OBFS Field Station Digitization

This wiki supports the joint iDigBio/OBFS Field Station Digitization workshop held at the OBFS annual meeting, 16 September 2015, at Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory.

Workshop Documentation

• Workshop announcement
• Agenda

Workshop Presentations

• Introduction to iDigBio, Gil Nelson, iDigBio
• Challenges and emerging solutions to building scientific contributions based on digitization of pollinator/host ("flower visitor") collection data, Hilary Swain, Archbold Biological Station
• Using collections data for research and education, Rick Williams, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
• How digitization will help your field station's outreach program, Molly Phillips, iDigBio Education and Outreach Coordinator
• Establishing a field station digitization  program: the Sagehen experience
• Engaging citizen scientists through digitized collections, Faerthen Felix,  Sagehen Creek Field Station
• Collections funding available through NSF, Roland Roberts, NSF CSBR and ADBC
• Field Station Collection Digitization Workflow, Misha Leong, California Academy of Sciences
  • Field Station Digitization Workflow handout
• Free, open source database options and  decisions (including Specify & Symbiota), Gil Nelson, iDigBio
• Guided discussion: Summarizing the grand challenges confronting field stations and how digitization might influence overcoming these despite limited resources, David Jennings, iDigBio

Workflow Resources

• CalBug Workflows
• iDigBio Workflows at iDigBio
• iDigBio in Word format for download at GitHub

Imaging Resources

• Imaging Equipment Recommendations (shopping list)

Planning Team

• Jeff Brown (Sagehen)
• Kevin Browne (University of California Natural Reserve System)
• Faerthen Felix (Sagehen)
• Becca Fenwick (Yosemite)
• Erica Krimmel (Chicago Academy of Sciences)
• Gil Nelson (iDigBio/Florida State University)
• Hilary Swain (Archbold)
• Rick Williams (Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory)