Digital Data in Paleontological Research

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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