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Biodiversity Digitation Conference Lightning Rounds: Register Now
by Nelson,Gil 05 Aug '22

05 Aug '22

We are pleased to announce a sampling of the lightning rounds to be offered at BioDigiCon. Remember, registration is free, and all events will be pre-recorded or recorded live for asynchronous viewing to suit your time zone or schedule. Registration is free but required. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2022-biodigicon-tickets-367104919697<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.eventbrite.com_e_2…> Lightning Rounds: Up to 30 rounds will be offered. Here is a sampling: A set of four rounds focusing on comparing popular collections management systems (CMS) for folks deciding which CMS to adopt, determining whether to switch from a custom CMS, adopt a new CMS, or just to learn more of these options. Talks will be followed by a 10-minute Q&A. Included are: * Arctos, with Emily Braker, University of Colorado * Emu, with Larry Gall, Yale University * Specify, with Randy Singer, University of Michigan * Symbiota, with Katie Pearson, California Polytechnic State University A set of five rounds focusing on digitization activities at the U.S. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian. * Coordinating digitization at NMNH, Sylvia Orli * A completely digitized collection – what does digitization maintenance look like for NMNH botany, Sylvia Orli * Digitizing the Odonata, Torsten Dikow * Creating an Informatics and Data Science Center, Rebecca Snyder * New generation digitization of specimens in situ, Holly Little Individual lightning rounds will include: * Extending the model for digitized data, Ely Wallis * Software-based capture of 2D barcodes on duplicate herbarium sheets during digitization & subsequent data discovery via GBIF, including a sample script to adapt and reuse, David Shorthouse & Shannon Asencio, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada / Government of Canada * Digitization as art, Zach Randall, Florida Museum of Natural History * Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI), Jorrit Poelen, Cheadle Center for Biodiversity & Ecological Restoration * A workflow for cleaning Notes from Nature data transcriptions, Peter Oboyski, Essig Museum * Digitizing the CSIRO Collections, Australia, Nicole Fisher, CSIRO * An open, continuously updated Fern Tree of Life, Joel Nitta, University of Tokyo * 10 minute Q&A with U.S. National Science Foundation representatives, Steve Ellis * MorphoBank, Brooke Long-Fox * [https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/ob3hAcrMNxtR4nN6wVJx-9ZBN9V0JkjX0eeslXshB…]

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by Christy Semmens 20 Jul '22

20 Jul '22

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Digitisation Data Lead / Consultant
by Pip Brewer 14 Jul '22

14 Jul '22

We are seeking project support (a Data Lead or Data Consultant) to help develop and deploy our IT infrastructure for the Danish Natural History specimen digitization program (DaSSCo). This can be in the form of an official collaboration, consultancy or direct employment on a part-time or full-time basis of limited duration (at least initially). We are also open to solutions which blend off-site working and face-to-face meetings. Our main priority is finding someone who has the skills we need and can integrate easily into the existing team. Our initial needs are focused on: * Implementation of the data architecture needed for the DaSSCo digitization program * Implementation of middleware which stores image metadata and controls access to images * Designing and facilitating implementation of a specimen data refinery * Recommendations on and help to implement solutions for associating Persistent Identifiers with digital data * Documentation of all processes and decisions * Liaison and effective communication with the project team and other stakeholders The aim of DaSSCo is to digitize all natural history specimens in Denmark through a co-ordinated effort. The first 5 years of this long-term program are being financed by the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science, where the focus is to set up the infrastructure and workflows and to start mass digitization efforts. The program officially started on 1st September 2021 and we will be commencing digitization itself at the start of 2023. As the program is already underway, we are looking for the Data Lead or Data Consultant to start as soon as possible. You should have experience with software development and programming, preferably in Python, and you should be a proficient Linux / Unix users, preferably with experience with administration of such systems. We would love to chat further if you or someone from your team, has the relevant skills and experience and would be interested in working with us. You can contact the DaSSCo team directly by emailing Pip Brewer (pip.brewer(a)snm.ku.dk<mailto:pip.brewer@snm.ku.dk>) and Kim Steenstrup Pedersen (kimstp(a)di.ku.dk<mailto:kimstp@di.ku.dk>). Pip Brewer DaSSCo Project Leader University of Copenhagen Natural History Museum of Denmark Digital Collections København K DIR +45 35 33 42 41 pip.brewer(a)snm.ku.dk<mailto:pip.brewer@snm.ku.dk> [Logo for Københavns Universitet] How we protect personal data<https://informationssikkerhed.ku.dk/english/protection-of-information-priva…>

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Reminder: DublinCore Webinar Registration
by DCMI Announce 24 May '22

24 May '22

This is a reminder to register for the upcoming Dublincore webinar. Registration for DCMI webinars is free with the discount code “DCMI25”. Registered participants can access the recording after the completion of the webinar. Webinar Title: Centering Relationality in Indigenous Knowledge Organization Presenter: Sandy Littletree Time: 12:00 eastern on Thursday May 26 Registration Link and details : https://www.dublincore.org/webinars/2022/05-26_centering-relationality-in-i… Abstract: Relationality, or the acknowledgement that we all exist in relationship to each other, is at the core of understanding Indigenous perspectives in the library and information science (LIS) field. In this talk, Dr. Littletree will discuss a conceptual framework that centers on the concept of relationality, a framework that can be used to understand Indigenous systems of knowledge in the LIS context. Littletree’s work contributes to the body of research that documents what Indigenous librarians, archivists, and technologists are doing to make spaces for Indigenous perspectives at the practical, conceptual, and theoretical levels. Understanding Indigenous systems of knowledge as an intellectual construct may inform better practices for knowledge organization for Indigenous cultural heritage. Registration for DCMI webinars is free with the discount code “DCMI25”. About the presenter: Sandy Littletree is an Assistant Teaching Professor at the University of Washington’s Information School. She is Eastern Shoshone and is a citizen of the Navajo Nation (Diné). A member of the research group known as iNative and part of the Native North American Indigenous Knowledge (NNAIK) initiative at the UW iSchool, her research interests lie at the intersections of Indigenous systems of knowledge and librarianship. Littletree is an elected-member of the IFLA Indigenous Matters Standing Committee and sits on several national and international advisory boards focused on Indigenous librarianship. She is a past president of the American Indian Library Association (AILA), and she was program manager of the Knowledge River Program at the University of Arizona where she focused on recruiting and retaining Native American and Latino MLIS students.

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DC-2022 CFP - Deadline extended to May 9, 2022
by DCMI Announce 25 Apr '22

25 Apr '22

DC-2022: Metadata Innovation: Inclusivity, Intelligence, and Interoperability Call for Participation Venue: University of Washington, Seattle, USA Mode: Virtual and (pandemic permitting) in-person In-Person date: October 3rd - October 5th Virtual date: October 3rd - October 14th Website: https://www.dublincore.org/conferences/2022/ Deadline extended to May 9, 2022 The Dublin Core™ community has been a fertile ground for researchers, educators, practitioners and developers to exchange and share ideas, knowledge, experience, and innovative projects on metadata for more than two decades. This year the DC-2022 conference expands its themes to the whole spectrum of innovation in metadata design, implementation & best practices, with a special focus on challenges and opportunities in the data-intensive and diverse world. Two years into the pandemic, the changes and rising needs for information justice and equity prompted the metadata community to reexamine how the metadata community address the biases and prejudice existed in the metadata tools and practices. Creating just, equitable representation of data and information resources and entities plays a significant role in promoting diversity and inclusion. These social and cultural changes coupled with the data-intensive, data-dependent, and data-driven environment demand metadata to be innovative, intelligent, interoperable, sharable, and reusable. Metadata as one of the underpinning dimensions for the digital data era has never been more critical than today. Fashionable fields such as linked (open) data, research data, artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital humanities and open science are dependent upon quality metadata to operate and perform effectively. Besides supporting information and data management, discovery, sharing, conservation, and reuse, metadata has become an invaluable source for analytics and knowledge discovery and make information more accessible for diverse communities. The parallel growth of data and metadata offers new challenges and opportunities for the metadata community to rethink and reposition metadata research and practice in order to stay ahead of the next wave of developments in data-driven environments and diverse cultures. Since the late 1990s, the Dublin Core™ conference has been a major venue for discussions on where innovation opportunities for metadata might lie and where existing good practices may be consolidated. The conferences have drawn participants not only from universities, research institutions and LAMs (libraries, archives, and museums), but also from corporations and government agencies. Continuing the legacy of the Dublin Core™ conferences from the last two decades, the DC-2022 conference seeks inspirational submissions on developments of innovative tools, practices, and solutions, while addressing theoretical, analytical, and empirical aspects of metadata. Submissions in form of papers, reports, posters, panels, tutorials, workshops and demonstrations are welcome in the following broad categories of metadata design, deployment and best practices: Metadata principles, guidelines, and best practices Curation, governance, and sustainability Conceptual models and frameworks Entity management Lessons from implementation Interoperability and harmonization Metadata quality and validation Metadata and diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) Metadata for research data Metadata analytics, AI, and knowledge graph Metadata in digital humanities. For more details about submission, please visit the conference website: https://www.dublincore.org/conferences/2022/cfp/ DC-2022: Deadlines Papers (long and short): May 9 Posters, Panels, Student forum: May 31st Tutorials: by invitation Best Practices: by invitation Invited Talks: by invitation Keynotes: by invitation Jian Qin DC-2022 Conference Program Chair

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Final reminder - Webinar - Applying FAIR Principles to Ontologies (DCMI)
by DCMI Announce 06 Apr '22

06 Apr '22

This is a final reminder for the registration. This webinar is scheduled for April 7, 2022, at 16:00 UTC and is free for DCMI members. (convert this time to your local timezone here - https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=DCMI+Webinar+-+Ap…) This Webinar will be hosted by ASIS&T. Registration for DCMI webinars is currently free, but you will need to use the discount code '*dcmi25*' when you register. Register Here - https://associationforinformationscienceandtechnologyasist.growthzoneapp.co… This webinar addresses ontologies for the semantic web and how FAIR principles could be applied to ontologies. This includes metadata best practices and registries to publish the ontologies as Linked Open Vocabularies. Objectives are: To become familiar with ontologies for the semantic web and linked data principles; To become familiar with FAIR principles; To understand how FAIR principles could be applied to ontologies. Speaker: Dr. María Poveda-Villalón, associate professor, Artificial Intelligence Department of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Find more on https://www.dublincore.org/news/2022/04-06_webinar-applying-fair-principles…. <https://www.dublincore.org/news/2022/04-06_webinar-applying-fair-principles…>

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by Christy Semmens 20 Mar '22

20 Mar '22

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DC-2022 Conference - Call for Participation
by DCMI Announce 18 Mar '22

18 Mar '22

DC-2022 Conference: Metadata Innovation Call for Participation https://www.dublincore.org/conferences/2022/cfp/ ------------------------ Venue: University of Washington, Seattle, USA Mode: Virtual and (pandemic permitting) in-person In-Person date: 2022 October 3rd to October 5th Virtual date: 2022 October 3rd to October 14th ------------------------ For more than two decades, the Dublin Core community has been a fertile ground for researchers, educators, practitioners and developers to exchange and share ideas, knowledge, experience, and innovative projects on metadata for more than two decades. The DC-2022 conference is expanding its scope to the whole spectrum of innovation in metadata design, implementation and best practices, with a special focus on challenges and opportunities in a diverse and data-intensive world. Two years into the pandemic, rising needs for information justice and equity are pushing the metadata community to reexamine and address biases and prejudices in metadata tools and practices in order to make information more accessible to diverse communities. Today's data-intensive, data-dependent, and data-driven environment requires metadata that is intelligent, interoperable, sharable, and reusable. Metadata has never been more crucial than today. Trending fields such as Linked Open Data, research data, artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital humanities and open science depend on high-quality metadata. The parallel growth of data and metadata challenges the metadata community to rethink its research and practices in order to stay ahead of emerging trends. The Dublin Core conference is a venue for discussing "innovative practice" - new solutions to practical problems. It draws participants from universities, research institutions and LAMs (libraries, archives, museums), but also from corporations and government agencies. The organizers of DC-2022 seeks inspirational submissions on innovative tools, practices or solutions while addressing theoretical, analytical, and empirical aspects of metadata. Submissions in form of papers, reports, posters, panels, tutorials, workshops and demonstrations are welcome in the following broad categories of metadata design, deployment and best practices: - Metadata principles, guidelines, and best practices - Curation, governance, and sustainability - Conceptual models and frameworks - Entity management - Lessons from implementation - Interoperability and harmonization - Metadata quality and validation - Metadata and diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) - Metadata for research data - Metadata analytics, AI, and knowledge graph - Metadata in digital humanities. # DC-2022 and the pandemic ------------------------ After two years of pandemic conditions and two all-virtual conferences, many of us look forward to the day when we again can meet in person, so we are exploring options for meeting in early October face-to-face, possibly in North America. The feasibility of doing so may remain unclear for many more months. We are therefore planning that the event will, by default, again be held virtually. If it becomes possible to hold a face-to-face meeting, attendees and presenters will have the option to attend either in person or online. # Submission Guidelines ------------------------ - At least one author of an accepted submission must be available to present the work, at a minimum online and possibly, as an option, in person. - Submissions must follow the guidelines for one of the categories enumerated below. - All submissions must be in English. - All submissions must be made via the Submission System, (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dc2022) which will open in late March. - Submissions must be made using Open Office (.odf) or Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx), for which templates are available. - A template for papers in Latex may also be made available. # Formatting Guidelines ------------------------ - Page size: ISO A4 (8.27 in x 11.69 in / 21 cm x 29.69 cm) - Top and bottom margins: 1.18 in / 3 cm - Left margin: 1.14 in / 2.9 cm - Right margin: 1.13 in / 2.87 cm - Header from top: .5 in /1.27 cm # Submission categories ------------------------ ## Peer-reviewed papers ------------------------ Peer-reviewed papers will be published online in the conference proceedings and will be available before the start of the conference. The papers are indexed by DBLP and Google Scholar. ## Full papers ------------------------ Full papers either describe innovative work in detail or provide critical, well-referenced overviews of key developments or good practices. - Session time allotted: 20 minutes (typically 15 minutes presentation with 5 minutes for questions) - Paper and presentation slides will be included in online Proceedings - 8-10 pages ## Short papers ------------------------ Short papers are narrower in scope than full papers and may be either a description of work in progress, or a project report that concisely describes a specific model, application, or activity. - Session time allotted: 15 minutes (typically 10 minutes presentation with 5 minutes for questions) - Paper & presentation slides included in online Proceedings - 4-5 pages ## Posters ------------------------ Posters are for the presentation of projects, research under development or late-breaking results. - Abstract and poster slide image will be included in the online Proceedings - 2-3 page abstract # Panels Panel sessions are organized by experts in a specific area of metadata. Each panel serves as a focused exchange regarding the latest research and/or best practice in the area. - Session time allotted: 90 minutes - 1-2 page abstract with panelist bios of 100-150 words each - Abstracts and bios will be included in the online Proceedings ## Tutorials ------------------------ Tutorials introduce specific topics of current interest in metadata practice, optionally including hands-on practice. Proposals for tutorials must include: - Title of tutorial and topic to be covered (2-3 paragraphs) - Target audience: beginners, intermediate users, or experts - Tutorial style: lecture, demonstration, hands-on practice, software installation... - Any prior knowledge required (eg, RDF, programming languages) - Whether participants must (or should) bring laptops or install software beforehand - Length of tutorial: 1 - 1.5 hours - Presenter bios (100-150 words each) ## Student Forum ------------------------ The DCMI Student Forum aims at providing an opportunity to masters' and doctoral students to share their experiences and exchange ideas of best practices, research in progress, and findings in areas related to metadata innovation. # Submission Deadlines ------------------------ - Papers (long and short): 2022 May 2nd - Posters, Panels, Student forum: 2022 May 31st

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DCMI Webinar, February 10, Natural history data curation
by DCMI Announce 19 Jan '22

19 Jan '22

This webinar is scheduled for February 10, 2022, 16:00 UTCC and is free (but registration is required). ** About the webinar* Natural history collections constitute an important and complex knowledge infrastructure. The heterogeneous data in these collections include specimens, genomes, field notes, ecological monitoring data, and more -- all of which have huge potential for reuse in biodiversity, medicine, climate science, agriculture, and many other domains. However, facilitating this integrative reuse requires first maintaining the fragile infrastructures used to store and share these data, and second, novel approaches to migrating data from legacy (and often analog) formats into datasets that are more fit-for-use. In this webinar, Dr. Thomer will discuss findings from two projects tackling natural history data curation: one focusing on the maintenance and migration of natural history databases, and another on the digitization and mobilization of historical data. The webinar will be of interest to those working with similar collections, as well as those interested in the maintenance of knowledge organization, knowledge infrastructures and the integrative reuse of scientific data. This webinar is hosted by the DCMI Education Committee and will be moderated by Dr. Karen Wickett. ** About the speaker* Dr. Andrea Thomer is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan School of Information. She conducts interdisciplinary research on scientific data curation and on the maintenance and evolution of knowledge infrastructures. She is especially interested in database curation, integrative data reuse, and the collaborative use and curation of natural science data. Dr. Thomer earned her doctorate at the School of Information at the University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign in 2017. Prior to her graduate work, she was an excavator and ad hoc data curator at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, California. *Register (free) at* https://www.dublincore.org/news/2022/10-08_webinar-natural-history-data-cur…

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Two job openings at the Natural History Museum of Denmark (part of the University of Copenhagen)
by Pip Brewer 11 Jan '22

11 Jan '22

Hello! The Natural History Museum of Denmark is currently advertising for a: * Technical Team Leader / Digitisation Lab Manager, and a * Data Manager with IT background to be part of our Digital Collections Team working on the DaSSCo programme. DaSSCo aims to digitise all of Denmark's natural history collections and make them publicly available. We have funding until 31/08/2026 to kick start this ambitious programme, focussing on establishing the infrastructure and commence digitisation efforts. Deadline for applications is 4th February 2022. Full details can be found via the following links Technical Team Leader https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx/?cid=1307&departmentI…<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcandidate…> Data Manager https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx/?cid=1307&departmentI…<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcandidate…> Please share this message with colleagues, students, your networks, on newsletters, job boards, carrier pigeons etc! Many best wishes, Pip -- Pip Brewer DaSSCo Project Leader Natural History Museum of Denmark (NHMD) University of Copenhagen Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark pip.brewer(a)snm.ku.dk<mailto:pip.brewer@snm.ku.dk>

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