NAPC Symposium Celebrating Public Participation in Paleontology

Worshop Agenda

• Workshop Agenda

Presentations

• • Egg Mountain paleontological field station: Integrating science and educational outreach
  • Partnering for posterity: Community collaboration in the furtherance of collections-based paleontology at Cincinnati Museum Center
  • Using a volunteer army to help a small museum collect large vertebrate specimens
  • Engagement with the public and avocational paleontologists at the Calvert Marine Museum
  • Partners in Paleontology: Successful synergies and collaborations between amateurs and professionals, illustrated by the University of Iowa Paleontology Repository, the Mid America Paleontology Society, and the Black Hawk Gem and Mineral Society
  • Avocational paleontologists and volunteers: Critical partners with the Non-vertebrate Paleontology collections at UT Austin
  • The Dallas Paleontological Society's contributions to public participation in paleontology
  • The purpose and function of fossil clubs: A personal perspective
  • Where are the women and minority fossil collectors? A study of the development and characteristics of science hobbyists
  • Public participation and collaboration in Colorado paleontology
  • e Paleo Quest: Accelerating science literacy, paleontological discoveries and museum collections through citizen science, outreach and novel field recovery methods
  • Stonerose Interpretive Center and Eocene Fossil Site: an integrative model at the crossroads of research, public outreach and community involvement
  • Mineral Wells Fossil Park
  • The New Mexico friends of paleontology: A volunteer group committed to the advancement of paleontology in New Mexico
  • Engaging professionals and the public: Outreach efforts of the friends of the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology
  • SharkFinder: Advancing the understanding of evolution and diversity of prehistoric elasmobranches (sharks, skates and rays) through an innovative citizen science program
  • Participation of K-12 teachers and students in paleontology: Factors impacting effectiveness and sustainability
  • Digitizing paleontological collections for new audiences: Past practices and the potential for public participation
  • FOSSIL—A national network of fossil clubs and professional paleontologists in the U.S.