Digital Data in Paleontological Research

Logistics

• Event hashtag: #paldigi
• Logistics document (PDF)
• Map: hotel to UCMP
• Hotel information
• Train information
• Initial Workshop Announcement
• Adobe Connect Room to join us remotely

Monday, 27 March, 2017

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
Lightning Rounds
8:10-8:20	Brief Introduction to iDigBio, ADBC, and Paleo-related TCNs	Gil Nelson
8:20-8:30	PaleoNiches (2012)
8:30-8:40	Fossil Insect Collaborative (2013)	Talia Karim, University of Colorado, Boulder
8:40-8:50	EPICC (2015)	Chrissy Garcia, California Academy of Sciences
9:20-9:40	Cretaceous World (2016)	Talia Karim
9:40-10:00	Challenges of Using Paleo Date in New and Expanded Ways
10:00-10:20	Data Standards and Aggregation	David Bloom, iDigBio, University of California, Berkeley
10:20-10:40	Break
Morning 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)
Afternoon Breakouts
1:00-1:20
1:20-1:40
1:40-2:00
2:00-2:15
2:15-2:35	Break
2:35-2:55
2:55-3:15
3:15-3:35
3:35-4:30
5:00-7:00	Reception
7:00	Dinner on Your Own

Tuesday, 28 March, 2017

Day Two
Time	Topic	Presenter(s)/Leader(s)
7:00-8:00	Breakfast
8:00-8:10
8:10-8:20
8:20-8:30
8:30-8:40
8:40-8:50
9:20-9:40
9:40-10:00
10:00-10:20
10:20-10:40	Break
Morning 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)
Afternoon Breakouts
1:00-1:20	Horses in the cloud: Use case of Digital Equus Data	Bruce MacFadden, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
1:20-1:40
1:40-2:00
2:00-2:15
2:15-2:35	Break
Digital Data Workflowss
2:35-2:55	From field collections to digital data: a workflow and digitization pipeline for reconstruction of a Cretaceous macroflora	Dori Contreras, University of California, Berkeley
2:55-3:15
3:15-3:35
3:35-4:30
7:00	Dinner on Your Own

Acronyms

Acronym	Meaning
iDigBio	Integrated Digitized Biocollections
NSF	National Science Foundation
ADBC	Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections
TCN	Thematic Collection Network
PEN	Partner to Existing Network
CSBR	Collections in Support of Biological Research
IMLS	Institute for Museum and Library Services
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
BCoN	Biodiversity Collections Network
GRBio	Global Registry of Biodiversity Repositories
DwC	Darwin Core
IPT	Integrated Publishing Toolkit
API	Application Programming Interface
VertNet	Vertebrate data portal, Data mobilization and cleaning services
EOL	Encyclopedia of Life

Workshop Planning Team

• Pat Holroyd, University of California Museum of Paleontology
• Erica Clites, University of California Museum of Paleontology
• Talia Karim, University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
• Gil Nelson, iDigBio/Florida State University