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SPNHC 2025 - May 27-31, 2025 - Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas
by Bentley, Andrew Charles 18 Nov '24

18 Nov '24

The University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum are pleased to host the 40th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) from May 27-31, 2025. We look forward to welcoming you to Lawrence, Kansas, USA. We are aware that these are not the originally advertised dates and that this now conflicts with the AIC meeting happening at the same time in Minneapolis but conflicts beyond our control relating to accommodations have necessitated the date shift. We hope that you will still join us. The conference website is now live at spnhc2025.ku.edu<http://www.spnhc2025.ku.edu> which contains preliminary information on Lawrence, transportation and travel options, and a tentative agenda for the meeting. This information will be updated with more details concerning accommodations, registration, abstract submission, and more become available. With the launch of the website, we have also opened the call for sessions, symposia and workshops<https://spnhc2025.ku.edu/symposia-sessions-workshops>. If you are interested in chairing or convening a session or symposium, please complete the Google form<https://forms.gle/oe3h1RbUDvcNoSCK8>. If you wish to run a workshop, please contact us. Confirmed sessions will be posted on the website in due course. Deadline for submissions is January 10. Additionally, applications for Travel Grants<https://spnhc2025.ku.edu/travel-grants> are now open. Please complete the applicable form for Fitzgerald or Christine Allen travel grants. Separate calls will go out shortly from the SPNHC Recognition and Grants Committee. Deadline for submissions is January 31. We will also be relying heavily on generous support from vendors and sponsors<https://spnhc2025.ku.edu/vendors-sponsors> to keep costs as low as possible. We will be approaching traditional and local vendors and sponsors for support but would be grateful for any leads the community may have for additional contacts. Many opportunities exist at various levels as outlined in the conference prospectus document available on request as a PDF. More details on accommodation options (both hotel and KU apartments), registration and abstract submission will be forthcoming soon. Please contact us with any questions or comments at spnhc2025(a)ku.edu<mailto:spnhc2025@ku.edu>. We look forward to seeing you in June 2025. Thanks Andrew Bentley On behalf of the Local Organizing Committee A : A : A : }<(((_°>.,.,.,.}<(((_°>.,.,.,.}<)))_°> V V V Andy Bentley Ichthyology Collection Manager University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute Dyche Hall 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561 USA Tel: (785) 864-3863<tel:%28785%29%20864-3863> Fax: (785) 864-5335<tel:%28785%29%20864-5335> Email: abentley(a)ku.edu<mailto:abentley@ku.edu> ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3093-1258 http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu<http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu/> A : A : A : }<(((_°>.,.,.,.}<(((_°>.,.,.,.}<)))_°> V V V

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Fw: Register for this Webinar to Learn About BCoN's BIOFAIR Data Network Project
by AGULLO VILLARONGA, JORDI 13 Nov '24

13 Nov '24

Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at 3:00 PM ET to discuss this

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Fw: Register for this Webinar to Learn About BCoN's BIOFAIR Data Network Project
by Bentley, Andrew Charles 12 Nov '24

12 Nov '24

BCoN Webinar: BIOFAIR Data Network Listening Sessions – A Summary Date: November 13, 2024 Time: 3:00-4:00 PM Eastern Registration link: https://burkinc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ji_RzxJDSPCob29SAH5CZA Intended audience: * Collections and curatorial professionals across natural history disciplines * Biodiversity researchers, students, and individuals working on or interested in issues of data sharing, management, and integration The Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN), in collaboration with the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), held a series of domain-focused virtual listening sessions over the summer to engage an expansive set of stakeholders toward Building an Integrated, Open, Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (BIOFAIR) Data Network. The sessions convened stakeholders from the federal agency<https://bcon.aibs.org/our-work/current/federal-agencies-session/>, genetic and genomic data<https://bcon.aibs.org/our-work/current/genetic-genomic-data-session/>, One Health<https://bcon.aibs.org/our-work/current/one-health-session/>, ecological data<https://bcon.aibs.org/our-work/current/ecological-data-session/>, climate and environmental data<https://bcon.aibs.org/our-work/current/climate-environmental-data-session/>, and biodiversity informatics<https://bcon.aibs.org/our-work/current/biodiversity-informatics-session/> communities with the goal of initiating a collaborative and accessible partnership towards an integrative and expanded data network. The final summary report<https://bcon.aibs.org/2024/10/09/summary-report-listening-sessions/> focusing on the areas of unity across the six virtual Listening Sessions is now available. The steering committee is holding a webinar on Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at 3:00 PM ET to discuss this report and to gather additional feedback to inform preparations for the upcoming interdisciplinary workshop (February 2025) to develop recommendations and create a roadmap towards a FAIR, open, and integrated data network. ___________________ Jyotsna Pandey, Ph.D. Director of Community Programs, American Institute of Biological Sciences Executive Director, Natural Science Collections Alliance This message is confidential and should only be read by its intended recipients. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender and delete all copies.

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Fwd: FW: ZooMu Network RCN Kickoff!
by Stan Blum 07 Nov '24

07 Nov '24

For US subscribers in particular, but all are welcome. Please excuse cross-posting. ---- The *Zoo-Museum Network (ZooMu)* is having a kickoff webinar in Dec! Please see info below. This is the 5-year, NSF-funded RCN to build a network of zoo and museum professionals. This webinar is our kickoff for the grant and are looking forward to hosting regular meetings moving forward, so please get in touch if you're interested in hearing more about ZooMu. Please join us. Take care, Greg Welcome to the ZooMu Network RCN Kickoff! The *Zoo Museum Network* is an NSF-funded project that seeks to build a lasting network of biological collections staff who are equipped to work across living collections in zoos and aquariums and preserved biological collections in natural history museums. We aim to open broad new opportunities for biological collections research by linking living and preserved collections, databases, and professionals. Join us for a kickoff webinar event to get the next 5 years of ZooMu RCN started. *Date:* Monday, December 9, 2024 *Time: *12pm PT; 3pm ET Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/zoomu-network-rcn-kickoff-tickets-106025631818… **************** Gregory J. Watkins-Colwell *Sr. Collection Manager, Herpetology and Ichthyology* *Division of Vertebrate Zoology* https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7789-9806 YALE PEABODY MUSEUM Main Office: 203-432-3791; West Campus: 203-737-7568; Fax 203-432-9277 Package shipping address: Greg Watkins-Colwell Division of Vertebrate Zoology YALE PEABODY MUSEUM 170–210 Whitney Avenue New Haven, CT 06511 USA 203-432-3791 ****************

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