Small Collections Symposium SPNHC 2014

This wiki supports the Recruiting, Retaining, and Supporting Small Collections in Digitization Initiatives symposium at SPNHC 2014. The symposium is jointly sponsored by iDigBio and the Small Collections Network (SCNet).

Remote Participation

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Presentations

• Introduction to iDigBio (Gil Nelson)
• SCN9 Arctos: A Collaborative, cost-efficient solution for managing and publishing biodiversity data in collections of all sizes (Carla Cicero)
• SCN11 The place for biological research and field stations in biodiversity digitization (Gil Nelson)
• Michigan Small Herbarium Initiative: the trail from an idea to specimen digitization (Richard Rabeler)
• Exposing Data from Small Collections: common questions and some answers (Deb Paul, Richard Rabeler)
• Entomology Collections Network: A model for reaching out to small collections (Christy Bills)
• Resurrecting orphaned collections (Gabriela Hogue)
• Achieving the digitization of biological collections from the Pacific (Shelley A. James)
• Undergraduates in natural history collections: What are the educational gains and how can we make the experience more impactful? (Anna Monfils)
• Teachable Moments: the good, the bad, and the undergrads (Kirsten E. Nicholson)
• The Role of small herbaria in large digitization projects (Chris Neefus)
• Digitization workflow for a small herbarium (Chris Neefus)
• iCollections :Digitising the past for the future (Lyndsey Douglas)
• Digitizing Specimens in a small herbarium: A viable workflow for collections working with limited resources (Kari Harris)
• Mobilizing New England vascular plants to track environmental change (Dorothy Allard)

Agenda and Related Resources

• Annotated agenda, including abstracts
• Webinar series leading up to SPNHC 2014
• Webinar Recordings
• IDigBio Initiatives for Small Natural History Collections
• iDigBio/SCNet Recruiting, Supporting, and Retaining Small Collections in Biodiversity Digitization Workshop, Central Michigan University, 7-10 April 2014
• Recruiting, Supporting, and Retaining Small Collections Workshop: A Student’s Perspective
• The Small Collections Network: Recruiting, Retaining, and Sustaining Small Collections in Biodiversity Digitization, SPNHC Newsletter, April 2014, Anna Monfils and Gil Nelson

Symposium Recordings

• http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/p3ckipyd8us/ AM1(9am-10:40am)
• http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/p540q6ouay7/ AM2(11:10am-1pm)
• http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/p11z7zymhn4/ PM(2pm-3:40pm)