SPNHC 2017 Biodiversity Informatics 101
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General Information
When: Sunday, June 18, 2017
Where: 2017 SPNHC Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado
Sponsored by: The Smithsonian, iDigBio, and SPNHC
Organizers Jennifer Strotman (Lead and Concept), Holly Little, Deborah Paul
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This wiki supports the SPNHC 2017 Biodiversity Informatics 101 Short Course, Denver, Colorado, 18 June, 2017.
The short course will provide an introduction to natural history biodiversity informatics. The course is designed for museum professionals that need a better understanding of the natural history informatics landscape or the resources available for digitizing and digitally sharing natural history collections data. Topics will cover the basics of natural history collection data and digital object lifecycle management, including digitally archiving and mobilizing collections data and participation in global initiatives. The course will be led by museum and informatics professionals with experience in natural history collections digitization and informatics.
Three themes of this course:
- All Sections include panel and open-discussion sessions for questions, generating new ideas, and developing professional networks. Those signing up may also be invited to share information and their specific expertise in a presentation.
- Theme 1: Data, Standards, and Resources. What is Natural History Biodiversity Informatics? Topics covered will include introductions to data standards, data sharing standards, specimen and collection object imaging, data mobilization, data and media management, data cleanup tools and methods, and best practices for these subjects.
- Theme 2: Who's who in Natural History Biodiversity Informatics? We will provide overviews for many of the projects, initiatives, and organizations currently involved in mobilizing collections data, see many examples here. Find out how you and your collections benefit from these initiatives. Learn how you can contribute your expertise and experience to them.
- Theme 3: Getting Involved: resources for learning more about and participating in Natural History Biodiversity Informatics. For example, find out how you might increase your biodiversity informatics skills and data literacy through a Data or Software Carpentry workshop. Investigate existing iDigBio and other community working groups. Get a SPNHC Demo Camp Preview. Learn how all this content helps you work with your collections’ informatics specialists. And, please come to help shape the 2018 SPNHC + TDWG joint meeting opportunities.
Participant Questionnaire
SPNHC 2017 Symposium - Biodiversity Informatics 101 - Agenda and Logistics
- Agenda (see schedule below)
- All Day Sunday 18 June, 2017. Start time: 8 am
- Remote participation: http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/ (to be decided)
- Link to iDigBio - Calendar Announcement (which needs to be created)
- Twitter: @iDigBio #SPNHC2017 and conveners: @iamlilh @idbdeb
General SPNHC 2017 Information
- SPNHC 2017 Program
- SPNHC at-a-glance meeting schedule
- SPNHC 2017 Conference Web Site
Symposium / Short Course Resources
- Questionnaire
- Google Drive Link
- Collection Management Software Test Drives!
- Arctos - see Erica Krimmel for a live demo
- eMu - see Holly Little for a live demo
- (link)
- Specify - see Gary Motz for a live demo of Specify 6, 7, and Insight (iPad)
- Symbiota - see Gary Motz for a live demo
- Vocabularies
- Participant List
- Blog post
- Open Refine
- Kurator
Short Course Outline
AGENDA in development
Sunday, 18 June 2017
| Time | Title | Presenter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 7:45 - 8:00 | Sign-in, Name tags, Wifi for SPNHC 2017 Biodiversity Informatics 101 | |
| 1 | 8:00 - 8:15 | Course Introduction: SPNHC 2017 Biodiversity Informatics 101 Themes 1,2,3 |
Holly Little, Deborah Paul, Jennifer Strotman |
| Theme 1: Collections Data, Standards, and Resources. What is Natural History Biodiversity Informatics? | |||
| 2 | 8:15 - 8:30 | Encouraging the Proliferation of Digital Data | Gil Nelson |
| 3 | 8:30 - 8:45 | Databases, Best Practices, and Guidelines: on-the-ground to policy | Erica Krimmel, Gary Motz |
| 4 | 8:45 - 8:55 | Collections Imaging and Resources | Holly Little, Laurence Livermore |
| 5 | 8:55 - 9:10 | Digital Curation - DAMS, Digital Preservation, Digital Lifecycle Management | Rebecca Snyder |
| 6 | 9:10 - 9:30 | Panel and Open Discussion Q & A | All presenters and participants |
| 9:30 - 10:00 | BREAK | ||
| Theme 1: continued | |||
| 7 | 10:00 - 10:05 | Framing the Conversation for Theme 1: part II | |
| 8 | 10:05 - 10:25 | Standards and Data Mobilization Once the data is out, then what? Feedback, Action, Data Use/Citation/Tracking |
Holly Little, Laurence Livermore |
| 9 | 10:25 - 10:40 | Data Enhancement / Curation: Field to Database | Rick Levy |
| 10 | 10:40 - 10:55 | Data Enhancement / Curation: Georeferencing | Crystal Maier |
| 11 | 10:55 - 11:10 | Data Enhancement / Curation: Focus on Transcription Centers | Laurence Livermore |
| 12 | 11:10 - 11:30 | Data Enhancement / Curation: Data Cleaning, Automation / Scripting / APIs, Open Refine, Kurator | John Wieczorek |
| 13 | 11:30 - 12:00 | Panel and Open Discussion Q & A; Lunch Homework | All presenters and participants |
| 12:00 - 1:00 | LUNCH | ||
| Theme 2: Who's who or Who's that? in Natural History Biodiversity Informatics? Making Connections | |||
| 14 | 1:00 - 1:15 | Alphabet Soup & Advocacy | Deborah Paul, Shelley James |
| 15 | 1:15 - 1:25 | Joining Paleontological and Neontological biodiversity data PBDB, ePANDDA - Making Connections - No Silos |
Gil Nelson, Talia Karim |
| 16 | 1:25 - 1:35 | Focus on Entomological biodiversity data and collections ECN, EntSoc, InvertNet, ECN liaison with SPNHC |
Dan Young, Craig Brabant |
| 17 | 1:35 - 1:50 | View from the EU: SYNTHESYS3, CETAF, NatSCA, GCG, DiSSCo |
Elspeth Haston, Laurence Livermore |
| 18 | 1:50 - 2:00 | What's up down-under? | Shelley James, Nicole Fisher |
| 19 | 2:00 - 2:10 | Expanding NHC Stakeholders: CCBER - Ecology and Collections Together | Gregory Wahlert |
| 20 | 2:10 - 2:20 | 2-minute Stand Ups | |
| 21 | 2:20 - 2:30 | Open TBD | |
| 22 | 2:30 - 3:00 | Panel and Open Discussion Q & A | All presenters and participants |
| 3:00 - 3:30 | BREAK | ||
| Theme 3: Getting Involved: resources for learning more about and participating in Natural History Biodiversity Informatics | |||
| 23 | 3:30 - 3:40 | Biodiversity Data Skills and Literacy, What's Needed, Who's working on this? One example: Data and Software Carpentry | Deborah Paul |
| 24 | 3:40 - 3:50 | Darwin Core Hour and Introducing Git Hub | Gary Motz |
| 25 | 3:50 - 4:00 | Innovative Uses of Collections Data (ANSP Demo Camp, Randy Singer, ) | Shelley James |
| 26 | 4:00 - 4:10 | DEMO Camp Preview, Working Groups, Get Involved | Talia Karim |
| 27 | 4:10 - 5:00 | TDWG - SPNHC 2018 Joint Meeting; Minute Cards; Panel and Open Discussion; Wrap up; Survey | All presenters and participants |