IDigBio Vertebrate Digitization Workshop Two

Monday, April 4, 2016

Day One
Time	Topic	Responsible
8:00-8:15	Welcome and Workshop Introduction and Logistics	Michael Nachman, Director, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Gil Nelson, iDigBio/Florida State University David Bloom, iDigBio/University of California, Berkeley
8:15-8:30	Introduction to iDigBio	Gil Nelson
Data Issues: Content and Discussion, Plenaries
8:30-8:50	Data Standards: Darwin Core	David Bloom
8:50-9:10	Audubon Core & Data Aggregation	Shelley James, Data Management Coordinator, iDigBio
9:10-9:30	Sampling and preservation of genomic data and linking tissue samples to vouchers	Charlotte Seid, Ocean Genome Legacy Center, Northeastern University
9:30-9:50	Data management discussion	David Bloom and Shelley James
9:50-10:10	Break
Data Issues: Breakouts
10:10-10:30	Aggregators and serving data to the web ???	Digital Asset management systems ???
10:30-10:50	Evaluating and selecting a database (survey) ???	Core data to preserve for biodiversity collections ???
10:50-11:10	Symbiota for vertebrate collections Ed Gilbert, Arizona State University	Issues in migrating from one database to another Kevin Love, Shelley James, iDigBio, University of Floridz
Plenary Morning Wrap-up
11:10-11:30	Selecting what should be databased: Fully populated vs skeletal records	Carla Cicero, MVZ
11:30-11:50	Digitizing source materials	Michelle Koo/Christina Fidler
11:50-12:15	Q&A, discussion, morning wrap up
12:15-1:15	Lunch (provided)
Issues in Imaging Vertebrate Collections
1:15-1:35	Value of imaging: Herpetology	Hinrich Kaiser, Victor Valley College
1:35-1:55	Value of imaging: Ichthyology	John Sullivan, Cornell Univesity
1:55-2:15	Value of imaging: Ornithology and Mammalogy	??
2:15-2:35	Discussion: What should be imaged and why?	Emily Baker (moderator), University of Colorado Product: Composite accounting of the values and uses of specimen images
2:35-3:00	Break
3:00-3:20	Research and other uses of images and digitized specimen data	Eric Rickart, University of Utah
3:20-3:40	Research and other uses of images and digitized specimen data	Elizabeth Womack, University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates
3:40-4:00	Safe and efficient preservation of images and other media	Mike Webster, Cornell University
4:00-4:30	Standard views for herps, ichs, birds, and mammals	Discussion group breakouts Notes & conclusions recorded in Google Docs
4:00-4:30	Discussion group reports	Gil Nelson, moderator ???, scribe
7:00	Dinner on Your Own

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Day One
Time	Topic	Responsible
8:00-8:15
8:15-8:30	Introduction to iDigBio	Gil Nelson
8:30-8:50		David Bloom
8:50-9:10
9:10-9:30
9:30-9:50	Data management discussion	David Bloom and Shelley James
9:50-10:10	Break
10:10-10:30
10:30-10:50
10:50-11:10
11:10-11:30
11:30-11:50
11:50-12:15
12:15-1:15	Lunch (provided)
1:15-1:35
1:35-1:55
1:55-2:15
2:15-2:35
2:35-3:00	Break
3:00-3:20
3:20-3:40
3:40-4:00
4:00-4:30
4:00-4:30
7:00	Dinner on Your Own