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BioDigiCon: Final Update
by Nelson,Gil 15 Sep '22

15 Sep '22

BioDigiCon: Final Update Plans for the Biodiversity Digitization Conference (BioDigiCon 2022) are nearly complete. You can explore the agenda and other conference-related information on the conference wiki page here: https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/BioDigiCon_2022 and the presentation abstracts here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Qooo7bKfTC8mGXAct2xhjrhg1nWZFHPrtJBJ_n6…. Registration is free! Please register via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2022-biodigicon-tickets-367104919697 There is an excellent line-up of discussion sessions and workshops, including: BiotaPhy Webinar 2: Resolving Nomenclature: Making Appropriate Taxonomic Choices Maria Beatriz de Souza Cortez, University of Florida BioDigiCon is pleased to provide the platform for the second in a series of 10 webinars sponsored by BiotaPhy<https://www.idigbio.org/content/biotaphy-2022-webinar-series>, a set of computational workflows with broad impact on data-intensive research spanning ecology, phylogenetics, systematics, and conservation biology. Data quality: most common data dealbreakers Cat Chapman, iDigBio; Margot Schneider, Atlas of Living Australia; Dora Canhos, CRIA; Andrea Hahn, GBIF; Elspeth Haston, RBGE Digital Extended Specimen Discussion Session Libby Ellwood, iDigBio; Katja Seltmann, Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, UC Santa Barbara; Julie Allen, University of Nevada, Reno; Katie Pearson and Ed Gilbert, Symbiota Support Hub Digitization Coordination: Combining Project Management & Digitization Efforts to Benefit Collections, Big and Small Jackie Chapman, Smithsonian Libraries and Archives; Frederik Berger, MfN Berlin; Helen Hardy, NHM London; Sylvia Orli, NMNH Smithsonian; Mareike Petersen, MfN Berlin; Kira Sobers, Smithsonian Libraries and Archives; Alyson Wilkins, NHMU Utah Digitization Workflows in Symbiota-based Biodiversity Specimen Data Portals Katie Pearson, Symbiota Support Hub, Arizona State University; Lindsay Walker, Symbiota, ASU GBIF, ALA, iDigBio: Aligning systems to benefit data mobilization Federico Mendez (GBIF), Javier Molina (ALA), Maureen Kelly (iDigBio), Chris Wilson (IDigBio) Imaging Biodiversity Specimens: First Steps to a Great Start (and Beyond) Austin Mast, Florida State University, Dept of Biological Science; Lauren Cohen, FSU, Institute for Digital Information and Scientific Communication; Nicole James, FSU, Institute for Digital Information and Scientific Communication; Alex Adkinson, FSU, Department of Art Including Indigenous Metadata in Collection Records Maui Hudson, University of Waikato; Jane Anderson, New York University Solutions for long-term image storage and accessibility Dave Blackburn, University of Florida; Doug Boyer, Duke University; Nico Franz, Arizona State University; Michelle Koo, University of California - Berkeley; Nelson Rios, Yale University; Julie Winchester, Duke University Sustaining Institutional Digitization of Biodiversity Collections: Considerations and Examples Austin Mast (iDigBio, FSU), David Jennings (iDigBio), Jenn Yost (Symbiota Support HUB, CalPoly), Lindsay Walker (Symbiota Support HUB, ASU) Capturing trait data: broad, across different taxonomic groups Rob Guralnick, Florida Museum of Natural History; Maggie Hantak, FLMNH; Ed Stanley, FLMNH; Julie Allen, University of Nevada at Reno; Jacob Idec, FLMNH; Bryan McLean, University of North Carolina, Greensboro Gil Nelson, PhD Director, Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio) President, Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSCA) Florida Museum of Natural History University of Florida gnelson(a)floridamuseum.ufl.edu

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BiotaPhy Webinar Series
by Nelson,Gil 14 Sep '22

14 Sep '22

BiotaPhy Hi everyone, Do you want to learn how to use occurrence data and available software to address questions in ecology and evolutionary biology but haven’t had a chance to take a course and are overwhelmed by the options for self-teaching? Would you like to incorporate this sort of research into your classes but don’t have time to create the materials and examples? If either of these applies, then join the BiotaPhy Project for an upcoming series of 10 webinars designed to take you from biological question to data acquisition and cleaning to analysis and interpretation! BiotaPhy is a collaboration among iDigBio, the Open Tree of Life, and Lifemapper projects and personnel. We have converted our popular summer workshop into a webinar series; see below for topics. Webinars will be held Wednesdays at 12:30 pm Eastern time, beginning September 21. All webinars will be recorded and made available, so you won’t get behind if you need to miss a session. The schedule is: Webinar 0: Terms, Concepts, Data Formats – A Tutorial for Background Available online at the registration page [coming soon!] Webinar 1: Introduction: Scope and Research Potential for Multidisciplinary Biodiversity Modeling and Analysis Date: 09/21/2022 Webinar 2: Resolving Nomenclature: Making Appropriate Taxonomic Choices Date: 09/28/2022 Webinar 3: Clean Your Dirty Data Date: 10/05/2022 Webinar 4: Georeferencing with GEOLocate Date: 10/12/2022 Webinar 5: Big Data Munging (a.k.a Splitting and Merging Occurrence Data by Taxa from Multiple Sources) Date: 10/19/2022 Webinar 6: Species Distribution Modeling 1 Date: 10/26/2022 Webinar 7: Species Distribution Modeling 2 Date: 11/02/2022 Webinar 8: Introducing Presence-Absence Matrices for Large Scale Analyses Date: 11/9/2022 Webinar 9: Phylogenetic Diversity: Integrating Phylogenies with Species and Biogeographic Data Date: 11/16/2022 Webinar 10: Hypothesis Testing and Randomization Date: 11/30/2022 To register, please go to https://ufl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJclfuCtrDwjE9PnPXJYkiSnglbnNd_BYCS4. Note that you will need to register separately for each week so that we can plan for weekly attendance. And for more information, visit https://www.idigbio.org/content/biotaphy-2022-webinar-series<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.idigb…> Please share with your networks, and sorry for cross-postings! Hope to see you soon! Best, Pam ----- Pamela S. Soltis (she/her/hers) Director, UF Biodiversity Institute Distinguished Professor and Curator Laboratory of Molecular Systematics and Evolutionary Genetics Florida Museum of Natural History Dickinson Hall University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 Phone: (352) 273-1964 Fax: (352) 846-2154 Email: psoltis(a)flmnh.ufl.edu<mailto:psoltis@flmnh.ufl.edu>

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by Christy Semmens 05 Aug '22

05 Aug '22

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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 21 Jul '22

21 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 26 Apr '22

26 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 07 Apr '22

07 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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