Small Collections

This wiki supports the Recruiting, Supporting, and Retaining Small Collections in Biodiversity Digitization Workshop to be held at Central Michigan University, 7-10 April 2014.

Agenda and Logistics

• Draft Agenda
• Attendee List
• Workshop Logistics

Collaborative Notes Documents

• Collaborative Notes document

PowerPoints and Presentations

TUESDAY, 8 APRIL 2014

• Introduction to CollectionsWeb (Karen Powers)
• Introduction to iDigBio (Gil Nelson)

Lightning rounds: Challenges to small collections recruitment and retention

• Challenges to small collections recruitment and retention (Richard Carter)
• Bite-sized digi-projects (Tiffany Adrain)
• Challenges and Successes at the University of Iowa (Cindy Opitz)
• Biological Field/Research Stations (Gil Nelson)

Ligntening rounds: Challenges for large collections reaching out to small collections

• Michigan Small Herbarium Initiative (Rich Rabeler)
• California Consortium of Herbaria (Lucinda McDade)
• TORCH (Wayne Elisens)

WEDNESDAY, 9 APRIL 2014
Alternative funding discoveries

• Alternative funding discoveries (Richard Carter)
• Finding Funding for Specimen Digitization (Laurie Hannah)

What are students learning in collections? - Lightning rounds

• Herbaria as Microcosms of Science(Abigail Hollingsworth)
• Mentorship (Erica Krimmel

• Broadening Diversity in the Biological Sciences: The Role of Small Collections (Gil Nelson & Gabriella Hogue)

Remote Participation Link

• Participate remotely via AdobeConnect