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Revision as of 12:52, 12 August 2014
How this resource might be useful: These resources are an at-a-glance introduction to existing Thematic Collections Networks (TCNs), including a contact (with their email) who has volunteered to answer questions for each project, and some rudimentary information about the organisms in their proposal. This information may be useful to anyone writing a proposal, interested to see what others are doing, with what digitization technology; or who has recently received funding and is looking for digitization tips and advice from like-minded people.
Brief background: NSF's Advancing Digitization of Biological Collections (ADBC) initiative is funding iDigBio to be the hub to serve the digitized collections from TCNs projects (networks of institutions organized around a theme). Sometimes the theme includes a research question. RDCNs ('Regional' Digitization Collections Networks (managed by Collections in Support of Biological Research (CSBR))) are like a TCN, but not so closely tied managerially to iDigBio and the TCNs.
References: Intro to iDigBio (from SPNHC 2013) https://www.idigbio.org/sites/default/files/workshop-presentations/spnhc2013/SPNHC_IntroToiDigBioJM.pdf
Anyone seeking information about ADBC, its grand challenges, or how to get involved in this funding stream should look on the NSF website for the solicitations:
- ADBC: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11567/nsf11567.htm
- CSBR: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11558/nsf11558.htm
ADBC Annual Report Info Sheet
Guidelines for Annual Reporting Requirements for Lead Proposal PIs and Collaborative Proposal PIs at iDigBio, TCN and PEN locations. ADBC Annual Report Info Sheet
TCN Lightning Round Progress Reports at Summit 3, November 2013
Each TCN gave a succinct digitization progress report: https://www.idigbio.org/content/idigbio-summit-iii-0
TCN Monthly Reports to iDigBio
TCNs at a Glance
Below is a table of TCN project information. RDCNs are added below for completeness since they work closely with thematic networks.
Note: the number of anticipated specimens and images to be digitized is approximate.
| TCN | Date | Contact with Email | Digitization Methodology | Software Interface to iDigBio | Organisms | # of Specimens/Images | # of Collaborators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| InvertNet (website) | 2011 - 2015 | Christopher Dietrich | robotic scanning of vials, slides and drawers, crowd-sourcing of label data from images | arthropods | 56.1M / .89M | 16 (1 PEN) (Map) | |
| Tri-trophic (TTD)
(website) |
2011 - 2015 | Katja Seltmann Toby Schuh (insects), Rob Naczi (plants) | imaging herbarium sheets with the Photo eBox Plus | Arthropod Easy Capture, Symbiota | insects (Hemiptera, Hymenoptera) and vascular plants | 1.6M (insects) 6.1M (plants) / 611,000 | 32 (Map) |
| Lichens & Bryophytes (LBCC) | 2011 - 2015 | Corinna Gries, Tom Nash, Ed Gilbert | label imaging, using OCR for data capture workflow | Symbiota | lichens & bryophytes | 2.3M / 2.3M | 76 (3 PENs) (Map) |
| New England Vascular Plants (NEVP)
(TCN website), (CNH website) |
2012 - 2016 | Patrick Sweeney | robotic scanning apparatus for herbarium sheets, specimen-by-specimen label data capture | Symbiota, EMu | vascular plants | 1.29M / 1.29M | 19 (Map) |
| PaleoNICHES | 2012 - 2015 | Bruce Lieberman | specimen-by-specimen label data capture | Specify | fossils: arthropods, brachiopods, echinoderms, and mollusks | 650K / 3600 | 8 (2 PENs) (Map) |
| MacroFungi Collection Consortium (MaCC) | 2012 - 2015 | Barbara Thiers | label imaging, crowd-sourcing of label data | Symbiota | macrofungi | 1.39M / 1.3M | 38 (Map) |
| Southwest Collections of Arthropods (SCAN)
(TCN website), (website) |
2012 - 2015 | Neil Cobb | Visionary Digital workflow, specimen-by-specimen label data capture, plus ~16K specimen image suites (~40K images) | Symbiota | ground dwelling arthropods | .73M / 15,125 | 16 (1 PEN) (Map) |
| Fossil Insect Collaborative (FIC)
(website) |
2013 - 2017 | Dena Smith | Visionary Digital workflow, most specimen data already captured | Specify, EMu and other (for home institutions) - developing the iDigPaleo Portal for our main interface. | fossil insects | 500k/200k | 7 (Map) |
| Vouchered Animal Communication Signals (VACS) | 2013 - 2017 | Michael Webster | digitizing analog sound recordings, imaging specimens & labels | birds, frogs, fish and insects | 58,374 / 22,939 | 7 (Map) | |
| Macroalgal Herbarium Consortium (MHC) (website) | 2013 - 2017 | Chris Neefus | imaging herbarium sheets with the Photo eBox Plus | Symbiota | macroalgae | 1.14M / 1.14M | 50 (Map) |
RDCNs at a Glance
| RDCN | Contact with Email | Methodology | Software | Organisms | # of Participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VertNet
(website) |
Dave Bloom | aggregator / facilitator | mammals, birds, fish, herps | 63 institutions, 179 collections: mammals (46), birds (47), fish (26), herps (44), paleo (8), tissue (4), special (4) (as of 12Aug2014) | |
| Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH)
(website) |
David Baxter | aggregator / facilitator | custom | vascular plants | 32 |
| Fishnet2 Collaborative Georeferencing | Hank Bart, Jr. | georeferencing | fish | ||
| Mississippi Herbaria Consortium (Magnolia grandiFLORA) | Lucile McCook | aggregator / facilitator | Silver Biology, Specify | plants | 8 |
| Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria
(website) |
Ben Legler | aggregator / facilitator | plants | 57 | |
| Texas Oklahoma Regional Consortia of Herbaria (TORCH)
(website) |
Wayne Elisens | aggregator / facilitator | plants | 9 |