Digital Data in Paleontological Research

Monday, 27 March, 201y

Day One
Time	Topic	Presenter(s)/Leader(s)
7:00-8:00	Breakfast
8:00-8:10	Welcome, Workshop Introduction, Logistics	Pat Holroyd, University of California Museum of Paleontology Gil Nelson, iDigBio/Florida State University
8:10-8:20	Brief Introduction to iDigBio	Gil Nelson
Plenaries
8:20-8:40
8:40-9:00
9:00-9:20
9:20-9:40
9:40-10:00
10:00-10:20
10:20-10:40	Break
Data Issues, Concurrent Discussion Breakouts
	Room	Room
10:40-11:10
11:10-11:40
11:40-12:10
12:10-12:15	Q&A, Discussion, Morning Wrap-up
12:15-1:00	Lunch (provided)
Imaging Vertebrate Collections
1:00-1:20	Value of imaging: Herpetology	Hinrich Kaiser, Victor Valley College
1:20-1:40	Value of imaging: Ichthyology	John Sullivan, Cornell Univesity
1:40-2:00	Value of imaging: Ornithology and Mammalogy	Molly Hagemann, Bishop Museum
2:00-2:15	Discussion: What Should be Imaged and Why?	Emily Braker (moderator), University of Colorado Product: Composite Accounting of the Values and Uses of Specimen Images Notes Document: What to Image?
2:15-2:35	Break
2:35-2:55	Research and Other Uses of Images and Digitized Specimen Data	Mary Thompson, Idaho Museum of Natural History
2:55-3:15	Research and Other Uses of Images and Digitized Specimen Data	Beth Wommack, University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates
3:15-3:35	Safe and Efficient Preservation of Images and Other Media	Mike Webster, Cornell University
3:35-4:30	Standard Photographic Views for Herps, Ichs, Birds, and Mammals	Group discussion Notes & conclusions recorded in Google Docs Laura Abraczinskas, Michigan State University, moderator
5:00-7:00	Reception hosted by the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology (venue: MVZ Gallery)
7:00	Dinner on Your Own