main interface. fossil insects 500k/200k 9 (Map)
Vouchered Animal Communication Signals (VACS) 2013 - 2017 Michael Webster digitizing analog sound recordings, imaging specimens & labels birds, frogs, fish and insects 58,374 / 22,939 7 (Map)
Macroalgal Herbarium Consortium (MHC) 2013 - 2017 Chris Neefus imaging herbarium sheets with the eBioBox macroalgae 1.14M / 1.14M 49 (Map)

RDCNs at a Glance

RDCN Contact with Email Methodology Organisms # of Participants
VertNet Dave Bloom aggregator / facilitator mammals, birds, fish, herps mammals (), birds (), fish (12), herps (64)
Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH) David Baxter aggregator / facilitator vascular plants 32
Fishnet2 Collaborative Georeferencing Hank Bart, Jr. georeferencing fish
Mississippi Herbaria Consortium (Magnolia grandiFLORA) Lucile McCook aggregator / facilitator plants
Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria Ben Legler aggregator / facilitator plants
Texas Oklahoma Regional Consortia of Herbaria (TORCH) Wayne Elisens aggregator / facilitator plants