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Please join us tomorrow to learn about what happens to museum specimen data when it is shared with a data aggregator.

Title: Darwin Core Hour: GBIF and iDigBio present the Aggregator's Viewpoint Part ONE: GBIF: free and open access to global biodiversity data Part TWO: iDigBio - aggregating and enhancing vouchered global biocollections data

When: Tuesday, August 15th, 10 AM EDT, 9AM CDT, 4 PM CEST Where: https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/room

DETAILS: https://www.idigbio.org/content/darwin-core-hour-aggregators-viewpoint-gbif-... **NOTE: this DwC Hour could potentially go slightly over its scheduled hour.**

Abstract. In this next Darwin Core Hour Series, we shift to the viewpoint of large biodiversity data aggregators. In this session, we welcome GBIF and iDigBio. GBIF aggregates the world's biodiversity data from observations to checklists to biological specimen data. iDigBio aggregates vouchered specimen data with related media, genetic information and trait data. The Darwin Core Standard plays a key role in the standardization of biodiversity data and in the design and implementation of strategies to improve data quality. Many people wonder what happens to their data after they provide it to an aggregator. Find out the answers to such questions as: what does the aggregator do to assess fitness of the data?, what are the most common data issues seen?, what does the aggregator do to data to make it easier to find when searching an aggregator database?, and how does sharing data with an aggregator benefit me as a collection manager/curator/researcher/data scientist?

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Brought to you by the Darwin Core Hour Team - Connecting Biodiversity Data Communities Deb Paul, et al

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