Paleo Digitization Working Group

The Paleo Digitization Working Group was inspired by the paleo digitization workshop held in New Haven, CT in conjunction with the Yale Peabody Museum, 23-25 September 2013. The focus of the group is to examine issues and create community-generated documentation related to the digitization of paleontology collections

Sign up for the Paleo Digitization Listserv (IDIGBIOPALDIGI-L)

Resource: IDIGBIOPALDIGI-L@LISTS.UFL.EDU
Purpose: This working group's goals are to support paleo digitization efforts.
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Twitter

For meeting and other related announcements via Twitter
Follow @iDigGilnelson

Working Group Webinar Meeting Place

• Virtual Meeting Space

2015 Webinars

• 11 August 2015: STEPPE, Dena Smith, Executive Director, STEPPE (Sedimentary Geology, Time, Paleontology, Paleoclimatology, Energy). Geological Society of America.
• 8 September 2015: MorphoSource, Doug Boyer, Duke University
• 13 October 2015: iDigPaleo Portal, Sue Butts and Chris Norris, Yale Peabody Museum
• 27 Ocbober 2015: Navigating the iDigBio Portal, Gil Nelson, Florida State University/iDigBio
• 10 November 2015: Data Standards and Database fields, Amanda Millhouse, Smithsonian
• 8 December 2015: Georeferencing for Paleo Collections, Jessica Utrup, Yale Peabody Museum

2014 Webinars

• 14 January 2014, 3-4 p.m. EST, Chris Norris, Redacting Sensitive Data on Paleo Specimens
  • Chris Norris' presentation notes
  • Meeting chat box
• 11 February 2014, 3-4 p.m. EST, Una Farrell, Issues with Stratigraphy
  • Meeting chat box
• 18 March 2014, 3-4 p.m. EST, Bruce MacFadden, Linking Ancillary Data to Specimen Records in Paleo Databases
  • pdf of Bruce's presentation
  • Yale Peabody's destructive sampling request (Susan Butts)
  • EMu Screenshot
  • EMu Screenshot
• 22 April 2014, 3-4 p.m. EDT, Mark Uhen, Paleobiology Database and C4P
• 13 May 2014, 3-4 p.m. EDT, Nancy Stamm, USGS, GeoLex
  • Chat box notes
• 10 June 2014, 3-4 p.m. EDT, Jim Beach, Issues, input, and recommendations for changes to the Specify schema to better accommodate paleontological data
  • Chat box comments
  • Specify models
  • C4P Feedback and data model document

2013 Webinars

• 17 December 2013, 3-4 p.m. EST, Roger Burkhalter, Standard Views for Paleo Images

Recordings of working group meetings

• 2013-12-17, Roger Burkhalter, Standard Views

Paleo Digitization Workshop

• Paleo Digitization Workshop (23-26 Sept 2013) Wiki
• Paleontology Digitization Workshop Report
• Paleo Imaging Workshop (29 Apr-1 May 2014) Wiki
• Paleo-specific Specify Workshop (19-22 May) at KU

Standard Views for Fossil Images

• Working Document
• Digital Plant Images as Specimens, Vulpia, Baskauf & Kirchoff & 2008
• Morphbank Standard Views

Stratigraphy Resources

• Mark Webster, et al, Combining Stratigraphic Sections and Museum Collections to Increase Biostratigraphic Resolution
• Donald E. Owen, How to use stratigraphic terminology in papers, illustrations, and talks
• NORTH AMERICAN STRATIGRAPHIC CODE, North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature
• Murphy & Salvador, International Stratigraphic Guide — An abridged version

Redacting or Concealing Data for Sensitive Collecting Sites

• Working Document

Databasing Slabs as Collection Objects

• Working Document

Controlled Vocabularies

• Chronological Stratigraphy (Roger Burkhalter)

Related Media

• Formed in Stone: The Natural Beauty of Fossils A YouTube video from Sam Noble, contributed by Roger Burkhalter, that accompanies an exhibit of large-scale images of various fossils taken with the museum's macrophotography setup. The video goes from collecting, to preparation, to blackening and whitening of the fossil, then photography using image stacking.