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18 Apr '18

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4/24 DwC Hour Webinar "The Problem of Time: Dealing with Paleontological and Zooarchaeological Specimens in Darwin Core!
by Erica Krimmel 17 Apr '18

17 Apr '18

Darwin Core (DwC) Hour #13 is almost here: *The Problem of Time: Dealing with Paleontological and Zooarchaeological Specimens in Darwin Core <https://www.idigbio.org/content/darwin-core-hour-problem-time-dealing-paleo…>!* *When*: *Tuesday, 24 April 2018* *Time*: *1pm Eastern / 5pm UTC* *Where*: https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/room The temporality of specimens is a quintessential piece of information that undeniably adds research value. Part of what makes specimens so invaluable is the fact that they represent life in a certain form at a particular place and time. However, there are some complications when it comes to reporting and comparing collection dates and the ages or chronology of ‘modern’ specimens to those from paleontological or zooarchaeological relevant time frames. This Darwin Core Hour aims to take a deeper look at some of these complexities, to begin community discussions of how these important data should be portrayed in Darwin Core, and to provide a starting point for these discussions by introducing the Chronometric extension for Darwin Core that is currently under development. However, there are some complications when it comes to reporting the collecting dates versus the ages or chronology of ‘modern’, paleontological, and zooarchaeological specimens, as well as making meaningful comparisons across represented time frames (e.g., modern, archaeological, paleontological). *Presenter*: Laura Brenskelle, University of Florida/Florida Museum of Natural History Please bring or submit questions for open discussions in each webinar: https://tinyurl.com/zja2muz EXTRAS: - Explore the Darwin Core Questions & Answers wiki: https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki <https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki> - See which of your questions have been asked and answered so far: https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/issues <https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/issues> - Submit your question / volunteer (yourself or someone) to do a webinar on a DwC topic: https://tinyurl.com/zja2muz - See what terms DwC recommends using a controlled vocabulary for: https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki/Controlled-Vocabularies <https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki/Controlled-Vocabularies> - Compare the above to what's actually inside some of the DwC fields that suggest using a controlled vocabulary (data from GBIF, iDigBio, VertNet, and soon ALA): https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/tree/master/data Happy Darwin Core and Data Quality, and hope to see you soon! - Erica Krimmel, et al from the* iDigBio Data Mgmt Interest Group *and the *Darwin Core Hour Team* *(please kindly excuse cross-postings!)DwC Hour is a regular webinar series brought to you by the iDigBio Data Management Interest Group (DMI). We welcome input for this series from everyone worldwide. We use Adobe Connect for our webinars. See https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Web_Conferencing <https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Web_Conferencing> for hints on best experience (hint: use headsets!)*

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DCMI 2018 conference, Porto, September 10-13, 2018
by DCMI Announce 17 Apr '18

17 Apr '18

(apologies for cross-posting) Are you doing interesting work or research with metadata? Whether you are engaged in cutting-edge innovation, working to refine good practice, or teaching (or learning!) about metadata technologies, then the Dublin Core annual conference and workshop is the place to be. This year we will be hosted by the University of Porto in Portugal (September 10th - 13th, 2018), and our conference will be co-located with the TPDL 2018 conference (delegates will be able to register just once and have full access to both conferences). We already have some great sessions lined up, and a superb line-up of keynote speakers [^1]. The DCMI community includes a broad range of people, including academics, developers and technicians and practitioners of all kinds. The conference reflects this, and we welcome submissions of all kinds, academic (peer-reviewed) and non-academic including: Peer-reviewed content: - papers - project reports - posters Other (non-peer-reviewed) content: - presentations - special sessions (e.g. panels, mini-workshops, moderated discussions etc.) - tutorials - workshops The deadline for submissions for the DCMI 2018 is fast approaching (May 7th), so get your proposals in soon! Full details for submission: http://bit.ly/dcmi2018-cfp Information about the conference (speakers, venue, location etc.): http://dublincore.org/conference/2018/ If you have any questions about this, please contact me at: paul(a)paulwalk.net We hope to see you in wonderful Porto in September! Paul Walk DCMI Managing Director [^1]: http://dublincore.org/conference/2018/keynotes/

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TDWG2018 symposium on integrating data & phylogenies
by Guanyang Zhang 06 Mar '18

06 Mar '18

Dear Colleague, We are calling for abstracts for a symposium titled “Linking biodiversity data through phylogenetic knowledge” at the Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) conference, August 25 - September 2, 2018, Dunedin, New Zealand. This meeting will be held jointly for the first time with the annual meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC). A description of the symposium is available here: https://tdwg.github.io/conferences/2018/sessions/S14. I would like to invite you to submit an abstract. I would also appreciate it if you could spread the words by forwarding this email to your colleagues or students. Thanks! We will be able to provide a limited amount of *funding* to offset expenses where needed and on a competitive basis. Please fill in a *Google form* at this link to apply for funding: https://goo.gl/forms/SKlAXQxVnR6cBK5E3 The purpose of this form is to register your intent to submit a talk to this symposium (regardless of your need of funding), to collect demographic information on potential speakers to ensure a diverse symposium, and to solicit applications for funding to present at the symposium. The symposium aims to illuminate opportunities offered by integrating phylogenetic knowledge with biodiversity data, examine the methodological and computational challenges of doing so, and highlight approaches addressing these challenges. We especially encourage submissions that span the domains of evolutionary biology, bioinformatics (i.e. phyloinformatics) and biodiversity informatics to address the themes of this symposium. Please note that straightforward systematics research without a data integration component will not be the focus of this symposium. Symposium keynote speaker: Dr. Susan Perkins (American Museum of Natural History). You *must* also submit an abstract through the conference website. Instructions are available here: https://tdwg.github.io/c onferences/2018/instructions-for-authors. *Deadline*: Mar 12, 2018. Please contact Dr. Guanyang Zhang < gyz151(a)gmail.com> with any question. Thank you, Guanyang Zhang*, Emily Jane McTavish+, Gaurav Vaidya*, Hilmar Lapp^, Nico Cellinese* * Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida + University of California, Merced ^ Duke University Guanyang Zhang, PhD Postdoc Research Associate @ The Cellinese Lab Florida Museum of Natural History - University of Florida 1659 Museum Road PO Box 117800 Gainesville, FL 32611 somanyinsects.org Email: gyz151(a)gmail.com gzhang(a)floridamuseum.ufl.edu Tel (mobile): 812-320-2619

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Job Offer / Biodiversity informatics software developper
by olivier rovellotti 21 Feb '18

21 Feb '18

Dear Friends I would like to inform you that Natural Solutions is looking to fill a position in Marseille for a Python/Java Script developer <http://www.natural-solutions.eu/cdi-developpeur-marseille> with a strong knowledge of the TDWG standards. Natural Solutions is an IT consulting firm specialized in Biodiversity Informatics developing mobile and web tools for data collection and management. The position is based in France and French would be appreciated but not an absolute requirement. Kind regards to all. Rovellotti Olivier Tel : 06 09 57 66 53 Twitter : @orovellotti <https://twitter.com/orovellotti> www.ecoBalade.fr <http://www.ecobalade.fr/> www.natural-solutions.eu <http://www.natural-solutions.eu/>

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DwC Hour: Making DNA and tissue collections available
by Motz, Gary 17 Feb '18

17 Feb '18

Welcome to our first Darwin Core Hour of 2018! Making DNA and tissue collections available by using the GGBN extensions with IPT Date: Wednesday, 21 February 2018 Time: 5 PM CET, 11 AM EST, 1 PM Buenos Aires Where: https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/room In this Darwin Core hour we will give a brief overview about the Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN) and the GGBN Data Standard. This standard covers facts about DNA and tissue samples and complements Darwin Core and ABCD. It can be used with both and is not a stand-alone solution. GGBN is dedicated to DNA and tissue collections and makes use of the GBIF infrastructure to reference to the underlying specimens. We will demonstrate how to use the GGBN extensions with IPT in detail and how it finally looks like in the GGBN Data Portal. Today more than 400,000 DNA and tissue samples and 200,000 voucher specimens are available through the GGBN portal. Specify has now included an automated export for the GGBN extensions in its latest release. But many others partners also have started to implement the standard into their systems (e.g. Arctos) and more than 1.7 million new sample records will be made available in 2018. Presenters: Gabriela Dröge, Research Group Biodiversity Informatics, Coordinator, DNA-Bank Network, Berlin Botanic Garden and Botanic Museum Berlin and Katherine Barker, Program Manager, Global Genome Initiative and Global Genome Biodiversity Network, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Moderators: Katharine Barker, Deborah Paul Relevant links Technical requirements page: http://wiki.ggbn.org/ggbn/IT_requirements Main GGBN site: http://www.ggbn.org/ggbn_portal/ GGBN Data Portal publication: https://academic.oup.com/nar/article/42/D1/D607/1068053 2017 Darwin Core Hour Webinars<https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki/Webinars> Submit your question<http://bit.ly/dwchour-input> Contribute an answer<https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/issues> - please share your expertise and experience! See questions-answered-so-far<https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki> on the Darwin Core Q & A site Start Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 - 11:00am to 12:00pm EST Location: Berlin, Germany and the Smithsonian AdobeConnect URL: https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/room ????

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ICEI-2018 Conference- Call for Special Sessions Extended to 15th January 2018
by Jitendra Gaikwad 19 Dec '17

19 Dec '17

Dear TDWG Colleagues, The call for special sessions at the International Conference on Ecological Informatics (ICEI) 2018 <http://icei2018.uni-jena.de/> has been extended till 15th January 2018. The ICEI 2018 is inviting session proposals on aspects of Ecoinformatics and Computational Ecology such as, but not limited to- * Novel concepts and tools for the acquisition, management, analysis and synthesis of ecological data, including Genomic and Paleo-ecological data, * Understanding and modeling ecosystem functioning, Phenology and Evolution, * Informing decisions on environmental issues like sustainability, ecosystem services, climate change and biodiversity. For details please visit the website at http://icei2018.uni-jena.de/calls/#specialsession I would greatly appreciate if you could consider submitting a session proposal and forward the information about the ICEI2018 to anyone you may know who might be interested in this conference. With regards, Jitendra Gaikwad On behalf of the ICEI2018 Organizers -- Dr Jitendra Gaikwad Head- Biodiversity Informatics Unit Phone +49 3641 946368 Email jitendra.gaikwad(a)uni-jena.de Affiliations Friedrich Schiller University Jena Room No. 17NO4, JenTower, Leutragraben 1, 07743 Jena Germany German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig Deutscher Platz 5e 04103 Leipzig Germany iDiv is a research centre of the DFG – Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft iDiv ist eine zentrale Einrichtung der Universität Leipzig im Sinne des § 92 Abs. 1 SächsHSFG und wird zusammen mit der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg und der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena betrieben sowie in Kooperation mit dem Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH – UFZ. Beteiligte Kooperationspartner sind die folgenden außeruniversitären Forschungseinrichtungen: das Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH - UFZ, das Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie (MPI BGC), das Max-Planck-Institut für chemische Ökologie (MPI CE), das Max-Planck-Institut für evolutionäre Anthropologie (MPI EVA), das Leibniz-Institut Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen (DSMZ), das Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzenbiochemie (IPB), das Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung (IPK) und das Leibniz-Institut Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz (SMNG). USt-IdNr. DE 141510383

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FW: Reminder: BIFA call for proposals for data mobilization and portal development in Asia
by Laura Anne Russell 14 Dec '17

14 Dec '17

TDWG friends, help get the word out by sharing with Asian colleagues…deadline for Biodiversity Information Fund for Asia concept notes due 20 December. Thank you! Best, Laura Laura Russell Programme Officer for Participation and Engagement Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Secretariat Universitetsparken 15 DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø Denmark +45 35 33 35 51 (office, direct line) +45 35 32 14 80 (fax) larussell(a)gbif.org (email) laura.anne.russell (Skype) www.gbif.org From: Nodes_ig <nodes_ig-bounces(a)cemail.gbif.org> on behalf of Daniel Noesgaard <dnoesgaard(a)gbif.org> Date: Thursday, 14 December 2017 at 11.18 To: "nodes_ig(a)cemail.gbif.org" <nodes_ig(a)cemail.gbif.org> Cc: BIFA <BIFA(a)gbif.org> Subject: Reminder: BIFA call for proposals for data mobilization and portal development in Asia Dear network colleagues, A friendly reminder that the deadline for the third call of the Biodiversity Information Fund for Asia (BIFA) is closing in fast. To be considered, concept notes must be submitted to the GBIF Secretariat by 20 December 2017. See details of the call in the previous email below and in the official announcement<https://www.gbif.org/news/5cpCWGOp8W2OKC2IAm88yS/new-call-for-data-mobiliza…>. Thank you! Best regards, -- Daniel Noesgaard Science Communications Coordinator Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Secretariat Universitetsparken 15 DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark E: dnoesgaard(a)gbif.org<mailto:dnoesgaard@gbif.org> W: www.gbif.org T: +45 35 32 08 74 From: Nodes_ig <nodes_ig-bounces(a)cemail.gbif.org> on behalf of Kyle Copas <kcopas(a)gbif.org> Date: Monday, 13 November 2017 at 17.11 To: BIFA <BIFA(a)gbif.org> Subject: BIFA call for proposals for data mobilization and portal development in Asia Dear GBIF colleagues, The GBIF Secretariat has just invited the submission of initial concept notes<https://www.gbif.org/news/5cpCWGOp8W2OKC2IAm88yS> for the Biodiversity Information Fund for Asia, or BIFA, programme, funded by the Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan<https://www.env.go.jp/en>. This call for proposals aims to address key challenges that GBIF nodes in Asia have identified in connection with the mobilization and use of biodiversity data in the region. The total potential funding assigned to this call is approximately €105,000, and applicants may request a maximum of €15,000 through BIFA for each project. Three types of grants are included in the call: * BIFA collections data mobilization grants<https://www.gbif.org/programme/bifa/bifa3-collections-data-mobilization> target Asia’s natural history collections, seeking to fill taxonomic and geographic gaps in freely accessible data relating to Asian biodiversity (open to any institutions based in Asia) * BIFA ecological monitoring data mobilization grants<https://www.gbif.org/programme/bifa/bifa3-ecological-data-mobilization> target Asian biodiversity monitoring programmes and networks (open to any institutions based in Asia) * BIFA portal development grants<https://www.gbif.org/programme/bifa/bifa3-portal-development> target activities by GBIF Participant nodes or groups of nodes in Asia to develop or upgrade national, regional or thematic biodiversity information web portals. Concept notes must be submitted to the GBIF Secretariat by 20 December 2017. We ask for your help in distributing this call for proposals<https://www.gbif.org/news/5cpCWGOp8W2OKC2IAm88yS> to any relevant contacts you have in the region. They can learn more about the BIFA programme<https://www.gbif.org/programme/bifa>, or contact the Secretariat at bifa(a)gbif.org<mailto:bifa@gbif.org>. Best regards, Kyle Copas ===== Kyle Copas +45 35 32 14 75 | mobile +45 28 75 14 75 | Skype kylecopas GBIF Secretariat Universitetsparken 15 2100 Copenhagen Ø Denmark http://www.gbif.org<http://www.gbif.org/>

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DCMI webinar: Save the Children Resource Libraries - Aligning Internal Technical Resource Libraries with a Public Distribution Website
by DCMI Announce 12 Dec '17

12 Dec '17

A reminder: this webinar will be held on December 13th 10:00am – 11:00am EST DCMI is pleased to announce a new webinar: "Save the Children Resource Libraries: Aligning Internal Technical Resource Libraries with a Public Distribution Website". Presented by Joseph Busch, Founder of Taxonomy Strategies ( http://taxonomystrategies.com) the webinar will discuss a recent project which has established an internal library of technical resources at the international *Save the Children* charity. Focussing on how this library has been aligned with the external Save the Children’s Resource Centre ( http://resourcecentre.savethechildren.se/) the webinar will describe how the project has "...reached consensus on how to accommodate and balance internal research and external communication requirements by developing a light-weight application profile." The webinar is scheduled for December 13, 2017, 10:00am – 11:00am EST (convert this time to your local timezone here: https://www.timeanddate.com/ worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Save+the+Children+Resource+ Libraries+Webinar&iso=20171213T10&p1=263&ah=1) and is free for DCMI members. Full details, including instructions for joining the webinar: https://www.asist.org/events/webinars/save-the-children- resource-libraries-aligning-internal-technical-resource- libraries-with-a-public-distribution-website/

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10th International Conference on Ecological Informatics from 24 - 28 September, 2018 in Jena, Germany
by Jitendra Gaikwad 11 Dec '17

11 Dec '17

Dear colleagues, The 10th International Conference on Ecological Informatics (ICEI) from 24 - 28 September, 2018 in Jena, Germany under the theme /*'Translating Ecological Data into Knowledge and Decisions in a Rapidly Changing World'*/ will provide a forum to address this question - both from an ecological and a computer science point of view. We cordially invite special sessions on all aspects of eco-informatics and computational ecology including but not limited to: • Novel concepts and tools for the acquisition, management, analysis and synthesis of ecological data, including genomic and paleo-ecological data • Understanding and modeling ecosystem functioning, phenology and evolution • Informing decisions on environmental issues like sustainability, ecosystem services, climate change and biodiversity. The call for */special session/* is open and proposals are invited till /*15th December 2017*/. The proposal should provide a title, brief scope of the session and details of the session’s organizer(s) along with the duration. Please submit your proposals via the submission system /*EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icei18*/. Further information can be obtained from the ICEI conference website: /*http://icei2018.uni-jena.de/*/ In case of any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. The conference organizers can be reached via icei2018(a)listserv.uni-jena.de. There is also a Twitter account: https://twitter.com/ICEIConf. We are looking forward to your session ideas! Kind regards, Jitendra Gaikwad On behalf of ICEI 2018 organizers, Friedrich Recknagel (Scientific Chair) and Birgitta König-Ries (Local Chair) -- Dr Jitendra Gaikwad Head- Biodiversity Informatics Unit Phone +49 3641 946368 Email jitendra.gaikwad(a)uni-jena.de Affiliations Friedrich Schiller University Jena Room No. 17NO4, JenTower, Leutragraben 1, 07743 Jena Germany German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig Deutscher Platz 5e 04103 Leipzig Germany iDiv is a research centre of the DFG – Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft iDiv ist eine zentrale Einrichtung der Universität Leipzig im Sinne des § 92 Abs. 1 SächsHSFG und wird zusammen mit der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg und der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena betrieben sowie in Kooperation mit dem Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH – UFZ. Beteiligte Kooperationspartner sind die folgenden außeruniversitären Forschungseinrichtungen: das Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH - UFZ, das Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie (MPI BGC), das Max-Planck-Institut für chemische Ökologie (MPI CE), das Max-Planck-Institut für evolutionäre Anthropologie (MPI EVA), das Leibniz-Institut Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen (DSMZ), das Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzenbiochemie (IPB), das Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung (IPK) und das Leibniz-Institut Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz (SMNG). USt-IdNr. DE 141510383

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