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These resources are an at-a-glance introduction to existing Thematic Collection Networks (TCNs), including a volunteer contact and their email for each project, and some rudimentary information about the organisms in their proposal. This information hopes to be an aid to anyone writing a proposal, or who has recently received funding and is looking for tips and advice.
TCN Lightening 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
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.
| TCN | Date | Contact with Email | Digitization Methodology | Workflow | Software | Organisms | # of Specimens/Images | # of Collaborators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| InvertNet | 2011 | Christopher Dietrich | robotic scanning of vials, slides and drawers, crowd-sourcing of label data from images | arthropods | 14 (1 PEN) | |||
| Tri-trophic (TTD) | 2011 | Katja Seltmann (insects), Barbara Thiers (plants) | imaging herbarium sheets with the eBioBox | Arthropod Easy Capture, Symbiota | insects (Hemiptera, Hymenoptera) and vascular plants | 30 | ||
| Lichens & Bryophytes (LBCC) | 2011 | Corinna Gries, Tom Nash, Ed Gilbert | label imaging, using OCR for data capture | Symbiota | lichens & bryophytes | 73 (3 PENs) | ||
| New England Vascular Plants (NEVP) | 2012 | Patrick Sweeney | robotic scanning apparatus for herbarium sheets | Symbiota, EMu | vascular plants | 18 | ||
| PaleoNICHES | 2012 | Bruce Lieberman | specimen-by-specimen label data capture | Specify | fossils | 8 (2 PENs) | ||
| MacroFungi Collection Consortium (MaCC) | 2012 | Barbara Thiers | label imaging, crowd-sourcing of label data | Symbiota | macrofungi | 34 | ||
| Southwest Collections of Arthropods (SCAN) | 2012 | Neil Cobb | visionary digital workflow, specimen-by-specimen label data capture | Symbiota | ground dwelling arthropods | 15 (1 PEN) | ||
| Fossil Insect Collaborative (FIC) | 2013 | Dena Smith | unknown | fossil insects | 7 | |||
| Vouchered Animal Communication Signals | 2013 | Michael Webster | digitizing analog sound recordings, imaging specimens & labels | birds, frogs, fish and insects | 7 | |||
| Macroalgal Herbarium Consortium (MHC) | 2013 | Chris Neefus | imaging herbarium sheets with the eBioBox | macroalgae | 1,143,072/1,143,072 | 49 |
RDCNs at a Glance
| RDCN | Contact with Email | Methodology | Organisms | # of Collections |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VertNet | Dave Bloom | aggregator / facilitator | mammals, birds, fish, herps | mammals (), birds (), fish (12), herps (64) |
| Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH) | Dave Baxter | aggregator / facilitator | plants | |
| Fishnet2 Collaborative Georeferencing | Hank Bart, Jr. | georeferencing | fish | |
| Mississippi Herbaria Consortium (Magnolia grandiFLORA) | Lucile McCook | aggregator / facilitator | plants | |
| Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria | Ben Legler | aggregator / facilitator | plants | |
| Texas Oklahoma Regional Consortia of Herbaria (TORCH) | Wayne Elisens | aggregator / facilitator | plants |